Social science / Social Work

Social Work Reclaimed: Innovative Frameworks for Child and Family Social Work Practice

by Isabelle Trowler, Steve Goodman & Karen Schiltroth

Reclaim Social Work (RSW) is the innovative model of children's social work pioneered by the London Borough of Hackney. This book sets out what RSW is, how it was set up, and the theory and evidence base underlying...

Disabled Women and Domestic Violence: Responding to the Experiences of Survivors

by Brenda Ellis, Ruth Bashall & Audrey Mullender

This book uncovers the experiences of disabled women who have suffered domestic violence, drawing on the first UK national study conducted in this area. It discusses the nature of violence perpetrated against...

Connecting through Music with People with Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers

by Robin Rio

This user-friendly book demonstrates how even simple sounds and movements can engage people with dementia, promoting relaxation and enjoyment. All that's needed to succeed is a love of music, and a desire to...

Alternatives to Domestic Violence: A Homework Manual for Battering Intervention Groups

by Kevin A. Fall & Shareen Howard

The first workbook designed for counsellors to help abusers recognise and deal with the issues underlying their behaviour.

Gay and Gray: The Older Homosexual Man, Second Edition

by Phd, John Dececco

In the absence of accurate information, American culture has upheld a distorted view of what it means to be an older gay man. Gay and Gray is the first and only scholarly full-length treatment of older gay men...

Handbook of the Clinical Treatment of Infidelity

by Katherine Milewski Hertlein, Fred P Piercy & Joseph L Wetchler

Help your clients’ relationships survive infidelity!

In the Handbook of the Clinical Treatment of Infidelity, a panel of seasoned experts reflects on issues central to affairs, and on how to help couples heal...

Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice

by Robert Disch & Kevin Brabazon

In Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice, leading practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines come together to discuss theoretical issues, current...

Aging and Family Therapy: Practitioner Perspectives on Golden Pond

by George Hughston, Victor Christopherson & Marilyn Bojean

Enhance the intervention strategies you use in therapy with older adults and their families. This significant new book provides practitioners with information, insight, reference sources, and other valuable...

Expressive Therapy With Elders and the Disabled: Touching the Heart of Life

by Jules C Weiss

A classic book on the use of expressive therapies with uncommunicative elders and the disabled. This poignant guide explores group and individual therapeutic activities that promote creativity, self-expression,...

Ethics in Social Work: A Context of Caring

by David Guttmann

Professional knowledge doesn't guarantee you'll make the right decisions when it comes to professional ethics

Ethics in Social Work introduces students, practitioners, and educators to theoretical and conceptual...

On Transitions From Group Care: Homeward Bound

by D Patrick Zimmerman & Richard A. Epstein Jr

Examine ways to help prepare young people for a successful transition from group care to community living!

How can we best help young people in residential care settings prepare for life “on the outside?”...

Social Work In The Youth Justice System: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

by Darrell Fox & Elaine Arnull

Social Work & Welfare

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide to Working with Survivors

by Ann Goelitz & Abigail Stewart-Kahn

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide for Working With Survivors is the next significant publication on trauma in the field of social work. Since September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, social workers...

A Social History of Disability in the Middle Ages: Cultural Considerations of Physical Impairment

by Irina Metzler

What was it like to be disabled in the Middle Ages? How did people become disabled? Did welfare support exist? This book discusses social and cultural factors affecting the lives of medieval crippled, deaf,...

Social Work and Intimate Partner Violence

by Mary Allen

Intimate partner violence is now recognised as a serious human rights abuse and increasingly as an important public health problem with severe consequences for women's physical, mental and sexual health. Therefore,...

Key Themes in Social Policy

by Patricia Kennedy

Key Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy, from autonomy to wellbeing.

With over 100 ideas discussed, this is a comprehensive...

An Introduction to Global Health Ethics

by Andrew D. Pinto & Ross E. G. Upshur

The field of global health is expanding rapidly. An increasing number of trainees are studying and working with marginalized populations, often within low and middle-income countries. Such endeavours are beset...

The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe

by Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, An-Magritt Jensen & Merete Lie

Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a 'fertility crisis'. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. It investigates...

Distinguishing Clinical from Upper Level Management in Social Work

by Marvin D. Feit & Michael J. Holosko

Over the past few decades, as administrative and technological complexity has increased, so has the role and importance of administrative practice in social work. For those making the switch from front-line...

The Disability Studies Reader

by Lennard J. Davis

The Fourth Edition of the Disability Studies Reader breaks new ground by emphasizing the global, transgender, homonational, and posthuman conceptions of disability. Including physical disabilities, but exploring...