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  • Decision-Making and Judgment in Child Welfare and Protection

    Theory, Research, and Practice

    Edited by John D. Fluke, Rami Benbenishty, Erik J. Knorth, Donald J. Baumann, Mónica López López ...
    Professionals in child welfare and protection are often required to make decisions--fraught with many difficulties and shortcomings--that have crucial implications for children and families. There are many indications that these decisions are frequently unreliable and involve unavoidable errors in judgement due to the uncertainties. Despite the central role of judgements in the field, child ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth

    Developing Evidence-Based International Practice

    by Hans Grietens, Erik Knorth, Richard Barth, Megan Cummings, Mike Stein, Mark Courtney, Christopher Bellonci, Ronald Thompson, Charles Izzo, Amaia Bravo, Patricia McNamara, Sigrid James, James Anglin, Susan Ramsey, Frank Ainsworth, Annemiek Harder, June Thoburn, Turf Jakobsen, Nathanael Okpych, Bethany Lee, Iriana Santos, Martha Holden, Daniel Daly, Ana Sainero, Michael Nunno, Anat Zeira, Mette Lausten, Nicole Obeid, Lauren Schmidt, Richard Small, John Lyons ...
    Series series Child Welfare Outcomes
    Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines current research and innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it work, what are its ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

    International Research and Practice

    by Roxana Anghel, Rami Benbenishty, Judy Cashmore, Renate Stohler, Jan Storo, David Vincent, Jim Wade, Wolfgang Schröer, Maren Zeller, Harriet Ward, Phillip Mendes, John Pinkerton, Erik Knorth, Stefan Köngeter, Rawan Ibrahim, Thomas Gabriel, Robbie Gilligan, Maria Herczog, Ingrid Hojer, Mark Courtney, Robert Flynn, Gabriela Dima, Annick Dumaret, Jorge Fernandez del del Valle ...
    Series series Child Welfare Outcomes
    The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation.In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and ... Read more

    $118.99 CAD

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  • Scandinavian Unexceptionalism

    Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism

    by Nima Sanandaji ...
    Series series Readings in Political Economy
    This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future. ... Read more

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    Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

    Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...
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    Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children

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  • Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People

    An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice

    by Patrick Tomlinson, Rudy Gonzalez, Susan Barton ...
    Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs.This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, ... Read more

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