Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Behavioral Management

Inherent in human nature is a universal desire to be healthy and fit. People everywhere love to talk it up, professing they want to lose weight and get "in shape." That sounds impressive except for one problem; the greater majority don't actually do anything about it. High pressures of life get in the way; work, family obligations, financial hardship, mental stress, depression, addictions and more.

In her all-encompassing guidebook, Nadia Yacoub Cavallini shares an educational roadmap--five building blocks and fundamental principles that teach us how to honor our body, nurture...

Inherent in human nature is a universal desire to be healthy and fit. People everywhere love to talk it up, professing they want to lose weight and get "in shape." That sounds impressive except for one problem; the greater majority don't actually do anything about it. High pressures of life get in the way; work, family obligations, financial hardship, mental stress, depression, addictions and more.

In her all-encompassing guidebook, Nadia Yacoub Cavallini shares an educational roadmap--five building blocks and fundamental principles that teach us how to honor our body, nurture...

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support's Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into person-centered interventions that improve lives. Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensive textbook fully prepares professionals to support all people with challenging behavior, effectively and...

100 IDEAS: Quick - Easy - Inspired - Outstanding

Managing behaviour in the primary classroom can be a challenge, but in this brand new book, Molly Potter offers 100 practical ideas and strategies for managing the range of difficult behaviours that you might face as a primary teacher. Whether you are new to the profession or an experienced teacher, there will be ideas in this book for you, including strategies for solving individual pupil behaviour problems as well as whole- class approaches. The ideas are creative, tried-and-tested and easy to implement.

The book includes tips...

By the close of the twentieth century, the United States became known for its reliance on incarceration as the chief means of social control, particularly in poor communities of color. The carceral state has been extended into the public school system in these communities in what has become known as the "school-to-prison pipeline." Through interviews with young people suspended from school, Weissman examines the impact of zero tolerance and other harsh disciplinary approaches that have transformed schools into penal-like institutions. In their own words, students describe their lives, the...

School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help, and are often the recipients of our most ineffective, most punitive interventions. These students--and their parents, teachers, and administrators--are frustrated and desperate for answers.

Dr. Ross W. Greene, author of the acclaimed...

More sales poop below: If you are new to parenting or if you have been at it awhile, this guide book will cut through some of the gobbledygook and psycho-babble being tossed around. For many of us we just need some assurance we are on the right path, and maybe a push now and then. This book will validate your parenting, and help you be the best parent you can be.

This is a guidebook for all parents, and is...

Intentional Play embraces a specific way of processing communication dynamics through a gaming tool, and it will help you communicate better with colleagues, friends, and even strangers.

Framed around basic communication concepts, the game shows you how you're communicating, what you're doing, why you're doing it-and most importantly-how to make better choices to improve outcomes for yourself and others.

Annie Werner, a corporate trainer, says the book "places the reader into real-world scenarios that force an individual to critically think, "'How would I honestly handle that...

"Whenever you tell a lie, your inside sun goes away. Then a lying cloud forms, and glooms up your day. Each time you tell a lie, another cloud starts to form, and before you can stop it from happening, your insides start to storm."

This book is a great resource to help children understand not only the consequences of telling a lie, but also how one lie can...