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Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth

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Good resource for convincing schools

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Interventions and Treatments for Children and Youth
Richard L. Simpson , Sonja R. de Boer-Ott , Deborah E. Griswold , Brenda Smith Myles , Sandra E. Byrd , Jennifer B. Ganz , Katherine Tapscott Cook , Kaye L. Otten , Josefa Ben-Arieh , Sue Ann Kline , and Lisa Garriott Adams
Manufacturer: Corwin Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1412906032

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With Contributions From: Sonja R. de Boer-Ott, Deborah E. Griswold, Brenda Smith Myles, Sara E. Byrd, Jennifer B. Ganz, Katherine Tapscott Cook, Kaye L. Otten, Josefa Ben-Arich, Sue Ann Kline, and Lisa Garriott Adams

How can you best help a child with autism reach their full potential?

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) present a perplexing challenge for parents and school professionals. Literally dozens of interventions and treatments are available, so how does one know which intervention strategy works best for any given child or situation? This essential resource was developed to respond directly to the extraordinary difficulty school professionals and families face in selecting and applying appropriate, effective interventions and treatments for the children in their care.

The information is presented in a straightforward and simple format, practical for finding clear answers to complex questions. For easy access, the book is organized into the following five intervention categories-Interpersonal Relationships, Skill-Based Treatment Programs, Cognitive Methods, Physiological/Biological/Neurological Approaches, and Other Treatments and Interventions. Each category contains several detailed reviews, including: <ul>

A description of the intervention or treatment

Reported benefits and effects associated with its use

A synthesis of how the outcomes relate to individuals with ASD

A discussion of who is best qualified to implement it, including when and where

Potential costs and risks</li></ul>

Comprehensive in scope, this resource briefly evaluates over 40 commonly used interventions and treatments for individuals with ASD, as well as detailed evaluations of their utility and efficiency. It will assist readers in critically evaluating and choosing those methods that have the highest probability of yielding benefits for this special population.

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Good resource for convincing schools.......2006-05-23

I think this is a pretty good resource for parents who are trying to convice schools to use interventions that have the support of research behind them. It's written at a level that most lay-people could understand, but gives brief descriptions of each intervention and the research behind it.

Write the Perfect Book Proposal: 10 Proposals That Sold and Why

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Jeff knows how to do it!
EXCELLENT PRIMER
Great examples and explanations. Excellent!
A Book That Proves Its Point
This book has the power to get you published!

Write the Perfect Book Proposal: 10 Proposals That Sold and Why
Jeff Herman , and Deborah M. Adams
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0471575178

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Jeff knows how to do it!.......2001-01-21

Don't even think of writing a book proposal without reading this book. Jeff Herman gives you everything you need to know. Buy this book and Michael Larsen's "How to Write a Book Proposal" and you will not get turned down...

EXCELLENT PRIMER.......2000-10-16

This book gives excellent examples, with quick and concise advice on getting a proposal written. I sold my first nonfiction book, "In the Saddle: Exploits of the 5th Georgia Cavalry During the Civil War" in 1999 using "Write The Perfect Book Proposal." And last month I used it to prepare a proposal for my second book "Rebels, Saints & Sinners: Savannah Personalities of the Past." Yet, as useful as "How To Write A Perfect Book Proposal" is, I would also recommend reading one or two others to help flesh out more detail where Herman and Adams are somewhat vague. In this game the more knowledge you have, the better your chances of success.

Great examples and explanations. Excellent!.......2000-10-12

I bought this book on writing proposals at the suggestion of my literary agent who told me my proposal for my first book *really* needed help. I studied the examples in the book and the suggestions in the text and re-wrote my proposal, using what I had learned. Six weeks later, my agent called to tell me she had four offers on my book. The information here is excellent, clear, and easy to translate to suit your own book. It will stimulate your thinking about your proposal in new ways. I frequently recommend it to people in my classes and workshops who ask for advice about how to get published. ~~Joan Mazza, author of DREAM BACK YOUR LIFE; DREAMING YOUR REAL SELF; WHO'S CRAZY ANYWAY?; and 3 books in The Guided Journal Series with Writer's Digest Books.

A Book That Proves Its Point.......2000-05-05

Getting a book published on how to write a book proposal sounds like something that would be hard to do. One of the telling points of how good this book is that the authors explain how they did it: No one had ever developed a book that showed what makes for a successful proposal using actual proposals.

Like the Chinese philosopher would have said, seeing a successful proposal is worth 1,000 books about how to write one.

The examples are even more interesting because they are annotated for their good and bad points.

I am working on a business book proposal now, and four of the examples contained very valuable ideas and language that I need to capture for my proposal. I found it very practical, and marked up notes all over the text and examples. I will use this as a guide in my next redraft.

