A dark family drama from award-winning American playwright and screenwriter Mary Laws.Every family has a dark underbelly, especially the perfect ones.On a regular Sunday morning, Walt sits in his sunny suburban kitchen while wife Barb makes him breakfast. Over a plate of blueberry toast a dispute escalates, and it's not long before the mundane descends into madness.Award-winning US playwright, Mary Laws, exposes the darker side of happily ever after, in this this cu...

While evidence-based practice (EBP) has greatly influenced rehabilitation in the past decade, it continues to evolve and practitioners need guidance to implement evidence into their practice. Evidence-Based Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice, the best-selling text providing step-by-step EBP guidance for rehabilitation professionals, has been updated into an expanded Third Edition.In Evidence-Based Rehabilitation, Third Edition Dr...

The Life of Lady Swan is an inspiring and emotional memoir about the life of the author. Mary Law, the author, shares her journey through her life's worst pain, struggles, and greatest success. She speaks about her childhood and some hard experiences she faced in life. She was tough through heartache, loss, abuse, and rejection, and kept moving forward.The book is about faith, family, strength, and helping others. Mary talks about raising her children and her community ser...

As the profession of occupational therapy continues to mature and expand its practice, the measurement of occupational performance is one of the key avenues that all practicing clinicians will need to explore and master. Measuring Occupational Performance: Supporting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy, Third Edition summarizes the measurement tools needed to assess client occupational performance, to provide the best intervention, and to document the effectiven...

St Cuthbert's Way runs from Melrose in the Scottish Borders to Lindisfarne, Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland. This book, designed as a pilgrims' companion, presents information essential for walking the Way, together with a field guide to plac

“Life in what the newspapers call ‘the Dust Bowl’ is becoming a gritty nightmare,” Ann Marie Low wrote in 1934. Her diary vividly captures that “gritty nightmare” as it was lived by one rural family—and by millions of other Americans.The books opens in 1927—“the last of the good years”—when Ann Marie is a teenager living with her parents, brother, and sister on a stock farm in southeastern North Dakota. We follow her family and friends, descendants of homesteaders, through the next...

In contemporary Western culture, the word "fetus" introduces either a political subject or a literal, medicalized entity. Neither of these frameworks does justice to the vast array of religious literature and oral traditions from cultures around the world in which the fetus emerges as a powerful symbol or metaphor. This volume presents essays that explore the depiction of the fetus in the world's major religious traditions, finding some striking commonalities as well as intriguing differen...

Miss Sookie and Augie are baking.Magic cookies are what they are making.But... the cookie inspector comes by,And, he's not a nice guy!Will he ruin their dog cookie undertaking?Mary-Ellen LowMary-Ellen Low aka Sukie Low is a retired RN, author, dog lover, dog cookie baker, ukulele player and free spirit. She is also a collector of teacups, books, country music and, of course, cowgirl hats."Dear God...Letters from the Nursing Home" is h...

Miss Sookie and Augie are baking.Magic cookies are what they are making.But... the cookie inspector comes by,And, he's not a nice guy!Will he ruin their dog cookie undertaking?Mary-Ellen LowMary-Ellen Low aka Sukie Low is a retired RN, author, dog lover, dog cookie baker, ukulele player and free spirit. She is also a collector of teacups, books, country music and, of course, cowgirl hats."Dear God...Letters from the N...

Theoretical Basis of Occupational Therapy, Third Edition shows the results of an exhaustive review of international peer-reviewed literature in occupational therapy and provides a synthesis of current theoretical developments in occupational therapy and occupational science. This helps occupational therapy students, researchers, and clinicians understand how to think about occupation, the many factors that affect occupation, and how to use occupation therapeutical...

Drawing together motivational theory, research-based evidence and guidance for best practice, this book presents innovative models for goal-setting and goal pursuit in therapy with children.Setting goals not only allows children, and their families, to engage with the overall therapeutic process, but it also provides an essential motivational element throughout the entire therapeutic process. The editors and contributors give practical advice on empathically collaborating with the ...

A comprehensive approach to selecting a college that is in tune with a student's learning style, this guide offers a personalized, psychology-based approach to selecting the perfect university. Taking into account personal interests and personality types, this reference will help students and parents choose the most appropriate school from the listings of nurturing liberal arts schools, research-oriented universities, creative or spiritual campuses, and more. With accessible tables and sim...