Methamphetamine not only destroys the lives of those who become addicted to it, but affects all corners of society, including innocent children. This important book follows the case of rural Illinois, where in the mid-1990s methamphetamine production and misuse became a significant problem and, as a result, child welfare professionals saw an influx onto their caseloads of children whose parents were involved with the drug. The authors' account of the problems the children face, and of the efforts to help them, sheds useful light on possibilities for many other situations. Applying a case-based, mixed-methods approach that capitalizes on rich qualitative data, the book examines parental methamphetamine misuse from a sociocultural perspective. Using extensive child welfare investigation data, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, the authors describe the perilous home lives of rural children whose parents misuse methamphetamine, where they are exposed to maltreatment, criminal behavior, and environmental danger. Many children end up with significant emotional and behavioral problems, especially posttraumatic symptoms, that will stay with them for years. Based on this descriptive information and the existing clinical literature, the authors designed a relationship- and narrative-based mental health program, "Life Story Intervention," that draws on rural communities' strengths, such as their storytelling traditions. Pilot data from the program, shared here, suggests some positive results of the intervention on children's psychological functioning. Eradication of the problems caused by methamphetamine abuse will require years more of concerted effort and collaboration such as that described in this book. Social work and child welfare professors and students, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers will find inspiration in this account of the success that can result, with this issue and others, when practitioners and researchers join forces to understand complex social phenomena and design, implement, and assess effective interventions.

Children of Methamphetamine-Involved Families: The Case of Rural Illinois

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Haight, Wendy

Black, James

Ostler, Teresa

Kingery, Linda

Addiction & Recovery

Oxford University Press

-- Alfred V. Covello, Chief United States District Judge, Connecticut

Child Custody (Comparative and Int'l Education; 8)

Cantor, Donald

Parenting & Relationships

Columbia University Press

Preaching is the natural overflow of our religion. We have received good news, and we long to tell it to others. The reason and passion of preaching is that a great and wonderful thing has come into our lives in the love of God through Jesus, and we can find no rest until we tell the world.. Black's classic book on preaching, first published in 1924, remains a valuable guide for ministers and students of theology. Originally delivered as a series of lectures the book covers the many facets of preaching from choice of subject, through the hard work involved in careful preparation, to the importance of delivery. The final chapters are devoted to the planning of worship and the conduct of services. Preaching, as the title implies, is not the art of following prescribed rules. There is always an element of mystery, bound up with the greater mystery of personality.

Mystery of Preaching

Zondervan

The Mystery of Preaching

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Lutterworth Press

"Preaching is the natural overflow of our religion. We have received good news, and we long to tell it to others. The reason and passion of preaching ' the only reason and passion ' is that a great and wonderful thing has come into our lives in the love of God through Jesus, and we can find no rest until we tell the world." Black's classic book on preaching, first published in 1924, remains a valuable guide for ministers and students of theology. Originally delivered as a series of lectures the book covers the many facets of preaching from choice of subject, through the hard work involved in careful preparation, to the importance of delivery. The final chapters are devoted to the planning of worship and the conduct of services. Preaching ' as the title implies ' is not the art of following prescribed rules. There is always an element of mystery, bound up with the greater mystery of personality.

This report assesses the economic impacts that a shipbuilder has on its local community and region. The authors utilize a case study methodology to examine two U.S. shipbuilders and the Saab Aeronautics Gripen program in Sweden. While each shipbuilder has had beneficial effects on its local economy, neither shipbuilder has given rise to the ecosystem of favorable spillovers and spin-offs that the Gripen program seems to have created.

The Economic Consequences of Investing in Shipbuilding: Case Studies in the United States and Sweden

Business & Money

MURPHY, ROBERT

Keating, Edward G.

Jenkins, Dan.

Danescu, Irina

Peetz, Deborah

Bana, Sarah H.

Economics

RAND Corporation

The Old Testament: God's Word to His People (High School Religion Text Program Ser)

Ave Maria Pr

New Man magazine is the most read Christian magazine for men in the world today. Through its pages men are freed from bondage and oppression and discover new life in Jesus. Now the life-changing articles, columns, and features of New Man have been edited into devotions for men to pray and study with daily. The Becoming a New Man devotional equips you with Christ-centered perspectives in fifty-two critical aspects of your life, to help you be a godly influence in your world. It's ideal for personal daily devotion or study in your men's group.

Becoming A New Man Devotional: Daily spiritual workouts

Worship & Devotion

Charisma House

Black O' the Green: Memories O' the Auld Days

Biographies & Memoirs

Accolade Books

The Christian Life V2: An Exposition Of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1875)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Literature & Fiction

Bunyan. John

British & Irish

Kessinger Publishing

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