Traditional pathology models do not provide a satisfactory framework for professional practice with families of people with mental retardation. Families and Mental Retardation is written from the perspective of a competence paradigm for professional practice, which offers a constructive alternative to the more prevalent pathology models of the past. The goal of professional practice is to empower families in coping with the catastrophic stressor of mental retardation. Such an approach recognizes the strengths and resources of families, which have often been minimized in the past, and fosters new collaborative modes of family-professional relationships.Unique features include a consideration of life-span and family system and subsystem perspectives, as well as the inclusion of powerful personal accounts of family members. The volume is likely to be of special value to mental health and health care professionals, who often receive little training in mental retardation or family-professional relations, and who tend to apply a pathology model. In contrast, a competence paradigm is more prevalent in education.
This work is the most comprehensive volume to focus on new directions in professional practice with families of people with mental illness. It offers a multidisciplinary systems-oriented examination of theory, research, and practice in the area. Unique features include a consideration of life-span and family system and subsystem perspectives, as well as the inclusion of powerful personal accounts of family members. It is written from the perspective of a competence paradigm for clinical practice, which offers a constructive alternative to the more prevalent pathology models of the past.This work is the most comprehensive volume to focus on new directions in professional practice with families of people with mental illness. It offers a multidisciplinary systems-oriented examination of theory, research, and practice in the area. Unique features include a consideration of life-span and family system and subsystem perspectives, as well as the inclusion of powerful personal accounts of family members. It is written from the perspective of a competence paradigm for clinical practice, which offers a constructive alternative to the more prevalent pathology models of the past. In the era following deinstitutionalization, families often have served as an extension of the mental health system. There is much evidence that the needs of families are often poorly met. In response to the shortcomings of the system and to their own anguish, families have become increasingly assertive in articulating their needs for respect, support, information, skills, resources, and services. This volume is designed to provide professionals with increased understanding of the experiences and needs of families, as well as with concrete suggestions for enhancing their effectiveness in meeting those needs.The first three chapters are designed to explore general issues related to the family experience and family-professional relationships, the conceptual and empirical context, and new directions in professional practice. The next six chapters provide the experiential core of the volume, covering such topics as life-span perspectives, the subjective and objective burden, the family system, family subsystems, coping and adaptation, and the needs of families. The final three chapters are concerned with intervention, including nonclinical strategies that are designed primarily to educate and support families, and clinical strategies that are designed primarily to provide treatment. The nonclinical and clinical intervention strategies that are discussed have the potential to comprise a full continuum of family-oriented services that can be tailored to the needs, desires, and resources of particular families. The final chapter is concerned with intervention on the level of the mental health system.
Imagine having a near death experience that not only changes your life, but alters your entire perception of the world that you live in! Mia Brookes dies in a car crash on a dark October day in the year 2006 which triggers a sequence of events that go one step beyond any expectations of near death experience. Having been brought back to life in a busy city hospital she quickly realises that her NDE was no ordinary one. Following her journey to the other side, Andy Morrison is shot on the street and dies. But unlike Mia, his experience is one of sheer terror as he finds himself in the bowels of hell. Neither dead nor alive, he lies in a coma in the same hospital unable to break free from his nightmare. Their lives become entwined in a series of events that will change their lives, and that of their families, for ever more.
