This textbook blends key social work competencies (engagement, assessment, treatment planning, risk assessment, intervention, termination, and evaluation) with an anti-oppressive, antiracist, trauma-informed, clinical approach. It offers information and knowledge on anti-oppressive clinical practice and teaches skills to facilitate effective antiracist service provision.Each chapter provides basic knowledge, followed by reflective questions and exercises for critical analysis, case...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to California.Discover California's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from hitting the Lost Coast Trail, where hardy backpackers tackle miles of rugged, unspoiled coastline; to slurping up NorCal's best oysters fresh from Tomales Bay at wee Marshall, just north of San Francisco; and zipping between historic towns in the ro...

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's California's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 33 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Experience the majesty of Yosemite, encounter towering redwoods in Big Sur, or soak up the sun on SoCal's beaches. Get to California, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's Calif...

Gathered here together are twenty fantastic stories by seven fabulous Antipodean authors – authors you may not be familiar with … yet; authors you will want to read again and again. High fantasy and low, magical realism, retold fairy stories, and even a hint of science-fiction – it's all here. Some stories in this collection are excerpts, others are background or spin-off stories about characters in pre-existing novels, yet others are tasters of works-in-progress; the remainder are stand-a...

People are complex, but your human resource strategy doesn’t have to be. A grassroots and practical approach to what leaders and HR teams often over-complicate — dealing with their people.HR veterans with 40+ years combined experience, Wendy Giuffre and Ashley Kieboom share simple and straight forward solutions to common human resource management situations. Leadership and HR teams will be asking themselves, “Why didn’t we think of that?Fictionalized case studies based on r...

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences drastically changed how Americans experience their country, especially for those threatened by the public outburst of bigotry and repression. Amid the deluge of tweets and breaking news stories that...

For most of the eighteenth century, automata were deemed a celebration of human ingenuity, feats of science and reason. Among the Romantics, however, they prompted a contradictory apprehension about mechanization and contrivance: such science and engineering threatened the spiritual nature of life, the source of compassion in human society. A deep dread of puppets and the machinery that propels them consequently surfaced in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature. Roman...

We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles and forces that are undetectable even by our most powerful telescopes. The discovery of the possible existence of dark matter and dark energy signaled a Copernican-like revolution in astronomy: not only are we not the center of the universe, neither is the stuff of which we're made. Astronomer Vera Rubin (1928–2016) played a pivotal role in this discovery. By showing that some astronomical objects seem to defy gravity's gri...

He’s cute; he’s pink; he’s got a lot to say!Join Piggy as he follows his snout to sniff out people in need of help. With experiencing fear and anxiety, it is easy to let things stand in the way of reaching our full potential. Piggy is on a mission to get Wilson refocused on what God desires for him.He magically whisks Wilson away to remind him to be courageous and bold even when things are out of his comfort zone. Following Piggy will be a fun adventure and may even encoura...

This is an independent summary & analysis of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston. It is not the original book. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. For the full experience, please support the original work.A consummate con artist slips into a new identity to infiltrate the life of a wealthy target—until a ghost from her past upends the plan and turns hunter into hunted. With layered lies, shifting loyalties, and a slow-burn romance colliding...