Brush Education imprint: 40 books

Synergy, Healing, and Empowerment

Insights from Cultural Diversity

by Richard Katz, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012

Guided by the concept of synergy, this groundbreaking collection explores alternatives in the areas of counseling, education, and community health and development. Synergy refers to the process of two or more things coming together to create a new, greater, and often-unexpected whole. When synergy...

Teamwork, Leadership and Communication

Collaboration Basics for Health Professionals

by Deborah Lake, Krista Baerg, Teresa Paslawski
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015

This practical, straightforward guide presents the basic skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed for successful interprofessional collaboration in healthcare. Collaboration is fundamental to quality healthcare, and many regulatory bodies and accrediting agencies now have standards and benchmarks for...

Diversity, Culture and Counselling

A Canadian Perspective

by M. Honore France, Maria del Carmen Rodriguez, Geoffrey G. Hett
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012

Canada is one of the most diverse nations in the world. As counsellors increasingly deal with people from many different cultures and backgrounds, there is a need to shift from Eurocentric counselling theories and methods towards an approach that recognizes diversity and new world perspectives. Bringing...

Tools for Teaching Social Studies

A How-to Handbook of Useful Ideas and Practical Solutions

by Jim Parsons, Mariah Schroder
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015

Engage your students AND keep your sanity with classroom-tested tools. Tools for Teaching Social Studies delivers a wealth of practical solutions for classroom success — all grounded in solid educational philosophy. A lifeline for new social studies teachers and a source of inspiration and ideas...
by Earle Waugh, Olga Szafran, Jean A.C. Triscott
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016

Build your intercultural communication skills to ensure the best possible patient outcomes. Features embedded video with dramatizations of realistic health-care scenarios. Cultural Competency Skills for Psychologists, Psychotherapists, and Counselling Professionals teaches techniques for meeting the...

Haida Eagle Treasures

Traditional Stories and Memories from a Teacher of the Tsath Lanas Clan

by Pansy Collison
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

Take a journey into the heart of Haida culture as it is lived and experienced by an extraordinary woman of the Tsath Lanas Eagle Clan. Pansy Collison, a Haida woman born and raised in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, tells stories of her clan and community, as well as personal narratives about her history...

Gross Pathology Handbook

A Guide to Descriptive Terms

by Christopher Horn, Christopher Naugler
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014

This highly practical guide helps pathology professionals quickly and accurately describe surgical and autopsy specimens as they perform gross dissection. It helps clinicians and medical students interpret pathology reports easily and exactly. Gross Pathology Handbook provides a comprehensive list...

Neither Married Nor Single

When Your Partner has Alzheimer’s or Other Dementia

by David Kirkpatrick, MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018

When Dr. David Kirkpatrick’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007, their lives—and their marriage—would change forever. In an honest, uplifting, and sometimes heartbreaking account of loving a partner with dementia, Dr. Kirkpatrick creates a clear guide for others in similar...

Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors

A Guide to Ordering the Right Tests for Better Patient Care

by Christopher Naugler
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014

Lab Literacy for Canadian Doctors is an affordable and comprehensive pocket guide for choosing appropriate lab tests. It quickly and efficiently improves patient care through better test decisions for clinical situations. This unique resource reduces the risks of: ordering the wrong test, not clearly...
by Charlene Richard
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016

Fast, effective strategies--each teachable in 10 minutes or less! Includes printable patient handouts and audio downloads for guided relaxation practices. Empower your patients quickly with tools that range from relaxation strategies to life skills. Teach patients to recognize their stress response...

Psychiatry Review for Canadian Doctors

Key Preparation for Your Exams

by K. Shivakumar
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014

Reinforce the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to excel in your certification exams. Ensure you're ready for the psychiatry certification exams, both written and oral, offered by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Psychiatry Review for Canadian Doctors is the only guide...

Native Plants for the Short Season Yard

Best Picks for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones

by Lyndon Penner
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016

This is the definitive guide to gardening with native plants on the prairies. Gardening with native plants has lots of advantages, not only for your yard, but also for the ecosystem. What could be better than a beautiful, low-maintenance yard that preserves biodiversity and withstands the prairie...
by Leslie Vermeer
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016

From building and managing author relationships, through acquiring and developing manuscripts, to every level of text editing and proofing for print and ebooks, editors play integral roles in the operations of a book publishing house. In The Complete Canadian Book Editor, veteran editor and professor...

One Hundred Stories for One Hundred Years

A History of Wood's Homes as Told by the People Who Lived and Worked There

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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013

For 100 years, Wood’s Homes has offered a lifeline to children and their families who have nowhere else to turn. A multiservice, non-profit children’s mental health organization based in Calgary, Wood’s Homes serves communities throughout Alberta and in the Northwest Territories. In honour of...
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