Dissatisfaction with a human services system that is unresponsive, stigmatizing, and ineffective has led to a ferment of experimentation in recent years. Reinventing Human Services examines the historical and economic context of current efforts to reinvent human services, showing the urgency and the difficulty of the task. It draws on successful examples in Britain, Canada, and the United States to develop a new paradigm for social work practice, one that integrates individual, family, and community levels of practice and reconceptualizes professional-community relations. The interdisciplinary team of authors includes scholars, researchers, and practitioners from the disciplines of economics, urban planning, communications, criminal justice, psychology, marriage and family therapy, education, and social work.

Reinventing Human Services: Community- and Family-Centered Practice (Modern Applications of Social Work)

Politics & Social Sciences

ADAMS, PAUL

Higgins, Benjamin

Social Sciences

Routledge

Policy and Education (Foundations of Education Studies)

Written specifically for education studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to education policy. It aims to help the reader understand what is meant by educational policy, how policy can be made and the main discourses that have driven education.  Capturing the essential aspects of educational policy over the last thirty years, the book provides an overview of political themes in education demonstrating how education policy has progressed and the effect this and politics have had on schools. It then covers key themes such as performance, choice and professionalism to show how education policy is constructed and implemented and how this has impacted on education in practice.  Features include: • activities that can be undertaken individually or as a group to promote discussion  • annotated further reading lists;  • chapter overviews and summaries  Written as part of the Foundations in Education Studies series, this timely textbook is essential reading for students coming to the study of education policy for the first time.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Written specifically for education studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to education policy. It aims to help the reader understand what is meant by educational policy, how policy can be made and the main discourses that have driven education. Capturing the essential aspects of educational policy over the last thirty years, the book provides an overview of political themes in education demonstrating how education policy has progressed and the effect this and politics have had on schools. It then covers key themes such as performance, choice and professionalism to show how education policy is constructed and implemented and how this has impacted on education in practice. Features include: • activities that can be undertaken individually or as a group to promote discussion • annotated further reading lists; • chapter overviews and summaries Written as part of the Foundations in Education Studies series, this timely textbook is essential reading for students coming to the study of education policy for the first time.

Presents contract law in a pragmatic context for small businesses. Supplies all relevant forms and explains what each form paragraph means. Designed as a reference work for drafting purchase orders, sales orders, employment contracts, marketing agreements, etc. Can be used to critically examine a contract that is presented by a third party.

The Complete Legal Guide for Small Business (Wiley Series on Small Business Management)

Business & Money

wiley

155 Legal Do's (And Don'Ts) for the Small Business

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

What's legally sound--and what's not--for the most common problems facing today's small business owner 
One of the most difficult aspects of starting and running a small business is knowing what are the requirements for compliance with the law . . . and what legal pitfalls to avoid. This user-friendly guide, written by a practicing attorney, features a format that offers helpful cross-references and quick access to 155 major legal do's and don'ts in a variety of subject areas, including international transactions, contracts, intellectual property, computers, business succession planning, and more. Included are such important topics as: <ul>
<li>Employment--hiring aliens</li> <li>DO be sure to comply with the requirements for hiring aliens</li> <li>DON'T trip over the discrimination laws when complying with the alien hiring laws</li> <li>Litigation--arbitration</li> <li>DO use an arbitration clause in your contract if the situation warrants</li> <li>DON'T allow the arbitrator to "split the award down the middle"</li> <li>Commercial transactions--warranties and disclaimers</li> <li>DO limit your warranty exposure by using proper terms in your sales order forms</li> <li>DON'T indemnify against patent infringement except where it is advantageous</li> <li>Financing--personal guarantys</li> <li>DO carefully consider the personal financial implications of signing a guaranty</li> <li>DON'T sign a guaranty without carefully considering the terms</li> <li>Types of businesses--conversion from a corporation</li> <li>DO convert your corporation to a Limited Liability Company (LLC), if appropriate</li> <li>DON'T ignore the tax effects of a conversion from a corporation to an LLC</li> </ul>