This charming bilingual English & Spanish picture book from the illustrator of Mango, Abuela, and Me introduces the fascinating creatures of the Gal pagos Islands through the life of one very lucky girl.Valentina was born on an island formed by fire, surrounded by blue-green sea. As a Gal pague a, Valentina spends her days observing the natural world around her. She greets sea lions splashing on the shore, scampers over lava rocks with Sally-lightfoot crabs, and swims with manta rays. But Valentina also understands the fragility of this wondrous world, and she makes a solemn promise to protect the islands and her animal friends. This delightful bilingual story was inspired by the childhood of Valentina Cruz, whose family was one of the first permanent inhabitants of the Gal pagos. Valentina is now a biologist and naturalist guide who has dedicated her life to the conservation of the islands. Whimsical illustrations by Pura Belpr Honor recipient Angela Dominguez transport readers to these unique islands, which shelter a diverse number of plant and animal species, many found of which can be found nowhere else on the planet. Come discover this beautiful world with Valentina and her animal friends
2020 Growing Good Kids Book Award2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List2019 Florida Book Award - Bronze Medal It's springtime and Badger is ready to plant the perfect garden. He has spent months gathering and sorting seeds. It's been a lot of work but it's worth it. His friends Red Squirrel, Dormouse, and Weasel come to help. They weed. They rake. And finally they plant. Afterward, everyone celebrates, and Badger can already imagine the perfect rows of flowers and vegetables. But then a rainstorm comes and washes away the beautiful seeds. Badger's perfect garden is ruined. Or is it? Author Marsha Diane Arnold's gentle story will encourage young readers to think beyond plans and expectations and imagine the wonderful possibilities that may occur when life and nature have other ideas.
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. A picture book about the restoration of Big Boy 4014, the world's largest steam locomotive. In the 1940s, the ground rumbled as they thundered across the United States, 25 600-ton steam locomotives called Big Boys. These mammoth engines were built to pull trains transporting soldiers and freight, supporting the war effort. When less-expensive diesel-electric engines became popular, Big Boy engines were pulled from service, either to be scrapped or sent to museums and other venues as exhibits. Big Boy 4014 pulled her last train in 1959. She spent most of her retirement in California at an outdoor train museum. People came from around the world to visit, marveling at her size. But one day in 2013, a different group of visitors came to see Big Boy 4014. This group wondered what it would take to get her back on the tracks. May 9, 2019, would be the Golden Spike Celebration, the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Could Big Boy 4014 be restored in time for the celebration? Would she ever roll on the rails again? Readers of all ages are taken on a journey with Big Boy 4014, from stranded icon to restoration to the 150th Golden Spike anniversary, and then onto excursion tours. Back matter includes photos and additional facts about the Big Boys steam engines.
A tender story that reminds readers of all ages that a kind heart will always make room for friends. When thunder roars and lightning flashes, Raccoon is afraid to be alone in his home. So he hurries out to see if any of his neighbors in Thistle Hollow have room to spare for a friend in need. When Raccoon knocks on the doors of Possum, Quail, and Woodchuck, he is turned away. But then Raccoon spies a bright light in the storm. Will this next neighbor open up her house and heart to Raccoon?
Teaching, Professional Development, Testing, Evaluating, Planning, Communication, and Leadership - Marsha Diane Akau Wellein (nee Hawaii) discusses these issues using civilian and military educational practices and theories from her view point. She uses her real-life adventures, her personal experiences - she has been there and done it If you want only DO THIS or DO THAT advice, please do not read this book. It may be too much out-of-the-box thinking by taking you out of your comfort zone Dr. Wellein has been a professional educator since 1969 - teaching many grades & ability levels, various subjects, special education and regular K - 12 students, undergraduate, graduate, served as a test administrator, principal, curriculum specialist, grants writer, children's book author - you name it, and she has done it. From Chapter 1, when Dr. Wellein as a young 25-year-old teacher escapes sexual assault, to Chapter 72, dealing with a mentally challenged supervisor and all chapters in between, this book offers you much to ponder. She shows how practice follows sound theory, but one size never fits all Dr. Wellein also cites the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic as a monumentally significant event, affecting direct, face-to-face instruction for years to come (even with vaccine), and increasing distance/online learning one hundred-fold. There is no central thread in this book, no cord to bind chapters together chronologically or geographically. Each chapter deliberately stands alone; each is merely a snippet, a