Applying Critical Thinking and Analysis in Social Work

Product Description 
This highly practical guidebook will help you develop the critical and analytical skills essential to your successful social work education and evidence-informed, reflective practice. Key features include: \nTheoretical break down and simplification of key theories 
How to avoid common pitfalls 
Activities to help you cement your learning 
Case studies applicable in practice.\nThis will support you right from the very beginning of your programme through to the end of your final placement and into practice. \nReview 
This book is a very valuable and rich resource to enable social work students in training to develop effective critical thinking skills and habits. It has excellent content and practice relevant exercises with which to encourage students to develop their critical thinking further both in their academic studies and professional practice. 
 -- Jasper Shotts\nAs the authors of this book suggest, critical thinking is a ‘sought after’ skill in social work practice, yet is something that can be difficult for students to conceptualise. This practical text is written in such a way, that it aims to speak directly to student social workers to help them understand the concept, and application of, critical thinking. A range of models are clearly set out by the authors for students to follow, including helpful themes such as ‘danger points’ which alert students to some of the pitfalls in certain models of thinking. 
I therefore recommend this book be used by student social workers throughout their social work degrees to help them develop and master their skills. -- Lesley Deacon\nWhat I like about the book is that it covers the core skills of critical thinking, critical writing and critical reflection. Although it is written at a basic level and does not go into much detail in this complex subject area, it does however provide sufficient material to grasp the fundamental concept of ‘criticality’ when applied to a range of social work activities. -- Graham Ixer. Professor of Social Work and Social Policy\nThis book provides highly practical suggestions for record keeping and report writing, the good practice of which frequently slips from attention and is fraught with pitfalls. Overall, this is an excellent book which is memorable for its fusion of concepts with sheer practicality, no jargon, no acronyms, just clear language and sharp analysis. -- Isabel Martin, Independent Practice Teacher, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 
 About the Author 
Dr Michaela Rogers is a lecturer of social work who is involved in both research and teaching across the areas of social care, social justice, equality and diversity, safeguarding, interpersonal violence and gender. Dr Rogers has delivered and worked alongside colleagues on a range of projects in the voluntary and public sector. These projects typically aim to explore social problems in terms of everyday experiences or assess the impact of service delivery or specific policy initiatives. Dr Rogers is a qualified social worker registered with the profession’s regulatory body in England, the Health and Care Professions Council.\nDr Dan Allen is a social work academic with over 18 years′ experience working to democratise child protection practice with Romani and Traveller families. He has published widely on this topic and has represented child protection practitioners working to support Romani and Traveller families at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the House of Lords, and the Welsh Assembly. Dr Allen is particularly interested in examining the intersection of power relations, prejudice, and the impact of governmentality, subjectivities, and ethics on the translocation of professional conduct. Developing a perspective that combines ′neoliberal governmentality′ with ′socio-political′ influence and ′critical′ and ‘radical′ theory, Dr Allen seeks to critically examine the questions of why, how and so what in the context of dominant disc

Politics & Social Sciences

Rogers, Michaela

Allen, Dan

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

This highly practical guidebook will help you develop the critical and analytical skills essential to your successful social work education and evidence-informed, reflective practice. Key features include: <ul>
<li>Theoretical break down and simplification of key theories</li> <li>How to avoid common pitfalls </li> <li>Activities to help you cement your learning</li> <li>Case studies applicable in practice.</li> </ul>
This will support you right from the very beginning of your programme through to the end of your final placement and into practice.

An A-Z of Social Work Skills (A-Zs in Social Work Series)

Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this dip in and out of guide introduces students to over 60 key skills in a concise and no-nonsense way. Test your knowledge and how to apply skills in practice with Skills in Action, Stop, Reflect and Top Tips boxes.

New York City author Dan Allen takes you on a tour of the greatest city in the world, the multicultural mecca considered by travelers and historians alike to be the epicenter of gay civilization. With its neighborhood by neighborhood rundowns of today's hippest hotspots alongside localized LGBT history, this guide gives hand-picked, in-the-know recommendations for gay and gay-friendly lodging, dining, and activities that will illuminate the soul of New York -- not just in the known pink centers of Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen, but from Downtown to Uptown, and from the Bronx to Brooklyn. Included are helpful maps, gay-friendly ratings, and valuable travel tips. 
Dan Allen is a New York City-based writer who contributes to The Advocate, Out, The Out Traveler, The Miami Herald, and many other publications.

The Out Traveler New York City

Travel

Reference

Alyson Pubns

Toran joined the five realms and tied their destinies to the survival of his secret heirs. But the king is now dead and his enemies gather. Reann, a serving girl and self-appointed librarian of Toran’s estate, has a chance to unravel the greatest mystery in the realm. On the other side of the kingdom, Terith and the other dragon riders fight to stop the invasion that would mean the fall of the empire. In this cross-country dragon race, Terith faces a black-hearted traitor with even darker purposes, to win the kingdom and the heart of the woman he loves. One rider will fall; one fate will rise.

