Addiction: psychology and treatment by
Psychology and Treatment brings together leading psychologists to provide a comprehensive overview of the psychology of addictions and their treatment across specialities and types of services. Emphasises the use of several approaches including CBT, psychodynamic and systemic and family treatments, and consideration of the wider picture of addictions; as well as the theories, gives a clear overview of the application of these models; reflects the very latest developments in the role played by psychological perspectives and interventions in the recovery agenda for problem drug and alcohol users.
The Addiction Inoculation: raising healthy kids in a culture of dependence by
Lahey was born into a family with a history of alcoholism and drug abuse; despite her desires to thwart her genetic legacy, she didn't find sobriety until her early forties. Now she provides a comprehensive resource parents and educators can use to prevent substance abuse in children. She presents strategies and practical tools that are age-appropriate and actionable.
Transforming Social Work : social constructionist reflections on contemporary and enduring issues by
Written by a leading American scholar, this text offers an accessible account of social constructionist ideas as they apply to a range of contemporary social work issues, including ethics, risk, the strengths perspective and evidence-based practice
Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice: social justice social work by
This updated third edition of the immensely popular Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice introduces students to anti-oppressive social work, its historical and theoretical roots and the specific contexts of anti-oppressive social work practice. Key to this practice is the understanding that the problems faced by an individual are rooted in the inequalities and oppression of the socio-political structure of society rather than in personal characteristics or individual choices. Moreover, the contributors show that social justice and social change--working against racism, sexism and class oppression--can and must be a key component of social work practice. Drawing on concrete examples from specific practice contexts, personal experience and case work, including child welfare, poverty, mental health, addictions and disability, the contributors demonstrate how to translate social justice theory into everyday practice. This new edition adds chapters on working with refugee, immigrant and racialized families; children; older adults; cognitive behavioural therapy; and using social media as a tool for social change
A hard place to call home : a Canadian perspective on residential care and treatment for children and youth by
This book offers a perspective on residential care and treatment in Canada that integrates scholarly research, professional experience, and the voices of young people. As the author argues, there are many reasons to be concerned about residential care and treatment, including longstanding challenges with respect to the quality of care provided, the often traumatic experiences of young people while they live there, racism, safety, funding, and government oversight. Although Gharabaghi provides a sharp critique of residential care, he also presents a hopeful way forward, proposing a positive and constructive framework for residential care and treatment that is fundamentally based on a partnership between caregivers and young people, their families, and neighbourhoods and communities. In the end, this book is as much a critique of the current state of residential care as a celebration of what could be achieved if we adjusted the ways in which we think about what really matters in residential care and treatment.
Imagining Child Welfare in the Spirit of Reconciliation by
Drawing on the expertise of Indigenous scholars and researchers, including voices from the front lines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, this book examines child welfare practices in kinship care, FASD, homelessness, aging out of the system, and transitions for rural youth leaving care. Themes running throughout the book include renewing and decolonizing child welfare work, anti-oppressive practices, the historical legacy of the 60s Scoop, and the needs of marginalized and vulnerable children.
Beyond Shelters : solutions to homelessness in Canada from the front lines by
Newspapers, television and films cast homeless shelters as places of desperation, sadness and sickness. In the last 25 years, however, the homeless and the shelters they access have diversified greatly. There are now men's and women's shelters, youth shelters, family shelters and Indigenous shelters. Shelters have become more professional and sophisticated in addressing homelessness in their region. They do much more than offer a bed and a meal for the night - they offer different methods of intervention, different forms of connection to the communities they serve and, inevitably, different visions of the future of the homeless shelter. Beyond Shelters offers essays by experienced shelter workers who address the future of the homeless shelter in Canada, including: Dr. John Rook of the Mustard Seed in Calgary Karen Hoeft of the Salvation Army in Edmonton Matthew Pearce of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal Dion Oxford of the Gateway Shelter in Toronto Brian Duplessis formerly the executive director of the Fredericton Homeless Shelter in New Brunswick . The contributors have years of experience understanding the causes of and solutions to homelessness and the role that shelters can play in reducing homelessness. They set out the steps that will achieve their ultimate goal - the elimination of all forms of homelessness in Canada
Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are by
While people used to conceal the fact that they were gay or lesbian to protect themselves from stigma and discrimination, it is now commonplace for people to "come out" and encourage others to do so as well. Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are systematically examines how coming out has movedbeyond gay and lesbian rights groups and how different groups wrestle with the politics of coming out in their efforts to resist stigma and enact social change. It shows how different experiences and disparate risks of disclosure shape these groups' collective strategies. Through scores ofinterviews with LGBTQ+ people, undocumented immigrant youth, fat acceptance activists, Mormon fundamentalist polygamists, and sexual harassment lawyers and activists in the era of the #MeToo movement, Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are explains why so many different groups gravitate toward the termcoming out. By focusing on the personal and political resonance of coming out, it provides a novel way to understand how identity politics work in America today.
