Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as educators, this book puts forward a new model of social work practice that both supports and protects service users across the lifecourse.
Offering an overview and fully integrated account of family support, this book is ideal for anyone involved in preparing or delivering family support, as well as for students and lecturers on the subject.
The ancestral spirits of the Shoshone are kidnapped just as Christopher Columbus hears the words,"land Ho!" Coincidence? Pat Dolan's book may surprise you. Legend of the Pronghorn follows several generations of Shoshone as they deal with the encroaching "white eyes" and the subsequent degradation of their ancient culture. Mysteriously, many of their experiences are mirrored many years later in the lives of a wayward high school cross-country team desperately seeking self-respect. The fate of the captured "Windigos" is ultimately tied to the team and the lone survivor of a Blackfoot raid, a strange, hard luck Shoshone teen. Both the Native Americans and the modern day runners are unwitting participants in the Great Spirit's grandiose plan to rescue the "Windigos" and thus reunite their people with nature and all things Divine.
This book is a comprehensive guide to youth mentoring programmes, illustrating how they can increase the social support available to young people. It outlines the objectives and benefits of mentoring, how it works, and how to mentor successfully. Youth mentoring in community and school settings is covered, as well as mentoring for vulnerable youth.