Human growth and development : an introduction for social workers

This introductory text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death and is packed with real-life case studies and useful pedagogy. Great for revision, there is a student-friendly reference section with glossary and overviews of key theories.
Content: 1. Beginnings --
2. A secure base --
3. The developing child --
4. Transitions and adolescence --
5. Living independently --
6. Sex, love, work and children --
7. Maturity and some of its hazards --
8. Adulthood and ageing --
9. Dying, grief and mourning --
10. Fitting the pieces together --
Essential background --
1. The principles of heredity --
2. Attachment theory --
3. Bronfenbrenner's ecological model --
4. Psychoanalytic theories --
5. Piaget's theory of cognitive development --
6. Erikson's psychosocial theory of personality --
7. The humanistic models of Maslow and Rogers --
8. Learning and behavioural models --
9. Models of ageing : social disengagement theory, activity theory, feminist perspectives and political economy theory --
10. Three approaches to loss and grief.
Abstract: Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan. This title provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death.