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Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice

by Robert A. Neimeyer Darcy L. Harris Gordon F. Thornton Howard R. Winokuer

Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society is an authoritative guide to the study of and work with major themes in bereavement. Its chapters synthesize the best of research-based conceptualization and clinical wisdom across 30 of the most important topics in the field. The volume s contributors come from around the world, and their work reflects a level of cultural awareness of the diversity and universality of bereavement and its challenges that has rarely been approximated by other volumes. This is a readable, engaging, and comprehensive book that will share the most important scientific and applied work on the contemporary scene with a broad international audience, and as such, it will be an essential addition to anyone with a serious interest in death, dying, and bereavement. "

The Psychology of the Child

by Jean Piaget Barbel Inhelder

Piaget’s influence on psychology has been profound. His pathbreaking investigations and theories of cognitive development have set child psychology moving in entirely new directions. His bold speculations have provided the inspiration for the work of others. His studies have been the subject of many books and countless articles. And, significantly, his influence has spread to other disciplines and is having an ever-growing impact on the general culture at large.Here Jean Piaget, with the assistance of his long-time collaborator Bärbel Inhelder, offers a definitive presentation of the developmental psychology he has elaborated over the last forty years. This comprehensive synthesis traces each stage of the child’s cognitive development, over the entire period of childhood, from infancy to adolescence.

Microsoft Official Academic Course: MICROSOFT WORD 2013

by Microsoft Official Academic Course

This Word 2013 text is mapped to the Word 2013 certification exam objectives and is designed to re-enforce workforce skills.

MCITP Microsoft Windows Vista Desktop Support Consumer: Study Guide (70-623)

by Eric Johnson Eric Beehler

This comprehensive guide takes readers through Microsoft's new certification, MCITP, and offers them the skills required to pass the Microsoft 70-623 exam on supporting and troubleshooting applications.

CWSP: Certified Wireless Security Professional

by David A. Westcott David D. Coleman Bryan E. Harkins Shawn M. Jackman

Sybex is now the official publisher for Certified Wireless Network Professional, the certifying vendor for the CWSP program. This guide covers all exam objectives, including WLAN discovery techniques, intrusion and attack techniques, 802. 11 protocol analysis. Wireless intrusion-prevention systems implementation, layer 2 and 3 VPNs used over 802. 11 networks, and managed endpoint security systems. It also covers enterprise/SMB/SOHO/Public-Network Security design models and security solution implementation, building robust security networks, wireless LAN management systems, and much more.

Algebra: Form And Function

by Deborah Hughes-Hallett Eric Connally William G. Mccallum

This book offers a fresh approach to algebra that focuses on teaching readers how to truly understand the principles, rather than viewing them merely as tools for other forms of mathematics. It relies on a storyline to form the backbone of the chapters and make the material more engaging. Conceptual exercise sets are included to show how the information is applied in the real world. Using symbolic notation as a framework, business professionals will come away with a vastly improved skill set.

ASVAB for Dummies

by Rod Powers

Get fully briefed on the changes to the ASVAB and sharpen your test-taking skills Want to ace the ASVAB? This essential guide includes in-depth reviews of all nine test subjects with complete explanations for every question, proficiency exercises, and tips to help you pinpoint your weaknesses and hone your test taking skills. You'll discover the pros and cons of the paper and computer exams, which tests are important to your military career, and cutting-edge study techniques. Features four full-length practice ASVAB tests Includes a new sample Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) Presents a thorough review of foundational concepts for every section, including: building word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, solving math word problems, mechanical comprehension, assembling objects, and more Helps you conquer the subtests and compute your scores Packed with practice questions and proven study tips, ASVAB For Dummies, Third Edition is the only guide you need to score your best and find your place in the military!

Theories of Personality

by Calvin S. Hall Gardner Lindzey John B. Campbell

This is the best book on theories ever published. The fourth edition is theory-oriented and has been reorganized into four parts examing theories of psychodynamics, personality structure, growth and perceived reality, and learning. It also includes new chapters on Eysenck, Bandura, Kelly, and social learning theories.

Risks, Controls, and Security: Concepts and Applications

by Vasant Raval Ashok Fichadia

An accountant's guide to managing control risks In today's networked world, security and risk control are no longer just the province of the IT department. Accountants and other business managers who are responsible for corporate risk management must fully understand the control and security risks that can affect the financial health of the entire organization. Risks,Controls and Security: Concepts and Applications introduces you to today's control risks and how to manage them. Beginning with basic systems controls and security awareness, the book provides you with a clear comprehension of the concepts,issues, and techniques of information security in a networked environment. Moving from theory to application, you'll cover all the key security principles that are applicable to all businesses,including e-businesses: * Enterprise risk management * Control and security frameworks * Basic cryptography and public key infrastructure * Security for operating systems, applications, database management systems, and telecommunications * Network and web security * Policy, regulation, and ethics Real-world problem scenarios and a wealth of pedagogical features--discussion questions, short exercises, example cases, and"concept maps" that help you visualize the material--ensure your confident grasp of the material and enable you to put "security into practice." Designed for practicing professionals as well as for students in accounting, business management, and computer science, Risks,Controls and Security will prepare you well for meeting the challenge of protecting information assets.

