Research evidence now supports the prediction that juvenile delinquents fare significantly better in rehabilitative programmes than in youth prisons or home confinement. This book constitutes a groundbreaking, how-to roadmap for developing and implementing an effective rehabilitative programme for delinquent youth.
Adolescence is a distinct and complex stage of development, and successful interventions with this population require an in-depth understanding of the many forces affecting them. This is a practical, thorough, yet concise survey of adolescent development for early career professionals in psychology, mental health counselling, social work, marriage ......
Domestic violence experienced in childhood continues to have an enduring emotional impact into adulthood. The scars it leaves can impact on family lives, employment, and long-term emotional and mental health.This accessible book explores the experiences of adult survivors of domestic violence in childhood, with personal accounts and poems ......
Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.The increased longevity of the population at large also means that the number of people with a learning disability is living longer, and the numbers of these people developing dementia will ......
What are the roles, functions, and identities of pastoral counsellors today? What paradigms shape their understandings of the needs of others? How can pastoral counsellors serve the needs of diverse individuals in both religious and secular environments? This foundational text reflects the continued and unfolding work of pastoral counselling in ......
This useful handbook equips readers with the necessary information to recognize drug and substance misuse and offer the right information, help and guidance. It is essential reading for teachers, social workers, youth workers, residential home managers, policy makers and parents, and any other adult who has a responsibility for others, especially ......
Takes the reader on a how-to tour of the benefits of using pop-culture and fantasy in psychotherapy and play therapy. Presenting case studies, this work shows how it is possible to uncover children's secret identities, and assist treatment of adolescents with sexual behavior problems.
Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP), an application of Video Interaction Guidance, supports individuals or groups to reflect on and develop their professional communication, teaching or therapeutic skills with their clients through shared review of moments of attuned interaction in video clips of their day-to-day practice. This book brings ......
Ruth Deane suffered from OCD for many years. She is now a registered counsellor, singer in a blues band and an avid horse rider. She is married and has a son and three step children and lives in Lincolnshire, England.
