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Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy

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Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy

Examine issues of vital importance to you and your disabled clientstoday and in the years to come! This groundbreaking text provides you with up-to-date, authoritative information that will prove to be of critical importance for disability professionals in the coming years. It will leave you better informed about aspects of disability that have not been well covered in the literatureissues surrounding spirituality, civil rights, and the medical model vs. social (or minority) model (of viewing disability) controversy. You’ll examine the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s narrowing of the Act’s powers and explore newly developed theories designed to more accurately define the true meaning of disability. Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century explores: the currentand potentialroles of spirituality and religion in the rehabilitation process the use of medication in treating disabilitywith a study focusing on children in foster care whose emotional/behavioral disabilities are medically (rather than psychologically) treated Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in college studentshow it impacts them as a disability requiring academic accommodations disability as an aspect of cultural diversitywith suggested methods for educating the non-disabled about people with disabilities limitations on the civil rights of those with disabilitiesand what can be done to eliminate those limitations computer technologies designed to aid people with disabilitieswith an examination of a health promotion Web site for children with disabilities and their families disability and the managed mental health systemwith an examination of the differences in service utilization and satisfaction in rural and urban areas how disability can be viewed as a social construct, rather than something that is inherent to the disabled person Keeping current with new developments is imperative for social workers and other professionals whose work affects people with disabilities. Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century provides the information you need to stay on the cutting edge of progress in this rapidly evolving field.

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Routledge

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1136431993

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Children's Rights

Policy and Practice

By: John T. Pardeck

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Children's Rights

Policy and Practice

By: John T. Pardeck

This book covers the children's rights movement and the rights of parents. It examines the implications of children's rights for policy and practice with particular reference to children with disabilities and children in the care of protective services.

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306

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Psychology Press

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0789028123

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9780789028129

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy,Roland Meinert

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Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy,Roland Meinert

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses the benefits and disadvantages of the postmodern philosophy as a foundation for social work and human service practice. Social work students and practitioners will learn about the developments that have shaped postmodern thinking as they pertain to society in general, as well as to the profession of social work. By exploring this increasingly popular philosophy, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work provides you with methods and theories that help you evalute contemporary problems more effectively, resulting in better services for your clients. Challenging traditional social work practices, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work examines postmodernism in terms of a world view that is emerging along indeterminate and ambiguous lines. With the goal of helping you provide more helpful and relevant services to your clients, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work discusses many themes related to postmodernism, including: understanding how principles of postmodernism are characterized by ongoing change, indeterminacy, and relativism reviewing the historical movement of a postmodern perspective and its present implications on social work practice supporting the strengths perspective through a postmodernist approach discussing some unintended and potentially negative consequences of postmodernism that arise from uncritically adopting postmodernistic principles analyzing the nature of social work and social welfare in Britain and the Western World to gain insight into how social theory is associated with postmodernity, postmodernization, and post-Fordism exploring the postmodernistic relationship between institutionalized religions and social services provided by religious auspices Although postmodernism offers a new and different way of understanding social problems and of structuring social work practice, this text urges you to be critical in the evaluation of its aspects and outlines some possibly negative outcomes in certain situations. In evaluating postmodernism and its relevance to social services and social problems, Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work offers theories and research into methods that go beyond traditional practices to assist you in providing effective and relevant services for your clients.

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Routledge

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1136380965

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Homelessness in Rural America

Policy and Practice

By: Paula A. Rollinson,John T. Pardeck

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Homelessness in Rural America

Policy and Practice

By: Paula A. Rollinson,John T. Pardeck

This book deals with the rural homeless, about whom little is known. Offered here are some important insights into the unique problems facing the homeless in rural areas: this population lacks adequate housing, many live below the poverty level, many lack basic services such as health care, families are typically female headed, substance abuse is a major problem, and many of the rural homeless have emotional disabilities. The finding that was unexpected is the history of family violence that most of the rural homeless have experienced throughout both childhood and adulthood. More than 50 percent of the case records analyzed in this study show a history of family violence, from murder to sexual abuse. The data suggest that these rates of family violence are much higher than those reported for the urban homeless. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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1136780157

