A complete guide to understanding and using counselling skills in social work.

Demystifies health policy and helps you understand how policy decisions relate to your daily practice. Through the exploration of selected hot topics, such as patient involvement and dignity, this book helps you to consider how not only to use policy in practice, but also how to use practice to influence policy.

Packed with practical advice and real-world examples, this step-by-step guide is an accessible introduction to doing quantitative social research using Microsoft Excel.

Giving both a theoretical and practical introduction to narrative approaches, this book is ideal for all those interested in getting to grips with and using narrative methods in their research.

Covering a range of current issues and topics, this book explores how psychological approaches can help teachers in key areas of practice.

The effective use of resources is one of the essential elements in supporting children's mathematical learning. This book explores in depth how teachers can utilise resources effectively in order to aid children in their mathematical problem-solving, reasoning and communication.

'A book for every teacher's bookshelf. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the tools and apps that can be used to help turn a mediocre teaching session into an outstanding one.' - Cheryl Hine, Leeds City College

By discussing both theoretical and practical issues, the authors put forward a new and original approach to early writing instruction.