I must admit to being chagrined by how much my past successful book proposals fall short of the mark established here. But I would have been slow to improve without the benefit of these examples.

If I cannot write a good book proposal now, the fault will be mine, not that of the authors.

If you plan to write book proposals for nonfiction books, THIS BOOK IS A MUST!

This book has the power to get you published!.......2000-02-26

This book shows you how to do it. From start to finish, if you want to write a winning proposal, devour this book, and heed it's every word. Two months after reading this book and developing a working proposal, I received a contract from Random House for my book - Aha! - 10 Ways To Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas.

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This all-in-one book is designed to help you become a superior producer, director or choreographer, or even a triple threat. You'll learn everything you need to know to put a show on the boards. It starts with selecting a musical, then addresses how to analyze and intepret your choice, coordinate the scenery and lights, costumes and props, and other technical elements. You'll be able to cast the top talent through efficient, well-organized auditions, and conduct productive rehearsals for music, choreography, blocking, and full production. You'll see breakdowns of the duties of all the key people, you'll learn about presenting revues and operas, you'll find practice scenes and an appendix listing terrific musicals and their licensors...you'll learn everything you need to bring down the house on opening night - and every night!

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Excellent Resource!.......2006-02-01

This book covers it all! This is an invaluable reference for any producer, director, or theatre teacher... whether attempting their first show or their twentieth!

The Novaks Stage Musical Theatre.......2000-08-27

I am the founder and artistic director of a community theater group, Green Room Players, that has been in existence since 1993 in Franklin County, Massachusetts, and have directed musicals each year, including Babes in Arms, Snoopy! , A Wonderful Life, Barnum, South Pacific, and Grease.

Of all the books I have read on musical theater production, Staging Musical Theatre by Dr. Elaine Novak (with contributions from her daughter, Deborah Novak, an actress of stage, TV and film) has been by far the most helpful to me. It is written in simple and easy-to-comprehend language, and covers practically every aspect of theater production.

In a very organized and straightforward manner, the Novaks have discussed selecting the musical; analyzing the book, lyrics and score; interpreting the musical; holding auditions; casting; rehearsals; blocking; and polishing. Included are specimen time tables that are very helpful to a beginning director. There are also suggestions for exercises, games and improvisations to get actors acquainted with each other and with the director. The book also addresses potential problems -- such as kissing, slapping, asides, the vocal solos, curtain calls, pit dress, and even duties of the offstage crew -- and rounds out its invaluable stock of information with scenes for practice, an appendix containing lists and descriptions of well-known musicals and various types of musicals, an extensive bibliography on any aspect of play production, and a 6-page glossary of theatrical terms.

I strongly recommend Staging Musical Theatre as a textbook for beginning and prerequisite courses in academic programs in theater. I also highly recommend it for all who are involved with play production -- especially amateur, community, and school theater directors, producers, choreographers, and actors.

Ruby L. Agnir, M.A. Founding and Artistic Director GREEN ROOM PLAYERS 55 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA 01301 e-mail: rubyleah@juno.com webpage: www.agnir.net/greenroom

Drug Calculations Online for Calculate with Confidence (User Guide, Access Code and Textbook Package)
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Drug Calculations Online for Calculate with Confidence (User Guide, Access Code and Textbook Package)
Deborah C. Gray Morris , and Carmen Adams
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This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for students training for a career in nursing. It includes the Gray Morris: Calculate with Confidence, 4e textbook and Drug Calculations Online. For further information on each individual product, please click on the link provided below.

Anthropology in the Margins of the State (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series)

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Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing (Iroquois and Their Neighbors)

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A seminal contribution to Native American studies.

Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing (Iroquois and Their Neighbors)
Richard C. Adams
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenape People (International Folk Tale Series)
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ASIN: 0815606397

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A seminal contribution to Native American studies........2000-08-07

Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing is beautifully amplified by Deborah Nichol's introduction and brief biography of Richard C. Adams(1864-1921), a self educated Delaware (Lenape) Indian who devoted 25 years of his life to the furtherance of causes of the many trialed Delaware tribe. The Legends are part of his scholarly and historical legacy. The tales teach homilies on desirable attributes such as pride, courage, promise-keeping, modesty and courtesy as well as courting customs, gambling games, and other pastimes. The picture writing and photographs enrich and complement the text as do the appendices of Lenape translations of several of the legends by Lucy Parks Blalock and Nora Thompson Deane. Legends Of The Delaware Indians And Picture Writing is a very valuable text both because of the enriched script of the tales but also because of the complex, condensed history of the persecutions suffered by the Delawares detailed in the introduction. The cover illustration gracing Legends of the Delaware Indians is a color painting reproduction of Delaware Women by Ruth Blalock Jones.