Supervision in the Hospitality Industry: Applied Human Resources (Fifth Edition)

by Jack E. Miller John R. Walker Karen Eich Drummond

This Fifth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of the principles, theories, human relations techniques, and decision-making skills that are required to manage a workforce to profitable results. It helps managers satisfy obligations to owners, customers, and employees while maintaining a positive work climate, developing job expectations, disciplining marginal employees, and addressing workplace diversity.

The Coach U Personal and Corporate Coach Training Handbook

by Coachinc. Com Staff

The Most Comprehensive TrainingTool for New and Experienced Coaches Founded in 1988, Coach U, Inc. , is the largest provider of online training for individuals interested in entering the fields of personal and professional coaching. Coach U, Inc. , has educated more than ten thousand people, providing them the information, tools, and knowledge they need to successfully enter the fast-growing world of life, career, business, and corporate coaching. Now, for the first time, Coach U, Inc. , is making its complete course materials available in book form. These provide the basic foundations and training necessary to allow you to take control of your own career; enjoy personal, professional, and financial success; and experience the fulfillment that goes with providing a meaningful service to others. Coach U, Inc. 's unique approach to training encompasses the entire development of the professional coach. From the beginnings of becoming a coach, to all the ins-and-outs of growing a successful coaching practice, this program provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to learning how to become a strong, ethical, and dynamic leader in the coaching field. The Coach U Personal and Corporate Coach Training Handbook is the only comprehensive handbook currently available that provides step-by-step training for individuals seeking preparation and certification as a personal or corporate coach. Using the proven Coach U method, this book draws on a multidisciplinary approach to present a complete guide to the business and practice of personal and corporate coaching. This helpful text features: * Detailed coverage of the core skills and methodologies employed in personal and corporate coaching, including a chapter on ethics * Includes coaching scenarios and case studies that demonstrate skills in action * Chapters on marketing and selling your coaching practice and services as well as guidance on practice management As personal and professional coaching continues to prove its benefits to businesses and individuals, Coach U, Inc. , through its Coach U and Corporate Coach U divisions, remains the recognized leader for professional coach training and certification.

Acting in Real Time

by Paul Binnerts

Acting in Real Time by renowned Dutch director and acting teacher Paul Binnerts describes his method for Real-Time Theater, which authorizes actors to actively determine how a story is told---they are no longer mere vehicles for delivering the playwright's message or the director's interpretations of the text. This level of involvement allows actors to deepen their grasp of the material and amplify their stage presence, resulting in more engaged and nuanced performances. The method offers a postmodern challenge to Stanislavski and Brecht, whose theories of stage realism dominated the twentieth century. In providing a new way to consider the actor's presence on stage, Binnerts advocates breaking down the "fourth wall" that separates audiences and actors and has been a central tenet of acting theories associated with realism. In real-time theater, actors forgo attempts to become characters and instead understand their function to be storytellers who are fully present on stage and may engage the audience and their fellow actors directly. Paul Binnerts analyzes the ascendance of realism as the dominant theater and acting convention and how its methods can hinder the creation of a more original, imaginative theater. His description of the techniques of real-time theater is illuminated by practical examples from his long experience in the stage. The book then offers innovative exercises that provide training in the real-time technique, including physical exercises that help the actor become truly present in performance. Acting in Real Time also includes a broad overview of the history of acting and realism's relationship to the history of theater architecture, offering real-time theater as an alternative. The book will appeal to actors and acting students, directors, stage designers, costume designers, lighting designers, theater historians, and dramaturgs.

The Grief Assessment and Intervention Workbook: A Strengths Perspective

by Elizabeth C. Pomeroy Renee Bradford Garcia

THE GRIEF ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION WORKBOOK: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE is an exceptional new workbook that provides focused, practical guidance to help students function effectively in their roles as helpers when dealing with the dying or death of clients or clients' loved ones. Designed for use in social work and counseling courses on grief and loss, grief counseling, and bereavement therapy courses, the text can also serve as a valuable supplemental resource for practice or field courses across multiple disciplines. Using a strengths-perspective approach, the authors explore various theories of grief and delineate several intervention approaches, including developmental and cultural factors that impact the severity of grief reactions. The text also provides several grief assessment instruments used by practitioners, in-depth case scenarios to illustrate key concepts, and hands-on exercises for applying grief assessment and intervention techniques.

Psychology: A Journey

by Dennis Coon John O. Mitterer

In a course where professors are frequently confronted by students who haven't actually read their textbooks, this text offers a solution. The shortest, most succinct of the books written by Dennis Coon, PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY presents psychology in a way that sparks readers' curiosity, insights, imagination, and interest getting students "hooked" on psychology and eager to read on. The first author to integrate the proven SQ4R (survey, question, read, recite, relate, and review) active learning system into a psychology textbook, Coon helps readers grasp major concepts, develop a broad understanding of psychology's diversity, and see for themselves how psychology relates to the challenges of everyday life. Because readers become actively involved with the material, they develop a basic understanding of psychology that they take with them into their future courses and careers.

Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology

by Michael G. Maxfield Earl R. Babbie

The text introduces you to the basics of criminal justice research utilizing real data and featuring coverage of such key issues as ethics, causation, validity, field research, and research design.

Student Manual for Understanding Generalist Practice (5th edition)

by Grafton H. Hull Vicki Vogel Karen K. Kirst-Ashman

The Student Manual contains detailed outlines of each chapter and is filled with classroom exercises and assignments.

Applied Calculus for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences

by Soo T. Tan

Well known for accuracy, Soo Tan's APPLIED CALCULUS FOR THE MANAGERIAL, LIFE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, Eighth Edition balances applications, pedagogy, and technology to provide students the context they need to stay motivated in the course and interested in the material. Accessible for majors and non-majors alike, the text uses an intuitive approach that introduces abstract concepts through examples drawn from common, real-life experiences to which students can relate. It also draws applications from readers' fields of interest. In addition, insightful Portfolios highlight the careers of real people and discuss how they incorporate math into their daily operations. Numerous exercises-including new Diagnostic Tests-ensure students have a solid understanding of concepts before advancing to the next topic. Algebra review notes, keyed to the review chapter Preliminaries, appear where students need them, when they need them. Bringing powerful resources to students' fingertips, the text's exciting array of supplements, including Enhanced Web Assign, equips students with extensive learning support to help them maximize their study time.

Social and Personality Development (6th Edition)

by David R. Shaffer

The 6th edition of Social and Personality Development features clearly written, current coverage of social and personality development that aids students in discovering the causes, processes, and complexities that underlie developmental change.

Theories for Direct Social Work Practice 2nd Edition

by Joseph Walsh

Walsh's concise, comprehensive text covers eleven major clinical practice theories that social workers commonly use in their assessment, planning, and intervention tasks with individuals, families, and groups. The book offers you a broad view of the field of practice, while still providing a close-up view of each theory discussed.

MATLAB Programming with Applications for Engineers

by Stephen J. Chapman

This textbook seeks to simultaneously teach MATLAB as a technical programming language while introducing the student to many of the practical functions that make solving problems in MATLAB so much easier than in other languages. It provides a complete introduction to the fundamentals of good procedural programming and aids students in developing good design habits that will serve them well in any other language that they may pick up later.

Week by Week: Plans for Documenting Children's Development

by Barbara Ann Nilsen

Week by Week is a documentation system guidebook for students and practitioners in early childhood education who work with toddlers through second-grade children. Each chapter has two main parts: the documentation method and the child development overview.

Grassroots With Readings: The Writer's Workbook (Tenth Edition)

by Susan Fawcett

Using her unique M-A-P approach (Model-Analysis-Practice), Susan Fawcett's books have guided hundreds of thousands of students through the writing process, from foundations of grammar, mechanics, and spelling, through writing clear sentences and well-organized paragraphs. Her inductive approach; plentiful, high-interest student models and practices; and contemporary readings engage and motivate students. This edition of GRASSROOTS features improved grammar coverage and emphasizes proofreading, with a new Chapter 6 that teaches specific proofreading strategies and shows students how to recognize their personal "error patterns," track, and correct them. Every subsequent chapter offers a proofing strategy for the concept being taught. Full-color illustrations, including 45 photos, cartoons, and artworks, plus a new design, help students visualize and understand key concepts.

Biology of the Chemotactic Responses

by J. M. Lackie P. C. Wilkinson

The study of chemotactic reactions has always attracted scientists from many disciplines. Not only does it have an intrinsic fascination as a form of cellular behaviour, but it is now beginning to be possible to approach it at the molecular level. In at least three widely diverse cell types, the enterobacteria, the cellular slime moulds and the mammalian leucocytes, rapid progress is being made in understanding the underlying mechanisms of signal perception and message transduction.

Grammar and Beyond: Level 2 Workbook

by Lawrence J. Zwier Harry Holden

Students learn real-world language. Grammar and Beyond is based on extensive corpus research into the ways that grammar is used in the real world. The series takes this research base and focuses students' attention on the most relevant and accurate information. Students then immediately apply what they have learned in speaking and writing. While the series places special emphasis on grammar for writing, all four skills are covered thoroughly. As students prepare to write, they practice editing common mistakes-based on an extensive collection of student writing. Then, they apply the grammar directly in a writing task, making a clear connection between what they study and how they write.

Macroeconomics

by Russell Cooper A. Andrew John

This book studies the implications of macroeconomic complementarities for aggregate behavior. The presentation is intended to introduce Ph. D. students into this sub-field of macroeconomics and to serve as a reference for more advanced scholars. The initial sections of the book cover the basic framework of complementarities and provide a discussion of the experimental evidence on the outcome of coordination games. The subsequent sections of the book investigate applications of these ideas for macroeconomics. The topics Professor Cooper explores include: economies with production complementarities, search models, imperfectly competitive product markets, models of timing and delay and the role of government in resolving and creating coordination problems.

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