After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this? Dr. Wendy Bunstons guide is here to help you to meet the emotional needs of children who are experiencing trauma, and to enable them to form healthy attachments, both within their families and ......
An Outcome and Intervention Planning Instrument for Use with Families at Risk
For use with at-risk families of children from birth to 3 years of age, this tool, along with a CD-ROM, provides the critical data home visiting programs need. Generating a portrait of the behaviors and skills of parents and children, it helps establish baseline client profiles, monitor outcomes and others, to show that interventions are working.
An Introduction to Social Welfare: History, Perspective, and the Role of Advocacy focuses on the political and societal causes of human suffering that contribute to the marginalization of vulnerable populations in the context of American social welfare. It provides students with a collection of readings that explore systemic factors supporting and ......
An expose of the Australian charities sector, its history, current size, makeup, with case studies revealing the different charitable organisation types, ways of being or becoming fraudulent, and the regulatory approaches.
Sharon Shoesmith examines what can be learnt from the tragic death of Peter Connelly, also known as Baby P. She gives a detailed account of events as they took place, reflects on the psychological, political and social dynamics involved, and considers the implications for child protection professionals, policymakers, politicians and the ......
A Training Pack for Staff Supporting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, High Support and Complex Needs
Personal Development, Relationships and Staying Safe is a training pack designed to teach people with intellectual disabilities with high support and complex needs about developing their identity, forming relationships and staying safe in the context of physical and sexual abuse.
Economics can be a lens for understanding the behavior of schools, districts, states, and nations in meeting education needs of their populaces, as well as for understanding the individual decisions made by administrators, teachers, and students. Insights from economics help decision makers at the state level understand how to raise and distribute funds for public schools in an equitable manner for both schools and taxpayers. Economics also can assist researchers in analyzing effects of school spending and teacher compensation on student outcomes. And economics can provide important insights into public debates on issues such as whether to offer vouchers for subsidizing student attendance at private schools. This two-volume encyclopedia contains over 300 entries by experts in the field that cover these issues and more. Features: This work of 2 volumes (in both print and electronic formats) contains 300-350 signed entries by significant figures in the field. Entries conclude with cross-references and suggestions for further readings to guide students to in-depth resources. Although organized in A-to-Z fashion, a thematic "Reader's Guide" in the front matter groups related entries by topic. Also in the front matter, a chronology provides students with historical perspective on the development of education economics and finance as a field of study The entire work concludes with a Resources appendix and a comprehensive Index. In the electronic version, the index, Reader's Guide, and cross references combine to provide effective search-and-browse capabilities. Key Themes: Accountability and Education Policy Budgeting and Accounting in Education Finance Education Markets, Choice, and Incentives Equity and Adequacy in School Finance Financing of Higher Education Key Concepts in the Economics of Education Private and Social Returns to Human Capital Investments Production and Costs of Schooling Revenue and Aid for Schools Statistical Methods in the Economics of Education Teachers and Teacher Labor Markets
