Ethics in Practice: A Guide for Counsellors by Kathie Crocket, Margaret Agee and Sue Cornforth (editor)
$54.99 NZD
Category: Health
This accessible guide locates ethical practice in the context of New Zealand's Treaty-based culture, law and legal systems, and the New Zealand Association of Counsellors' Code of Ethics. A wide range of practitioners discuss ethical dilemmas that challenge them in their daily work.
Dyslexia Decoded: What it is, What it Isn't and What You Can Do About it by Sue Dymock & Tom Nicholson
$37.99 NZD
Category: Education
This book, written by two highly qualified New Zealand literacy researchers, is for students and other individuals with dyslexia and also for those working with them as tutors and in the workplace. The book cuts new ground in our understanding of dyslexia. It brings together in one volume the latest res ...Show more
The Problem of Prisons: Corrections Reform in New Zealand Since 1840 by Greg Newbold
$49.95 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
Ever since the penitentiary became a mainstream corrections device two centuries ago, there has been a continuous search for something that 'works' in terms of reforming criminal offenders. In its correctional evolution New Zealand has been primarily influenced by developments in England and the United ...Show more
The Politicisation of Ethics Review in New Zealand by Martin Tolich & Barry Smith
$42.99 NZD
Category: Education
The National Women’s Hospital research scandal saw women being involved in medical research without their knowledge and without the opportunity to make a choice about their participation. The 1988 Cartwright Inquiry into this decades-long study established a template for ethics review in New Zealand. Et ...Show more
Supporting the Journey of Recovery in Mental Health: A Guide for Support Workers, Family/Whanau and Friends by Caril Cowan
$34.95 NZD
Category: Health
Recovery-based support services are now fundamental in mental health service delivery. This book fills a gap, presenting applied knowledge and skills for supporting the recovery journey of people with mental illness within the Aotearoa/New Zealand context. Topics covered include the mental health servic ...Show more
Have Your Say : Influencing public policy in New Zealand by Frances Hughes
$29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Have your say: Influencing public policy in New Zealand is a straightforward guide for New Zealanders who want to understand how the public policy process works and how they can engage in it. Few people realise that they have the power to influence government policies. Have your say gives practical advi ...Show more
Community Development: Insights for Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand by Jenny Aimers & Peter Walker
$52.99 NZD
Category: NZ Society
This book examines the depth and breadth of experience in community work practice in Aotearoa New Zealand with examples from practice from the Otago and Southland/Murihiku region. While the examples are drawn from this area, their application is universal, encompassing the theory and practice ('praxis') ...Show more
Walking in People’s Worlds: A practical and philosophical guide to social work by Nicki Weld & Cherie Appleton
$32.99 NZD
Category: Health
This book offers students and professionals alike a reflexive exploration of the practical, emotional and spiritual components of social work practice. Examples from practitioners' experiences working with families and children are provided throughout and include the often unseen, positive contribution ...Show more
Working with Families: Strengths-Based Approaches by Jackie Sanders and Robyn Munford
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ Society
Working with Families: Strengths-Based Approaches is written with both the student of social and community work and the practising social and community worker in mind. All aspects of social and community work are covered in this book that builds on and substantially extends the authors' earlier work Sup ...Show more
The Whole Sphere: Supporting well-being and recovery from relational trauma by Nicki Weld
$34.99 NZD
Category: Health
This book explores the concept of well-being to support personal growth and development and also to assist with recovery from relational trauma. The model used to do this is an acronym ‘Sphere’ (Spiritual well-being, Physical well-being, a sense of Hope, Emotional well-being, Relational well-being and ...Show more
Talanoa: Building a Pasifika Research Culture by Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop & Eve Coxon (eds)
$39.99 NZD
Category: Education
The Talanoa post-graduate discussions - using Access Grid technology to facilitate a national (and then international), 'virtual' face-to-face venue - were established as a joint project across New Zealand universities to help attract Pacific post-graduates into the social sciences and to enhance Pacifi ...Show more
Twelve Thousand Hours: Education and Poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand by Ed. Vicki Carpenter & Sue Osborne
$39.99 NZD
Category: Education
There is well-documented concern regarding the links between poverty and education; statistics demonstrate, over many decades, that the economically poorer the New Zealand child's family, the more likely it is the child will not reach her/his potential. The blame for such inequitable outcomes is various ...Show more