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A Circle of Friends

Author	: Angela Jianu
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2011-03-24
ISBN	: 9004210237
Pages	: 398 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book A Circle of Friends written by Angela Jianu and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Romanian revolutionaries exiled after the European insurrections of 1848. Drawing on their memoirs and private correspondence, it reveals the transnational links they established with French republicans, English radicals and Italian freedom-fighters in their attempts to build the modern Romanian nation

Children with Down's Syndrome

Author	: Stephanie Lorenz
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 1998-01-01
ISBN	: 1853465062
Pages	: 103 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Children with Down's Syndrome written by Stephanie Lorenz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical handbook offers advice on strategies for meeting the special educational needs of children with Down's syndrome in mainstream schools. The aim is to increase the confidence of support assistants, teachers, SENCOs and senior managers in both primary and secondary schools in providing a quality education for these pupils, while using scarce resources to best effect. The author offers an introduction to the particular characteristics of children with Down's syndrome and their impact on learning and behaviour. She considers the benefits of inclusive education and the most effective ways in which the National Curriculum can be made accessible. She also examines working with the whole-school, parents and outside agencies, as well as providing practical resources such as photocopiable proformas and checklists, materials for INSET in schools and support services and a list of reading materials.

Widening the Circle of Love

Author	: Dalai Lama
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2012-02-29
ISBN	: 1448118336
Pages	: 224 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Widening the Circle of Love written by Dalai Lama and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the teachings of the world-renowned Buddhist leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, comes a practical, seven-step guidebook for developing your love for others and transforming each and every one of your relationships in life. Widening the Circle of Love offers readers a simple and illuminating programme for transforming self-centred energy into outwardly directed concern. Basing his views on the human capacity to improve, and drawing on exercises and techniques established in India and then refined in Tibetan monasteries over more than a thousand years, the Dalai Lama's teachings are supremely relevant to our lives today: ·The First Step: Recognising Friends ·The Second Step: Appreciating Kindness ·The Third Step: Returning Kindness ·The Fourth Step: Learning to Love ·The Fifth Step: The Power of Compassion ·The Sixth Step: Total Commitment ·The Seventh Step: Using the above in the service of others Filled with personal anecdotes from His Holiness's own experiences, as well as centuries-old wisdom, Widening the Circle of Love is a major book which will rival the Dalai Lama's seminal - and bestselling - The Art of Happiness in offering us an accessible, practical path towards personal growth.

Asperger Syndrome

Author	: James C. McPartland
Publisher	: Guilford Publications
Release Date	: 2014-04-01
ISBN	: 1462514146
Pages	: 482 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Asperger Syndrome written by James C. McPartland and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Subject Areas/Keywords: adolescents, adults, AS/HFA, ASD, Asperger syndrome, assessments, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral, children, communication, developmental disabilities, diagnosis, DSM-V, DSM-5, genetics, high-functioning, interventions, neuropsychology, PDD-NOS, pervasive developmental disorders, psychopharmacological, social competence, social skills training, treatments Description: Completely revised with the latest research and clinical strategies, this is the authoritative volume on Asperger syndrome (now part of DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder). Considered the definitive reference since its initial publication, the book focuses on how to assess each child or adolescent's needs and provide effective interventions in the areas of communication, behavior, and academic and vocational functioning. The neural and genetic bases of autism spectrum disorders are also explored. "--