pearl, for the reader. When Marsha Wellein decided in the mid - 1980s to accept an offer to work overseas in her capacity as a US DOD Civilian in Army Education Services at Larson Barracks, itself located within a very small US Army garrison in the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) in the West German town of Wurzburg, she had absolutely no realization at the time that this innocuous one-time assignment was to be the first step in what would eventually form a substantial block of time for 2 decades comprising multiple back-to-back permanent change of station (PCS) assignments across a broad swath of the world. After the posting in Germany, Dr. Wellein accepted a tour to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt with the Multinational Peacekeeping Force under the US State Dept. (headquartered in Rome), and three years later, returned to Hawaii. Then it was off to Panama and Honduras for a couple of years during the crazy narco-guerrilla cocaine wars, back to Hawaii, then onward to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia following the end of the Iraq war (and quasi safe, inside the US compounds.) Japan (Camp Zama) was really a crowded land of Toyotas & sushi, and South Korea was next, an assignment on the doorstep between the South Korean De-Militarized Zone and North Korea (i.e., Democratic People's Republic of Korea). She next served as the Army Director of Education & Library Services for US Southern Command in Puerto Rico, responsible for 24 military groups in South & Central America and part of Florida. In 2001, as the Army Reserve Regional Director of Education for Pacific & Asia, Dr. Wellein cared for Army Reservists throughout Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa & Asia. Education is in her blood, so she earned a doctorate in 2010. When she retired from DOD in late 2012, she returned to her first love, teaching. But read this book and see for yourself. You will love reading about solutions to problems, challenging yourself, exploring ideas and new methods, practices, as you continue your academic education journey. Why do almost 1,000 teachers leave their jobs yearly in many major cities? What can education recruiters do to hire more credentialed educators? Will civilian and military educational agencies join forces for some professional development activities in 2021? She offers compelling ideas, Pearls of Wisdom to teachers, administrators, anyone interested in improving education in America.
On a cold day, a bear loses his soft red scarf. The wind carries it *whoosh* to a couple of playful raccoons who find it and use it to play tug-o-war. Once they run off, the scarf is abandoned until a woodchuck finds it and decides it will make the perfect warm hat. It gets stuck on a tree branch only to be found and lost again by a fox, a mouse and s a couple of squirrels among others. When all the animals lay claim to the scarf, calamity ensues that can only be fixed by a bear, a little patience, and friendship in this nearly wordless, clever picture book.
Missus Marsh and the Sugar Gliders' SchoolDiane Hagqvist has written and illustrated this book about Sam the sugar glider in the Australian bush. Sam the sugar glider is always late for school. Missus Marsh is his teacher, and Old Mister Owl is the head teacher. Hear about what happens at midnight at the top of the eucalyptus trees, and who Sam meets on the way to school.
Learn the events leading up to The Rock and Roll Fantasy Collection in this prequel from USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Rinella. Once upon a time, Darla was given a mystical gift accompanied by an ominous message. Now, meeting Chris has put her head in a spin. As their connection deepens, she finds herself wondering-could that long-ago gift be the key that unlocks their magic? This is a standalone novella in The Rock and Roll Fantasy Collection, a mystical world where Rock and Roll will save your soul. The collection begins with Scary Modsters ... and Creepy Freaks (accompanied by the novellas It's A Marshmallow Worldand Queen Midas In Reverse), followed by Voices Carry, and Moonlight Serenade.
A silly, imaginative story by the author of Never Let a Dinosaur Scribble and the Little Spot of Feelings series, Diane Alber It all started when I found this super cool lizard in the backyard...When a little boy wishes that he had marshmallows and a dragon to toast them, he couldn't have known that the wish would come true But what happens when the dragon can't breathe fire? Will he be able to cheer him up?Kids will love this adorable story about friendship, dragons, and the power of imagination and play
ALL THREE STORIES IN ONE SUSPENSE-FILLED VOLUMEBANG-BANG THERE GOES YOUR HEARTShot and left for dead by his partner, betrayal and cynicism has US Marshal Linc Jameson ready to turn in his badge until he meets Mikayla O'Kane, who he vows to protect with his life.A BEAUTIFUL DECEPTIONUS Marshal Ellie Jameson is assigned to a job she doesn't want: protecting federal judge Sam Creed means facing a past she'd rather forget and shielding her heart from the man who broke it.CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING ANYMORESeth Jameson's relationship with one of his colleagues is fraught with the kind of tension that is frowned on in the Marshals Service, but he can't seem to find a way around his heart.
