Based on the lessons of World Class Learners this new series will show educators at all levels what it takes to help students be more insightful, creative, communicative, technically skilled, and decisive.

For both administrators and teachers, the book discusses several ways to empower teachers and students, including, cultivating the experts at your school, revitalizing the staff meeting, changing classroom setup and giving students a voice.

Policy Analysis for Social Workers, is a comprehensive guide to help students understand the process of policy development and analysis so they can become effective advocates.

Research Methods for Counseling is a basic introductory research methods text for counsellors, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals.

This manual provides a framework to strategically think about and practice collaboration with others within and outside various disciplines.

The perfect guide for students who need to get to grips with learning theories and how they relate to practice, this book covers Early and Modern theorists and their theories, and how they apply to early years education today.

Leadership can be a challenging and complex area of practice, but this textbook will be your essential guide, teaching you how to master this important skill and find your professional voice.The book considers the challenges(difficulties?) of leadership in the early years, exploring both the theoretical aspects, and the skills and tools needed to support and develop leadership and mentoring in practice.

Drawing from their coaching and facilitation experience and expertise, the authors of this book offer educators strategies for meaningful conversation in an ever-changing landscape.

This book, by a highly respected author and academic in the field of early childhood education, covers how to support the wellbeing both of young children and of the adults who live and work with them and their families.

This book will stimulate and extend knowledge and discussion of the role of schemas or repeated patterns of action in young children's cognitive and emotional development.