Kathleen M : 156 books
Relationship-Based Research in Social Work
Understanding Practice Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Relationship-based research is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be central to social work research and practice.
Drawing on psychodynamic and systemic understandings of research and practice, this book offers practitioners and academics an...
Permission Granted: The Journey from Trauma to Healing
From Rape, Sexual Assault, And Emotional Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2017
This book is different. "Permission Granted" is meant to be a simple, quiet read to help us understand what it means to live in the aftermath of a traumatic event and to enhance our understanding of what it means to live with the sorrow of personal trauma. We hope to understand why we seem unable to...
Communication Centers
A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Communication Centers: A Theory-Based Guide to Training and Management offers advice based on extant research and best practices to both faculty who are asked to develop a communication center and for directors of established centers. Broken into easily understood parts, Turner and Sheckels begin...
Cities Called Athens
Studies Honoring John McK. Camp II
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
The fourteen essays in this volume share new and evolving knowledge, theories, and observations about the city of Athens or the region of Attica. The contents include essays on topography, architecture, religion and cult, sculpture, ceramic studies, iconography, epigraphy, trade, and drama. This volume...
Gender Violence in Peace and War
States of Complicity
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women, who are frequently raped, tortured, beaten, and pressed into sexual servitude. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book...
Troubling Muslim Youth Identities
Nation, Religion, Gender
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This book explores the production of Muslim youth identities, with respect to nation, religion and gender in Pakistan, Senegal, Nigeria and Lebanon. As Muslim-majority, post-colonial states with significant youth populations, these countries offer critical case studies for the exploration of the different...
People of the Sturgeon
Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
People of the Sturgeon tells the poignant story of an ancient fish. Wanton harvest and habitat loss took a heavy toll on these prehistoric creatures until they teetered on the brink of extinction. But, in Wisconsin, lake sturgeon have flourished because of the dedicated work of Department of Natural...
Inspiring Elementary Learners
Nurturing the Whole Child in a Differentiated Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Provides differentiated instructional techniques, lesson examples, and assessment rubrics across core subject areas to nurture a love for learning in socially, culturally, and academically diverse learners.
Heart Attack!
Advice for Patients by Patients
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Millions of people-many of them younger than we care to believe-are living in the aftermath of a heart attack, and it is vital for them to learn how to reduce the risk factors for subsequent heart problems. This unique and important book offers advice to survivors of a heart attack and also to those...
by Teresa A Allison, Karen Berger, Kathleen A. Bledsoe
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
The field of research related to neurocritical care has grown significantly in recent years, and the clinical demands for current and dependable expertise has followed suit. It can be a challenge for the neurocritical practitioner to keep up with cutting-edge evidence-based research and best practices,...
Toward a Culture of Consequences
Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBAS effectiveness at achieving performance goals. This study examines nine PBASs that are...
Courage, Resistance, and Women in Ciudad Juárez
Challenges to Militarization
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Ciudad Juárez has recently become infamous for its murder rate, which topped 3,000 in 2010 as competing drug cartels grew increasingly violent and the military responded with violence as well. Despite the atmosphere of intimidation by troops, police, and organized criminals, women have led the way in...
U.S.-India Security Cooperation
Progress and Promise for the Next Administration
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
The U.S.-India relationship has fluctuated from mutual suspicion to the current high-water mark of cooperation embodied in the seemingly close relationship between U.S. president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. This study seeks to identify the opportunities to deepen security...
by J. M. Dillard, Kathleen O'Malley
Language: German
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Ein gefährlicher Erreger bedroht die Enterprise
Vor achtzig Jahren kam es auf dem Planeten Vulkan zu einer verheerenden Epidemie. Fremdartige Erreger infizierten tausende Vulkanier, was zu massenhaftem Wahnsinn und unvorstellbaren Gewaltausbrüchen führte. Der vulkanische Wissenschaftler...