Springer imprint: 58640 books
by Kathleen Hardesty
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality
Diverging Destinies
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and increasing...
Promoting Positive Youth Development
Lessons from the 4-H Study
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
This book presents the results of the longitudinal 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. The volume discusses how self-regulation and contextual resources (e.g., strong relationships with parents, peers, and the community) can be fostered in young people to contribute to the enhancement of functioning...
by Shelley R Hart, Stephen E. Brock, Ida Jeltova
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Bipolar Disorder at School presents child and education practitioners with an evidence-based framework for accurate identification, assessment, and intervention of bipolar disorder. This straightforward resource clears up misconceptions about the condition, and...
Perspectives in Urban Ecology
Ecosystems and Interactions between Humans and Nature in the Metropolis of Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. Basic understanding of urban nature development and its social reception are discussed for the European Metropolitan Area of Berlin. Furthermore, we investigate specific consequences for the environment, nature and the quality of life...
by Liz Royle, MA, MBACP
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
The book offers practical guidance and strategies to avoid the common pitfalls of EMDR practice through the 8-phase protocol. Chapters will include Frequently Asked Questions about subjects, such as confidence and other "horror stories" that are often heard by EMDR therapists. The text proposes...
by Robbie Adler-Tapia, PhD, Carolyn Settle
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
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...[This book contains] invaluable material for the child therapist with varied theoretical backgrounds to more confidently apply EMDR to children.
-- Frances Klaff, for Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Volume 3, Number 3, 2009
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Indirect Reports and Pragmatics
Interdisciplinary Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This volume offers the reader a singular overview of current thinking on indirect reports. The contributors are eminent researchers from the fields of philosophy of language, theoretical linguistics and communication theory, who answer questions on this important issue. This exciting area of controversy...
by Yi Du
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
This book investigates first language (L1) and second language (L2) use in Chinese university classrooms, focusing on the experiences of four Chinese EFL teachers who were teaching non-English major students at four different proficiency levels. It examines these four teachers' actual use of L1 and...
Spaceplane HERMES
Europe's Dream of Independent Manned Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
This is the first comprehensive book on the European Hermes program. It tells the fascinating story of how Europe aimed for an independent manned spaceflight capability which was to complement US and Soviet/Russian space activities. In 1975, France decided to expand its plans for automated satellites...
by James A. Dator
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
This title presents a uniquely human perspective on the quest to explore space and to understand the universe through the lens of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It considers early stories about the universe in various cultures; recent space fiction; the origins and cultural rationale for...
by William C. Lehmann
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The purpose of the present study is to present the life and work and thought of a remarkable pioneering figure on the Scottish scene over the middle half, broadly, of the eighteenth century, in their dynamic relations with that most extraordinary intellectual awakening and scientific, edu cational,...
Assembling and Supplying the ISS
The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle became the platform which enabled...
Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Acoustics & Optics, Volume 9
Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, *A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, *the ninth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The...