155 Legal Do's and Don'ts for Small

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

John Wiley&Sons

People, as a rule, will work hard within cultural common sense and just assume that all will go well. But, "right now, 90 million Americans are faced with the most critical investment challenges of their lives." They are not prepared and are unsure how they will support themselves when they retire. That cultural common sense must not be working. Financial advisors are taught to advise the majority of people. The median household income in this country is $46,000 a year. Financial institutions are organized around acquiring the masses as clients. The clients of Clearline Financial Group are the top 10% households as defined by annual income and net worth. We are committed to building a firm that will help our clients in areas that matter to then most. Many of our clients have questions like: Am I making the best use of the dollars I am saving? Will I be able to retire and be okay given I may live 25-30 years in retirement? Am I exposed to losing a great deal of my wealth or income if I were to be sued? When I leave this earth what kind of impact will I leave behind? Clearline Financial Group was created as a result of its founder realizing that many people feel as though they have been taken advantage of when meeting with a traditional financial advisor. Often these people are pushed toward a set of pre-packaged investments that aren't tailored to their desires. These potential clients can feel they have lost control of their money and aren't involved in the process. We offer a process that gives our clients the tools to succeed and supplies them with guidance on how to use those tools to achieve their dreams.

Stop Burning Your Money: How to recapture the money you're losing and add it to your family's wealth

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

iUniverse

Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an ordinary Victorian clergyman's house. However, just a year after its construction, unexplained footsteps were heard within the house, and from 1900 until it burned down in 1939 numerous paranormal phenomena, including phantom coaches and shattering windows, were observed. In 1929 the house was investigated by the Daily Mail and paranormal researcher Harry Price, and it was he who called it 'the most haunted house in England.' Price also took out a lease of the rectory from 1937 to 1938, recruiting forty-eight 'official observers' to monitor occurences. After his death in 1948, the water was muddied by claims that Price's findings were not genuine paranormal activity, and ever since there has been a debate over what really went on at Borley Rectory.Paul Adams, Eddie Brazil and Peter Underwood here present a comprehensive guide to the history of the house and the ghostly (or not) goings-on there.

The Borley Rectory Companion: The Complete Guide to 'The Most Haunted House in England'

UNDERWOOD, Peter

Brazil, Eddie

History

The History Press

A comprehensive history and guide to England's 75 most haunted churches, chapels, and churchyards The haunted history of England's churches and chapels is brought vividly to life in this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated modern guide. Readers will encounter the compelling world of the unseen linked with a thousand years of worship, including the Tudor phantom of Rycote, the lonely monk of Minsden Chapel, and the black-magic ghosts of Clophill, to name but a few. Combining a wealth of historical and paranormal information with stunning original and atmospheric photographs, this volume is perfect for researchers and armchair ghost hunters alike.

Shadows in the Nave (Shadows series)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

A unique compilation of true crime cases with paranormal connections from the mid-18th century to the present
Murder and ghosts go hand-in-hand, and vengeful specters seeking justice or haunting the scene of the crime or their killers have adorned the pages of literature since before Shakespeare. This chilling collection of true-crime tales dating from the mid-18th century to the present all feature some element of the paranormal. Cases include the discovery of a body by a spiritualist medium, a murder solved by a dream of the mother of the victim, and evidence at a Scottish murder trial provided by the ghost of the victim herself. Featuring visions, psychometry, ghosts, haunted prisons, possessions, and spiritualist detectives, this book is a fascinating look at criminology and ghost hunting. Paranormal historian Paul Adams has opened the case files of both the criminologist and the ghost hunter to compile a unique collection of crime from British history.

Ghosts & Gallows: True Stories Of Crime And The Paranormal

Europe

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Reinventing Human Services: Community- and Family-Centered Practice (Modern Applications of Social Work)

Policy and Education (Foundations of Education Studies)

Policy and Education (Foundations of Education Studies)

The Complete Legal Guide for Small Business (Wiley Series on Small Business Management)

155 Legal Do's (And Don'Ts) for the Small Business

155 Legal Do's and Don'ts for Small

Stop Burning Your Money: How to recapture the money you're losing and add it to your family's wealth

The Borley Rectory Companion: The Complete Guide to 'The Most Haunted House in England'

Shadows in the Nave (Shadows series)

Ghosts & Gallows: True Stories Of Crime And The Paranormal