Marching to a Different Tune

Diary About an ADHD Boy

Jacky Fletcher

This book gives an essential new perspective to the understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - it describes this complex set of behaviours from the inside. It complements and deepens the clinical presentation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, at a time when this diagnosis is being applied to more and more children. more »

Keywords: ADHD, children, memoirs, occupational therapy

Researching the Arts Therapies

A Dramatherapist's Perspective

Roger Grainger

Writing from a dramatherapist's perspective, Grainger looks at methods of researching the arts therapies, and how particular definitions of research affect our understanding and practising of arts therapies. He places approaches to research in four categories: quantitative research, qualitative research, action research and art-based research. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, interdisciplinary arts therapies

Welfare and Culture in Europe

Towards a New Paradigm in Social Policy

Edited by Prue Chamberlayne, Andrew Cooper, Richard Freeman and Michael Rustin

This book describes how an awareness of culture must be applied to the study and provision of welfare in Europe. It shows how the cultures underpinning social welfare systems are starting to be exposed and explored. The assumption that the values and beliefs which constitute welfare systems are universal and absolute has been overturned. more »

Keywords: ethnicity, social care, social policy, social work

Drug Treatments and Dementia

Stephen Hopker

This comprehensive book looks at the use of medication in dementia care. It gives guidance on drug treatments which are currently available to people with dementia, detailing how they can be used, and assessing their effectiveness. This guide will inform the practice of carers and clinicians and be of interest to anyone involved in dementia care. more »

Keyword: dementia

Foundations and Applications of Group Psychotherapy

A Sphere of Influence

Mark F Ettin

The author focuses on how to provide effective individual treatment within psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic groups, and examines the structural properties of such groups as organizational entities in their own right. The book is divided into two main parts, covering foundations and applications. more »

Keywords: group psychotherapy, psychotherapy

Medical Art Therapy with Adults

Edited by Cathy Malchiodi

Distinguished art therapists have contributed to this wide-ranging collection, which deals sensitively with work with patients who are suffering from terminal illness such as AIDS or cancer, or recovering from traumatic operations. The chapters offer advice on approaches to use with a variety of clients, depending on the objectives. more »

Keywords: adults, art therapy, palliative care

Process in the Arts Therapies

Edited by Ann Cattanach

The multiplicity of levels at which process operates for art therapists is the theme of this book. What happens during a therapy session is examined, as are the client's response, which is experienced through the medium of the art form itself, and the evolution of the relationship between therapist and client. more »

Keywords: arts therapies, dance and movement therapy, interdisciplinary arts therapies, music therapy, play therapy

Small Steps Forward

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs

Sarah Newman

The book provides tried and tested ideas for games and activities to develop the skills of any child with special needs. It also offers advice on behaviour management, coping with stress, and includes a comprehensive resources section. more »

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, children, Down's syndrome, intellectual disabilities, occupational therapy, parenting, special education

Social Work Management and Practice

Systems Principles
2nd edition

Andy Bilson and Sue Ross

The second edition of this key text renews its challenge to the established social work culture of managerialism and effectiveness, arguing that existing social work provision can fail the people it aims to support and protect. The authors apply the latest systems principles to the practice and management of social work. more »

Keywords: social care, social policy, social work

Supervision and Dramatherapy

Edited by Elektra Tselikas-Portmann

This book explores the ways in which dramatherapy techniques and concepts can be applied to supervision, and looks at how supervisions are conducted within the field of dramatherapy. The contributors offer insights into the relationships between supervisor, supervisee and client, and the dramatic roles that unfold during the supervision process. more »

Keywords: dramatherapy, psychodrama

Transforming Universities

Changing Patterns of Governance, Structure and Learning in Swedish Higher Education

Marianne Bauer, Susan Marton, Berit Askling and Ference Marton

The formation of higher education policy is a political process, and a change in government can result in dramatic system reform. Transforming Universities shows how such changes can affect institutional conditions and academic working and values, using the highly politicized Swedish system as a case study. more »

Keywords: education, higher education policy

Adaptive University Structures

An Analysis of Adaptation to Socioeconomic Environments of US and European Universities

Barbara Sporn

This book examines adaptability in universities in Europe and the US, drawing out the lessons learnt for policy makers and managers to develop such structures, and help their institutions survive change. It looks at three US universities identified as adaptive and three European institutions which are trying to improve their adaptive capacity. more »

Keywords: education, higher education policy

The Adoption Experience

Families Who Give Children a Second Chance

Ann Morris

This is a book of real life stories of adopters which takes the reader through every stage of the adoption process starting with the moment when they decide that adoption is the right option for them to the stories of adoptees brought up by adoptive parents. In between, the book looks at all the different types of adoption that are carried out. more »

Keywords: adoption, child protection, children, families, fostering, social work

Contemporary Art Therapy with Adolescents

Shirley Riley

This book offers practical and imaginative solutions to the multifaceted challenges that clinicians face when treating young people. The author fuses contemporary theories of clinical treatment with the creative processes of art therapy to arrive at a synthesis which yields successful outcomes when working with adolescents. more »

Keywords: adolescence, art therapy, child protection, child psychiatry, counselling, psychiatry

Working with Sex Offenders in Prisons and through Release to the Community

A Handbook

Alec Spencer

This book looks at a wide range of issues and problems relating to the management of sexual offenders in prisons and their reintegration into the community. Issues involved in the setting up of programmes, the creation of the right environment, and the support and training of staff, are universally applicable. more »

Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, offenders, sexual abuse

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