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Michael Ungar, PhD, RMFT, RSW, is a professor of social work and the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family, and Community Resilience at Dalhousie University. He is among the best-known writers and researchers on the topic of resilience in the world and the author of 16 books that have been mostra altro translated into five languages; numerous manuals for parents, educators, and employers; as well as more than 200 scientific papers. His blog "Nurturing Resilience" can be found on Psychology Today's website. Dr. Ungar is also the Founder and Director of the Resilience Research Centre, former chair of the Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, executive board member of the American Family Therapy Academy, and a family therapist who works with mental health services for individuals and families at risk. mostra meno

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This is the story of Joey, a victim of childhood abuse, a juvenile delinquent who graduates high school while in jail. We watch Joey struggle to comes to terms with his life with the aid of a social worker named John. As an adult, Joey becomes a social worker himself. He wants to really "see" his clients, and to help them in a meaningful way. Remembering vividly his own challenges with "the system", he burns down houses to cut through the red tape of securing better accommodations for clients, alters files to increase welfare payments and lies to his supervisor about home visits. When things inevitably go wrong, Joey is forced to explore the secrets in his own past that first brought him into the system.

The author is a social worker who has written nine nonfiction books. His knowledge of the welfare system shows as the book rings true in terms of situations and characters.

Different characters help others in various ways, raising quesitons about what helping someone really means to both the helper and the recipient -- a thought-provoking issue that this book raised for me.
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LynnB | Dec 5, 2013 |
Too Safe For Their Own Good presents an opinion that I have expressed for a long time - namely, that parents today wrap their children in cotton wool, and that this is not good for them. Michael Ungar argues his case well, presenting statistics and case studies to support his view. We cannot protect our children from everything in life, and attempting to do so denies them the opportunity to grow into the wonderful people they are meant to be.
 
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seldombites | Jan 9, 2010 |

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Opere
14
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104
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#184,481
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
2
ISBN
50
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1

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