The trampoline effect : redesigning our social safety nets by
"Needy,” “high-risk,” “vulnerable,” “slow.” When the words people use to describe themselves are the same as the labels in their case files, what does that say about how our social welfare systems shape the identity and possibilities of those who use them? In 2014, three disability organizations asked an international team of designers and social scientists to help them understand and address lived experiences of social isolation. The team moved into a social housing complex in the “loneliest city” in Canada, Vancouver, in order to get to know their neighbours with and without disabilities. The project resulted in a five-year journey of partnership and team building, co-design and prototyping, failure and learning. The social sector is stuck. Seventy years since the rollout of the modern welfare state, Canada is left with a cracked and overburdened old-world system that struggles to provide basic care. Human needs for connection, belonging, purpose and agency are largely forgotten, or actively thwarted, which prevents people from living towards their potential. Whether it is in the disability sector, or in mental health and addictions, homelessness, immigration and refugee services, youth at risk, etc., the patterns are the same: cultures of compliance; rigidity and inflexibility; deeply embedded assumptions, rhetoric and ideology; the constant recycling of similar solutions; counting up the things that don’t really matter; hoarding power and control. But how do you change it? How do you reshape a giant ecosystem with engrained approaches, habitual reactions and vested interests? Instead of going big, Tulloch and Schulman suggest going small. They articulate a series of twelve strategies, or “stretches,” that will enable organizations to reach in new directions. Things like attending to beauty, purpose, and identity, and designing roles that activate community capacity and bridge people to it. The aggregate of those efforts across time and contexts, they argue, can lead to a gradual repurposing of the social safety net. This book is for anyone who plays a role in the social service system ecosystem, whether you are a frontline worker, manager or leader; researcher or policymaker; part of a vocational training or social worker program; a government funder, community foundation or philanthropist; or a professional association. It’s also for social innovators and intrapreneurs trying to bring change to communities and organizations. Lastly, it’s for social scientists and designers who are curious to see applications of their methods to the redesign of the welfare state.
Poverty in Canada and the United States by
In 1964 the United States began its War on Poverty with the passing of the Economic Opportunity Act, and in the following year Canada announced a similar attack. Since then much has been published in books, journals, pamphlets, and reports relating to this vital concern. Various government departments and academic disciplines, including anthropology, economics, education, history, law, medicine, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, religion, social work, and sociology, have examined their relationships and involvements in the War on Poverty, and this Bibliography lists approximately 600 published items from such North American sources. To provide a critical overview of the attack on poverty, Martin Rein, S.M. Miller, and Harris Chaiklin have contributed short papers on the American experience, and B.W. Lappin has presented the problem from the Canadian point of view. Professor Schlesinger has outlined a Canadian profile of poverty, together with the various anti-poverty programs suggested by the Canadian government, since these are less well known and documented than the American counterparts. In addition there is an appendix of articles on poverty found in popular periodicals, and a list of bibliographies on poverty or related topics. Teachers, students, and professionals in the various disciplines named above will find this bibliography valuable, and it will be of interest too to researchers, government officials, and program planners concerned with the War on Poverty.
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