Stressed out by exams? Then the exam stress gremlin is in town! Exam fears and worries are his favourite foods, and the more of these you feed him, the bigger he gets and the more stressed you become. But he can be stopped! Starve him of stress-related thoughts, feelings and behaviours and feel him and your stress fade away! Part of the award-winning Starve the Gremlin series and full of engaging activities, this self-help workbook explains wha ...
Since the publication of the first edition of this classic text, the major reforms in social work education resulted in the National Occupational Standards Framework (NOSF), which requires all social workers to demonstrate competence in a number of key areas. This practical text book covers all areas of the NOSF including social work ethics, residential care practice, child protection, risk analysis and protecting adults with learning difficult ...
Most professionals working in health or social care will be required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker or community nurse may need to obtain extra benefits or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed thus placing them at risk of homelessness; a voluntary body may decide to challenge a statement of special educational needs for a child. This is a pract ...
World premiere at Signature Theatre Company (Off-Broadway) at the Pershing Square Center in New York City the spring of 2015. The original production was widely acclaimed by New York critics.Inspired by the life of outsider artist Nukain Mabuzza.As it centers on the historical context of apartheid, the play would do well in academic courses of history, theatre, and African studies.Fugard discusses this play in an interview for an episode of “All ...
• World premiere was co-produced by American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA) and Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT) in 2012. • New York premiere Off-Broadway at Soho Rep in 2013, starring Marin Ireland (who also starred in the Yale production). Received rave reviews.• Upcoming production at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington, DC) in September 2014.• Upcoming production at Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago) in February 2015, directed by ...
This is a story of the Wards, Irish immigrants initially settling in Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia. It follows nine generations over two-hundred-fifty years, beginning with the first generation that arrived in Philadelphia around 1730. Notable representatives include: –a citizen of colonial Virginia who participated in the church/state debate of 1785; –a Revolutionary War soldier who spent a cold winter in 1777?1778 with General Ge ...
Race and separate races of human beings do not exist. They are a myth. Yet, racism is very real. Because racism is the namesake of something that does not exist, there is general confusion about what it actually is. This confusion has served to protect racism, and even reinforce it. By reviewing the entire history of racism, this book shows exactly what racism is: a subjective system of ranking groups of people and the belief that there is a nat ...
Collective identity creates a sense of «us-ness» in people. It may be fleeting and situational or long-lasting and deeply ingrained. Competition, shared belief, tragedy, or a myriad of other factors may contribute to the formation of such group identity. Even people detached from one another by space, anonymity, or time, may find themselves in a context in which individual self-concept is replaced by a collective one. How is collective ...
