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The whole spectrum of social, motor, and sensory games using every child's natural love of play to enhance key skills and promote inclusion / by Sher, Barbara

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Social work and child welfare politics through Nordic lenses /

Table of Contents: “…Contradictions and tensions in social work / Reidun Folles� and Kate Mevik -- Children in families receiving financial welfare assistance: visible or invisible? …”
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Good practice in working with violence

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard -- Sentencing violent offenders / David Bentley -- Young offenders who commit grave crimes : the criminal justice response / Gwyneth Boswell -- The assessment and management of violent offenders / Hazel Kemshall -- Working with men who are violent to partners : striving for good practice / David Morran and Monica Wilson -- Managing violence ; managing masculinity / Karen Buckley -- Violent women : building knowledge-based intervention strategies / Judith Rumgay -- South-Asian young women's experiences of violence and abuse / Umme Farvah Imam -- Linking thoughts to actions : using the integrated abuse cycle in assessing sexually aggressive children / Colin Hawkes -- Children in danger of violence from their carers : lessons from the literature and practice / Ann Hagell and Renuka Jeyarajah Dent -- Managing violence in residential settings / Angela Stanton-Greenwood -- Violence in high secure hospital settings : measuring, assessing and responding / Colin Dale ... …”
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Social work and child welfare politics through Nordic lenses /

Table of Contents: “…Contradictions and tensions in social work / Reidun Folles� and Kate Mevik -- Children in families receiving financial welfare assistance: visible or invisible? …”
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Family fortunes how to build family wealth and hold onto it for 100 years / by Bonner, William, 1948-

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Family fortunes how to build family wealth and hold onto it for 100 years / by Bonner, William, 1948-

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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America Evidence and Perspectives /

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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America Evidence and Perspectives /

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Global perspectives on school libraries projects and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Onyebuchi -- GiggleIT and global citizenship : school libraries, literacy, and laughter / Kathryn Massingill Manck, Patricia Carmichael, and Barbara Combes -- Body in the library : a cross-curriculum transliteracy project / Judy O'Connell -- HIV/AIDS corners in Botswana schools and libraries / Margaret Baffour-Awuah -- School libraries and human rights / Marian Koren -- Camels, burros, elephants, boats, and trucks : bringing books and literacy to children in remote communities / Ray Doiron -- Botswana's book box service to primary schools / Margaret Baffour-Awuah -- Participation of Croatian school librarians in teaching children with intellectual disabilities / Ivanka Stricevic and Ivana Peric -- Lubuto library project : bringing knowledge to Zambian children / Stacy Langner, Jane Kinney Meyers, and Mary M. …”
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Global perspectives on school libraries projects and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Onyebuchi -- GiggleIT and global citizenship : school libraries, literacy, and laughter / Kathryn Massingill Manck, Patricia Carmichael, and Barbara Combes -- Body in the library : a cross-curriculum transliteracy project / Judy O'Connell -- HIV/AIDS corners in Botswana schools and libraries / Margaret Baffour-Awuah -- School libraries and human rights / Marian Koren -- Camels, burros, elephants, boats, and trucks : bringing books and literacy to children in remote communities / Ray Doiron -- Botswana's book box service to primary schools / Margaret Baffour-Awuah -- Participation of Croatian school librarians in teaching children with intellectual disabilities / Ivanka Stricevic and Ivana Peric -- Lubuto library project : bringing knowledge to Zambian children / Stacy Langner, Jane Kinney Meyers, and Mary M. …”
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Social Innovations in the Urban Context

Table of Contents: “…Berlin as a Context for Social Innovation -- Part III: Local Social Innovations -- Chapter 9: Social Innovations as Messages: Democratic Experimentation in Local Welfare Systems -- Chapter 10: Warsaw: Paving new ways for participation of mothers, fathers and children in local public and social life - The MaMa Foundation -- Chapter 11: Zagreb: Parents in Action – Innovative ways of support and policies for children, women and families.…”
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Social Innovations in the Urban Context

Table of Contents: “…Berlin as a Context for Social Innovation -- Part III: Local Social Innovations -- Chapter 9: Social Innovations as Messages: Democratic Experimentation in Local Welfare Systems -- Chapter 10: Warsaw: Paving new ways for participation of mothers, fathers and children in local public and social life - The MaMa Foundation -- Chapter 11: Zagreb: Parents in Action – Innovative ways of support and policies for children, women and families.…”
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Making babies, making families what matters most in an age of reproductive technologies, surrogacy, adoption, and same-sex and unwed parents / by Shanley, Mary Lyndon, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Transracial and open adoption : new forms of family relationships -- Fathers' rights, mothers' wrongs, children's needs : unwed fathers and the perpetuation of patriarchy -- A child of our own : against a market in sperm and eggs -- Surrogate motherhood : the limits of contractual freedom -- Lesbian co-mothers, sperm donors and fathers : how many parents can a child have?…”
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The nonconformists culture, politics, and nationalism in a Serbian intellectual circle, 1944-1991 / by Miller, Nick, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Simina 9a in a new Yugoslavia -- Nonconformist initiations -- Ćosić : engagement and disillusionment, 1956-1966 -- Drama and politics: Mihiz in the sixties -- The suicide and rebirth of the painting: Mića Popović, 1959-1974 -- Fragmented Serbia -- Ćosić and Popović return to Serbia -- From principle to catharsis -- The children of Cain -- The limits of revelation -- The legend of Simina 9a in Serbia's modern history.…”
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The projects gang and non-gang families in East Los Angeles / by Vigil, James Diego, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Rationale and methods -- A history of the Cuatro Flats barrio gang -- The gang subculture: change and continuity -- The Pico Gardens clique -- A gang life -- Cholas in the world of gangs -- Why children either avoid or affiliate with gangs -- Families not involved with gangs -- A closer look at gang-affiliated families -- Gang prevention and intervention strategies over time -- Conclusion and recommendations.…”
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The segregated origins of social security African Americans and the welfare state / by Poole, Mary, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…President, we are looking for something : African Americans, the Social Security Act, and the Great Depression -- The not-so-solid South : southern Democrats in Congress -- Colorblind public policy : the staff of the Committee on Economic Security -- Shaky ground : Black and interracial organizations -- Gender and the white united front : the women of the federal Children's Bureau -- Conclusion : those old discriminatory practices.…”
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Latinos in America philosophy and social identity / by Gracia, Jorge J. E.

Table of Contents: “…Preface: The Latino challenge -- Latino/a identities -- Identities : general and particular -- Individuation : circularity and demarcation -- Labels : politics and names -- Latinos/as in society -- Marketplace : survival and flourishing -- Affirmative action : meaning and justification -- Linguistic rights : language and children -- Latino/a philosophy -- Philosophy : Latino vs. …”
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The humans who went extinct why Neanderthals died out and we survived / by Finlayson, Clive, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…. -- Forever opportunists -- The pawn turned player -- Epilogue : children of chance.…”
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The informed vision essays on learning and human nature / by Hawkins, David, 1913-2002

Table of Contents: “…--Mind and mechanism in education -- Childhood and the education of intellectuals -- I, thou, and it -- Messing about in science -- The bird in the window -- Two essays on mathematics teaching : mathematics, practical and impractical -- Nature, man, and mathematics -- Development as education -- On environmental education -- John Dewey revisited -- On living in trees -- On understanding the understanding of children --Human nature and the scope of education.…”
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