No one wants to relegate our wisdom-rich elders to the demeaning borders of our society. Still, the idea of caring for our elders in their own homes can sometimes become overwhelming, especially without proper guidance from those who have been there. In a thoughtful guidebook tailored for just this purpose, seasoned caregiver Jane Edwards offers philosophical reflections, poignant stories, and practical advice that will help anyone respect, empower, and treat elders as complete beings with...

The effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development depends on the ability of schools and teachers to embrace pedagogies that reduce the gap between the rhetoric of education for the environment and the reality of classroom practices. This book responds to the need to better understand the nature of the relationships between agency and structure that contribute to the development of educational rhetoric-reality gaps in order to inform processes that most effectively facilit...

HOPE FOR AMERICA’S YOUTH, BEYOND THE BLUE DOORS OF A BOYS & GIRLS CLUB is an exploration of how caring adults can ignite the bright potential of America’s youth. After the loss of her beloved mentor—when the doors of her career in government were slamming shut—Jane Sutter found new purpose, renewed faith, and hope as the CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County. Now retired, she catches up with some of her former “Club kids” to see where life has taken them since they walked out those ...

Music therapy is growing internationally to be one of the leading evidence-based psychosocial allied health professions, meeting needs right across the lifespan. Music therapy is a relational therapy in which the therapist and client collaborate to discover how music can be used to strengthen positive relating skills, attending to the client's immediate and longer term needs through assessment, treatment planning, implementation, and evaluation of a music therapy programme. Music therapy i...

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice. Qualified music therapists use the engaging, non-verbal aspects of music to create relationships in which therapeutic goals can be pursued and needs of clients addressed. This is the first book to focus specifically on the ways that music therapists provide support for the development of the special and necessary bond between parents and their infants, where some vulnerability is experienced. In t...

Set amid the rugged beauty of mid-century American wildlands , Wilderness Warden follows the dedicated Robert "Bob" Lawson, the newly appointed forest ranger tasked with safeguarding a stretch of remote wilderness. Spanning steep ridges, dense pines, and rushing mountain streams, Lawson's responsibilities include fire prevention, wildlife preservation, and maintaining harmony with local loggers and Indigenous communities. Edward C. Janes delivers a gripping ...

In the hands of a skilled operator, ultrasound scanning is a simple and easy procedure. However, reaching that level of proficiency can be a long and tedious process. Commended by the British Medical Association, Practical Ultrasound, Third Edition incorporates up-to-date techniques and protocols, focusing on the scans regularly encountered in a busy ultrasound department. This book provides everything novice practitioners need to know to become competent and skilled in scanning.

'It's our son, Sam... someone took him. Please help us'Emma hoped that she and her family would return from their year abroad closer, with memories to last a lifetime.Instead, they returned minus one child.A year on, Emma is haunted by the image of an empty cot, and feels further than ever from her husband.Is their son still out there somewhere? Will the mystery about what happened that night ever be unravelled?And, if the truth does...

Amy and Christopher are twins AND international sleuths. Their eco-photographer parents travel often. So the twins fly to meet them.Christopher loves drawing. He draws people and places. And often he notices unusual clues.Amy reads and thinks quickly. She also collects coins, stamps, stickers, phone cards and clues.Together they solve mysteries in the air and at international airports.

Sleuth Astrid is a hi-tech chook, who rides a Harley, plays e-games and finds lost things.The Magician has lost his sense of humour. Astrid must find that before the 3pm show. Luckily, Astrid is also a mind-reading chook.

Trekking with their eco-photographer parents, Amy and Christopher suspect a thief on New Zealand's famous Milford Track.Is it Ms Tree, the Freedom Walker? Other suspects include a keen golfer, a rugby international and Zoe, the guide. When a mischievous kea bird steals from the twins, they change their minds. Dr Al, the celebrity explorer is being filmed on the Track, by their parents. Could he be involved in illegal kea or nugget smuggling?Backpack mix-ups, a loo-with-a-vi...

If you're the kind of person who never wins anything, and then you win a giraffe, you've got a problem.Of course, if you're a part-time spy like Art, you're ace at solving problems.But keeping the news of the giraffe from his Mum isn't the only thing on Art's mind.His friend India thinks she's uncovered a dog-snatching scam, and Art agrees that if she helps him hide his giraffe, he'll help her sort it out.Art's not keen on reading, but...