'For counsellors who define themselves as "person-centred" but who have had no substantial training, it should be compulsory reading' - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling Dave Mearns has drawn on the lived experiences of both trainers and trainees to demonstrate the potential range and importance of training in this field.

This resource brings a balanced approach to phonics, helping teachers find the right practical solutions to suit the children in their classrooms.

This useful guide demystifies the conference process. The author, a professional meetings planner with 25 years experience, addresses all aspects of conference planning including: programme planning; budgeting; finding a location; advertising; and finding speakers and entertainment.

A step-by-step guide, that shows how to get the best out of visits in the early years, whether you are going to the zoo, down to the farm, exploring the arts, visiting a museum or going to a show. Linked to the Foundation Stage curriculum and Early Learning Goals, this book is filled with learning opportunities and useful resources.

Offers analysis of the key policy and practice issues involved in promoting public health - from local and community levels, to international settings. This book equips readers with an understanding of the policy process. It discusses the impact of globalization on health; and, participatory and community approaches to promoting public health.

Policy Issues for Business

Explains and interrogates these fundamental issues of research practice in the discipline. Concerned with examining the methodological challenges associated with that 'cultural turn', this title explains and discusses: qualitative and ethnographic methodologies; and the role and significance of quantitative and numerical methods.

`This is an excellent textbook for which there is currently a niche in the market. [It] will be invaluable to students of health policy, health studies and health service research' - Professor Michael Calnan, University of Bristol Written by leading academics in their field this book provides a clear and considered overview of the politics of health care in Britain. Bringing together a wide range of material on both past events and recent developments, the chapters cover issues such as the politics of health professionalism, clinical knowledge and organisation and management. Each chapter offers a a unique combination of theory, historical detail and analysis of contemporary events. It features case studies to illustrate how policy has evolved and developed in recent years, and the implications these changes have for practice. Written in an accessible style the chapters also include comprehensive introductions, summaries and further reading sections.