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Paperback. This book brings together findings from 10 years of UK research that shed light on different aspects of child and family assessment, examining the evidence for what works in promoting the best outcomes for children. It covers thresholds for assessment and intervention, what information should be collected, and assessments in different contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849052566
- ISBN
- 9781849052566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. This book explores the lives and perspectives of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. As their distinct needs are often overlooked due to lack of understanding, this book demonstrates how life course approaches can offer insights into their support needs as they grow older, from housing and health care to community support. Editor(s): Ward, Richard; Rivers, Ian; Sutherland, Mike. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849052573
- ISBN
- 9781849052573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. The contributors explore many different ways in which people with dementia can experience and interact with nature. Editor(s): Gilliard, Jane M.; Marshall, Mary. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849052672
- ISBN
- 9781849052672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Paperback. The first research-based book on the efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for older adults, presenting academics, students and professionals with robust new evidence to support MBSR's positive impact on older people's wellbeing and valuable guidance on how to tailor MBSR programmes to meet the particular needs of this group. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSG; JMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054874
- ISBN
- 9781849054874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. Through clear practical examples, this book demonstrates how Individual Service Funds can dramatically improve the quality of life of people with dementia living in care homes, showing what works and what doesn't, how to deal with difficulties and setbacks and describing the person-centred planning tools needed to implement the approach. Num Pages: 144 pages, 18 black and white figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSG; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849055451
- ISBN
- 9781849055451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Across Europe young people in care are around five times less likely to attend tertiary education than those who have not been in care. Drawing extensively on a substantial three-year long research project led by the authors, this book provides a comprehensive account of this shocking discrepancy and discusses ways to address the imbalance. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849056397
- ISBN
- 9781849056397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.24
€ 87.24
Paperback. Love and Mayhem gives an insight into the inner-workings of a large family with fostered, adopted and birth children. John Degarmo, describes the highs and lows and complete chaos of his family life with warmth and sincerity. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849057752
- ISBN
- 9781849057752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. Editor(s): Fernandez, Elizabeth; Barth, Richard P. Series Editor(s): Ward, Harriet. Series: Child Welfare Outcomes. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849058124
- ISBN
- 9781849058124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. It introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services and provides examples of evaluation from policy and practice. Editor(s): Maluccio, Anthony N.; Canali, Cinzia; Vecchiato, Tiziano; Lightburn, Anita; Aldgate, Jane; Rose, Wendy; Whittaker, James K. Series Editor(s): Ward, Harriet. Series: Child Welfare Outcomes. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849058193
- ISBN
- 9781849058193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.24
€ 87.24
Hardback. Definitive and wide-ranging, this international review of therapeutic residential child care covers the latest research on how it works, how much it costs compared with the outcomes it delivers and how to deliver this effective form of care for the most troubled children in public care. Editor(s): Whittaker, James K.; del Valle, Jorge Fernandez; Holmes, Lisa. Series: Child Welfare Outcomes. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849059633
- ISBN
- 9781849059633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. 'Share the Care' examines the different ways in which respite care schemes operate, focusing in particular on the Share-the-Care service in Lothian and the experience of parents of children with learning difficulties of using the scheme, respite carers, families facing an extended wait for respite and families who withdraw from the scheme. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography,. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853020384
- ISBN
- 9781853020384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. This book critically examines the new agenda of welfare and assesses the implications for change for policy makers, formal and informal carers and consumers including examinations of key topics such as care planning and case management. Editor(s): Titterton, Mike. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JKSN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853021121
- ISBN
- 9781853021121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. A comprehensive resource manual, this book looks at the theory and development of group work as a form of family therapy, the settings in which group work may be used, and effective therapeutic methods. The book also discusses how to deal with themes that may orient groups and the administrative and management concerns involved in groups work. Editor(s): Dwivedi, Kedar Nath. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853021572
- ISBN
- 9781853021572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. This book redefines the issue of disability as a social rather than an individual problem and considers the implications of this view for the provision of services and for social work practice. It looks at the experience of people with disabilities in society, and the influence that their organisations have had on service provision. Editor(s): Oliver, Michael. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853021787
- ISBN
- 9781853021787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Paperback. Using a life course approach, which emphasises the importance of recognising the effects of different life experiences on different groups of individuals and the interlinkage between phases of the life course, the book explores the ways in which bases of structural advantage and disadvantage have cumulative impacts on the situation of older people. Editor(s): Arber, Sara; Evandrou, Maria. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853021800
- ISBN
- 9781853021800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Paperback. Good Practice in Child Protection is a practical handbook for use by all professionals who work with child abuse cases as they get to grips with the new legislation on child protection. The book is soundly based on theory, but its main emphasis is on practice, and it includes exercises to improve practice in specific areas of child protection work. Editor(s): Owen, Hilary; Pritchard, Jacki. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022050
- ISBN
- 9781853022050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Paperback. Based on a tried and tested needs-based approach it begins by looking at the present 'state of play' in society's approach to schizophrenia, and the experiences of both sufferers and their families. It goes on to identify the needs raised by such experiences and considers ways of meeting them, before detailing methods of intervention. Num Pages: 200 pages, references, further reading list, index. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMS; MBP; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022425
- ISBN
- 9781853022425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This book is written for those who have responsibilities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. It considers how to cope with the complex problems of someone with this level of disability, interpret their needs, and maintain effective contact with all the professionals and organisations who deal with them. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022449
- ISBN
- 9781853022449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities. Editor(s): McIvor, Gill. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022494
- ISBN
- 9781853022494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This book offers itself as a guide both to the wealth of reading texts available for use in counselling, and to ways of reading that extend the reader-listener's engagement with fiction and poetry. Ben Knights argues that reflective reading requires us to work at both analytical and empathic levels. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 310 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022661
- ISBN
- 9781853022661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76