Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations

Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations

Why do some people collapse under certain life conditions, while others remain relatively unscathed? What accounts for the marked variations in people’s responses to stress and adversity? The second edition of this groundbreaking how-to guide has been extensively updated to reflect the field’s growing understanding of the importance of resiliency and protective factors — the positive poles of the human experience — and the importance of their role in forming balanced assessments and responsive interventions.

Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, Third Edition extends to the beginning C++ programmer the promise of a solid and thorough tutorial broken down into consistent, manageable lessons of one hour each. The readers can master the core concepts and techniques of C++ programming at their own pace. The book covers all the basics, from introducing C++ syntax to developing C++ classes to introductory OOP concepts in a non-threatening, positive approach.

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours

The Great Convergence

The Great Convergence

In this visionary roadmap to the twenty-first-century, Kishore Mahbubani prescribes solutions for improving global institutional order. He diagnoses seven geopolitical fault lines most in need of serious reform. But his message remains optimistic: despite the archaic geopolitical contours that try to shackle us today, our world has seen more positive change in the past thirty years than in the previous three hundred.

The Great Convergence

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

A management professor and a religion professor team up to provide a fresh, penetrating look at the obstacles that prevent people from achieving their full potential. As authors Charles Watson and Thomas Idinopulos demonstrate, inner demons like a lack of integrity, mindless conformity, passivity, or greed conspire to keep people from doing their best. But people can avoid becoming their own worst enemies by using their uniquely human capacities to their fullestto be more responsible, more creative, more self-disciplined, and more honest. Using these strengths, the authors show, makes it easier to resolve ethical dilemmas, attain peak performance without burning out, maintain a positive outlook, and, ultimately, succeed in achieving treasured personal and professional goals.

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

Rational Algebraic Curves

Rational Algebraic Curves

The central problem considered in this introduction for graduate students is the determination of rational parametrizability of an algebraic curve and, in the positive case, the computation of a good rational parametrization. This amounts to determining the genus of a curve: its complete singularity structure, computing regular points of the curve in small coordinate fields, and constructing linear systems of curves with prescribed intersection multiplicities. The book discusses various optimality criteria for rational parametrizations of algebraic curves.

Rational Algebraic Curves

Slowing Down to the Speed of Love

Slowing Down to the Speed of Love

‘I believe this book has the capacity to touch something inside you–deep enough to help you make significant, positive changes in your life.’

Slowing Down to the Speed of Love

Atheism as a Positive Social Force

Atheism as a Positive Social Force

Atheism is not just a denial of religion, it offers a basis for society beyond a belief in the supernatural. Converse explains how religions evolved, and sets forth the major lines of philosophical argument that support the position of atheism.

Atheism as a Positive Social Force

Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools

Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools

Restorative practice is a proven approach to discipline in schools that favours relationships over retribution, and has been shown to improve behaviour and enhance teaching and learning outcomes. However, in order for it to work, restorative practice needs a relational school culture. Implementing Restorative Practice in Schools explains what has to happen in a school in order for it to become truly restorative. Section 1 explains the potential of restorative practice in schools, describing the positive outcomes for students and teachers. It also outlines the measures that need to be in place in order to embed restorative practice. Section 2 examines the process of understanding and managing change, providing realistic and pragmatic guidance on the practical and emotional barriers that may be encountered. Finally, Section 3 provides in eight practical steps, strategic guidance for achieving a restorative culture that sticks. Featuring useful pro formas and templates, this book will be an indispensable guide for educators, administrators and school leaders in mainstream and specialist settings.

Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools

Algebraic Cobordism

Algebraic Cobordism

Following Quillen’s approach to complex cobordism, the authors introduce the notion of oriented cohomology theory on the category of smooth varieties over a fixed field. They prove the existence of a universal such theory (in characteristic 0) called Algebraic Cobordism. Surprisingly, this theory satisfies the analogues of Quillen’s theorems: the cobordism of the base field is the Lazard ring and the cobordism of a smooth variety is generated over the Lazard ring by the elements of positive degrees. This implies in particular the generalized degree formula conjectured by Rost. The book also contains some examples of computations and applications.

Algebraic Cobordism