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Maps out how to therapeutically treat sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using a cognitive behavioural approach to treatment. Covering the spectrum of post-traumatic states, this book outlines a range of techniques for counselling clients who have suffered major trauma.

Clear explanations of the terminology and theory behind self-esteem are offered, as well as many practical examples and useful activities to use with children.

People all over the world take pre-service courses that lead to the award of a certificate in English Language Teaching (ELT) or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This book is a guide to those thinking of enrolling in these courses. It is accompanied by a website which provides quizzes, lesson plan proformas, and a glossary.

This concise book focuses on classroom management basics, including student behavior, organizing classroom space, effective use of resources, and establishing a presence in the classroom.

Used to successfully train thousands of teachers, the author's mentoring framework provides a developmental approach to the mentoring process that ensures personal and professional growth.

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Presents a sophisticated evolutionary view of key organizational paradigms that gives readers a unified understanding of modern organizations. This second edition is a synthesis of the major organizational paradigms under the umbrella of organizational theory. It is suitable for scholars and students.

This book will challenge the reader to reflect on their role as a teacher and their practices of learning

Offers an overview of issues concerning European welfare states. This illustrated book brings together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis, and a description of developments in selected welfare state regimes. It also features case-studies, chapter summaries, questions, and guides for further reading.

`The book provides some valuable insight into the geographic distribution of the world in the mind of the chief executives... a matter of interest not only to industry and academia, but also to policy makers. The book has achieved its main goal of linking theory and practical experience [and] provides interesting reading' - Prometheus

This book provides a critical introduction to de Certeau's work and influence, looks at his key ideas and asks how we should try to understand him in relation to theories of modern culture and society.

Mattelart unpacks the notion of the information society, and examines why it has become the dominant paradigm for social change. He also asks why the notion has come to be dominant in the absence of any critical examination of the conditions under which it has been produced.

The timely revision of this best-selling guide offers specific tactics to effectively and meaningfully include students with disabilities in assessment systems.

This is a book for tutors, lecturers and teachers in further and higher education, who need to teach their students how to study, learn and communicate effectively.

A title that distinguishes a number of contemporary transgendering 'stories' to illustrate: the binary male/female divide; the interrelations betwen sex, sexuality and gender; the interrelations between the main sub-processes of transgendering. It develops a conceptual framkework for understanding the full range of the transgender experience.

Examines the way ethical dilemmas are played out in everyday clinical practice and argues for an approach to ethical decision-making which focuses more on patient needs than competing professional interests. This title examines how decisions are taken within the context of multiprofessional teamworking.

Provides an account of the body/work relation in contemporary western societies. This book examines a wide range of employment sectors: industrial employment; customer relations; health practice; care work; the beauty industry; and sex work. It helps readers think more clearly and creatively about how work relations shape bodily experience.

Presents a comprehensive introduction to perhaps the most key intellectual trend in contemporary critical theory. This book helps you explain and review many of the key figures behind the rethinking of the legacy of Marxism in theory and practice.

Modern Local Government is a unique assessment of local government reform from the perspective of both local and central government, which is fully informed an analysis of the role of the European Union. This text provides a systematic review of the reform of local government since the election of New Labour in 1997.

Offers coverage of qualitative methods complemented by illustration from the array of academic disciplines in which qualitative research is found and employed. This guide covers a range of topics, including: a definition of the method; a description of distinctive features; examples to convey the flavour of a technique; and a list of key readings.

Presents a comprehensive overview of what research and the research experience encompass. This book takes the researcher through the research process, answering the practical and subjective questions that you will face: entering the field and finding the right research topic; and, emotional and identity issues of research.

Shoop identifies the early warning signs of sexual abuse in schools, demonstrating the critical need to implement strategies so students are protected while also learning how to protect themselves.

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Addresses both self-help and support groups, and to provide a distinction between the two. This title dispels misunderstandings and inaccurate assumptions about how they function, whom they attract and how they help participants achieve goals.

In Max Weber: A Skeleton Key Randall Collins gives a concise overview of the work of one of sociology's greatest classic thinkers. The many strands of Weber's theorizing and the breadth and scope of his historical comparisons are here brought clearly into focus. This is an ideal text for students in sociology.

This reference discusses common causes of mental retardation; methods for improving students' functional academic, social, self-care, and work skills; and instructional approaches for students with severe disabilities.

Offers applications for a contemporary approach to social and behavioural change through social marketing. This book encourages social marketers to think beyond the "downstream" market of individuals whose behaviour they are trying to influence to include the "upstream" market of individuals whose participation is needed to make changes.

Bill Rogers draws on his extensive experience as an educational consultant and trainer to help teachers and managers develop a whole-school strategy for dealing with student behaviour.

At some point in every teacher's career he/she will encounter the 'hard class'. Bill Rogers highlights many practical strategies that can be implemented to overcome the hard class syndrome.