Sarah's Waterfall: A Healing Story About Sexual Abuse
Ellery Akers
Knowing personally how difficult sexual abuse can be, award-winning author and teacher Ellery Akers wrote Sarah’s Waterfall: A Healing Story About Sexual Abuse (Safer Society Press, March 2009). A first-of-its-kind novel that focuses on how young girls can recover from sexual trauma, this book recently won a Skipping Stones honor award in the Parenting/Teaching Resource category. ( Skipping Stones is a non-profit multi-cultural children’s magazine.)
Considering that as many as one in four girls are sexually abused before the age of 18, with the median age being nine years, Akers hopes her book shows that you don’t have to be an adult to start the healing process.
“Sarah’s Waterfall has a very soothing quality and covers many important issues in a very sophisticated, intelligent way. Sarah’s Waterfall will help children because it normalizes the issue of sexual abuse and gives kids healthy strategies for coping.” – Sherri Patterson, M.F.T., founder and director of the California’s Touch Safety Program
Residential Care of Children: International Perspectives
Edited by Mark E. Courtney and Dorota Iwaniec
For centuries, societies have relied upon residential care settings to provide homes for children, and for much of that period a debate has raged over whether such settings are appropriate places for children to be raised. In recent years this debate has taken on an international dimension as human rights policies have called into question the legitimacy of residential care of children. Unfortunately, the ideological fervor that usually accompanies such discussions prevents a more nuanced understanding of the reasons that countries continue to make use of residential care.
Residential Care of Children: Comparative Perspectives fills major gaps in knowledge about residential care and is intended to inform debates within and between nations about the appropriate use of such institutions. Eleven country-specific chapters, written by child welfare experts from around the world, provide an in-depth understanding of the historical development of residential care, the current state of affairs, and predictions for the future. Chapters describe how residential care is defined in each country, how it has evolved over time, factors that have contributed to the observed pattern of development of residential care, and potential concerns for the future. An integrative chapter presents a critical cross-national perspective, identifying common themes and analyzing underlying factors. Seeking to explain rather than cast judgment, Residential Care of Children: Comparative Perspectives will be fruitful reading for policymakers, program administrators, advocates, practitioners, and scholars interested in creating better services for vulnerable children and youth.
Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work: An Empirically Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment
Mo Yee Lee, Siu-Man Ng, Pamela Pui Yu Leung, Cecilia Lai Wan Chan and Pamela Leung
In recent years, interest in non-Western curative techniques among Americans has grown by leaps and bounds. Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work is the first book to strongly connect Western therapeutic techniques with Eastern philosophy and practices, while also providing a comprehensive and pragmatic agenda for social work, and mental health professionals. This breakthrough text, written by a cast of highly regarded researchers from both Asia and America, presents a holistic, therapeutic approach that ties Eastern philosophy and practical techniques to Western forms of therapy in order to help bring about positive, transformative changes in individuals and families.
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