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Applying Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work

de Guy Shennan, Steve Myers, Lauren Bailey, Simone Fox, Mhairi Fleming, Anne Edmondson, Michaela Rogers, Jennifer Cooper, Emily Weygang, David Miiligan-Croft, Sarah Pollock, Alex Withers, Will Golden, Ursula Lane, Bryan Thornton, Kirsten Wildbore, Alicia Lee, Mel Davidson, Lynne Robinson, Mica Halstead, Stacey Davies, Amy Udall ...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to ... Leer más

$38.99 USD

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to
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Sex, Risk, and Society

When Is Sex Dangerous?

de Sarah H. Pollock ...

Series Libro 1 - Explanations in the Social Sciences
When is sex abnormal and when is it dangerous? A multi-disciplinary approach that includes sociology, anthropology, history, and philosophy provides an understanding of how cultural norms have shifted over time and the implications of these shifts. Proposed definitions of “abnormal” and “dangerous” and their impact on public policies and practices are evaluated, as are our contemporary assumptions ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

When is sex abnormal and when is it dangerous? A multi-disciplinary approach that includes sociology, anthropology, history, and philosophy provides an understanding of how cultural norms have shifted over time and the implications of these shifts. Proposed definitions of “abnormal” and “dangerous” and their impact on public policies and practices are evaluated, as are our contemporary assumptions
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Life Inside My Mind

31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

de Jessica Burkhart, Maureen Johnson, Robison Wells, Lauren Oliver, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Amy Reed, Aprilynne Pike, Rachel M. Wilson, Dan Wells, Amber Benson0, E. Kristin Anderson1, Sarah Fine2, Kelly Fiore-Stultz3, Ellen Hopkins4, Scott Neumyer5, Crissa-Jean Chappell6, Francesca Lia Block7, Tara Kelly8, Kimberly McCreight9, Megan Kelley Hall0, Hannah Moskowitz1, Karen Mahoney2, Tom Pollock3, Cyn Balog4, Melissa Marr5, Wendy Toliver6, Cindy L. Rodriguez7, Candace Ganger8, Sara Zarr9, Cynthia Hand0, Francisco X. Stork1 ...

“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores ... Leer más

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“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review)“[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores
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Perspectives on Flourishing in Schools

de Peter Bates, Bob Bayles, Wilfred Beckford, Stephen Berg, Brent Bradford, Amy Burns, Roberta Campbell-Chudoba, Davis Clement, Tracy Dollansky, Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers, Ufuk Erdogan, Thomas Falkenberg, John Freeman, David Cameron Hauseman, Alicia Hussain, Lori Jeschke, Julian Kaftan, Don Klinger, Karen Hellerman, Laurie-Ann Hellesten, Kathryn Hibbert, Lynn Hiscoe, Nishad Khanna, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Lynn Lemisko, Jeffrey MacCormack, Margaret Macintyre-Latta, Stoney McCart, Reagan Olson, Mary Ott, Jim Parsons, Katina Pollock, Daniel B. Robinson, Ingrid Robinson, Noel Roche, Maggie Rodger, Susan Rodger, Sarah Shepherd, Vicki Squires, Rebecca Stroud Stasel, Louise Sullivan, Denise Toney, Karine Veldhoevn, Fei Wang, Jennifer Watt, Megan Tschannen-Moran ...

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This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? ... Leer más

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This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools?
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A Land With a People

Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism

Edición de Esther Farmer, Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Sarah Sills ...

A collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and artA Land With a People is a book of stories, photographs and poetry which elevates rarely heard Palestinian and Jewish voices and visions. Eloquently framed with a foreword by the dynamic Palestinian legal scholar and activist, Noura Erakat, this book began as a storytelling project of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City and subsequently ... Leer más

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A collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and artA Land With a People is a book of stories, photographs and poetry which elevates rarely heard Palestinian and Jewish voices and visions. Eloquently framed with a foreword by the dynamic Palestinian legal scholar and activist, Noura Erakat, this book began as a storytelling project of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City and subsequently
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Dreams in Times of War

Stories

de Oswaldo Estrada ...

Narrado por Gary Tiedemann ...

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2 hora 56 minutos

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War/Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities they form that offer solidarity and hope. Listeners will celebrate this unflinching but heartfelt ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War/Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities they form that offer solidarity and hope. Listeners will celebrate this unflinching but heartfelt
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Bicycling Without Brakes

A Long Life in Short Pieces

de Chaya Sarah Sadeh Pollack ...

