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1	Becoming a Helper more books like this by Marianne Schneider Corey, Gerald Corey add to wishlist Intended as a core text for introduction to counseling/human services or practical/internship in departments of human services, psychology, social work (both graduate/undergraduate) and counsellor education (graduate level), this volume can also be used as a supplementary text for a variety of courses dealing with helping skills or counselling ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.16! \| SVS
2	Human Exceptionality: School, Community, and Family more books like this by Michael L Hardman add to wishlist The Eighth Edition of Human Exceptionality continues to provide a complete, accessible introduction to teaching, interacting, and living with individuals with exceptionalities across the lifespan, with an increased attention to "teaching." After a detailed introduction to the foundations of exceptionality, featuring completely revised and expanded ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95!
3	Program Evaluation: An Introduction more books like this by David D Royse add to wishlist Praised by instructors and students alike, PROGRAM EVALUATION: AN INTRODUCTION helps your students evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, students will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
4	No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement more books like this by Joseph P Shapiro add to wishlist A vibrant and compelling account of our century's last great civil rights movement. Over the last 30 years, disabled Americans have fought for freedom from the discrimination and oppression of medical, psychological, and bureaucratic establishments. This is the first popular history of the disability rights movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Action Research more books like this by Ernest T Stringer add to wishlist Community-based action research seeks to involve as active participants those who have traditionally been called subjects. This book provides a a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research. The author describes a simple and effective model for approaching action research: Look - building a picture and gathering information; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $43.86! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Human Services in Contemporary America more books like this by William R Burger add to wishlist "Human Services in Contemporary America" presents a complete overview of the helping field, its available programs, and the practical skills you can use in your career. The author presents the history and practice of human services through the lens of a social problems and policy perspective. From one chapter to the next, you'll begin to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.61! \| SVS
7	Another Place at the Table more books like this by Kathy Harrison add to wishlist Kathy and Bruce Harrison have taken in foster children for over 10 years. In this dramatic memoir, Kathy writes about the experience, focusing on three of the children who have been in her care: Danny, retarded and potentially dangerous; Sara, promiscuous at age 6 because of her abused background; and Karen, an infant from a troubled home. see all copies from $2.76! new only from $7.25! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Disability Studies Reader more books like this by Lennard Davis (Editor) add to wishlist The Disability Studies Reader collects for the first time representative texts from the newly emerging field of disability studies. People with disabilities comprise fifteen per cent of the population nationally and worldwide, making them the largest physical minority. Yet they have been marginalized not only in society at large but within the ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $55.11! \| first editions
9	Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach more books like this by Dr. Peter M Kettner, Dr. Robert M Moroney, Dr. Lawrence L Martin, Ph.D. add to wishlist Designing and Managing Programs: An Effectiveness-Based Approach, Third Edition, is an updated version of THE classic book on program management and design. This new edition is written in a deliberate manner that has students following the program planning process in a logical manner. Students will learn to track one phase to the next, resulting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.65! \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work: Becoming a Change Agent more books like this by Elizabeth A Segal, Karen E Gerdes, Sue Steiner add to wishlist Now available in paperback, Segal, Gerdes, and Steiner's 'workbook within a text' provides a balanced introduction to the social work profession and helps students to understand the role that the profession plays in the social welfare system. The authors' supportive tone and experiential approach inspires in readers a greater level of interest in, ... see all copies from $4.19! new only from $77.36! \| first editions
11 view cover	Lightning more books like this by Danielle Steel add to wishlist A 43-year-old lawyer Alexandra Parker is diagnosed with breast cancer and her world falls to pieces. When her husband Sam turns to other women and fails to support his wife, she is devastated. In a rescue that only Steel can muster, a wonderful, younger man enters Alexandra's life. Ironically, when she's ready to demand a divorce from Sam, he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Boy Scout Handbook more books like this by Boy Scouts of America add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13 view cover	Effectively Managing Human Services Organizations more books like this by Dr. Ralph Brody add to wishlist Now in its Third Edition, Effectively Managing Human Service Organizations continues to provide invaluable advice for achieving managerial success. Ralph Brody dissects and diagnoses common workplace dilemmas, arming practicing managers with the skills to implement positive changes in their organizations. While retaining much of the valuable ... see all copies from $45.75! new only from $74.72! \| SVS
