With education and social inequalities under scrutiny, this timely book provides an up-to-date summary of research into the key issues, as well as practical strategies for educators, including strategies for staff development, working with children and school policy. The facts have changed significantly, and much received wisdom cannot be relied upon: girls' performance is rising faster than boys and surpasses them in almost all respects up to the age of 18; unequal opportunity faced by th...

Social workers must develop a sensitive yet informed approach when working with service users from different social and cultural groups. In many aspects of life, including accessing human services, people are marginalised, ignored, stigmatised or discriminated against because of one or more aspects of their identity: age, sexual orientation, faith or belief, gender, race or ethnicity, social class, and disability.This book acts as a guide for students to develop their understanding...

Bloomsbury presents My Mummy Vs. Your Ghost by Paul Tobin, read by Chris Gaines.Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles.We found out in the first book in the Versus Universe what happens when a vampire goes up against a werewolf, and now we’ll see who comes out on top when it’s my mummy vs your ghost.Seasoned trainers Hayd...

Bloomsbury presents My Vampire vs. Your Werewolf by Paul Tobin, read by Chris GainesGabe and Hayden have a vampire.Joon and Tradd have a werewolf.And they’re going to fight.After modern society pushed monsters into hiding, the Crafters Guild was formed: An organization of humans and other creatures intent on creating community amongst these exiled beings and combating the decline in monster mental health. Their solution? A no-holds-barred clash of the...

Bloomsbury presents River Secrets by Shannon Hale, read by Chris GainesIn this third book in New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's b**eloved YA fantasy series Books of Bayern,** Razo must become the unlikely hero his country needs.Razo has never considered himself anything but ordinary--and certainly not a great soldier. So he's sure it's out of pity that his captain asks ...

Bloomsbury presents My Zombie Vs. Your Closet Monster by Paul Tobin, read by Chris GainesLast Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles.So far in the Versus Universe, we've seen what happens in a fight between a vampire and a werewolf as well as a mummy and a ghost. This time, we'll see who wins when it's my zombie vs yo...

Bloomsbury presents Something Like Normal by Trish Doller, read by Chris GainsWhen Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother's stolen his girlfriend and car, and the nightmares of his best friend getting killed keep him completely spooked. But when he runs into Harper, a girl who despises him for rumors Travis started back in middle school, life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, h...

Bloomsbury presents Metronome by Matthew H. Birkhold, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musicians now had a tool that could help them maintain a precise and consistent tempo. And while giants of classical music like Beethoven early embraced the metronome and proponents came to see its essential...

Our Hope for Gene Therapy traces the developments in eye genetics and our undrstanding of choroideremia, an inhertied retinal disorder. A first-in-Canada test of an experimental gene therapy to halt its proression started in Edmonton, Alberta in 2015. Nothing about the experiment was simple - but it taught Dr. MacDonald and his team a great deal and laid the foundations for future genetic therapies.

Discover more than 15 evidence-based treatments for trauma and PTSD, from medications to trauma-informed yoga.Globally, an estimated 70% of individuals will experience a potentially traumatic event during their lifetime and 6% will develop PTSD. Despite its widespread prevalence in our families, schools, workplaces, and military, people living with the effects of severe trauma often feel lost and alone in the challenges they face.The book begins by outlinin...

Bloomsbury presents Restaurant by Brian Duff, read by Chris GainesObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.In the last few decades, restaurants and food culture have achieved extraordinary cultural presence. Chefs are heroes and thought leaders, well-executed entrées go viral, dining out has become theater, plating has become art and ubiquitous Instagram content. But in recent years restaurants have faced crisis upon crisi...

A contemporary snapshot of Irish education, this book positions 21st-century Irish education at the centre of the creation of the knowledge economy and outlines the challenges and changes presented as a result of a changing education system and society. Part 1: The Changing System charts selected changes that have taken place in Irish education in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and considers educations's role in building a knowledge economy and social cohesion Part 2: Diversity and Incl...