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Blinded by Science

The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

By: Wastell, David,White, Susan

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Blinded by Science

The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

By: Wastell, David,White, Susan

There's no hotter area of science, at least as far as the general media and laypeople are concerned, than neuroscience--every day we hear of dramatic, surprising discoveries that seem to have the potential to utterly change our understanding of how the mind works. This book offers the first thorough review of such claims and the new biological science behind them. It examines the actual and potential applications of neuroscience within social policy and the impact of neuroscientific discoveries on long-standing moral debates and professional practices throughout social work, mental health practice, and criminal justice.

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Policy Press

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1447322339

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Managers as Designers in the Public Services

Beyond Technomagic

By: David Wastell

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Managers as Designers in the Public Services

Beyond Technomagic

By: David Wastell

Looks at IT in the public sector.

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Triarchy Press

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1909470015

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Understanding Trauma and Emotion

Dealing with trauma using an emotion-focused approach

By: Colin Wastell

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Understanding Trauma and Emotion

Dealing with trauma using an emotion-focused approach

By: Colin Wastell

I recommend this scholarly and readable book to all concerned with the field of stress and trauma. Students and clinicians will find it equally beneficial. Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco and author of Stress Response Syndromes and Treatment of Stress Response Syndromes This is a remarkably good book. One seldom sees such exquisite balance of scholarship, practical relevance and compassion for both client and counsellor. I recommend it most highly. Michael J. Mahoney, author of Constructive Psychotherapy and Human Change Processes Understanding Trauma and Emotion is an essential reference for all clinicians working in the area of trauma . . . and provides a comprehensive and very accessible account of the emotion-focused model of psychological trauma. Michelle A. Webster, PhD, Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy, Sydney How do we help the traumatised? How can we better understand someone who has faced death, violence or imprisonment? Traumatic experiences can leave an indelible impression on those involved, one which the person may suppress or re-live with destructive and troubling consequences. For many traumatised individuals the essence of their trauma is deeply emotional: terror, anger, anxiety. Colin Wastell interprets the modern understanding of the traumatic process and presents his own model based on extensive research. He examines the role of emotion in human function and in particular its role in the experience of trauma and effective trauma treatment. Wastell's approach is grounded in practical treatment and the way emotion-focused therapy can be used to benefit the therapist and client. Using extensive case studies and making clear links between theory and practice, Wastell presents an innovative practice manual for the counsellor and psychologist interested both in trauma treatment and human emotion. These principles for understanding trauma will also assist health professionals, including nurses, doctors, ambulance officers, social workers, religious leaders, emergency services workers and police officers, to help their clients. This book is also supported by a website, containing a full report of the author's research at: www.allenandunwin.com/trauma.asp

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Routledge

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1000248305

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9781000248302

Reasoning, Judging, Deciding

The Science of Thinking

By: Colin Wastell,Stephanie Howarth

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Reasoning, Judging, Deciding

The Science of Thinking

By: Colin Wastell,Stephanie Howarth

Are humans effective thinkers? How do we decide what is right? Can we avoid being duped by fake news? Thinking and Reasoning is the study of how humans think; exploring rationality, decision making and judgment within all contexts of life. With contemporary case studies and reflective questions to develop your understanding of key dilemmas, this book covers the fundamentals of the science behind thinking, reasoning, and decision-making, making it essential reading for any student of Thinking and Reasoning. From heuristic biases to the cognitive science of religion, and from artificial intelligence to conspiracy theories, Wastell & Howarth′s text clearly and comprehensibly introduces you to the core theories of thinking, leaving no stone unturned, before showing you how to apply theory to practice. ′The unique selling point of the book is the inclusion of current topics and recent developments, a very good structure and it approaches the field from a very wide angle.′

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SAGE

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1529776139

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9781529776133

Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

By: Michel Vandenbroeck,Jan De Vos,Wim Fias,Liselott Mariett Olsson,Helen Penn,Dave Wastell,Sue White

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Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

By: Michel Vandenbroeck,Jan De Vos,Wim Fias,Liselott Mariett Olsson,Helen Penn,Dave Wastell,Sue White

What can early childhood scholars learn from neurosciences and its influence on children, education, policy and practice? This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and the welfare state, in relation to neurosciences and its vocabulary of brain architecture, critical periods and toxic stress.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315445115

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Blinded by Science

The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

By: Wastell, David,White, Susan

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The Social Implications of Epigenetics and Neuroscience

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1447322347

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Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

A critical appraisal

By: White, Sue,Gibson, Matthew

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Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

A critical appraisal

By: White, Sue,Gibson, Matthew

This book offers an analysis and summary of the uses, abuses and limitations of attachment theory in contemporary child welfare practice. Analysing the primary science and drawing on the authors’ original empirical work, the book shows how attachment theory can distort and influence decision-making. It argues that the dominant view of attachment theory may promote a problematic diagnostic mindset, whilst undervaluing the enduring relationships between children and adults. The book concludes that attachment theory can still play an important role in child welfare practice, but the balance of the research agenda needs a radical shift towards a sophisticated understanding of the realities of human experience to inform ethical practice.

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Policy Press

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1447336917

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Managers as Designers in the Public Services

By: David Wastell

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Managers as Designers in the Public Services

By: David Wastell

In Managers as Designers in the Public Services, he draws startling parallels between our expectations of IT solutions in the public sector and the expectations of Melanesian canoe-builders who use bunches of grass to drive heaviness and slowness out of their boats. He then uses detailed examples and case studies from the UK and USA to show just how misplaced has been our reliance on IT-based 'solutions' to public sector problems. But this book is much more than an informed and devastating critique of the UK's Integrated Children's System, US educational reform and the high-profile failure of the London Ambulance Service. David Wastell goes on to develop and apply the principles of Systems Thinking and Design Thinking to show how we need a 'design revolution' in the public services. Rather than monitoring, measuring and controlling, public sector managers need to see themselves as designers, whose job it is to reshape work systems and the whole workplace. He then uses two further case studies to give concrete examples of Design Thinking in action, with highly positive outcomes from design-based approaches to IT innovation. David Wastell calls our continuing (and unwarranted) faith in imposed, computer-based solutions 'technomagic'.

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Triarchy Press

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190800939X

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Software Process: Principles, Methodology, and Technology

By: Jean-Claude Derniame,Badara A. Kaba,David Wastell

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Software Process: Principles, Methodology, and Technology

By: Jean-Claude Derniame,Badara A. Kaba,David Wastell

1 Jean Claude Derniame Software process technology is an emerging and strategic area that has already reached a reasonable degree of maturity, delivering products and significant industrial expe riences. This technology aims at supporting the software production process by pro viding the means to model, analyse, improve, measure, and whenever it is reasonable and convenient, to automate software production activities. In recent years, this tech nology has proved to be effective in the support of many business activities not directly related to software production, but relying heavily on the concept of process (i. e. all the applications traditionally associated with workflow management). This book concentrates on the core technology of software processes, its principles and concepts as well as the technical aspect of software process support. The contributions to this book are the collective work of the Promoter 2 European Working Group. This grouping of 13 academic and 3 industrial partners is the suc cessor of Promoter, a working group responsible for creating a European software process community. Promoter 2 aims at exploiting this emerging community to collec tively develop remaining open issues, to coordinate activities and to assist in the dis semination of results. The title “Software Process Modelling and Technology” [Fink94] was produced during Promoter 1. Being “project based”, it presented the main findings and proposals of the different projects then being undertaken by the partners.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540655166

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9783540655169

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Blinded by Science

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Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

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Reassessing Attachment Theory in Child Welfare

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Managers as Designers in the Public Services

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Software Process: Principles, Methodology, and Technology

Software Process: Principles, Methodology, and Technology

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