What a Friend

Author	: Betty H. Marshall
Publisher	: Author House
Release Date	: 2014-06-16
ISBN	: 1496917685
Pages	: 248 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book What a Friend written by Betty H. Marshall and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young woman watched me like a cat watches a rat he is going to catch for his dinner. As I walked up the stairs to let myself in the building she jumped in front of me. She pressed her face close to my ear. I could feel and smell her hot stinking breath as she whispered menacingly into my ear, "Open this goddamned door quick bitch. You better not scream or I will run this knife right through your side." I fumbled in my purse for my key. I tried to keep as still as possible because I could feel the knife pricking my skin every time I moved. I finally found the key and my hand was trembling so badly that I could barely turn the lock. "You better hurry up bitch if you don't want to die." Once I got the door opened the woman pushed me to the floor. She went straight to the cabinets and rambled through the vaccine bottles and other medicines that had been set aside for the research project. "You better not try anything." she yelled, while she rambled through the cabinets, She cursed and threw bottles on the floor as she pillaged through every cabinet in the office. She finally found what she was looking for. She headed towards the door, turned back, came to where I was lying on the floor, leaned close to me and yelled in my face, "You better not call the sheriff bitch, or I will come back, find you, and kill your fuckin ass."

Chinese Research Perspectives on Society, Volume 6

Author	: Peilin LI
Publisher	: BRILL
Release Date	: 2019-11-11
ISBN	: 9004418628
Pages	: 442 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Research Perspectives on Society, Volume 6 written by Peilin LI and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women and Friendship

Author	: Joel D. Block
Publisher	: Wellness Institute, Inc.
Release Date	: 2002-08
ISBN	: 9781587411045
Pages	: 308 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Women and Friendship written by Joel D. Block and published by Wellness Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors reveal that women's friendships are deeper and more enduring than those between men. Based on firsthand interviews, original studies, and extensive research, "Women and Friendship" is a pioneering work that offers a contemporary portrait of these ties.

All for Alex

Author	: George Robinson
Publisher	: SAGE
Release Date	: 1998-01-01
ISBN	: 9781412920346
Pages	: 42 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book All for Alex written by George Robinson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the work of other colleagues, in particular the research done by Tina Axup, Barbara and George put this process into practice for an 11-year-old boy. The effects were startlingly successful and extraordinarily moving. With the consent of the young people, their teachers and families, it was filmed, and this video, with full explanatory guidebook, will encourage others to try the intervention. This is a powerful, easy to use strategy. If you have never used it, then we recommend that you watch the video and try it out for yourself.

Sharing the Journey

Author	: Robert Wuthnow
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 1994-01-01
ISBN	: 0029356253
Pages	: 463 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Sharing the Journey written by Robert Wuthnow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at how support groups have affected American society argues that, although support groups provide a warmth and security that holds society together, they can lead to an unhealthy self-absorption and a trivialized sense of what is sacred.

Friendship Leadership

Author	: Matt Messner
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date	: 2018-11-29
ISBN	: 1532665962
Pages	: 170 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Friendship Leadership written by Matt Messner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one can deny that friendships are powerful relationships of influence. Why not strategically incorporate friendship within a philosophy of leadership? People long for relational models of leadership, yet few specific methodologies have been developed. This book examines the friendship of God with humanity, and the leadership of Jesus with his disciples, to whom he declared, "I no longer call you servants . . . Instead, I have called you friends" (John 15:15). In response to this enduring example of the Divine bringing together both friendship and leadership, this book presents an unexplored model of leadership for the Christian practitioner: Friendship Leadership. The authors of Friendship Leadership share research, historical examples, and their personal experiences with this leadership model, as they describe both the trials and triumphs. Through this process, the book addresses the primary barriers a leader might experience when utilizing the Friendship Leadership model. Finally, the authors offer a guide for how to incorporate friendship into their leadership, strengthening others as they follow the example of our great Leader. The result is a transformational way of leading that nurtures relationships.

The Art of Peace and Relaxation Workbook

Author	: Brian Luke Seaward
Publisher	: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Release Date	: 2011-08-05
ISBN	: 1449634389
Pages	: 302 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Peace and Relaxation Workbook written by Brian Luke Seaward and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Stress, Seventh Edition, provides a comprehensive approach to stress management honoring the integration, balance, and harmony of mind, body, spirit, and emotions. The holistic approach taken by internationally acclaimed lecturer and author Brian Luke Seaward gently guides the reader to greater levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being by emphasizing the importance of mind-body-spirit unity. Referred to as the “authority on stress management” by students and professionals, this book gives students the tools needed to identify and manage stress while teaching them how to strive for health and balance.

