Guilford Publications: 631 books
The Right to the City
Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Includes a 2014 Postscript addressing Occupy Wall Street and other developments. Efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications, yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used,...
Weaponizing Maps
Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Maps play an indispensable role in indigenous peoples’ efforts to secure land rights in the Americas and beyond. Yet indigenous peoples did not invent participatory mapping techniques on their own; they appropriated them from techniques developed for colonial rule and counterinsurgency campaigns,...
Right-Wing Populism in America
Too Close for Comfort
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize....
by Richard C. Schwartz, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Applying family systems concepts to the intrapsychic realm, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model proposes that individuals' subpersonalities interact and change in many of the same ways as do families and other human groups. Seasoned practitioner Richard C. Schwartz illuminates how parts of a person...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Brain plasticity is the focus of a growing body of research with significant implications for neurorehabilitation. This state-of-the-art volume explores ways in which brain-injured individuals may be helped not only to compensate for their loss of cognitive abilities, but also possibly to restore...
Pediatric Neuropsychology, Second Edition
Research, Theory, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
The most comprehensive, authoritative reference of its kind, this acclaimed work examines a wide range of acquired, congenital, and developmental brain disorders and their impact on children’s neuropsychological functioning. Leading experts present state-of-the-art knowledge about how each condition...
by Yana Suchy, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
Written in an engaging, accessible style, this book synthesizes the growing body of knowledge on the neuropsychology of emotion and identifies practical clinical implications. The author unravels the processes that comprise a single emotional event, from the initial trigger through physiological and...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
This definitive clinical reference comprehensively reviews the most advanced methods for assessing the person in pain. The field's leading authorities present essential information and tools for evaluating psychosocial, behavioral, situational, and medical factors in patients' subjective experience,...
Creating Robust Vocabulary
Frequently Asked Questions and Extended Examples
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Bringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools,...
Teaching Academic Vocabulary K-8
Effective Practices across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades of classroom experience to explain what academic vocabulary is, how it fits into the Common...
The Education of English Language Learners
Research to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the...
Promoting Early Reading
Research, Resources, and Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Bringing together leading scholars, this book describes proven ways to enhance early literacy skills in 3- and 4-year-olds, especially those from low-income families. Presented are scientifically based methods and approaches that are being applied in Early Reading First programs around the country....
Handbook of Effective Literacy Instruction
Research-Based Practice K-8
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
This highly readable handbook synthesizes the best research on K-8 literacy instruction and distills key implications for classroom practice. Noted contributors provide clear recommendations for creating effective, motivating classroom environments; teaching core components of literacy; integrating...
Children's Literature in the Classroom
Engaging Lifelong Readers
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction—helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K–6 classrooms. Numerous...