14 view cover	Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies more books like this by Elizabeth Depoy, Laura N Gitlin add to wishlist This clearly written, easy-to-understand book demystifies the research process and provides a rational foundation from which to critique and understand research designs and applications in health care and human service settings. Divided into five parts: Introduction, Thinking Processes, Design Approaches, Action Processes, and Improving Practice ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	Generalist Case Management: A Method of Human Service Delivery more books like this by Marianne Woodside, Tricia McClam add to wishlist Covering such central issues as the responsibilities of case mangers, the skills needed for effective case management, and the context in which case management occurs, this practical text equips students with the fundamental information and skills needed to be effective case managers. see all copies from $2.32! new only from $68.04! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Evaluating Practice: Guidelines for the Accountable Professional more books like this by Professor Martin Bloom add to wishlist This is a revision of the leading evaluation text in the human services. Bloom, Fischer, and Orme's text is seen as the standard work, and the most comprehensive work available. It incorporates both qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluation, and provides extensive coverage of all aspects of evaluation including conceptualization, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Power: The Key to Efficacy in Clinical Practice more books like this by Elaine Pinderhughes add to wishlist While practitioners in the social services and mental health professions work with people from a variety of ethnic, racial, social, and economic backgrounds, they often do not understand or feel comfortable with those whose cultural backgrounds are different from their own. Several books have addressed this problem by examining the ethnic ... see all copies from $2.60! new only from $19.64! \| first editions
18 view cover	Working with people; the helping process more books like this by Naomi I. Brill add to wishlist This classic, best-selling text for beginning social work students introduces the basic components of working with people - observation, assessment, communication, and intervention. Now in its seventh edition, Working with People presents the theoretical foundation of social work practice, promotes the development of practice skills, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Theory, Practice, and Trends in Human Services: An Introduction more books like this by Ed Neukrug add to wishlist You'll enjoy Ed Neukrug's easy-to-understand, comprehensive overview of the human services because of its experiential emphasis, unique use of personal vignettes, and its focus on the development of the helper. Neukrug covers critical topics - such as history, theory, helping skills, standards in the profession (i.e., ethics, accreditation, ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $61.64! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits more books like this by John McKnight add to wishlist This book celebrates the capacity of communities to heal from within and attacks the dependency that comes with professionalized services. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $17.91! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Applied Social Research: A Tool for the Human Services more books like this by Duane R Monette add to wishlist You may be wondering why you need to study research methods to prepare yourself for a career in human services. This accessible text will help you to better understand the connection between human service research and practice. Find out the growing number of ways that research is being applied to practice today. With "Applied Social Research", you ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $89.59! \| SVS
22 view cover	Culturally Competent Practice: A Framework for Understanding Diverse Groups and Justice Issues more books like this by Doman Lum (Editor) add to wishlist Earlier editions of "Culturally Competent Practice" broke new ground by presenting a model for understanding, measuring, and evaluating cultural competence. This model, as well as the book's practical, experiential approach and numerous exercises, continue to make it informative and accessible to students at all levels. The book not only presents ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.30! \| SVS
23 view cover	Thriving!: A Manual for Students in the Helping Professions more books like this by Lennis G Echterling, Eric W Cowan, William F Evans add to wishlist This text for first-year graduate students in the helping professions offers guidance for the upcoming years of study. As a handbook or supplement, Thriving! enables students to excel in their personal and professional lives as they train for their careers. Throughout the text, students are provided with practical advice and the necessary tools ... see all copies from $3.45! new only from $35.01! \| SVS
24 view cover	Writing for a Good Cause: The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprof more books like this by Joseph Barbato, Danielle S Furlich add to wishlist Filled with tips from writers at nonprofit agencies, this guide provides everything volunteers, staff writers, freelancers, and others need to fashion persuasive proposals and presentations for individual, foundation, and corporate donors. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $9.19! \| signed copies
25	Handbook for boys. more books like this by Boy Scouts of America add to wishlist see all copies from $2.46! first editions \| SVS

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