Skills in advocacy are essential for every social work student and practitioner. This book provides an introduction to advocacy, examining the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to undertake advocacy roles and work constructively with the growing number of independent advocates.

This is a key text in community work, discussing international thinkers and arguing for more critical analysis of community work.

Covering the business and management processes of producing animation, from a project's inception to its conclusion, this work includes topics ranging from the initial concept and the pitch, to establishing a core team, developing the script and characters, budgeting and scheduling, and breaking down animation production in an understandable way.

Challenges the notion that anti-oppressive practice has lost its potency or become commodified into a professional response to inequalities. This book explores key questions such as : How is anti-oppressive practice relevant in contemporary practice? and How can the law be used as an empowering tool?

This book is a practical and up-to-date text on Assessment, a fundamental skill for mental health nurses.

Assessment for Learning is based on a two-year project involving thirty-six teachers in schools in Medway and Oxfordshire.

Inspirational stories of pAractice showing how children can achieve progress in keeping with the principles of Learning without Limits.

Providing an integrative family-based approach to addressing psychological and relational needs of distressed children and their parents.