In a time of rapid change and intense competition, the greatest resource for any business is its people. This book explains how to build and develop a successful team by motivating, empowering and leading people. It also provides a practical guide to mastering the essential techniques of people management.
More and more people are beginning to realize that education needs to continue throughout life. As individuals and collectively, we face the choice of either staying as we are, or striving constantly to develop. Over decades of seminars and training work, Coenraad van Houten has developed three paths of learning for adults, each involving its own ......
Though overshadowed by Germany's Afrika Korps, Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armored force that the Allies confronted--and ultimately defeated--in North Africa in World War II. Those tanks were the product of two decades of development that put Italy near the fore of the world's tank forces.
Offers an alternative approach to thinking about and working with "difficult" families. From a nonpathologizing stance, this work demonstrates creative ways to help family members shift their relationship to longstanding problems; envision desired lives; and develop more proactive coping strategies.
Serving as a guide to aid clinicians who provide AAC interventions for adults with acquired communication disabilities, this book covers a range of communication disabilities and disorders caused by injury and illness. It offers AAC intervention strategies and procedures in medical settings.
Demographic Changes and the Well-being of Older Persons
Examines the effects of the aging baby boomers in America on health care, migration and immigration and how it can support the tax health care networks, cultural issues regarding access to health care, and changing cultural attitudes towards marriage and family that are affecting the relationships between the elderly and their communities.
How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child's Life
Combines financial planning knowledge with a focus on families who have members with disabilities. This book also focuses on identifying and protecting government benefits as well as strategies to supplement government benefits.
The Nature and Origins of Mathematical Learning Difficulties and Disabil
Comprises a comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment of research on mathematical learning disabilities. This book discusses empirical, theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical perspectives on this area, drawing on a range of fields including cognitive and developmental psychology, educational psychology, neuropsychology, and others.
Serves as a guide to behavior management for students with behavior problems that cannot be resolved through usual methods or are not affected by school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS). This manual helps school teams develop effective individualized solutions for students with persistent behavior problems.