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A Guide to Crisis Intervention (4th edition)
by Kristi KanelWritten for beginning paraprofessional counselors, this textbook on crisis intervention outlines skills and strategies that Kanel (crisis intervention, California State U., Fullerton) found useful as a psychotherapist. She describes what can be defined as a crisis, the history of the field, ethical and professional issues, cultural sensitivity, and the ABC model of conducting mental health interviews with clients, which consists of three stages: developing and maintaining contact, identifying the problem and providing therapeutic interaction, and coping. She then outlines crises that are dangers, including suicide, self-mutilative behaviors, and psychotic breakdowns, and discusses gravely disabled mentally ill persons. Types of crises associated with stages of development, loss, AIDS and HIV, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress, disaster, and child, spousal, and sexual abuse are detailed. Indexes are divided by subject and name. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A Guide to Crisis Intervention (Fifth Edition)
by Kristi KanelThis practical nuts-and-bolts guide provides readers with the skills necessary to handle any crisis situation. The book utilizes the comprehensive ABC Model of Crisis Intervention, which can be used as effectively for day-to-day interactions as for emergency situations. A GUIDE TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, 5th Edition addresses such crises as drug abuse, secondary PTSD, crisis worker burnout, AIDS, suicide, death and dying, Alzheimer's, and victimization and abuse.
A Guide to Econometrics (6th edition)
by Peter KennedyThis book designed to illuminate the logic of econometrics without formulas, providing intuition, skepticism, insights, humor, and practical advice. Designed for use in a range of courses, from undergraduate to graduate and PhD level.
Guide To Energy Management
by Barney L. Capehart Wayne C. Turner William J. KennedyThis book is one of the leading educational resources for energy manager or energy professional as well as new people enter the field of energy management and energy engineering. It is the most widely used college and university textbook, as well as one of the most widely used books for professional development training. New topics include energy auditing, energy bills, life cycle costing, electrical distribution systems, boilers, steam distribution systems, control systems and computers, energy systems maintenance, insulation, compressed air, renewable energy sources and water management, distributed generation, and creating green buildings.
Guide to Good Food
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. BenceGuide to Good Food gives your students an in-depth look at the exciting world of food and the MyPlate food guidance system. This edition incorporates the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans as it shows students how to select, store, prepare, and serve nutritious, appealing dishes. Eachchapter includes a profile of one of the many food-related careers available. Students further investigate career and job success in two new career-related chapters and in brief Career Success features throughout. The extensive Foods of the World section has tabbed pages that allow students to conveniently explore the culture and cuisine of over 30 countries. Menus and recipes with step-by-step directions as well as nutritional analyses are included. New to this edition are A Measure of Math and Teamwork in Action activities at the end of each chapter. Within the chapters are new features on the following topics: * Global Perspective * Health and Wellness * Food Science * Culture and Social Studies
Guide to Good Food
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. BenceGuide to Good Food provides an in-depth look at how to select, store, prepare, and serve nutritious, appealing dishes. Menus and recipes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions and nutritional analyses are included. Food-related careers are profiled in every chapter, and Career Success features are found throughout. Healthful lifestyles are supported by the inclusion of MyPlate and the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Students can explore the culture and cuisine of over 30 countries in the Foods of the World section. Math, food science, and social studies are introduced into the curriculum through features and activities.
Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. BenceGuide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation employs current nutrition information to inform students as they learn the roles nutrients play in their health throughout the life cycle. Comprehensive content on food selection, storage, preparation, and service gives students the tools needed to recognize and follow a nutritionally balanced diet, while animations bring content to life. Menus and recipes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions, and nutritional analyses are also included. Food-related careers are profiled in every chapter. * Enhanced visuals program employs infographics and images to emphasize content and improve recall. * The Foods of the World section explores the culture and cuisine of over 30 countries. * Students can complete and submit review questions digitally, enhancing instructor's assessment of students' comprehension and reducing paper waste.
