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  • The Handbook on Child Welfare Practice

    by Jennifer M. Geiger, Lisa Schelbe ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This unique, multidisciplinary resource incorporates cutting-edge research and best practices in child welfare into a text that aims to teach and refine advanced child welfare skills for aspiring child welfare professionals. Featuring real-life examples and stories from the field, the handbook discusses existing methods and challenges in the field of child welfare practice. Chapters also include ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Assessing Empathy

    by M. Alex Wagaman, Elizabeth Segal, Karen Gerdes, Cynthia Lietz, Jennifer Geiger ...
    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 ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education

    Reaching Higher

    by Jacob P. Gross, Jennifer Geiger, Ellen Bara Stolzenberg ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary access and success for foster youth, Gross points out the challenges foster youth face in the primary and secondary school context, such as being less likely to complete high school. These barriers to former foster youth continue once enrolled in post-secondary education, and can ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment

    by Lisa Schelbe, Jennifer M. Geiger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This accessible resource coordinates what we know about the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment (ITCM), with a specific focus on prevention in context. Cutting through facile cause-and-effect constructs, the authors review and critique the recent literature on the complicated nature of the phenomenon and weigh different approaches to its conceptualization. The book identifies ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The Pedagogy of Pop

    Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success

    by Yvette Benavides, Seth Besteman, Carrie Brockheim, Colleen Coughlin, Jennifer Culver, Sheila Delony, Mikee Delony, Charity Dishon-Fischer, Brian Duchaney, Jennifer Edelman, Richard Ellefritz, Jennifer Moyer Geiger, Mike Hall, Glinda Fountain Hall, Sylvia Mac, Amy Rakowsky Neeman, David D. Newman, Michelle Parke, Julie Irene Prieto, Bob Reese, Cindy Roberts, Forrest Roth, Ludovic A. Sourdot, Fred Waweru ...
    Media competes with public schools in terms of student engagement and time. However, the two needn't be mutually exclusive. The Pedagogy of Pop: Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success discusses a variety of strategies and approaches for using social and mass media as tools through which teachers might improve schooling.While there is a vast body of literature in this field, editors ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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    A Guide for Mental Health Professionals Working with Women

    by Lori Haskell, PhD ...
    While post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been recognized for some time, only recently have therapists begun to recognize and address complex post-traumatic stress responses in female clients who have a history of early or chronic abuse.Most mental health service providers recognize the challenges in offering help when a client’s problems seem complex and overwhelming, and they may be unsure ... Read more

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  • Group Work with Populations At-Risk

    Edited by Geoffrey Greif, Carolyn Knight ...
    Group Work with Populations a Risk, Fourth Edition is a fundamental resource for practitioners in health and mental health settings and a comprehensive guidebook of group work skills. Geared toward students and professionals gaining a beginning understanding of groups, this volume describes how to work with vulnerable populations. The first chapters, new additions to this edition and written by a ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Understanding Families

    Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk, Second Edition

    by Marie Poulsen, Marci J. Hanson Ph.D., Eleanor W. Lynch Ph.D. ...
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    $50.99 CAD

  • Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies

    Edited by Albert Bandura ...
    Adolescents' beliefs in their personal control affects their psychological well-being and the direction their lives take. Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The chapters, by internationally known experts, cover such concepts as infancy and personal agency, ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • A Dictionary of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

    by Prof Matthew Molineux ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    Including over 600 A to Z entries, this original dictionary provides clear and succinct definitions of the terms used in the related and developing fields of occupational science and occupational therapy. Entries cover a broad range of topics from activities of daily living and autonomy to task-oriented approach and work-life balance and have a clear occupational focus. They provide an overview of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Emotional and Behavioral Problems

    A Handbook for Understanding and Handling Students

    by Paul Zionts, Laura Zionts, Richard L. Simpson ...
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    $14.99 CAD

  • Psychology of Self-Regulation

    Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

    Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Roy F. Baumeister, Dianne M. Tice ...
    Series series Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology
    The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent developments in this fascinating area. The chapters shed new light on the subtle and often subconscious ways ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD