"At least one in seven people are thought to be neurodivergent. So what exactly is neurodiversity? What does 'executive functioning' mean? What are 'spiky profiles'? In this simple guide, expert speaker and trainer Daniel Aherne provides a clear introduction to neurodiversity and the four most common neurodivergent identities of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia. Using an analogy of a cactus needing a desert to grow in, he emphasises the importance of getting the environment right for neurodivergent people, rather than expecting them to adapt to the neurotypical world."
"A remarkable, unique work of medical writing that serves as a call to action, this report by an experienced mental health professional is a must-read for anyone interested in the overlaps between mental health, public policy, and urbanization."
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A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities. Within social work--a profession that has been intimately tied to and often complicit in the building and sustaining of the carceral state--abolitionist thinking, movement-building, and radical praxis are shifting the field. Critical scholarship and organizing have helped to name and examine the realities of carceral social work as a form of "soft policing." For radical social work, abolition moves beyond critique to the politics of possibility."
"...introduces the history and politics of the systems of immigration enforcement and of detention centers operated by private prison companies growing rich by using penal methods on infants, toddlers, children, and mothers. Featuring stories told by children and parents, the book describes government decisions, at the federal and state levels, that vilified and hurt children and parents. It analyzes the stages of migration from Central America and dissects the damaging effects on children's brain growth and their social, psychological, and emotional development."
This book addresses the issue of how mobile media and visual communication permeate people's daily routines, how marketing influences practice, whether privacy and surveillance concerns are a reality, and how the platform shapes social relationships and identity formation.
Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work
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"... examines the specific ways in which the transformative approach has been implemented in academic settings, from education to administration to research to management and outreach. It brings together an international coterie of social work educators to explore a broader-ranging and more systematic understanding of how a transformative perspective plays out in the whole academic and professional context in which social work education is delivered..."
This concise, accessible, and engaging handbook offers a companion for social work students to acquire professional and competency-based writing skills.
"This book provides a novel approach to understanding children who have been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities (ID). This book explores the signs, symptoms and diagnosis of ID, together with dynamic perspectives on assessment, and consideration of treatment, therapy, and interventions for those living with the condition."
"...Readers will be challenged to think critically about the social infrastructure we have built, who benefits from it, who doesn't, and how it perpetuates inequities.Using case examples, exercises, and reflection activities, this book will serve as a go-to guide on implementing and integrating a rights-based approach to justice in social work practice."
"Forensic social work is a unique practice field that interfaces with criminal justice or legal systems at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. The Handbook of Forensic Social Work Practice provides important reference content that explores the multiple facets of the justice system, the differential nature by which people, families, and communities navigate it, and the various ways social workers interface with the criminal justice system with associated client populations."
"... Arguing that health and social work theory must reconsider its deep-rooted assumptions about criticality in order to navigate complex neoliberalism, post-truth, and the relationship between language and late capitalism, it examines how the fusion of theory and practice can re-imagine critical thinking for health and social work in social work."