Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts, it introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of ...

The story of Batsto, an early iron town and glassworks at the heart of southern New Jersey's Pine Barrens, is unique in American history. From its modest beginnings as a sawmill in the 1760s, Batsto grew into a thriving industrial community through the Revolutionary War years and beyond, its fortunes rising and falling for two centuries as a succession of owners and speculators brought their visions and schemes to bear. Located along the Mullica and Batsto Rivers, Batsto's ironworks became...

The Pine Barrens of New Jersey contain more ghost towns, some say, than the entire American west. In Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens author Barbara Solem-Stull tells the story of the towns that rose up around the iron furnaces, glass factories, paper mills, cranberry farms, and brick making establishments of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. A popular Pinelands speaker and tour guide, Solem-Stull has written much more than an armchair guide to the...

Houses are often considered the most haunted of places. In this book you’ll meet some young people who live in haunted houses and you’ll explore some of the spookiest spaces on the planet.

Anxiety affects millions, manifesting as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobias, post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety disorder. Not only are anxiety disorders common, but they are also crippling, frequently co-occurring and predict high risk for depressive disorders. Shared mechanisms may explain the overlapping features of many anxiety disorders and account for associations with other highly-impairing conditions, suc...

Known for her series of true ghost stories, Barbara Smith is back, this time with a collection of fictional ghostly tales set in real Alberta locations. So light the fire and prepare to be spooked by these delightfully eerie stories, including:A young man trying to get home to Edmonton from Fort McMurray has a brush with death when he takes a ride in a phantom vanThree friends having brunch in Red Deer are joined by the ghost of a woman from a time gone by...

Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary!When a fishtank comes mysteriously to life, a boy struggles to convince his parents of the danger…The ghost of a dead puppy reminds a preteen of her special childhood bond…While on a European tour, a group of foolhardy kids chide the locals for their superstitions — only to be attacked by a swarm of g...

In the tranquil embrace of a secluded forest, where towering pines whispered secrets to the wind, a young woman named Edith embarked on a solitary journey. As she ventured deeper into the verdant labyrinth, the trees seemed to come alive, their rustling leaves murmuring enigmatic messages. Edith's keen senses detected a symphony of voices, each pine tree whispering its own unique tale. Some shared ancient wisdom, others lamented lost loves, and still others sang of hope and renewal. With e...

From acclaimed author Barbara Smith comes this long-awaited series of children’s books. Based on true accounts of hauntings, and told with a master storyteller’s eye for detail, these collections will scare, astound and instruct kids of all ages.This book is the perfect spine-chilling companion for young readers on long journeys. This collection of chilling ghost stories takes place on highways, byways and aboard a variety of types of transportation.A mysterious model plane...