Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students. Now, in order to reflect the ongoing changes to social work practice and education, and in light of the Social Work Task Force report, the series is being improved even further. These books now have greater emphasis on current thinking and policy and further opportunities for students to reflect on their own practice and their own learning.<BR><BR>Good communication skills are essential to any form of social work practice, from therapeutic interventions through to the more everyday realities of practice. The honours degree in social work requires all students to learn communication skills with children, adults and those with communication difficulties, and to have those skills assessed. This fully-revised third edition allows student social workers to reflect on their communication skills and also develop good interpersonal skills. The emphasis of the book is not on any particular 'right way' to communicate, but on the need to be aware, flexible and responsive so that communication is suited to the service user, the content and the purpose of the work. Areas covered include the importance of emotional communication and working with children, adults and those people who may be distressed or aggressive. For the revised third edition, the Author also looks at the evidence and knowledge from neuroscience and its implications for practice.<BR><BR>The Series Editors Professor Jonathan Parker is Director of the Centre for Social Work and Social Policy Research at Bournemouth University. He is currently Vice-Chair of the Joint University Council Social Work Education Committee.<BR><BR>Greta Bradley is a senior lecturer in social work at the University of York. Her academic interests are in community care and workforce studies in social work. Her most recent research is on aspects of sustainable practice in social work. She is a former editor of Practice.