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  • Gay Men Choosing Parenthood

    by Gerald Mallon ...
    Gay parenting is a topic on which almost everyone has an opinion but almost nobody has any facts. Here at last is a book based on a thorough review of the literature, as well as interviews with a pioneering group of men who in the 1980s chose to become fathers outside the boundaries of a heterosexual union—through foster care, adoption, and other kinship relationships.This book reveals how very ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Strategies for Child Welfare Professionals Working with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

    by Gerald Mallon ...
    Expert guidance for child welfare and youth care professionals looking to increase their knowledge about, and skills in, working with transgender and gender expansive youth and their families. Many professionals working in child welfare and youth service (including line workers, supervisors, managers, and administrators), lack adequate knowledge about trans or gender expansive identities, which ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Foundations of Social Work Practice with Lesbian and Gay Persons

    by Gerald P Mallon ...
    Focusing on the pragmatic aspects of social work with gay and lesbian persons, this book offers a knowledge base of practice that will better prepare students and practitioners for working more competently and effectively with lesbians and gay men. Written by scholars and practitioners in the social work profession, Foundations of Social Work Practice with Lesbian and Gay Persons teaches you how ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People

    Edited by Gerald P. Mallon ...
    Although the vast majority of LGBT persons are healthy, resilient, and hardy individuals who do not seek social work intervention, some have been or will be clients in social work agencies. The third edition of Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People updates this classic text and expands its scope to include new content on social work with older and younger LGBT ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Social Work Practice with Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth

    Edited by Jama Shelton, Gerald P. Mallon ...
    This fully revised third edition explores the childhood and adolescent experiences of transgender persons, providing foundational knowledge for social workers and related professions about working with trans and gender expansive youth.Organized through the lens of four distinct forms of knowledge – knowledge of lived expertise, community-based knowledge, practice knowledge, and knowledge obtained ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century

    A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs

    Edited by Gerald Mallon, Peg McCartt Hess ...
    The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing the practices, policies, programs, and research ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century

    A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs

    Edited by Gerald Mallon, Peg McCartt Hess ...
    The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), which became law in 1997, elicited a major shift in federal policy and thinking toward child welfare, emphasizing children's safety, permanency, and well-being over preserving biological ties at all costs. The first edition of this volume mapped the field of child welfare after ASFA's passage, detailing the practices, policies, programs, and research ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

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    The Origins of Good and Evil

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  • The Transgender Child

    A Handbook for Families and Professionals

    by Stephanie Brill, Rachel Pepper ...
    This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a ... Read more

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  • The Nurture Assumption

    Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do

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  • Transgender 101

    A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue

    by Nicholas Teich ...
    Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination. Chapters introduce transgenderism and its psychological, physical, and social processes. They describe the coming out process and its effect on family ... Read more

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