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Broadening the agenda for social work, Julie Fish here provides an in-depth survey of how social workers involved with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans people can provide appropriate care across the lifespan, including working with children and older people. She also tackles the challenges presented by working with asylum-seekers and people with mental health or substance abuse issues. Grounding theoretical understandings of sexuality in current policy and practice, Social Work and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People is an essential tool for social work students and practitioners.
This interdisciplinary text develops a theory of heterosexism and provides everyday examples from health and social care environments. It engages with current debates, including intersecting identities, and presents a coherent analysis of the health and social care needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Jeff Grabowski has been fishing all his life. When it comes to fishing, he has a sixth sense, knowing just what to do to win fishing tournaments. Jeff firmly believes that "there is no problem that can't be solved with a cooler full of fish." Jeff's dad, "The Rummy," is a nice guy, aptly named because of his affinity for rum. But he is a burden to his son, since Jeff must take on the responsibility of running his father's fishing charter business. He watches his friends as they join the Army, marry, go to college and assume the roles of adulthood. Meanwhile, Jeff is left to wonder why he has a "gift" for fishing. What is his purpose in life and how can he persuade his girlfriend to understand this calling? As Jeff struggles to figure out his life's path, friends encourage him to get on with his life, telling him, "You can't fish forever." But Jeff intends to do just that. He comes to realize that your life's purpose is often right at your doorstep, and following your heart is the way to find it.
This important textbook makes a timely contribution to international agendas in social work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people. It examines how practitioners and student social workers can provide appropriate care across the lifespan (including work with children and families and older people) and considers key challenges in social work practice, for example asylum, mental health, and substance misuse. Drawing on practice scenarios, the book takes an enquiry-based learning approach to facilitate critical reflection. Its distinctive approach includes: • use of the concepts of the Professional Capabilities Framework for social work • key theoretical perspectives including ...
This second edition offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best musicals. Geoffrey Block provides a documentary history of each of the eighteen musicals he discusses. He reveals how the American musical evolved from the 1920s to today, both on stage and on screen, and how librettist, lyricist, composer, and director work together to shape pieces.--[book cover].
The classic musicals of Broadway can provide us with truly enchanted evenings. But while many of us can hum the music and even recount the plot from memory, we are often much less knowledgeable about how these great shows were put together. What was the inspiration for Rodgers and Harts Pal Joey, or Rodgers and Hammersteins Carousel? Why is Marias impassioned final speech in West Side Story spoken, rather than sung? Now, in Enchanted Evenings, Geoffrey Block offers theatre lovers an illuminating behind-the- scenes tour of some of the best loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals of Broadways Golden Era. Readers will find insightful studies of such all-time favorites as Show Boat, Anyt...
Jesse McDermitt is finally ready to retire. But life has other plans. While diving on a remote reef deep in the backcountry of the Florida Keys with his wife, son and two friends, he discovers of all things, a car. Not just any car, but a 1928 Duesenberg Model J, the most powerful and stylish automobile of its time. The car was once owned by a Saudi prince who was attempting to develop Johnston Key in the heart of Turkey Basin before Henry Flagler even finished the rail line to Key West. But that’s not all Jesse discovers and what he finds next will make him the target of one of his own. He’s been mentoring a young operative who then decides to go rogue and now it’s up to Jesse to find the man and, if need be, eliminate him before he can hurt anyone else.
Barbara Wilson is a widow and owner of the Double-T Bar Ranch in Montana living comfortably with her daughter and two loving grandchildren. The demands of running a ranch and maintaining her reputation keep her occupied, but she longs for something more. Mike Watson is a retired widower living alone in northern Illinois. Trapped by his grief and hopelessness since his wife died of cancer, he has chosen to avoid social interactions, which worries his grown children. One day while tinkering with his van, the answer comes to him: he decides then and there to write a book and set it in the West. Mike takes a life-changing trip from home to the wilds of Montana to do research for the book and meet the locals. There, a chance encounter with Barbara changes both of their lives. When the lives of these two wounded strangers suddenly align, a book project, a picnic, a storm, a rock, and secrets form the elements that bring them together. Their two families must now learn to overcome disappointment and the many obstacles that circumstance places in the path to hope. For two lost souls in the process of healing broken hearts, nothing is sweeter than the hope of new love.
Assertive, successful Abby Richardson has lost her seventeen-year-old son in an automobile accident, and is still grieving three months later. Her husband is growing impatient with her daily tears; he says she isn't fun anymore. And her boss is anxious for her to come back to work to run a huge system implementation project at the city's largest hospital. But Abby just can't seem to get it together; why does everyone expect her to be the same person she was before the death of her son? She needs an escape away from her job, failing marriage and grief...and returns to her childhood vacation place, the spacious, yet cozy cottage at Lakeside, left to her by her parents. It's here that Abby meets a nine-year-old boy and a local man, who give her the healing she so desperately needs. But soon, she feels pressured as Jack and Adam depend on her for so much. How much can she really give? And before she gets locked into more commitments, she needs to figure out who she wants to be, and where she wants to go. Will her new-found wings be clipped before she even gets a chance to fly?
Discusses the great Broadway hits, how they were conceived, written and performed.