"Chaya Pollack has written a remarkable memoir about a remarkable life. From her damaged childhood through marriage, motherhood and divorce, a year-long trip around the world, many years teaching healing and meditation, to–ultimately–her own healing, this is an extraordinary story. Told in vignettes and poetry, written with unflinching honesty and grace, Bicycling Without Brakes is a compelling ... Leer más

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"Chaya Pollack has written a remarkable memoir about a remarkable life. From her damaged childhood through marriage, motherhood and divorce, a year-long trip around the world, many years teaching healing and meditation, to–ultimately–her own healing, this is an extraordinary story. Told in vignettes and poetry, written with unflinching honesty and grace, Bicycling Without Brakes is a compelling
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Mandate for Change

Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond

de Chester Hartman, Catherine Albisa, Robert Alvarez, Sarah Anderson, Nan Aron, Dean Baker, Phyllis Bennis, Angela Glover Blackwell, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Robert L. Borosage0, Kate Bronfenbrenner1, John Cavanagh2, Oscar Chacón3, Chuck Collins4, Stuart Comstock-Gay5, Charlie Cray6, Sheila Crowley7, Martha F. Davis8, Karen Dolan9, Peter Edelman0, Carroll L. Estes1, John Feffer2, Bill Fletcher Jr.3, Maria Foscarinis4, Kim Gandy5, Jaime Grant6, Mark Greenberg7, Jim Harkness8, Farrah Hassen9, Simon Heller0, Alan W. Houseman1, Tomás R. Jiménez2, Barbara B. Kennelly3, Gloria Ladson-Billings4, Saul Landau5, Erik Leaver6, Nicole Lee7, Gerald LeMelle8, Ben Lilliston9, Bart Lubow0, Eric Mann1, Ben Manski2, Marc Mauer3, Patrice McDermott4, Dedrick Muhammad5, Douglas W. Nelson6, Miriam Pemberton7, Manuel Pérez-Rocha8, Frances Fox Piven9, Sam Pizzigati0, Ron Pollack1, William Quigley2, Miles S. Rapoport3, Marcus Raskin4, Janet Redman5, Michael A. Replogle6, Jon Rynn7, Rebecca Sawyer8, Daniel Scheer9, Ben Scott0, Rinku Sen1, Amy Shannon2, Cynthia Soohoo3, Nancy Starnes4, Betsy Taylor5, Sanho Tree6, Katrina vanden Heuvel7, Dorian Warren8, Emira Woods9, Daphne Wysham0 ...

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of ... Leer más

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Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets. This volume, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies, which since 1963 has been the nation's leading progressive policy organization, offers a set of
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Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course

Evidence from Longitudinal Research

de Shameem Oomur, Susan E Luczak, Aleksandra Szymczyk, Haridhan Goswami, Gary Pollock, Workneh Yadete, Maheen Sultan, Bassam Abu Hamad, Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird, Robert Blum, Leah Koenig, Laurence Steinberg, Emma Sorbring, Ann T. Skinner, Concetta Pastorelli, Patrick S Malone, Qin Liu, Sevtap Gurdal, Kenneth Dodge, Laura Di Giunta, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Marc Bornstein, Dario Bacchini, Suha M Al Hassan, Liane Peña Alampay, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Sombat Tapanya, W. Andrew Rothenberg, Jennifer E Lansford, Sheri A Lippman, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Jennifer Ahern, Torsten B Neilands, Emily Agnew, Audrey Pettifor, Ilze Plavgo, Lilli Loveday ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today but also provide a window into the future for all of us.This book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 commitment to ... Leer más

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today but also provide a window into the future for all of us.This book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 commitment to
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Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra

Stories / Cuentos

de Oswaldo Estrada ...

Series series Encrucijadas/Crossroads Series
In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities the characters form that offer solidarity and hope. Readers will celebrate this unflinching but ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities the characters form that offer solidarity and hope. Readers will celebrate this unflinching but
... Leer más
Time Without Keys

Selected Poems

de Ida Vitale ...

Traducido por Sarah Pollack ...

A landmark collection of poetry by one of Latin America’s most important living writers.The celebrated writer Álvaro Mutis envied new readers of Ida Vitale’s poetry: “unexpected pleasures await them.” Time Without Keys: Selected Poems is the first volume of Vitale’s illustrious poetry to appear in the US. The selection spans seventy-five years and the wonders within abound—the skies over ... Leer más

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A landmark collection of poetry by one of Latin America’s most important living writers.The celebrated writer Álvaro Mutis envied new readers of Ida Vitale’s poetry: “unexpected pleasures await them.” Time Without Keys: Selected Poems is the first volume of Vitale’s illustrious poetry to appear in the US. The selection spans seventy-five years and the wonders within abound—the skies over
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Vinegar and Char

Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance

de Kevin Young, Natasha Trethewey, Frank X Walker, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Michael McFee, Jake Adam York, Elisa Albo, Elizabeth Alexander, Richard Blanco, Devon Brenner, Gaylord Brewer, Jericho Brown, Molly McCully Brown, Nickole Brown, Greg Alan Brownderville, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Wo Chan, Melissa Dickson Jackson, Kelly Norman Ellis, Beth Fennelly, Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, Diane Gilliam, Nikki Giovanni, Elton Glaser, Sean Hill, Jay Hopler, TJ Jarrett, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Georgia Ella Lyon, Ed Madden, Jo McDougall, Rose McLarney, Erika Meitner, Robert Morgan, Jon Pineda, Iain Haley Pollock, Lynn Powell, Artsuro Riley, Iliana Rocha, Natalie Scenters-Zepico, Brian Spears, Sheryl St. Germain, Garland Strother, Adrienne Su, Sarah Anne Loudin Thomas, Jon Tribble, Adam Vines, Caroline Randall Williams, L. Lamar Wilson, Sylvia Woods, Marianne Worthington, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ashley M. Jones, Shorlette Ammons ...

Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su,
... Leer más

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