Author: Lola M. Schaefer
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: families, books, pebble, series, fathers
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 1429617535
ISBN-13: 9781429617536
Simple text and photographs present fathers and how they interact with their families
Author: Lola M. Schaefer
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: families, books, pebble, series, family, pets
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 1429617527
ISBN-13: 9781429617529
Simple text and photographs present family pets and how they interact with their families
Authors:Karen Seccombe, Susan J. Ferguso,
Publisher: Allyn & Baco
Keywords: families, series, century, volume, poverty
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2006-11-04
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0205502547
ISBN-13: 9780205502547
Poverty is a social problem, and finding solutions requires us to look closely at our society, laws and social institutions. Families in Poverty brings together the best and most recent quantitative and qualitative data to examine poverty among U.S. families, the problems poor families face, and discusses how solutions to poverty do exist. Some major topics found in the text include: Trends in poverty in the United States; Discussion on how poverty is measured and defined; Critiques on several explanations of poverty; Consequences of poverty on children and adults; Labor market issues such as
Authors:Allison M. Cox, David H. Albert,
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: families, caring, healthy, encourage, storytelling, heart, healing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0865714665
ISBN-13: 9780865714663
The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degra-dation, homelessness, abuse). The books are a collective effort containing the expertise of more than 60 storytellers and health professionals who illust
Authors:Caroline Archer, Christine Gordon,
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
Keywords: families, trauma, attachment, adoptive, language, guide, old, scripts, new
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 2006-02-08
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1843102587
ISBN-13: 9781843102588
Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. "New Families, Old Scripts" is an accessible introduction to understanding these challenges and helping children and their families to develop a shared language and understanding of one another. Steeped in the experience of the authors, the book offers a wealth of practical guidance and intervention in a no-nonsense style that will be readily understandable to both families and the professionals who work with them. Case examples b
Authors:Janet F. Gillespie, Judy Primavera,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: families, preventive, practice, research, innovations, competent, diverse
Number of Pages: 238
Published: 2001-02-07
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0789007975
ISBN-13: 9780789007971
Are you prepared to deliver effective services to a wide range of families and family situations?Diverse Families, Competent Families provides human service professionals with a portrait of the real lives and practical challenges of our nation’s families as they face a new millennium. It examines family adaptation and competence in a variety of contexts and situations such as, day-to-day issues of coping and survival, as well as major milestones such as sending children off to school and becoming a caregiver for a family member. This unique book also spans multiple levels of families’e
Author: Brenda Nally
Publisher: National Autistic Society
Keywords: diagnosis, families, autism, child, booklet, reactions
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1899280189
ISBN-13: 9781899280186
