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Social Work with Groups
Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Help change the world by bringing ideas of social justice into your group work practice!
Social workers who use hip-hop music to reach out to troubled adolescents. Practitioners who compare First Nations talking circles with social work practice with groups. A retired professor who transforms...
The First 48 Hours
Spiritual Caregivers as First Responders
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The first 48 hours are critical to the recovery of trauma victims.
First responders make the difference between life and death for trauma victims. But what is often not recognized is that when disaster strikes, spiritual caregivers are often among those first on the scene. For these caregivers response...
Comprehensive Teacher Induction
Systems for Early Career Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Based on a three-year study, the authors describe how comprehensive teacher induction systems can both provide teacher support and promote learning more about how to teach. This book calls for re-thinking what teacher induction is about, whom it should serve, what the ‘curriculum’ of induction should be, and the policies, programs, and practices needed to deliver it.
Doctor, Why Does My Face Still Ache?
Getting Relief from Persistent Jaw, Ear, Tooth and Headache Pain
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This groundbreaking book explains why millions of Americans with persistent headaches, toothaches, jaw pain, and other debilitating facial pain can’t find relief—even after seeing many doctors in search of a solution. The problem is that most physicians and dentists look for injury or disease to...
When the Shooting Stopped
Crisis Negotiation and Critical Incident Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
CharlZs outlines a fundamental methodology for crisis negotiation, as it occurs for law-enforcement officers trained in crisis intervention. When the Shooting Stopped systematically examines the process of negotiation, dissecting the conduct of meaningful discourse, use of language, and use of the...
Catholic High Schools
Facing the New Realities
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Catholic high schools in the United States have been undergoing three major changes: the shift to primarily lay leadership and teachers; the transition to a more consumerist and pluralist culture; and the increasing diversity of students attending Catholic high schools. James Heft argues that to navigate...
by L. J. Procter, Orison S. Marden
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Unfortunately, the chief fell sick and died shortly after his arrival; but the promise of assistance made before this occurred was confirmed by his successor, a daughter, Ma-Mochisane. In order to confer with her on the matter, Livingstone made a journey to Shesheke, where she lived, 130 miles to...
by S.L. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
“No, you’re on a cruise liner in the middle of the Pacific Ocean so I seriously doubt you’re getting home. What you’re doing now is going back to your suite. You do know what suite you’re staying in don’t you?” “Of course I do,” she lied, “how could I not know that we’re on a...
Applied Christian Ethics
Foundations, Economic Justice, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Applied Christian Ethics addresses selected themes in Christian social ethics. The book is divided in three parts. In the first section, “Foundation,” several contributors reveal their Christian realist roots and discuss the prophetic origins and multifarious agenda of social ethics. Thus, the...
by Mathers, S.L. MacGregor
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Revised and expanded edition of Mathers' original treatise. Three methods of reading cards are included, along with instructions for the game of tarot, which can be played by two or three people. This is a classic text that will be appreciated by anyone interested in the study of the tarot.
by S.L. Bensusan
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
With over 70 detailed illustrations and over 200 pages of detail, this is a fascinating book about Morocco. Morocco is an interesting travel log of the most developed regions of the country during the turn of the century. But interesting, when one sees the parallels in terms of time and space, Bensusan...
The Great School Debate
Choice, Vouchers, and Charters
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This book examines reform in American education over the past fifty years and against this backdrop presents a compelling analysis of why contemporary voucher plans and charter schools have yet to fulfill the expectations of their advocates. It is the only book to date to attempt a comprehensive synthesis...
42 Rules for Building a High-Velocity Inside Sales Team
Actionable Guide to Creating Inside Sales Teams that Deliver Quantum Results
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inside sales is the fastest growing sales channel due to its cost effective nature. An inside sales rep can handle far more contacts on a daily basis than their field sales counterpart. If you are a “C” level executive with responsibility for delivering revenue, you cannot afford to overlook the...
by Steven L. Skalak, Thomas W. Golden, Mona M. Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Recent catastrophic business failures have caused some to rethink the value of the audit, with many demanding that auditors take more responsibility for fraud detection. This book provides forensic accounting specialists?experts in uncovering fraud?with new coverage on the latest PCAOB Auditing Standards,...