Kathleen M : 156 books
Performance Standards for Restaurants
A New Approach to Addressing the Obesity Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
This report presents the results of a conference of 38 national experts in nutrition and public health who met to develop performance standards that could guide restaurants toward facilitating healthier choices among consumers and that local communities or states could use as a model for developing and implementing either voluntary or mandatory certification programs.
by M. J. Moores, Corrie Adams, SB Barak
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
'The Tree of Life' is a collection of conversations that lost souls and true believers have with themselves while keeping their heads to the sky. ~ Wesley MorrisSeeing humanity ascribed to this cyclical beauty, it is impossible to differentiate the passage of time from the emotional roil of life....
by Zimbell House Publishing, Leanne Cooper, E. W. Farnsworth
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Romantic Morsels features snippets of poetry, flash fiction and short stories for when you simply want a little nibble of a scene a little less ordinary.
Zimbell House Publishing is committed to helping new writers become quality authors.
Media Disparity
A Gender Battleground
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...
The IEP Checklist
Your Guide to Creating Meaningful and Compliant IEPs
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
How can you design effective IEPs that improve student outcomes and meet legal requirements? This one-stop IEP guide has the answers your team needs to create great IEPs and put them into action. You’ll start with a solid introduction to IEPs: their purpose, their major components, and the...
Global Women Leaders
Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, on a global level. This collection fits into the robust research area of international...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
by Edwin Black, Jason Edward Black, Dana L. Cloud
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This edited volume fills a void in the literature concerning the purpose, practice, and pedagogy associated with performing rhetorical criticism. Literature regarding these issues—predominantly purpose—exists primarily as scattered journal articles and as sections within chapters of textbooks...
by Dr. Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Ed.D., Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
As more and more early childhood settings implement inclusive practices, teachers need to blend special and general education techniques to help all children learn. They'll find out how with the new edition of this bestselling text, which combines today's best practices for teaching young children...
by Thuy Bui, MD, Jessica Evert
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
This anthology includes sixty-three essays that explore an array of topics as they relate to global health, and it is the cumulative effort of students, educators, and advocates dedicated to helping others. Moving beyond sayings like, “They have so little, but they’re so happy,” and “All you...
Ask Your Gynecologist
Answers to Over 200 (Sometimes Embarrassing) Questions Women Ask through Every Age and Stage of Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Ask Your Gynecologist was written for all of the women who cannot find the information they need to answer their questions about their bodies. Drs. Thornton and Schramm examine the most commonly asked questions and give valuable insight and advice about everything related to gynecology, including...
How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness
Supportive, Practical Advice from a Leading Child Life Specialist
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness has become the standard work on an important subject. A classic for over fifteen years, it continues to be a go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and clinical practice of one of America 's leading child...
Toward a Culture of Consequences
Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services -- Executive Summary
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 PBASs' effectiveness at achieving their performance goals. This document explores the design...
Extraordinary Groups
How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
Two leading experts present a new approach to help teams nurture extraordinary experiences and excel
Occasionally we participate in a group that inspires us to describe the experience as "powerful" or simply "wow." Why are some teams described in such exceptional terms,...