Decolonizing Qualitative Approaches for and by the Caribbean

Author	: Saran Stewart
Publisher	: IAP
Release Date	: 2020-02-01
ISBN	: 1641137339
Pages	: 243 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Decolonizing Qualitative Approaches for and by the Caribbean written by Saran Stewart and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As academics in postcolonial Caribbean countries, we have been trained to believe that research should be objective: a measurable benefit to the public good and quantifiable in nature so as to generalize findings to develop knowledge societies for economic growth. What happens, however when the very word “research” connotes a derogatory term or semblance of distrust? Smith (1999) speaks towards the distrustful nature of the term as a legacy of European imperialism and colonialism. Against this backdrop, how do Caribbean researchers leverage recognized and valued (indigenous) methods of knowing and understanding for and by the Caribbean populace? How do we learn from indigenous research methods such as Kaupapa Maori (Smith, 1999) and develop an understanding of research that is emancipatory in nature? Decolonizing qualitative methods are rooted in critical theory and grounded in social justice, resistance, change and emancipatory research for and by the Other (Said, 1978). Rodney’s (1969) legacy of “groundings” provides a Caribbean oriented ethnographic approach to collecting data about people and culture. It is an anti-imperialist method of data collection focused on the socioeconomic and political environment within the (post) colonial context. Similar to Rodney, other critical Caribbean scholars have moved the research discourse to center on the notions of resistance, struggle (Chevannes, 1995; Feraria, 2009) and decolonoizing methodologies. This proposed edited volume will provide a collective body of scholarship for innovative uses of decolonizing qualitative research. In order to theorize and conduct decolonizing research, one can argue that the researcher as self and as the Other needs to be interrogated. Borrowing from an autoethnographic ontology, the researcher or investigator recognizes the self as the unit of measure, and there is a concerted effort to continuously see the self, seeing the self through and as the other (Alexander, 2005; Ellis, 2004). This level of interrogation may require frameworks such as Reasonable Humanism in which there is a clear understanding of the role of the researcher and researched from a physiological and psychosocial standpoint. Thereafter, the researcher is better prepared to enter into a discourse about decolonizing methodologies. The origins of qualitative inquiry in the Caribbean can be traced to political and economic discourses – Marxism, postcolonialism, neocolonialism, capitalism, liberalism, postmodernism- which have challenged ways of knowing and the construction of knowledge. Evans (2009) traced the origins of qualitative inquiry to slave narratives, proprietor’s journals, missionaries’ reports and travelogues. Common to the Caribbean is an understanding of how colonial legacies of research have ridiculed oral traditions, language, and ways of knowing, often rendering them valueless and inconsequential. This proposed edited volume acknowledges the significance of decolonizing approaches to qualitative research in the Caribbean and the wider Caribbean diaspora. It includes an audience of scholars, teacher/ researchers and students primarily in and across the humanities, social sciences and educational studies. This proposed volume would provide much needed knowledge and best practice strategies to the community of researchers engaged in decolonizing methodologies. Additionally, this volume will allow readers to think of new imaginings of research design that deconstruct power and privilege to benefit knowledge, communities and participants. It will spark key objectives, directions and frameworks for deeper discussions and interrogations of normative, westernized and hegemonic approaches to qualitative research. Lastly, the volume will welcome empirical studies of application of decolonizing methodologies and theoretical studies that frame critical discourse.

Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity

Author	: Thomas M. Brinthaupt
Publisher	: SUNY Press
Release Date	: 2002-02-21
ISBN	: 9780791453346
Pages	: 395 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Early Adolescent Self and Identity written by Thomas M. Brinthaupt and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-02-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses adolescent identity issues and suggests practical approaches to facilitate development and adjustment.

