workers
Shattered Dreams--Lonely Choices: Birthparents of Babies
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Finnegan, Joanne, PUBLISHER: J F Bergin & Garvey, Dreams of pregnancy include the expectation that nine months of waiting will end with a joyous event. But, each year, a "shattered dream" occurs for thousands of couples who receive the news that their child will have a disabling condition severe enough that they may question if they are the best parents for their child. Societal expectation is that parents will raise their child or, if the condition of the child is detected prenatally, abortion is offered as an alternative. Parents who explore other options face scrutiny and, sometimes, condemnation--"lonely choices." Joanne Finnegan shares her personal experience and that of several families she interviewed who, like herself, explored options other than raising their child with a disability. Parents express with candor the overwhelming pain they felt when receiving "the news," the frustration when searching for options, the "no-win" feeling of decision making, the resolve with a final decision, and finally, life after the decision. Parent quotes also address issues such as spiritual dilemmas and interactions with friends, family, their other children, and medical professionals. Words of advice for new parents include how to build support systems and gather information, how to search for an adoptive family, and arranging the details of communication between adoptive and birth parents. Interviews with adoptive parents, poetry, and extensive resource lists complete the book. Written as a gift for other parents to help them cope with the pain and loneliness of decision making, this book will also be a valuable resource for medical professionals, adoption and social workers, counselors and spiritual advisors, and friends and family of theparents. It is a helpful as well as a deeply therapeutic book, providing a strong lesson in how to manage during this stressful time, from receiving "the news" about the baby's condition and prognosis, to weighing the factors involved in the various decisions. Should one take the baby home from the hospital? If not home, then where? Foster care, respite care, guardianship, and other forms of substitute care are mentioned. The author also examines decisions about finances and support services, family issues, finalizing an adoption plan, living with the decision, regrets, and future pregnancies.
High School Underachievers: What Do They Achieve as Adults?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCall, Robert B. / Evahn, Cynthia / Kratzer, Lynn, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), For years, educators, counselors, and parents have debated whether underachievers can outgrow this behavior and perform up to their abilities as adults. What happens educationally, occupationally, and maritally to underachievers after they leave high school? In the largest sample of underachievers and the first long-term (13-year) study ever conducted, the authors explore whether underachievers "catch up" after high school to the level of their abilities, the traits of those who do, and the traits of those who don't. Through an analysis of the 13-year longitudinal study, they compare underachievers with students who receive the same grades and students who have tested at the same ability level but who have performed better in school. Covering such issues as personality variables, learning strategies, self-esteem, classroom structure, the educational system, and parental styles, the authors sift through the data to discover what factors are associated with underachievement and what techniques have worked to help these students improve their performance. USE FOR NEXT MAILING (): "Good, substantive research on underachievement has been lacking in the field of gifted education for some time. McCall's book fills a needed void in the literature.... University libraries and resource centers for gifted education will want to add this book to their inventories. High School Underachievers is a timely addition on the most current information about underachievement." --Roeper Review "McCall has taken an unusually thorny and controversial area (controversial in the sense that historically there has been little agreement among workers in the area as to even the definition of the phenomena)and quite clearly defined a series of issues of interest to him. He has then applied a methodology to address those issues.... It seems to me that it is a good piece of work." --Mark Appelbaum, Vanderbilt University "This brief volume contains good data about a problem, underachievement, that represents a longtime concern of parents and educators. The authors discuss theories, but the only hypothesis tested was that underachievers might form a meaningful syndrome. They had an opportunity to analyze data--including the outcomes 13 years after high school graduation--on a sample of substantial size, and they obtained more relevant and dependable information about the supposed phenomenon than has heretofore been available. More psychological research should have this outcome and this beginning." --Contemporary Psychology
Generalist Social Work Practice: An Empowering Approach