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Social Work

Seeking Relevancy in the Twenty-first Century

By: Roland G. Meinert,John T. Pardeck,Larry Kreuger

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Social Work

Seeking Relevancy in the Twenty-first Century

By: Roland G. Meinert,John T. Pardeck,Larry Kreuger

Social Work: Seeking Relevancy Beyond the Postmodern Era critically examines major issues that social work education and practice must confront if social work is to remain as a mainline profession. As a social work student or professional, you will be exposed to issues in social work that normally are not covered in mainline social work literature such as the use of hypertechnology, the disjuncture of science and social work, problems with social work theories, and the challenge of reconstructing the social work profession. This important book examines these issues and offers an analysis to assist you with taking social work into the next millennium.

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Psychology Press

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0789006448

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Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

New Challenges and Opportunities for Social Service Professionals

By: John T. Pardeck

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Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

New Challenges and Opportunities for Social Service Professionals

By: John T. Pardeck

The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) is grounded in the human rights perspective. Like other civil rights legislation, the ADA is aimed at an oppressed group, persons with disabilities, who have been denied equal opportunities to participate in the larger society. As Pardeck makes clear, the goal of ADA, ending discrimination against people with disabilities in all facets of American life, is aligned with the philosophies and traditions of the social work profession. Pardeck provides a detailed overview and analysis of the ADA that will help professional social workers as well as students entering the field realize the full significance of the new rights and protections extended to people with disabilities. He also provides specific case studies and examples to illustrate the range of opportunities afforded the disabled and their advocates.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313390886

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Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy,Charles Longino, Jr

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Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery

By: Jean A Pardeck,John W Murphy,Charles Longino, Jr

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery is the first book to discuss the topic of decisionmaking and services from a multidisciplinary approach. It uses theory and social considerations, not just technology, as a basis for improved services. Health and human service students and professionals will learn how to form rational and reasonable decisions that take their clients’cultural backgrounds into consideration when identifying an illness or appropriating any kind of intervention. With a particular emphasis on theories, models, organizational settings, technologies, and practitioner training methods that lead to culturally sensitive decisions, Reason and Rationality will help you deliver efficient and improved medical and social services to clients from all ethnic backgrounds. Recognizing reason as the centerpiece of most of Western philosophy, this text reveals how our idea of truth, fact, and order are wrongly thought to be universal; yet, Western principles are continually used in the decision-making process for health and social services. Focusing on the policy implications of decisionmaking in medical and social service settings, this text works to incorporate a broad range of factors into the reasoning process, such as cultural traditions and beliefs, that will result in better treatment for patients. Giving you suggestions and strategies for upgrading reasoning and decision-making processes and applying them to every area of service, Reason and Rationality discusses different themes that will help you improve services to patients, such as: the rationale currently used to justify decision-making strategies concerning medical and human services using computer technology to make clinical assessments revising administrative structure, management theories, and organizational strategies so that decision-making processes enhance the overall quality of service delivery how the practitioner/patient relationship is important in choosing the proper treatment soliciting community-based input to assess the public’s health and human service needs in order to lessen political involvement in decision-making stages In addition, Reason and Rationality provides information and examples that show why you should consider the “life-world”--the values, beliefs, and commitments of a culture’s history-- as the key to understanding the powers of reasoning that specify parameters of health and illness.

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1317948599

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The Forgotten Children

A Study of the Stability and Continuity of Foster Care

By: John T. Pardeck

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The Forgotten Children

A Study of the Stability and Continuity of Foster Care

By: John T. Pardeck

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University Press of Amer

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0819128457

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Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

New Challenges and Opportunities for Social Service Professionals

By: John T. Pardeck

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New Challenges and Opportunities for Social Service Professionals

By: John T. Pardeck

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Book's by John T. Pardeck

Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century

Disability Issues for Social Workers and Human Services Professionals in the Twenty-First Century

Children's Rights

Children's Rights

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work

Postmodernism, Religion, and the Future of Social Work

Homelessness in Rural America

Homelessness in Rural America

Social Work

Social Work

Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery

Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery

The Forgotten Children

The Forgotten Children

Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

Social Work After the Americans With Disabilities Act

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