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View book details for Social Work, Immigration and Asylum
Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book. The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the …
View book details for Music and the Social Model
An Occupational Therapist's Approach to Music with People Labelled as Having Learning Disabilities
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Counselling for Asperger Couples is the first book to provide a complete model for counselling couples where one partner has Asperger Syndrome (AS).The book provides details of the seven different stages of the model and includes anecdotal evidence from clients …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counselling stimulates the reflective practitioner to a multitude of questions. [It] speaks directly to the need for bereavement counsellors to attend to their own hope. John [Cutcliffe] has moved us beyond simply "hope as …
View book details for The Healing Forest in Post-Crisis Work with Children
A Nature Therapy and Expressive Arts Program for Groups
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Nature Therapy is an innovative approach for working with children who have experienced stress or trauma. For the first time in the English language, this book presents the theory behind the approach along with detailed guidelines for introducing it to …
View book details for Taking Care of Education
An evaluation of the education of looked after children
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Despite developments in policy and practice, the academic outcomes for children and young people who are looked after by local authorities continues to be poorer than for their peers who are not in care.This book details the evaluation of the …
View book details for Ethics in Art Therapy
Challenging Topics for a Complex Modality
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Due to the complicated nature of using art and art materials in clinical practice, art therapists are often confronted with ethical considerations that are unique to their field. This book explores challenging topics in the ethical practice of art therapy.Professional …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This handbook provides guidance for all practising social work professionals, and the staff who support them, on the post-qualifying (PQ) framework for social workers. The book introduces the framework and outlines how post-qualification accreditation and professional registration affect social workers.Covering …
View book details for Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption
What Children Need to Know
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Why was I abandoned?Why did my parents adopt me?What if I want to meet my biological parents?Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and …
View book details for Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children
A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This straightforward guide offers a complete overview of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) and gives practical advice for overcoming the difficulties it poses in a wide range of contexts from diagnosis through to adulthood. Starting with an exploration into the …
View book details for Healthy Mindsets for Super Kids
A Resilience Programme for Children Aged 7-14
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Self-esteem, communication skills, positive thinking, healthy friendships, and dealing with anger, stress, anxiety and grief are all crucial parts of being resilient and having strong life skills. Join forces with superheroes Steemy, Link, Zen, KipKool, Holly and Hally, Beau and …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Urville, the capital of a large island province, has a population of nearly 12 million, making it the one of the most significant cities in Europe. It is also entirely imaginary.Gilles Trehin, an autistic man with exceptional creative talents and …
View book details for Can I tell you about Adoption?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Meet Chelsea - a young girl who was adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who were also transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what …
View book details for Art in Action
Expressive Arts Therapy and Social Change
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
The field of expressive arts is closely tied to the work of therapeutic change. As well as being beneficial for the individual or small group, expressive arts therapy has the potential for a much wider impact, to inspire social action …
View book details for Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care
A Model for Integrated Therapeutic Care
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
How can professionals work together with foster carers to create stable and therapeutic foster placements? Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care describes a unique model of supporting children in care which involves foster carers and professionals working together in …
View book details for No More Stinking Thinking
A workbook for teaching children positive thinking
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This workbook, developed after 23 years of work with children, is designed to help children change their 'stinking thinking.' 'Stinking Thinking' are ways children think that cause them to be anxious, depressed, angry, guilty, frustrated, embarrassed, insecure, or jealous. The …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care. The Creative Arts in Palliative Care uncovers the possibilities for …
View book details for Mandala Symbolism and Techniques
Innovative Approaches for Professionals
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Mandalas are important therapeutic tools promoting focusing, wholeness and healing. This book introduces nearly two hundred different techniques for designing mandalas and adapts mandala creation for the purpose of eliciting thoughts, feelings and concerns about pertinent therapeutic issues such as …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
In this highly readable book about a personal way of dealing with potentially life-threatening illness, we follow author, broadcaster and acclaimed poet Myra Schneider through her journey from diagnosis to recovery from breast cancer. One of the book's special gifts …
View book details for Boys Who Have Abused
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Victim/Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
John Woods presents a theoretical approach and practical suggestions for mental health practitioners working therapeutically with young people who have abused. Drawing on his long-standing experience, he has developed an integrated theory that bridges the gap between existing cognitive behavioural …
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Cos they didn'tAdam and Eve it When God said 'Oi!Apple leave it!This innovative collection of Bible stories, written in cockney rhyming slang, is a fresh and fun approach to learning about the Bible. From Adam and Eve to the Resurrection, …
View book details for A Guide to Youth Mentoring
Providing Effective Social Support
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Youth mentoring can be an effective way of supporting troubled youth, helping them sustain positive mental health, cope with stress, and lead successful lives through adolescence and into adulthood. This book is a comprehensive guide to youth mentoring programmes, illustrating …
View book details for First Steps in Parenting the Child who Hurts
Tiddlers and Toddlers Second Edition
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
`This excellent book looks at the attachment and development of very young children in the fostering and adoption situation. It deals sensitively and practically with the young child's "hurts" to help adopters and foster carers understand and cope with the …
View book details for Assessing Behaviors Regarded as Problematic
for People with Developmental Disabilities
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
People with developmental disabilities sometimes behave in ways that others, or they themselves, regard as problematic. This original book is about what practitioners can do to make sense of behaviors, in order to support clients more effectively.The author offers practical …
View book details for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME
Support for Family and Friends
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/ME experience extreme tiredness and a range of other symptoms, including pain, headaches, impaired concentration and memory, anxiety, sleep problems, and palpitations. The condition can affect all areas of a sufferer's life and, in turn, …
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