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miley, Karla Krogsrud / O'Melia, Michael W. / DuBois, Brenda L., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, "An empowerment-based method of social work which integrates core themes of the profession." This text is part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series. "Generalist Social Work Practice, "7th edition, fully integrates core social work themes of collaboration, the strengths perspective, values and ethics, social justice and human rights, evidence-based practice, cultural competence, and policy practice. This text offers a progressive practice approach grounded in social work research, reflective of social work values, sensitive to client diversity, and applicable to work with any level of client system including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Beginning with engaging clients as partners and continuing with assessing, intervening, and evaluating from a strengths perspective, this approach offers social workers a method that fully realizes core social work values, respects client competence, and activates client resources within the context of their lives. All parts of the practice process are described in detail, connected to social work theory, illustrated with case examples, and supported with evidence from social work research. Each chapter focuses on teaching the knowledge, values, and skills reflective of the core competencies and correlated practice behaviors as described in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). A better teaching & learning experienceThis program will provide a better teaching and learning experience--for you and your students. Here's how: "Personalize Learning -- "MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. "Improve Critical Thinking --" Teaches students specific strategies to identify and use client strengths in their practice. "Engage Students -- "Offers numerous case examples to apply the empowerment method to all levels of social work, with diverse clients and situations, and across fields of practice. "Explore Current Issues -- "Includes new practice research findings and updates to demographics to ensure currency. "Apply CSWE Core Competencies -- "The text integrates the CSWE EPAS, with critical thinking questions and practice tests to assess student understanding and development of competency. "Support Instructors -- "An Instructor's Manual and Test Bank, Computerized Test Bank (MyTest), BlackBoard Test Item File, MySearchLab with Pearson eText, and PowerPoint presentations are included in the outstanding supplements package.Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab (at no additional Acquista Ora
OTTIMI RIASSUNTI E TRADUZIONI IN FILES
Vendo RIASSUNTI ottimi, dettagliati, completi, comodamente in files ed a prezzi modici, dei seguenti libri e saggi: - F. Girotti, "Amministrazioni pubbliche", Carocci editore, Roma, ; - Bobbio, L. (), "La democrazia non abita a Gordio", Milano, Franco Angeli, cap. 1; - Toth, F. (), "Identità, interessi locali e regolazione tecnica nella scelta di localizzazione di un ospedale. Il caso di Como", in Amministrare 33 (1), pag. ; - Carboni, N. (), "Atteggiamenti e percezioni della dirigenza ministeriale dopo le riforme: i circoli viziosi e l'innovazione difficile", in Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche 1, pag. ; - Citroni G., Lippi A., Profeti S. (), "Politica e politiche delle società partecipate. Le aziende dei comuni come unità di analisi della democrazia locale", in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 1, pag. ; - Belligni, S. (), "Miss Governance, I presume", in Meridiana , pag. ; - Bobbio, L. (), "Smaltimento dei rifiuti e democrazia deliberativa", DSP Working Paper 1; - Martini, A., Sisti, M. (), "Valutare il successo delle politiche pubbliche", cap. 2, 3, 6 e 16; - Dispensa del prof. Merlo Giorgio, ultima edizione ; - L. Berzano, C. Genova, "Sociologia dei lifestyles", Carocci editore, ; - C. Genova, "Il cerchio nello spazio. Ipotesi e strumenti per un'analisi della risignificazione dei luoghi", Lexia, in Rivista di semiotica, 9-10, pag. ; - A. De Coro, F. Ortu, "Psicologia dinamica. I modelli teorici a confronto", Laterza editore; - L. Fruggeri, "Famiglie", Carocci editore, ; - R. Del Punta, "Diritto del Lavoro", quinta edizione, Milano, Giuffré editore, ; - S. Fargion, "Il Servizio Sociale. Storia, temi, dibattiti", Bari, Laterza, , (cap. 3, 4, 5); - L. Dominelli, "Il Servizio Sociale. Una professione che cambia", Trento, Erickson, , (cap. ); - A. Campanini (a cura di), "La valutazione nel Servizio Sociale", Roma, Carocci Faber, . Vendo ottime TRADUZIONI, dall'inglese all'italiano, a prezzi modici (avrete presenti invece i prezzi, conteggiati a cartella, dei traduttori professionisti), dei seguenti saggi: - Cole A., Jones G., (), "Reshaping the State: Administrative Reform and New Public Management in France", in Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions ; - Christensen T., (), "Administrative Reform: Changing Leadership Roles?", in Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions ; - Obeng-Odoom F., (), "On the origin, meaning, and evaluation of urban governance", in Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography ; - Di Gaetano A., Strom E., (), "Comparative Urban Governance: An Integrated Approach", in Urban Affairs Review ; - Walti S., Kubler D., Papadopoulos Y., (), "How Democratic Is Governance? Lessons from Swiss Drug Policy", in Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions ; - Hilary Taylor, Chris Beckett and Bridget McKeigue, "Judgements of Solomon: anxieties and defences of social workers involved in care proceedings", in Child and Family Social Work, , Vol.13, N.1, pages ; - Richard R. Kilburg, Harry Levinson, "Executive dilemmas: coaching and the professional perspectives of Harry Levinson", in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Researc, , Vol. 60, N.1, pages 7–32; - Gans H. J., "The Sociology of Space: a use-centered view", in City & Community, 1(4), pp. ; - Prown J. L., (), "Material/Culture: Can the Farmer and the Cowman still be friends?", in W. D. Kingery, Learning from things, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, pp. ; - Wheaton B., (), "After Sport Culture: Rethinking Sport and Post-Subcultural Theory", Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 31, pp. ; - Woodward I., (), "Understanding Material Culture", Sage, London, pp. 3-31. P.S. Sconti a chi ne acquista più di 2 o "in blocco", "a pacchetto", per materia.