Guide to Good Food
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. BenceStudents will learn how to select, store, prepare, and serve foods while preserving their nutrients, flavors, textures, and colors.
Guide to Good Food
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. BenceStudents will learn how to select, store, prepare, and serve foods while preserving their nutrients, flavors, textures, and colors.
Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation
by Velda L. Largen Deborah L. Bence Michelle LancasterNIMAC-sourced textbook
A Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 for Information and Communications Technologies
by Beth Brown Elaine Malfas Jones Jan MarrelliNIMAC-sourced textbook
A Guide to Microsoft Office 2010
by Jan MarrelliA Guide to Microsoft Office 2010 focuses on teaching students business application software, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, presentation graphics, and business-oriented utilization of the Internet through a project-based, hands-on approach. It also introduces computer terminology, hardware, software, operating systems, and information systems as they relate to the business environment.
A Guide to MLA Documentation: with an Appendix on APA Style
by Joseph F. TrimmerBriefer, more affordable, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular booklet features current MLA guidelines, a new section on evaluating online sources, and an up-to-date APA appendix. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hints on such topics as avoiding plagiarism and taking notes.
Guide to Nursing's Social Policy Statement: Understanding the Profession from Social Contract to Social Covenant
by Marsha D. M. FowlerNursing is often called a helping profession: Nursings Social Policy Statement is about the many ways that nursing helps others. It is about the relationship the social contract between the nursing profession and society and their reciprocal expectations. This arrangement authorizes nurses as professionals to meet the needs involved in the care, and health of patients and clients and the health of society. It helps nurses engage in the political and legislative action that supports nursing education, research, and practice to better influence that health and care; and to understand the social ethics and justice that affect global and individual health. But what does that mean now? The new Guide to Nursings Social Policy Statement unpacks it for the 21st century nurse: Social contract in theory and practice Nursings own social contract and its 16 distinct elements Nursing and the common good and what constitutes the common good today Citizenship, civic engagement, and civic professionalism of nurses Professions and what they are, how they can get broken and mended, and nursing as a profession The interplay of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements and Nursings Social Policy Statement Nursings social covenant (by which nursing goes beyond its social contract) Nursings involvement in public and global health Suitable for courses and professional development activities in nursing curriculum, ethics, leadership, research, and role development, the Guide to Nursings Social Policy Statement clarifies foundational concepts of the nursing society relationship, the breadth of ways in which nurses might exercise their passion for the profession, a vision for nursings social evolution, and much more!
Guide to Operating Systems (Fourth Edition)
by Michael Palmer Michael WaltersGet the latest theory and technical information for working on Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX/Linuxplatforms with GUIDE TO OPERATING SYSTEMS, 4E. Topics include operating system theory, installation, upgrading, configuring (operating system and hardware), file systems, security, hardware options, storage, resource sharing, network connectivity, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Designed to be easily understood and highly practical, GUIDE TO OPERATING SYSTEMS, 4E is the resource readers need for deepening their understanding of different operating systems. GUIDE TO OPERATING SYSTEMS, 4E prepares readers to understand the fundamental concepts of computer operating systems. The book specifically addresses Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, SUSE Linux, Fedora Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Mac OS X (Panther, Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard), and provides information on all network operating subjects.
A Guide to Practical Toxicology: Evaluation, Prediction and Risk
by Adam WoolleyAn experienced toxicologist researcher and consultant provides an overview of toxicology for practicing toxicologists and students in the field, with 15 chapters addressing topics from the necessity of measurement and definitions and maintenance of normality to larger issues of risk assessment and management in the workplace and environment and the future of toxicity testing. Pedagogical tools include text boxes with necessary background information; tables and case studies; and study design and interpretation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application
by Marsha D. M. FowlerThis is an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements in their daily practice. Each chapter of this comprehensively revised text is devoted to a single Code provision. For convenience of reference, the text of ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements is included as an appendix. This book will challenge each nurse to achieve deeper professional and personal understanding, and will provide a foundation for professional pride. From the classroom to professional practice, nurses in all roles or settings will find this book to be a powerful tool for learning how to examine and apply the values, duties, ideals and commitments of their living ethical tradition to their practice.
