Phd: 5247 books
Effective School Interventions, Third Edition
Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
This indispensable course text and practitioner resource, now fully revised, has helped tens of thousands of readers implement evidence-based interventions to improve students' academic achievement and behavior in PreK–12. The volume presents best-practice guidelines and step-by-step procedures...
Assessing Performance
Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2008
A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the...
by Judith A. Halstead, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Winner of the Journal of Nursing Education's Top Teaching Tools Award!
"All too often novice educators enter their first teaching position and find their adjustment to the role of a faculty member daunting.... [This volume] is a 'must read' for any novice educator transitioning from the...
Global Aging
Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
"This book is exemplary in amassing demographic, policy, and sociopsychological data from around the world to refute both premises: that countriesí aging is not occurring in developing nations and that aging of the population presents intractable predicaments. The content of the book is rich...
Understanding Healthcare Economics
Managing Your Career in an Evolving Healthcare System, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Healthcare economics is a topic of increasing importance due to the substantial changes that are expected to radically alter the way Americans obtain and finance healthcare. Understanding Healthcare Economics, 2nd Edition provides an evidence-based framework to help practitioners comprehend the changes...
by Donna Hardina, PhD, Jane Middleton
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2006
Presenting an empowerment-oriented management approach, this ground-breaking how-to guide covers the most recent innovations and current theories you need to create a successful social service organization.
This all-in-one guide to service organization management best practices will help you...
Integrative Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST)
A Strengths-Based Common Factors Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
Funders of mental health services to youth and families have increasingly required providers to use treatments deemed to be "evidence-based." There are several evidence-based family treatment (EBFT) approaches found to be effective with the same types of presenting problems and populations....
by Laura Batmanian, BSc(Hons) PhD (Melb), Simon Worrall
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Biochemistry for Health Professionals is a concise introductory text integrating biochemistry with physiology and cell biology and is aimed specifically at introductory health science students. It assumes no prior knowledge and covers some molecular biology and chemistry basics. The text is accompanied...
by W. Paul Vogt, PhD, Dianne C. Gardner
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods...
The Mindful Way through Depression
Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
If you’ve ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified...
Reconcilable Differences, Second Edition
Rebuild Your Relationship by Rediscovering the Partner You Love--without Losing Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Every couple has disagreements, but what happens when recurring conflicts start to pull your relationship apart? Do you lie awake hoping that your spouse will eventually see things your way, or rehashing the evidence that you're right? Demand some immediate changes--or else? This popular, science-based...
by Norah Berrah, PhD, Marc Humphrey PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Quantum physics explores the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller levels. Idiot's Guides: Quantum Physics makes this very complex topic easy to understand. It skips the complicated math and dives right into all the concepts, paradoxes, thought experiments,...
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy with People at Risk of Suicide
Working with People at Risk of Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Grounded in extensive research and clinical experience, this book describes how to adapt mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for participants who struggle with recurrent suicidal thoughts and impulses. Clinicians and mindfulness teachers are presented with a comprehensive framework for understanding...
ADHD in Adults
What the Science Says
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2007
Providing a new perspective on ADHD in adults, this compelling book analyzes findings from two major studies directed by leading authority Russell A. Barkley. Groundbreaking information is presented on the significant impairments produced by the disorder across major functional domains and life activities,...