She thought surviving meant they were safe. She was wrong.After surviving a brutal kidnapping, Elizabeth is determined to protect her son and reclaim their quiet life. No more strangers. No more threats. Just safety.But safety is a fragile illusion.A courtroom mandate forces her to open their home to a psychologist and a social worker—two people who claim to help but begin asking the wrong questions. Her parenting. Her past. Her sanity.When ...

Can a six-year-old get kicked out of school?It happened.Now his mom's registered him in a new school. But she remains glued to her phone, waiting for that call saying they don't know how to handle him, an autistic child who flees in panic.Can they keep him safe?Sara is about to learn if this school is up to the challenge.Read it now.

A bright pre-teen shuffled to the fringe.Karen watches other kids having fun together and wonders if she could ever be a part of the group. Her protective mom tries to shield her from the world, limiting her contact with peers in case she might be bullied.Karen is a grade 6 student who has Asperger's Syndrome. She is bright, vivacious and highly verbal. Too verbal. She finds certain topics fascinating, and is all too willing to share her knowledge with othe...

Unique in its creativity and depth of understanding, The Colors of Learning will change the way that teachers think about and react to children’s artwork. Promoting the integration of visual art into allearly childhood curriculum areas, this volume will help early childhood professionals present in-depth art experiences to children so that they become engrossed in expressing their ideas and newly learned concepts through art media. This user-friendly volume features actua...

Since 2008, busy managers by the tens of thousands have turned to this best-selling book as a handy guide to the ins and outs of human resources. And no wonder! Because whether you're a small business owner, a manager in a business without an HR department, or even a seasoned HR professional, The Essential HR Handbook will help you handle any personnel problem--from onboarding to outplacement--quickly and easily. This fully updated 10th anniversary edition is packed with informati...

While the world’s refugee population reaches record high numbers, countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement. Combining anthropology with a variety of professional perspectives (education, health care, theology, administration, politics, and social work) ethnography is used to demonstrate the efficacy of programs and interventions that create a...

How far would YOU go to get what you believed you deserved?Jackson saw how some people had it all. Life came so easily to his wife's privileged family.Would it kill them to share more of their bounty with him?Maybe.When a Plan Comes Together is a 90 page story. You'll get to know Jackson and his struggles, and how far he'll go to get what he deserves.

She knows what it's like to be left behind. That's why she said yes.When a silent little girl is abandoned at court, Anna isn't the obvious choice to take her in. But something about the child feels painfully familiar—and impossible to walk away from.She thinks it's temporary. Just until the system finds a better option. But then a figure from her past resurfaces—the one she thought she'd escaped for good.He's watching. Waiting. And the closer he ge...

She needed the job. She ignored the feeling.Worn down by the loss of her husband and bills she can't keep up with, Cynthia agrees to homeschool two teenage girls. One is a sweetheart. The other unsettles her.At first, she blames her unease on nerves, on guilt, on the pressure of raising her young daughter alone. But something about the second girl isn't right. The way she watches. The stories that don't add up. The way even the dog keeps his distance.

She swore she'd never become her mother. But some legacies refuse to let go.Sally's childhood wasn't a childhood at all. Cold nights in the backseat of a car. Empty cupboards. A mother who disappeared when she was needed most. By twelve, she was the one holding the family together―barely.Years later, Sally does the unthinkable―the one thing people say no mother should ever do. But what if it was the only way to protect her children?So she l...

She turned her back for one second. Now they're trapped.Elizabeth thought she'd planned for everything. Her son's rare seizure disorder meant constant routines, strict safeguards, unbreakable structure. But one brief stop at a gas station shatters her fragile world.In a heartbeat, her car is hijacked—with Timothy still inside.She throws herself into the moving car, but that's only the beginning of the nightmare. As hours stretch into days, they're h...

A single dad. A boy with autism. A dedicated teacher. Can they be what each other needs?After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. The fact that he'd even fathered a child was news to him.Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour workweek and becoming responsible for another human being, but Kyle is autistic.Enter the school system and a shaky beginning. Under the guidance of a gifted teache...