Growing Daily

Author	: Ray Martinez
Publisher	: Redemption Press
Release Date	: 2014-03-31
ISBN	: 1632321432
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Growing Daily written by Ray Martinez and published by Redemption Press. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual growth is a daily process, and as followers of Christ, we should be striving to learn something new about God and his Word every day. Ray Martinez invites you on a forty-day journey of daily inspiration as he captures nuggets of wisdom from life experiences. Follow along as Ray discovers that: • When we're in awkward positions in life or feel abandoned, the best remedy is to retreat back to our origin-the very one who designed and created us to find out the solution. • We need to draw from what we have experienced in order to encourage and stir the hearts of others. • Mini-prayers are many prayers that have far-reaching tentacles into many lives. • If we have an ear to hear the heart, then we shall see what God sees for us-his direction. Growing Daily can be used as a personal devotional book, a tool to help you discover something new about God each day. Use Growing Daily as a springboard for your own "journal of journey," and let God begin to influence your heart so that he can use you in the lives of others.

Encyclopedia of Social Networks

Author	: George A. Barnett
Publisher	: SAGE Publications
Release Date	: 2011-09-07
ISBN	: 1506338259
Pages	: 1112 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Social Networks written by George A. Barnett and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Request a FREE 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub.com/freetrial This two-volume encyclopedia provides a thorough introduction to the wide-ranging, fast-developing field of social networking, a much-needed resource at a time when new social networks or "communities" seem to spring up on the internet every day. Social networks, or groupings of individuals tied by one or more specific types of interests or interdependencies ranging from likes and dislikes, or disease transmission to the "old boy" network or overlapping circles of friends, have been in existence for longer than services such as Facebook or YouTube; analysis of these networks emphasizes the relationships within the network . This reference resource offers comprehensive coverage of the theory and research within the social sciences that has sprung from the analysis of such groupings, with accompanying definitions, measures, and research. Featuring approximately 350 signed entries, along with approximately 40 media clips, organized alphabetically and offering cross-references and suggestions for further readings, this encyclopedia opens with a thematic Reader's Guide in the front that groups related entries by topics. A Chronology offers the reader historical perspective on the study of social networks. This two-volume reference work is a must-have resource for libraries serving researchers interested in the various fields related to social networks.

Simplify

Author	: Bill Hybels
Publisher	: Tyndale House
Release Date	: 2014-08-19
ISBN	: 1414396236
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Simplify written by Bill Hybels and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Overscheduled. Sound familiar? Today’s velocity of life can consume and control us . . . until our breakneck pace begins to feel normal and expected. That’s where the danger lies: When we spend our lives doing things that keep us busy but don’t really matter, we sacrifice the things that do. What if your life could be different? What if you could be certain you were living the life God called you to live—and building a legacy for those you love? If you crave a simpler life anchored by the priorities that matter most, roll up your sleeves: Simplified living requires more than just cleaning out your closets or reorganizing your desk drawer. It requires uncluttering your soul. By eradicating the stuff that leaves your spirit drained, you can stop doing what doesn’t matter—and start doing what does. In Simplify, bestselling author Bill Hybels identifies the core issues that lure us into frenetic living—and offers practical steps for sweeping the clutter from our souls.

How Relationships Work, Second Edition

Author	: Irene Alexander
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date	: 2020-06-12
ISBN	: 1725261472
Pages	: 210 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book How Relationships Work, Second Edition written by Irene Alexander and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores some of the basic principles of a wide range of relationship topics from boundaries, to sex, to differentiation, assertive communication, and conflict. We often are not taught these rules of the game of life when we are growing up and so have to learn them the hard way: by trial and painful error. This book won’t explain how to manipulate people to make lots of money. Nor how to charm everyone to your point of view. Rather it is about learning to relate more openly and effectively—to lead a good life that brings fulfilment and joy.