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Asperger's From the Inside Out: A Supportive and Practical Guide for Anyone with Asperger's Syndrome
An intimate, engaging, and insightful guide to coping with Asperger's-from one of the condition's most passionate advocates. Michael John Carley was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at thirty-six-when his young son received the same diagnosis. This fascinating book reveals his personal experience with the confusion and trauma associated with this condition-and offers insights into living an independent and productive life. Now the Executive Director of the world's largest Asperger's oranization, Carley helps readers in such areas as: - Social interactions - Nurturing interests - Whom to confide in-and how - Dealing with family and loved ones - Finding work that suits your strengths and talents.
Price: $8.79
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Introduction to Supportive Psychotherapy (Core Competencies in Psychotherapy) (Core Competency in Psychotherapy)
Supportive psychotherapy-the most widely practiced form of individual psychotherapy today-draws on a depth and breadth of skills to exercise the discipline effectively. Recognizing the importance of this therapy to the field, the Psychiatry Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandated that competence in supportive psychotherapy is required of all psychiatry residents. One of five volumes in the groundbreaking Core Competencies in Psychotherapy series, this remarkable clinical guide will be a trusted resource for how to do supportive psychotherapy. Extensively detailed clinical vignettes are woven into each aspect of supportive psychotherapy discussed in this concise yet comprehensive work. In nine informative chapters, the authors begin with the basic principles of supportive psychotherapy, clarifying the placement of supportive psychotherapy in a continuum of supportive to expressive psychotherapy that corresponds with the extent and level of a patient's psychopathology. They detail the general framework of supportive psychotherapy, including indications, phases of treatment, beginning and ending sessions, professional boundaries, therapeutic relationship issues (e.g., transference, countertransference, therapeutic alliance), and self-disclosure guidelines. More specifically, the authors discuss four major areas: Establishing and maintaining a positive therapeutic alliance Understanding and formulating patients' problems (i.e., how to perform a thorough patient evaluation and case formulation) Setting realistic treatment goals with patients, helping them maintain or reestablish their best possible level of functioning given the limitations of their personality, native ability, and life circumstances Knowing what to say to patients (i.e., practical techniques that can be used right away) The authors also present evidence for the efficacy of supportive psychotherap.
Price: $36.98
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Finding Our Way: Practical Solutions for Creating a Supportive Home and Community for the Asperger Syndrome Family
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Don't Just Stand There: How to Be Helpful, Clued-In, Supportive, Engaged & Relevant in the Delivery Room
Don't Just Stand There delivers! Written by a husband and wife team, this guidebook outlines everything an expectant father needs to know to navigate the big day. Dads get clear direction on what to bring, how to calm and soothe, what to say and, more important, what to definitely not say. A chapter on the stages of labor makes it easy to track what's happening when, while blank lists provide space for mom to fill in her personal preferences ahead of time. With witty illustrations and confidence-inspiring advice throughout, it's an essential for the expecting..
Price: $3.77
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The Half-Empty Heart: A Supportive Guide to Breaking Free from Chronic Discontent
Finally, help for the millions of people suffering from low-grade depression, also known as dysthymia or chronic discontent. Frustrated. Irritable Discouraged. Fed up. These are among the feelings experienced by millions of people suffering from low-grade depression. Often erroneaously attributed to a negative attitude or laziness, this common condition saps feelings of happiness, contentment, and passion, and frequently goes undiagnosed. The Half-Empty Heart is a powerful and practical book that explains how the condition takes hold--and presents simple yet profound ways to overcome it for good. Using anecdotes from his private practice as well as quizzes, checklists, exercises, and a complete five-week plan for achieving lasting results, clinical psychologist Alan Downs, Ph.D., shines light into the dark corners of this isolating and debilitating condition. You can feel good again. The Half-Empty Heart shows the way. .
Price: $5.00
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Supportive Care of Children with Cancer: Current Therapy and Guidelines from the Children's Oncology Group (The Johns Hopkins Series in Hematology/Oncology)
"This is the most useful, inexpensive text on the subject of the supportive or clinical care of pediatric cancer patients It can be consulted for quick review and is up-to-date. The editor has succeeded in his stated aim of providing a handbook for all those participating in the care of pediatric oncology patients." -- Doody's Book Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume .
Price: $20.13
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Everyone's Guide to Cancer Supportive Care: A Comprehensive handbook for Patients and Their Families
Knowledge and information provide the greatest tools-and greatest comforts-for anyone fighting cancer or helping a family member or friend who is. Now AMP bolsters that strength-giving arsenal with Everyone's Guide to Cancer Supportive Care. Through more than 50 chapters, cancer care specialists Ernest and Isadora Rosenbaum-along with nearly 80 other medical experts-answer every conceivable question concerning a cancer patient's physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. This extremely effective format first appeared as Supportive Cancer Care (Sourcebooks 2001), but we've completely revised and updated the entire book to reflect the latest care advances and techniques. The wide range of covered topics includes: " Understanding cancer and its treatments " Chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant side effects " Stress and cancer " The will to live " Cancer and spirituality " Sexuality " Nutritional considerations " Rehabilitation and fitness With this book, cancer patients and those who care for them can make informed decisions, face the disease with renewed courage, and care for both their well-being and their bodies. The Rosenbaums provide an incredible source of information and hope in the face of this frightening illness. .
Price: $5.76
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Supportive Supervision: Becoming a Teacher of Teachers
"This is a comprehensive and exceptionally practical blueprint for school supervision in the 21st century At a time when national standards for administrative preparation are in the wings, this book should become required reading in schools of educational administration."
John Kappenberg, Director of Research
Sewanhaka Central High School, Floral Park, NY Successfully meet the needs of staff and students and become a teacher of teachers! As an administrator, new or experienced, you are faced with a myriad of administrative, curricular, and supervisory tasks, while at the same time expected to provide ongoing professional training for your staff. How well prepared are you to deal effectively with the day-to-day business of supervising teachers? What specific support and training opportunities did you receive in order to be the successful leader everyone expects? Supportive Supervision offers that much-needed and fully integrated support system for the building-level supervisor. By providing a clear path and focus, the authors present a highly usable, hands-on guide that will help fill in the blanks created by districts and schools unable to distribute resources equally for the development and training of their supervisors. Using a practical approach, chapters focus on key points, including: - Improving your own leadership and supervisory skills
- Collaborating with staff on establishing school wide goals focused on academic improvement
- Implementing effective lesson planning with supportive and meaningful classroom observations
- Recruiting and hiring the right teachers while meeting the professional development needs of all staff
- A three-part process and writing mode for the annual teacher evaluation
Achieve what you first set out to do when you became an administrator: embrace the future by creating a school environment that successfully and creatively meets the needs of all staff and students. .
Price: $27.05
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