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Menstrual Disorders blends the fields of internal medicine, gynecology, adolescent medicine and other medical subspecialties in a comprehensive overview of this critical topic in women s health. As practical as it is thorough, the book is divided into three sections: Section I provides a detailed discussion of the adolescent patient; Section II covers the range of menstrual disorders that patients may experience from adolescence through menopause; and Section III examines the relationship between menstrual disorders and other medical illnesses. Menstrual Disorders is a part of the ACP Women's Health Series. Check out ACP's other available titles in the Women's Health Series: - Breast Health & Common Breast Problems - Coronary Artery Disease in Women - Menopause - Osteoporosis - The Pelvic Examination Teaching Module - Practical Gynecology - Violence Against Women

Edward Hopper and the American Imagination

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It was well-written with excellent discription,and . . .

Edward Hopper and the American Imagination
Deborah Lyons , Edward Hopper , Adam D. Weinberg , and Julie Grau
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A remarkable collection of Edward Hopper's most important paintings and original stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers. This volume includes fifty-nine of Hopper's most important works in full color, as well as original works by thirteen renowned fiction writers and poets that pay homage to, or make reference to, the ways in which Hopper pictured our world. The contributors include Paul Auster, Anne Beattie, Tess Gallagher, Thom Gunn, John Hollander, William Kennedy, Galway Kinnell, Ann Lauterbach, Norman Mailer, Leonard Michaels, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, and James Salter. Also featured is an essay by art historian Dr. Gail Levin. Hopper's themes of alienation and loneliness, empty cityscapes and countrysides, the stark light of Cape Cod, silent hills and housesall have been indelibly imprinted on our collective sense of ourselves and our country. This work celebrates the impact Hopper's imagery continues to have on contemporary culture and is dedicated to a fuller understanding of Hopper's place in the American mind.

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It was well-written with excellent discription,and . . ........1998-06-17

I believe that this was one of the greatest art books. This outstanding book displayed 59 of Hopper's greatest paintings with awesome detail and spectacular quotes. It not only showed the different ways Hopper defined and looked at life, but I could feel like I was the artist. Not only did the paintings create a perspective of life most people don't look at, but I could relate to his points of view.

War in Darfur and the Search for Peace (Studies in Global Equity, Darfur)

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Since it sprang from obscurity to international headlines in 2004, the name "Darfur" has become synonymous with war, massacre, and humanitarian crisis. The crisis had, however, been brewing for far longer, its causes neglected by both scholars and Sudanese leaders.

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The study also focuses on the search for peace, with contributions by those most closely engaged in local and international efforts to resolve the conflict. This includes documentation and analysis of the warring parties' ideologies and agendas and how they have changed in the course of the conflict, and examination of the efforts made by Sudanese civil and political leaders, the African Union, and other international actors to bring the war to an end. 

All The Hungry Mothers (A Silver Dagger Mystery)
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Adams Handles Heavy Issue With Taste

Heavy societal issue doesn't fit into fun, light mystery.

All The Hungry Mothers (A Silver Dagger Mystery)
Deborah Adams
Manufacturer: Overmountain Press
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ASIN: 157072122X

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"This gentle, funny, suspenseful mystery series deserves a huge audience of devoted fans."
Nancy Pickard
Arriving in Jesus Creek, Tennessee, fledgling nanny Janet Ayres is amazed at the hectic atmostphere surrounding her employer's antebellum mansion, which also serves as a secret shelter for victims of domestic violence. The family next door is the kind Janet would like to have one day. But Janet isn't so sure about that, when the happy home seems to have been invaded by demons and the family is scared to death....
Earlier adventures in Deborah Adams' Jesus Creek series include ALL THE GREAT PRETENDERS (an Agatha Award nominee for best first novel), ALL THE CRAZY WINTERS, and ALL THE DARK DISGUISES.

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Adams Handles Heavy Issue With Taste.......2000-02-09

It isn't often that an author can handle a heavy issue like domestic violence with taste, much less with humor. However Deborah Adams has done just that in "All The Hungry Mothers". This is a fast-paced, funny, yet tragic, story that I could barely put down. Excellent read.

Heavy societal issue doesn't fit into fun, light mystery........1999-08-26

I read mysteries for fun. I don't read them to hear about heavy societal issues, i.e., domestic violence. I've read all of the other Jesus Creek books except for one and have enjoyed them; except for this one. Ms. Adams handles the domestic violence issue well, but in my opinion, it just doesn't belong in light, amusing stories of Jesus Creek.

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