Guide to the Essentials of American Government (California Edition)
by Pearson EducationThis book is designed to provide students with the most essential content in their high school government or civics course in an easy-to-follow format. The text summaries and graphic organizers will help students organize key information. Vocabulary terms are highlighted and defined in the text narrative, as well as in the glossary. A chapter test at the end of each chapter checks students' understanding of the basic content.
A Guide to Web Development Using Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5, with Fireworks® CS5 and Flash® CS5
by Jan MarrelliA Guide to Web Development Using AdobeA(R) Dreamweaver CS5 teaches Flash Fireworks and Dreamweaver in a full-color format. Students learn about Web development HTML CSS and how to use Dreamweaver to create websites. Each chapter discusses concepts which are then reinforced within hands-on activiesAll explanations problems and answers have been produced using Dreamweaver CS5 Fireworks CS5 and Flash CS5. Students are introduced to the history terminology and concepts of networks and the Internet. Email protocol and careers associated with web development are also discussed.
A Guide to Writing as an Engineer
by David Beer David McmurreyWritten for engineers, this book provides more than technical know-how and focuses on how to be an effective communicator. This new edition helps to eliminate the glitches that trip up the busy reader or listener, causing annoyance, confusion, or misunderstanding'so that their writing and speech are crystal clear. This text also focuses on the technical writing and speaking issues encountered in day to day work, writing reports, business letter, memoranda, proposals, emails, presentations, and more. The new edition includes new coverage of social media, including coverage of popular forms, best practices, dangers and ethics of using social media, and expanded coverage of informal communication.
Guide to Writing Quality Individualized Education Programs
by Gordon S. Gibb Tina Taylor DychesThis bestselling guide helps users reduce the complexity of IEP development to seven basic steps, based on the requirements of IDEA 2004. It helps prepare teacher candidates with excellent IEP-writing skills, and gives in-service teachers an accurate resource for their continuing professional development in this critical area. Features include step-by-step instruction for IEP development, using explanation, modeling, practice and formative feedback for self-guided individual or group learning. The introduction of the second edition provides a quick overview of special education and the requirements of IDEA 2004. Additionally, the second edition is based on new case studies with complete IEPs for four elementary and secondary students with mild/moderate and severe disabilities, including transition planning. It also provides practice in differing requirements for students taking alternative assessments and features "Answers to Tricky Questions About IEPs" that teachers often encounter.
Guided Flight Discovery: Private Pilot Textbook
by JeppesenJeppesen Sanderson has developed the Guided Flight Discovery Pilot Training System to provide the finest pilot training available. Through extensive use of colorful graphics, state-of-the-art computer-based training, and broadcast quality video, Guided Flight Discovery ensures that your training will be enjoyable and exciting. Guided Flight Discovery is totally different than other systems because its entire philosophy of pilot training is a departure from the conventional methods of the past. Rather than just teaching facts, Guided Flight Discovery concentrates on an application-oriented approach to pilot training.
Guided Flight Discovery: Private Pilot
by JeppesenCompletely revised Private Pilot textbook/e-book includes updates to ATC services, ADS-B system, GPS navigation and more. <P><P> Combines the most up-to-date content with innovative new graphics and design elements that engage students and make complex subjects easier to understand. <P><P>Students are introduced to the latest developments in flight operations, ranging from ADS-B and the FAA's NextGen system to digital instrument displays, electronic flight bags, and the online capabilities of Flight Service. <P><P>Content is streamlined to provide the next generation of students with concise, comprehensive explanations. <P><P>Intuitive organization and colorful presentation make this manual an essential study aid on your journey to becoming a private pilot.