When you're in the countryside you’re likely to meet horses and ponies, whether you plan to or not. HOW TO APPROACH HORSES offers clear and straightforward advice on making the most of your encounter — however brief.If you're running or cycling it can be tempting to squeeze past a horse that's in your way, but unlike a bicycle the horse has a mind of its own and can be unpredictable. Will it kick? What's the safe way to get in front?When you're driving and there's ...

Part One of the Positive Approaches series this is a short, concise and informative book is aimed at parents. It details the many difficulties that face children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). These range from the well known differences in communication and sociability to lesser known aspects including the sensory differences and anxiety. It also details the effects that such things can have on the child's life.The second book in this series A Survival Guide - ...

THE DREAMOSOPHY APPROACH: In addition to helping you remember your dreams, this guidebook by dream educators Paul Sheldon and Elizabeth Eagar is all about making your dreams your own, rather than just being there. It’s about being free in your dreams and understanding and realizing your dreams. Many people go to bed and have a dream without remembering it. In many instances, they are really missing out on some of the cool things and some of the lessons and deeper experiences that can come ...

This book provides educators with an accessible guide to best practices concerning content-based instruction (CBI) models and their use in English learner inclusive classrooms. The author effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice with a critical analysis of practical examples and diverse strategies for the inclusion of English learners into K-12 general education courses. The book also raises controversial questions regarding who is qualified to teach English learners and who...

This book helps educators foster academic success and college readiness: it demonstrates how to instruct high school students to find, process, and think about new information, and then synthesize that knowledge.When students are able to manage topics of high interest by choosing their own subject matter, they learn how to effectively perform pre-collegiate research through a process that they find fun and rewarding. Ideal for high school-level teachers and school ...

In Approaching Historical Sources in Their Contexts, 12 academics examine how space, time and performance interact to co-create context for source analysis.The chapters cover 2000 years and stretch across the Americas and Europe. They are grouped into three themes, with the first four exploring aspects of movement within and around an environment: buildings, the tension between habitat and tourist landscape, cemeteries and war memorials. Three chapters look at different as...

A book on Bitcoin in a way you'll understand.Imagine a type of money that exists only on the internet. You can send it to anyone, anywhere in the world, just like sending an email. This money isn't controlled by any government or bank. That's Bitcoin!Bitcoin is a digital currency, also known as a cryptocurrency. It was created in 2008 by a mysterious person or group of people who used the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Unlike traditional money, Bitcoin doesn't rely...

More and more individuals today are “digital natives.” They are comfortable with all of the advances in technology, using it every day. However, while they may be able to access the digital world easily does not translate into being able to successfully navigate it. Regardless of age and experience, young adults must be mindful of their digital presence in the expanding digital world. This book provides a guide for librarians, educators, counselors, and administrators to guide secondary an...

From time to time in the field of healthcare, an exciting new development emerges to challenge and potentially transform thinking and behaviour. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and its framework is undoubtedly one of these transformative resources and is increasingly widely used in the field of childhood disability.This accessible handbook introduces the ICF to professionals working with children with disabilities and their families. It ...

This book addresses a critical challenge in evidence-based psychotherapy: how to use empirically supported therapies (ESTs) in real-world clinical contexts. The author explains the basic theories of cognition, learning, and emotion that underlie available ESTs and shows how the theories also guide systematic case formulation. By crafting a sound formulation and continually refining and monitoring it as treatment progresses, the therapist can smoothly "shift theoretical gears" and weave tog...

Despite ongoing debates about its origins, the Anthropocene—a new epoch characterized by significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems—is widely acknowledged. Our environment is increasingly a product of interacting biophysical and social forces, shaped by climate change, colonial legacies, gender norms, hydrological processes, and more. Understanding these intricate interactions requires a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative and quantitative, biophysical and ...

Dance is part of the art of theatre, a part which connects to movement, to communication, to improvisation, and to performance. It cannot exist on its own in the context of dramatic performance, but works in conjunction with other elements to enable meanings to be created in performance.Dramatic Dance sets a programme for actors to perform dance as part of the drama, offering several approaches which can contribute to developing this understanding, to training this skill, ...