Social Work with People with Learning Difficulties
- ISBN-10
- 1844450422
- ISBN-13
- 9781844450428
- Series
- Social Work with People with Learning Difficulties
- Category
- Social Science / Social Work
- Pages
- 155
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Learning Matters
- Author
- Paul Williams
Description
Based around the government White Paper, Valuing People (2001), this title is the only up-to-date book on the subject. It outlines the progress made towards achieving the paper′s aims and helps students to work towards assessing the needs and circumstances of people with learning difficulties. Throughout the book case studies, summaries of contemporary research and suggestions for further reading aid and reinforce learning. Part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series, it is written for students on the social work honours degree.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2015-07-29
- 208 pages
- Ebook
- Policy Press
Similar books
-
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment
By Karen Kay Kirst-Ashman, Charles ZastrowIn this best-selling text BY social workers and FOR social workers, Charles Zastrow and Karen K. Kirst-Ashman, nationally prominent social work educators and authors, guide studetns in assessing and evaluating how individuals function ...
-
Worker Productivity: Myths and Reality
By David MacarovLevinson , op . cit . , p . 40 . 108. Levinson is an exception in emphasizing both parents : “ A critically important aspect ... derives from the values of the parents . If a person can recall not so much what his parents did but how in ...
-
Critical Issues in Child Welfare
By Elizabeth A. Segal, Nora S. GustavssonThis volume provides a clear and concise overview of the mental, emotional, physical and social conditions of children in the United States, and the current social concerns which threaten their well-being.
-
Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course
By Elizabeth HutchisonAccording to Segal and Stewart ( 1996 ) , chemical substances pose a profound threat to the health of adolescents , because substance abuse affects metabolism , internal organs , the central nervous system , emotional functioning ...
-
Promoting Community Change: Making it Happen in the Real World
By Mark S. HomanWarren , R. B. , & Warren , D. I. ( 1977 ) . The neighborhood organizer's handbook . ... In E. Gambrill & R. Pruger ( Eds . ) , Controversial issues in social work ( pp . 289-293 ) . Boston , MA : Allyn & Bacon .
-
Skills and Tools for Today's Counselors and Psychotherapists: From Natural Helping to Professional Counseling
By Ed Neukrug, Alan M. SchwitzerAfter reading about the fundamental skills and techniques of counseling in the text, you can access complementary role plays, skill demonstrations, and process stages ... to see the same essential principles in action. -Back cover.
-
Counseling With Native American Indians and Alaska Natives: Strategies for Helping Professionals
By Roger D. HerringThey may also need to become systemic change agents , intervening in environments that impede the development of Native youth ( Eberhard , 1989 ) . In the school setting , for example , counselors can encourage the revision of curricula ...
-
Self-Help and Support Groups: A Handbook for Practitioners
By Linda Farris KurtzMäkelä , K. ( 1993a ) . Implications for research of the cultural variability of Alcoholics Anonymous . In B. S. McCrady & W. R. Miller ( Eds . ) , Research on Alcoholics Anonymous : Opportunities and Alternatives ( pp . 189-208 ) .
-
An Introduction to Group Work Practice
By Ronald W. Toseland, Robert F. RivasDavis , I. ( 1975 ) . Advice - giving in parent counseling . Social Casework , 56 , 343–347 . Davis , L. , Galinsky , M. , & Schopler , J. ( 1995 ) . RAP : A framework for leadership of multiracial groups .
-
你不知道的線上零工經濟：揭露人工智慧中的工人智慧，以及網路眾包人力低薪、無保障的真相，新型態的雇傭關係將如何改變我們的未來？
By 瑪莉．葛雷葛雷(Mary L. Gray)、西達爾特.蘇利(Siddharth Suri). 註58:調查LeadGenius時,我們的重心放在 ... 註60:簡森、雷維爾、鄭金英和威爾森聯手創造了名為Miro的開源軟體專案,成為Amara的根源。Miro在極盛時期,一個月有兩百萬名使用者──稱不上天大的革命性 ...