Fall of the Dragon Prince (The Forgotten Heirs Trilogy)

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Jolly Fish Press

Devil's Party Press, publisher of the award-winning anthologies SOLSTICE, SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, and EQUINOX presents an all-new collection of terrifying tales by 36 wild talents. Settle your mask into place. It’s time for the Halloween Party to begin. You have been invited to open this book to experience stories so macabre, so horrifying, that we must recommend you read them before dark. Make the unwise choice to read one of these unsettling tales just before switching off the light, and we cannot promise that you will live to see the next morning sun. Thank you for coming to our party. It was nice to know you while you were among the living. CONTENTS - Introduction by DAVID YURKOVICH - Fallen Hero by LISA FOX - The Stumpville Affair by JAMES GOODRIDGE - The Grim, Wicked Wood by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG - Lizzy Dies From a Plane Crash at the End of This Poem by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG - Run Red by JAMES MICHAEL SHOBERG - Graveyard by SHUTTA CRUM - Pearberry by BERNIE BROWN - The Matriarch Sin by DOYLE WELDON KNIGHT - Violet’s Blossoms by JOSEPHINE QUEEN - Razors and Apples for My Love by DIANNE PEARCE - Our Father by RACHEL M. BROWN - The Seamstress by RUSSELL REECE - The Man in the Hotel by BERNIE BROWN - All Hallows’ Eve: Full Dark by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES - Monster Love by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES - Creature Feature by CATHARINE CLARK-SAYLES - Erato’s Assistant by PAUL MILENSKI - Munchers by DAN ALLEN - . . . and All the Trimmings by J. C. RAYE - The Doggone Ghost by BERNIE BROWN - Waves by ROBIN HILL-PAGE GLANDEN - The Sea Cemetery by ANDREA GOYAN - Pumpkin Seed Spit by R. DAVID FULCHER - The Creepy Dance of Red Curly Hair by AMIRAH AL WASSIF - New Meat by ROBERT LEWIS HERON - Alice’s Hat by TERRI CLIFTON - A House Haunted by DAVID W. DUTTON - Mary Wu by DIANNE PEARCE - The Ghost of Chillingham Manor by PATSY PRATT-HERZOG - The Dark Augur by ELIZABETH VEGVARY - Happy Fucking Birthday by JOHN DAVIS - Halloween Dance by JOHN DAVIS - Teacher’s Pets by LINDA RUMNEY - Thrown Out of the Church by My Father – a Baptist Deacon, 1964 by ALICE MORRIS - She Waits for a Season of Hope by ALICE MORRIS - Spirit of the Evening, Pray for Us All by ALICE MORRIS - Why the Writer Cannot Rest by PAUL MILENSKI - Mr. Gibb’s Banner Year by HEIDI J. LOBECKER - Ache by MARK ALAN POLO - O’ Death, You Sonnet! by DANTE SILICATO - Tick Tock by BAYNE NORTHERN - The Wood Witch by SARAH VAN GOETHEM - Mirror, Mirror by ELLIE COOPER - The Two Witches by CARRIE SZ KEANE - Red by JUDITH SPEIZER CRANDELL - The Holes by CAROLYN GEDULD - BRB by DAVID YURKOVICH - Absolute Monsters: Author Bios

Halloween Party 2019 (Halloween Party Anthology Series from Gravelight Press)

Literature & Fiction

Fox, Lisa

Yurkovich, David

Goodridge, James

Pearce, Dianne

Clark-Sayles, Catharine

Shoberg, James Michael

Reece, Russell

Van Goethem, Sarah

Knight, Weldon

Genre Fiction

Devil's Party press

On the outskirts of a small town in Alabama during the waning days of Reconstruction, the young son of a sharecropper finds that there is something more than his subconscious, speaking. An advanced technology has taken residence in his brain, making him privy to uncanny facts. The boy must complete implausible feats, all the while becoming a quieter voice inside of his own head.

Eulogy for an Immortal

United States

Dan Allen

JBoss Seam is an exciting new application framework based on the Java EE platform that is used to build rich, web-based business applications. Seam is rapidly capturing the interest of Java enterprise developers because of its focus on simplicity, ease of use, transparent integration, and scalability. Seam in Action offers a practical and in-depth look at JBoss Seam. The book puts Seam head-to-head with the complexities in the Java EE architecture. The author presents an unbiased view of Seam from outside the walls of RedHat/JBoss, focusing on such topics as Spring integration and deployment to alternative application servers to steer clear of vendor lock-in. By the end of the book, you should expect to not only gain a deep understanding of Seam, but also come away with the confidence to teach the material to others. To start off, you will see a working Java EE-compliant application come together by the end of the second chapter. As you progress through the book, you will discover how Seam eliminates unnecessary layers and configurations, solves the most common JSF pain points, and establishes the missing link between JSF, EJB 3 and JavaBean components. The author also shows you how Seam opens doors for you to incorporate technologies you previously have not had time to learn, such as business processes and stateful page flows (jBPM), Ajax remoting, PDF generation, asynchronous tasks, and more. All too often, developers spend a majority of their time integrating disparate technologies, manually tracking state, struggling to understand JSF, wrestling with Hibernate exceptions, and constantly redeploying applications, rather than on the logic pertaining to the business at hand. Seam in Action dives deep into thorough explanations of how Seam eliminates these non-core tasks by leveraging configuration by exception, Java 5 annotations, and aspect-oriented programming. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

Seam in Action

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

Manning Publications

The ancient magic of Arcadia fuels a vicious attack. Dwarfholm Bastion is about to fall. Gork, the prince of the Dwarves, has a plan that might just save his people and prove himself worthy to his father. As a last hope to defeat the invading orcs, Gork embarks on a dangerous mission to the deserts of Arcadia. Joining him on his quest are the famously hazardous Nyan-Nyan, the Chaos Kitty; and Terras, an inventive druid sent to find the missing Princess Ruby. The unlikely team has no idea what's ahead of them. There's a reason the secrets of Arcadia's tombs have remained hidden for so long--the horrors within are fed by an ancient portal to the Dark Realm. None who enter the catacombs return alive. Gork must balance the fate of his realm and the fates of those closest to his heart as he faces the demon within the Dungeons of Arcadia. If he succeeds, he just might turn the tide in the war against the Dark Consul.

The Dungeons of Arcadia (Volume 4) (Super Dungeon)

Action & Adventure

Future House Publishing

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