Stanley Hauerwas is one of the most important and robustly creative theologians of our time, and his work is well known and much admired. But Nicholas Healy -- himself an admirer of Hauerwas's thought -- believes that it has not yet been subjected to the kind of sustained critical analysis that is warranted by such a significant and influential Christian thinker. As someone interested in the broader systematic-theological implications of Hauerwas's...

Freud promised his patients absolute confidentiality, regardless of what they revealed, but privacy in psychotherapy began to erode a half-century ago. Psychotherapists now seem to serve as "double agents" with a dual and often conflicting allegiance to patient and society. Some therapists even go so far as to issue Miranda-type warnings, advising patients that what they say in therapy may be used against them. Confidentiality and Its Discontents...

This book asks what is the quality of participation in contemporary art and performance? Has it been damaged by cultural policies which have 'entrepreneurialized' artists, cut arts funding and cultivated corporate philanthropy? Has it been fortified by crowdfunding, pop-ups and craftsmanship? And how can it help us to understand social welfare?

Bestselling author Erich Fromm revisits Sigmund Freud's work, ushering psychoanalysis into the modern age In The Revision of Psychoanalysis, renowned psychoanalyst and social psychologist Erich Fromm applies his innovative, humanist approach to Freud's often contradictory ideas. Fromm pays special attention to the fact that human beings' main problem has been the way they are related to the outer world, to others, and to themselves. Human passions...

À partir de l'exploration des visions autochtones de la famille et de l'histoire, de l'organisation sociopolitique des peuples autochtones de même que de leurs droits particuliers, KA NIKANITET : pour une pratique culturellement sécuritaire de la protection de la jeunesse en contextes autochtones propose une réflexion sur les pratiques d'évaluation et d'intervention en protection de la jeunesse. En se fondant sur les valeurs de dignité humaine,...

La pandémie a fortement perturbé les individus, mais aussi les institutions publiques et les organismes communautaires voués à soutenir les personnes en situation de vulnérabilité. Ces organismes se sont rapidement mobilisés afin de maintenir leurs services. Ils ont dû faire preuve d'ingéniosité et s'adapter à de nouvelles conditions de travail avec des ressources humaines, matérielles et financières parfois très limitées. À partir...

L'exercice du travail social est source de nombreux questionnements éthiques. Les inégalités sociales, les violences interpersonnelles, ou encore les dynamiques de marginalisation, entre autres problèmes sociaux, portent en effet atteinte aux principes fondamentaux de liberté, d'égalité, de respect de la dignité ou de justice sociale. Par ailleurs, la pluralité des moralités, selon les contextes sociétaux, les milieux et groupes d'appartenance,...

"A vital classroom management resource, this book shows how to implement positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) in K-12 classrooms, regardless of whether PBIS is adopted schoolwide. Practical, step by step guidelines are provided for structuring the classroom environment, actively engaging students in instruction, teaching positive expectations, and establishing a continuum of strategies to reinforce positive behavior and respond to inappropriate...

"Children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders struggle both in and outside the classroom. This book gives school practitioners vital tools for supporting students' positive behavior as well as their academic and social success. Chapters review effective behavioral interventions at the whole-class, targeted, and individual levels; parent training programs; and strategies for building adaptive skills. Core evidence-based techniques are...