Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training required to screen adoptive and foster parents; social work schools provide minimal interview training and what training they do provide focuses on therapeutic interview techniques rather than screening skills. There is a clear need for a book like Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, one that can be incorporated into course requirements and used by working social workers and psychologists involved with adoption and foster parent screening. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, written by a former social worker, who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, and a clinical psychologist, meshes the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants. The book provides information on: <ul>
<li>evaluating aberrant behavior and unhealthy parenting attitudes</li> <li>interview techniques</li> <li>psychological testing.</li>
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Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening is based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis. The book is written in an accessible style free of technical language, thus making it appropriate for college-level students and professionals who don't have time to sift through empirical data to obtain accessible information that they can adapt to their profession.

Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening: A Professional Guide for Evaluations

Health, Fitness & Dieting

James L. Dickerson

Mardi Allen

Mental Health

Routledge

Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager

Cooper Square Press

Scotty Moore listened carefully to the shy young Elvis sing and immediately realized that this teenager had something special. Along with bass player Bill Black, the trio went into Sun Studios and recorded an old blues number called "That's Alright, Mama." Its success launched a whirlwind of touring, radio appearances, and Elvis' first break into movies. Scotty was there every step of the way and tells the story of how Elvis transformed popular music.

That's Alright Elvis Kindle Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

Scotty Moore

Arts & Literature

Schirmer Books

* What should you know before beginning a screening interview? * What are the warning signs that an applicant may be a child predator? * What are the steps to conducting a thorough home study? * When is psychological consultation warranted?
 Screening potential adoptive and foster parents is an extremely difficult task, yet many social workers who screen applicants and supervise placements have no written guide to aid in their decision making or to measure competency of technique. 
 How To Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents: A Workbook for Professionals and Students serves as a comprehensive guide for social workers to draw on when making decisions for foster care/adoption placement. Based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis, this workbook teaches specific interview skills and analytical decision-making techniques necessary to competently evaluate each unique applicant family within a variety of constructs. Comprising 12 concise and well-researched chapters, this guide is ideal for both classroom discussions and real-life applications.
NASW Press
 NASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad. 
Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.
Some of the areas we publish in include:
-Social work in the field of aging -Models of social work -Social work with children and adolescents -Ethics in social work -Community organization -Professional development

How to Screen Adoptive and Foster Parents: A Workbook for Professionals and Students

Politics & Social Sciences

Daniel Pollack

Social Sciences

NASW Press

A collection of stories shared by 25 country music stars in which they were embarrassed, often in the middle of a performance. Country music fans will enjoy this look at the occupational hazards of being an entertainer.

Country Music's Most Embarrassing Moments

Cool Springs Press

For all those newly diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver--a unique and comprehensive guide to understanding and managing your condition Millions of Americans live with cirrhosis of the liver, a degenerative, complex, and often misunderstood condition in which liver cells are damaged and then replaced by scar tissue, impeding liver function. The disease is most commonly caused by excessive alcohol consumption, hepatitis, or complications from prescription drugs. Immediately after his diagnosis, James Dickerson set out to educate himself on all of his options--and found there is hope for recovery. Now, he offers The First Year: Cirrhosis, the first guide for patients and their families to understanding and managing this chronic condition. In clear, accessible language, the book walks readers step-by-step through everything they need to do each day of the first week after a cirrhosis diagnosis, each subsequent week of the first month, and the following eleven months of the crucial first year. From understanding causes to coping with complications, The First Year: Cirrhosis provides medically-sound, empathetic guidance. The book includes advice on treating symptoms, extending longevity, managing stress, and getting the best care possible for anyone affected by this condition.

The First Year: Cirrhosis: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Diets & Weight Loss

Balance

Dixie's Dirty Secret

History

Americas

Turner Pub

Nicole Kidman

Five Mile Press Pty. Limited

All of America s original music blues, country, rock n roll and jazz originated in a relatively small geographical area called the Mojo Triangle (most of Mississippi, Memphis, New Orleans and Nashville). That same area also gave us some of America s most soulful and innovative fiction writers. It is the mission of "Mojo Rising" to highlight those writers, past and present, by presenting their work in two volumes.  Dickerson s Mojo Rising (volume 1) includes stories by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Faulkner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright (generally regarded as one of the top three African American writers in American history), noted Civil War historian and novelist Shelby Foote, author Willie Morris (legendary editor of Harper s Magazine in the 1960s, novelist, and journalist), American Book Award winner Ellen Gilchrist (who contributed a previously unpublished story), Elizabeth Spencer (graduate of Belhaven College and Vanderbilt University; University of Mississippi creative writing instructor; five-time winner of the O. Henry Award for short fiction), Stark Young, former drama critic for the New York Times and author of a bestselling novel So Red the Rose, and novelist and short writer Ellen Douglas, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and in the O. Henry collection of prize stories. As an art form, the short story has been shunted to the fringe of literary expression, says Sartoris Literary Group publisher James L. Dickerson. "We want to keep the short story alive and the best way to do that is to provide it with a loving home. To that end we plan to publish each year an anthology of contemporary writers who are associated with the Mojo Triangle."

Mojo Rising: Masters of the Art

Literature & Fiction

United States

Sartoris Literary Group

Dickerson, Tom Parker

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