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  1. Helping Delinquents Change

    A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches

    By Jerome Beker, Jerome Stumphauzer

    Helping Delinquents Change sets before itself a formidable task--that of removing the mystery from the understanding of delinquent behavior. Jerome Stumphauzer offers direct, useful means to work toward altering delinquent behavior. Abandoning an orientation to delinquency that focuses on...

    Published December 31st 1985 by Routledge

  2. Marketing Child Care Programs

    Why and How

    By Mary Frank

    Is marketing appropriate for child care programs? National leaders in marketing management and child care discuss the growing trend toward marketing child care programs. As more agencies recognize the need to develop their own marketing programs, inherent obstacles--particularly negative public and...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  3. Recreation for the Disabled Child

    By Donna Bernhardt Bainbridge

    This valuable book deals with the recreation activities for the disabled, including skiing, horseback riding, running, camping, water sports, and team sports. Experts examine competitive spirit, training, and the psychological benefits of recreational activities for the disabled child. Program...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  4. Innovations in Activities for the Elderly

    Proceedings of the National Association of Activity Professionals Convention

    Concrete directions for programming and reasons for developing and refining such programs....

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  5. Divorce Mediation

    Perspectives on the Field

    By Craig Everett

    Here is an excellent introduction to and overview of the field of divorce mediation, a field that has grown rapidly and achieved a remarkable level of recognition among both the clinical and legal professions in the last decade. Divorce Mediation describes the process and some of the techniques of...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  6. Groupwork With Children and Adolescents

    By Ralph L Kolodny, James A Garland

    This state-of-the-art information on social groupwork with children and youth provides theoretical guidelines and suggestions for practice. Each authoritative chapter represents a blending of old and new practice models and syntheses of various knowledge perspectives and emphasizes the subtlety and...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  7. Adolescents, Literature, and Work With Youth

    By Jerome Beker, J Pamela Weiner, Ruth Stein

    This unique volume--focusing on the world of literature as a major untapped resource for understanding and working with youth--emphasizes young readers’needs and tastes as well as educators’/clinicians’needs....

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  8. Intellectual Base of Social Work Practice

    Tools for Thought in a Helping Profession

    By Harold Lewis, Jayne Silberman

    This much-needed exploration of the cognitive side of social work practice provides a framework for improving social work practice and education....

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  9. Pets and the Family

    By Marvin B Sussman

    This major work summarizes the recent research and findings on the interactions of pets and their owners and the social and emotional benefits that may be derived by families who have pets. Social and health scientists explore the pervasiveness of the animal/human bond and the high prevalence of...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge

  10. Vestibular Processing Dysfunction in Children

    By Kenneth J Ottenbacher, Margaret A Short Degraft

    This collection of chapters is intended to help expand, organize, and enhance understanding of the scientific and clinical relevance of vestibular-related research. Articles present a well-developed body of research with both clinical and theoretical implications, including a variety of studies...

    Published December 31st 1984 by Routledge