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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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A lot of people talk about what could be done to make the world a better place. Moira Kelly doesn’t just talk, she acts. She’s run an AIDS clinic for children in Romania, been house mother at an Aboriginal mission, worked in India with Mother Teresa, nursed crack babies in the Bronx, rescued kids from the firing lines in the brutal Balkans conflict and set up schools for the disadvantaged in Bosnia. She brings those in need of surgery from war...
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English
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The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities. It...
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Whether we are overwhelmed by work or school; our families or communities; caretaking for others or ourselves; or engagement in social justice, environmental advocacy, or civil service, just a few subtle shifts can help sustain us. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, bestselling author of Trauma Stewardship , shows us how by offering concrete strategies to help us mitigate harm, cultivate our ability to be decent and equitable, and act with integrity. The Age...
4) Doing good together: 101 easy, meaningful service projects for families, schools, and communities
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Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Contains plans for 101 volunteer projects for families, and features strategies for attracting families, choosing and planning projects, and leading and evaluating successful projects. Includes a CD-ROM containing forty-five reproducible forms.
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Français
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En regard de la responsabilisation et de l'autonomie exigées de la part des jeunes, cet ouvrage veut à la fois tracer les contours des expériences que vivent les jeunes en difficulté dans leur passage à la vie adulte, mais aussi cerner les modalités de régulation de ce passage.
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Français
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Comment le travail social est-il modulé par les nouveaux mots d'ordre de la nouvelle gestion publique : responsabilisation, performance et rentabilité ? Cet ouvrage rend compte de la modification des politiques et des cadres de l'intervention sociale, mais aussi des mutations des pratiques des travailleurs sociaux ainsi que des effets sur la formation et sur l'identité professionnelle.
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English
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Drawing on the latest research, theory and practice, this is the first book to offer an evidence-based and practical guide to safeguarding children and young people online. It presents a comprehensive classification and assessment of online risks, including sexting, cyberbullying, dark play, online grooming and child sexual abuse, cybercrime, digital self-harm, online gangs and online radicalisation. Offering a psycho-socio-ecological model for holistic...
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Français
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Le contexte de la réforme de l'État-providence est-il propice à l'innovation? En croisant une grande diversité de regards de part et d'autre de l'Atlantique, ce livre vise à comprendre les opportunités d'intervention ouvertes par les mutations en cours au plan des politiques sociales, à quelles pratiques elles correspondent sur le terrain et comment elles s'articulent aux pratiques héritées de l'essor de l'État-providence.
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Français
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Au fil des années, les technologies numériques se sont imposées comme un nouvel intermédiaire entre nous et notre environnement.
Malheureusement, certaines personnes n'ont pu suivre le rythme de leur déploiement et se sont trouvées face à une nouvelle forme d'exclusion d'ordre numérique. Les professionnels et les intervenants du secteur des services sociaux comptent parmi les acteurs pouvant jouer un rle de première importance dans le soutien...
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English
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In a world in which social divisions are widening not lessening, it is essential for community development, or any other practice committed to social justice and sustainability, to understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. This exciting and practical book is filled to the brim with useful ideas for busy practitioners. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, theories are presented in interesting and...
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English
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Empathy is a widely used term, but it is also difficult to define. In recent years the field of cognitive neuroscience has made impressive strides in identifying neural networks in the brain related to or triggered by empathy. Still, what exactly do we mean when we say that someone has-or lacks-empathy? How is empathy distinguished from sympathy or pity? And is society truly suffering from an "empathy deficit," as some experts have charged? In Assessing...
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English
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This book is written by three social work educators with over 70 years' experience of social work practice and education between them. Concerned about the profession of social work in the UK, the authors have devised a new model of social work called 'SHARE'. As the book discusses, one of the key drivers in developing the SHARE model was ensuring that the diversity of voices in social work are heard, including practitioners, service users and carers,...
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Français
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En s'intéressant à des problèmes comme la pauvreté, l'insécurité alimentaire, l'obésité, le culte de la performance sexuelle, les solitudes contemporaines, la dépression majeure, les inégalités sociales en santé mentale et le sida, les auteurs, venant de différents horizons universitaires comme le droit, la diplomatie, la criminologie, la médecine, la santé publique, le social policy, la sexologie, la sociologie et le travail social,...
14) Child Protection in Boarding Schools in Ghana: Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
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English
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This invaluable book brings together a much needed analysis of the challenges and benefits of providing social work services in Ghanaian boarding schools. It examines contemporary issues affecting children and young people in boarding schools and outlines principles and strategies for addressing these issues in a holistic manner. The book concludes with suggestions about how boarding school leaders, policy makers and educationalists might develop...
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English
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In this unique and passionate book, Doug Nicholls proposes a cultural revolution within youth work. He draws on the best of youth work's past to redesign the youth work map for today. He speaks with wit, wisdom and warmth to youth workers about their craft. Yet he takes no intellectual prisoners in proposing a new role for youth work in the struggle for social justice. No student or practitioner should miss it.
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English
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Childhood and youth have often been the targets of moral panic rhetoric. This Byte explores a series of pressing concerns about young people: child abuse, child pornography, child sexual exploitation, child trafficking and the concept of childhood. With an appraisal of the work of the influential thinker, Geoffrey Pearson, who wrote on deviance and young people, it draws attention to the moralising within these discourses and asks how we might do...
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English
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Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reveal New Insights
Edited by Jay S. Levy and Robin Johnson with Contributions from John Conolly, Ray Middleton, Suzanne Quinney, and Joe Finn
This groundbreaking book presents compelling narratives and innovative approaches for addressing the psychological traumas that can underlie homelessness and is the first to explore in-depth what the US and UK can learn from one another.
Authors focus on understanding...
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English
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Although health and human service professionals traditionally receive extensive training in the emotional and physical aspects of caring for a person, they rarely receive adequate instruction in an area often as essential-spirituality and religious belief. Recognizing the importance of religion to a large share of the population, Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Services fills this gap in human services literature. James W. Ellor, F. Ellen...
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English
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This anthology explores the intersection where the worlds of social work and neurodivergence meet, a space that is usually unseen, unheard and unknown. Within these pages you will meet social work students, their educators, and practitioners, who share their thoughts, experiences and hopes of this mostly hidden space. The narratives in this collection take the form of reflections, poems, and artwork, alongside an advice section for neurodivergent...
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Español
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Abarca el desarrollo histórico del trabajo social, bases conceptuales y estrategias de intervención, que en la experiencia de las autoras han sido relevantes en su práctica profesional, tanto desde el punto de vista del trabajo social como de otras disciplinas cuyo interés o foco es la familia.
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