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Human growth and development: an introduction for social workers/ John Sudbery

By:

Sudbery, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Student social workPublication details: Routledge, 2010. New York:Description: xii, 370 pISBN:

9780415439947

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.2 SUD-H

Contents:

1. Beginnings -- 2. A secure base -- 3. The developing child -- 4. Transitions and adolescence -- 5. Living independently -- 6. Sex, love, work and children -- 7. Maturity and some of its hazards -- 8. Adulthood and ageing -- 9. Dying, grief and mourning -- 10. Fitting the pieces together -- Essential background -- 1. The principles of heredity -- 2. Attachment theory -- 3. Bronfenbrenner's ecological model -- 4. Psychoanalytic theories -- 5. Piaget's theory of cognitive development -- 6. Erikson's psychosocial theory of personality -- 7. The humanistic models of Maslow and Rogers -- 8. Learning and behavioural models -- 9. Models of ageing : social disengagement theory, activity theory, feminist perspectives and political economy theory -- 10. Three approaches to loss and grief.

Summary: This introductory text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death and is packed with real-life case studies and useful pedagogy. Great for revision, there is a student-friendly reference section with glossary and overviews of key theories

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB D-2	Non Fiction	305.2 SUD-H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001511

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1. Beginnings --
2. A secure base --
3. The developing child --
4. Transitions and adolescence --
5. Living independently --
6. Sex, love, work and children --
7. Maturity and some of its hazards --
8. Adulthood and ageing --
9. Dying, grief and mourning --
10. Fitting the pieces together --
Essential background --
1. The principles of heredity --
2. Attachment theory --
3. Bronfenbrenner's ecological model --
4. Psychoanalytic theories --
5. Piaget's theory of cognitive development --
6. Erikson's psychosocial theory of personality --
7. The humanistic models of Maslow and Rogers --
8. Learning and behavioural models --
9. Models of ageing : social disengagement theory, activity theory, feminist perspectives and political economy theory --
10. Three approaches to loss and grief.

This introductory text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death and is packed with real-life case studies and useful pedagogy. Great for revision, there is a student-friendly reference section with glossary and overviews of key theories

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