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Social work students must develop a sound and critical understanding of human development and the processes and stages of growth through the life-course. Even more important however is how students apply this knowledge to their assignments and their practice. This text achieves this in several ways. It introduces the key concepts of human development and growth from childhood through adolescence and older age and then uses various pedagogical ...

Janet Walker examines the professional and popular literature published between World War II and the mid-1960s to develop a picture of psychiatry's ambivalent response to women patients.

The "cowboys and Indians, " sheriffs and outlaws, schoolmarms and barkeeps of Western films have wholly transformed our ideas about the reality of the American frontier." Westerns" is the first book to consider seriously the historical meanings and functions of the Western film genre. In "Westerns, " leading scholars unpack the ways in which the form has embellished, mythologized, and erased past events. Contributors explore the mythic "Wild W...

Social work engages with people across the life course, and social workers are expected to work with groups of people at very different stages of their life. This book helps students gain a thorough understanding of human growth as it is a central part of their qualifying social work training and practice.

Written specifically for practice educators, this book examines contemporary theories and knowledge in practice learning, teaching and education, with a clear emphasis on developing the skills and practice of the individual. Another key focus of the book is to help readers to reflect on the implications of this for their role as practice educators, giving them the time and space to make proactive and informed choices. The book is structured ar...

A Time For Praise is about finding salvation through Jesus. It contains lessons that can be applied daily that proclaim God's love and express how a person can gain the keys to eternal life.

Provides basic grounding in the principles of financial and management accounting. It delivers self guided training for the non-specialist who needs an appreciation of the purposes and use of financial information. Written in a clear and concise style, the author avoids the use of technical jargon, making the book accessible to those with no previous knowledge of the subject. Self test questions provide regular opportunities for readers to ass...

This second edition looks in detail at the role of the social worker who engages with older people. It enables the reader to develop keys skills required to understand the mental and physical needs of older people in society while allowing for plenty of d