Books published by SAGE Publications Ltd

Counselling skills are core to the social work undergraduate curriculum. This book takes readers through the theoretical models that they need to learn about for their course, and provides direct examples of how to use these in practice.

Provides the answers to the important question: what is personal and professional development and why is it necessary for counsellors? Packed full of accounts of personal experiences, questions and points for refection, this book will prove an essential companion for anyone wishing to grow personally and professionally as a therapist.

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of assessment that is used to support learning, practice-based theory on assessment for learning, and formative assessment to support individual development and motivate learners.

A critical exploration of global, contemporary urban politics in a geographical context.

This six-volume collection provides a set of original sources that have proved to be popular, influential and enduring, and explicitly integrates modern neuroscience into neuropsychological endeavours.

This book focuses on quality improvement and shows how to lead practice and show improvement.

A new mainstream textbook on primary English for those training to teach in primary education, carefully written to be relevant for the changing education landscape of the next few years.

Comprising 12 accessible chapters from leading experts in the field, this book brings together in one volume the major approaches to CBT practised in Britain today and will prove essential reading for both CBT trainees and practitioners.

This collection considers issues of 'classification', 'cluster analysis' and 'data mining' together, presenting a range of existing work together in an accessible way, and demonstrating a methodological phase-shift in the kind of data analysis that is currently taking place, nationally and internationally.

Combines Cognitive Behaviour Therapy(CBT) with the Department of Health stepped care model. This book includes case examples of clients who present with the encountered conditions; from mild depression and GAD to more complex, enduring symptoms and diagnosis like OCD, personality disorder and social phobia.

Helps develop children's literacy in enjoyable and interesting ways

An essential and highly topical text for students undertaking policing related degrees and programmes with a terrorism element.

A comprehensive must-have guide for all those preparing for and sitting the LNAT exam.

A complete guide to safeguarding vulnerable adults.

A complete guide to Courtroom Skills and Report Writing for Social Workers.

New and updated edition of this popular core text helping students build confidence and understanding of leadership practice for EYPS.

An essential guide for student nurses on how to prepare for, and get the most out of, practice learning experiences.

This book provides a timely guide to enabling patient and carer participation in nursing care, made relevant for nursing students.

New and revised edition of this practical guide to the theory and practice of assessment in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

A fully revised and updated edition of this popular core text for trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector working towards ATLS or QTLS.

This book provides all students need to start out a survey research project.

A comprehensive introduction to the many and varied careers available within the police, for all new recruits and students on policing courses at university.

A practical guide supporting newly registered nurses through their preceptorship year, linked to the DH Preceptorship Framework and the KSF foundation gateway.

Index on Censorship considers the future of privacy in an age where technology, changing public attitudes and increasing state surveillance are challenging the extent to which anyone can call their lives private.

Revised and updated to a full colour, easy-to-navigate layout, and a companion website this new edition is part of the best-selling series that brings the principles and practice of the acclaimed Mathematics Recovery Programme to whole-class teaching.

Covering the new SEN legislation and policy, this book brings new and experienced SENCOs up-to-date with the most recent reforms in provision and regulation and supports them through all the key areas of implanting a new SEN system effectively.

A hands-on, practical toolkit for students, this is a complete guide to the practice of sports journalism across all platforms.