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This series is designed to meet the needs of students and lecturers
of the National Certificate Vocational. Features for the student
include: Easy-to-understand language; Real-life examples; A key
word feature for important subject terms; A dictionary feature for
difficult words; A reflect-on-how-you-learn feature to explore
personal learning styles; Workplace-oriented activities; and
Chapter summaries that are useful for exam revision.
The book collates and sifts a vast amount of literature on the
design of structures in the mining and construction industries to
synthesize a comprehensive text on the subject area. The focus is
on the application of theory to practice and the book is richly
illustrated with worked out examples. The presentation is lucid and
based on the extensive professional, teaching and research
experience of the authors. The text seeks to address the key issues
of design of 'engineered' structures in or on rock. The book will
serve as a standard text for undergraduate courses in mining, civil
engineering and engineering geology.
A powerful SEL mindfulness program to help kids self-regulate,
foster social and academic engagement, and bring peace back into
the classroom. As a teacher, you know that preschool and
kindergarten are difficult periods of transition in kids' lives.
This is true now more than ever, as young children in our world
face increasing life challenges--including adverse childhood
experiences, trauma, social disconnection, systematic
discrimination, and a global pandemic. Students are struggling to
balance their emotions and adapt to a classroom environment, the
tools outlined in this mindfulness guide can help. Mindfulness for
Preschool and Kindergarten offers an effective, adaptable,
multisensory, and skills-based social emotional learning (SEL)
program to help preschool and kindergarten-aged children learn to
self-regulate, ensuring a peaceful and prosocial learning
environment in the classroom. The hands-on OpenMind program in this
book will help kids cope with stress and trauma, process and
understand difficult emotions, and interact positively with others.
Kids will also learn how to bounce back from challenges, build
resilience, and experience greater social and academic engagement.
The OpenMind program's five foundations go well beyond sequenced
lesson plans and strategies to help promote a positive classroom
experience. These include: Wellness and mindfulness training for
teachers Practices to help kids build self-regulation, executive
function, and engagement Planned practices and lessons in response
to arising individual and learning environment needs that are
anchored to social and academic content Scaffolding and
modification of practices and lessons to promote learning and
active mindful engagement A process for transforming challenging
behaviors into opportunities for learning, growth, autonomy, and
agency You are on the frontlines of helping kids face some of
life's most difficult challenges, and ensuring that they feel
valued, protected, and supported. The weight of this responsibility
can create stress and feelings of overwhelm for you. Let this guide
support both you and your young students in cultivating a loving,
safe, and rewarding classroom environment--together.
Kava is an herb that has been used for ceremonial, ritual,
religious, social, political, and medicinal purposes for centuries.
In the past few decades, kava has been widely marketed as an
over-the-counter treatment for anxiety, stress, restlessness, and
sleep disorders. Kava: From Ethnology to Pharmacology describes the
history, botanical origins, production, economic aspects, and
chemical and biological properties of this medicinal herb. A major
part of the book focuses on the chemical and pharmacological
properties of kavalactones, the psychoactive constituents of kava
that reportedly have sedative, anxiolytic, analgesic, local
anesthetic, anticonvulsant, and neuroprotective properties.
Clinical and medical studies that provide evidence of kava's
therapeutic benefits are balanced with an assessment of the known
adverse effects and interactions in which kava has been implicated.
With contributions from experts in the field, this volume presents
a comprehensive view of the traditional aspects of kava and the
latest applications for the herb. It is a valuable reference for
botanists, phytochemists, toxicologists, physicians, pharmacists,
herbalists, and alternative medicine practitioners.
This book examines early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI)
programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It
analyzes current research on early intervention (EI) and explains
the importance of accurate, timely detection of ASD in facilitating
the use of EI. Chapters address five widely researched EIBI
approaches: Discrete Trial Training, Pivotal Response Training, the
Early Start Denver Model, Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching, and
Enhanced Milieu Teaching. This in-depth study of current EIBI
approaches offers a rigorous guide to earlier and more intensive
interventions for children with ASD, leading to greater autonomy
and improved later life outcomes for individuals. Featured topics
include: Parent-implemented interventions and related issues.
Evaluations of controversial interventions used with children with
ASD. Factors contributing to rising ASD prevalence. Obstacles to
obtaining accurate ASD diagnosis in young children. Early
Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is an
essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate
students in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology,
behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, social work, public health,
educational policy and politics, and related psychology and
behavioral health fields.
The book collates and sifts a vast amount of literature on the
design of structures in the mining and construction industries to
synthesize a comprehensive text on the subject area. The focus is
on the application of theory to practice and the book is richly
illustrated with worked out examples. The presentation is lucid and
based on the extensive professional, teaching and research
experience of the authors. The text seeks to address the key issues
of design of 'engineered' structures in or on rock. The book will
serve as a standard text for undergraduate courses in mining, civil
engineering and engineering geology.
This handbook presents a diverse range of effective treatment
approaches for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities (IDD). Its triple focus on key concepts, treatment and
training modalities, and evidence-based interventions for
challenging behaviors of individuals with IDD provides a solid
foundation for effective treatment strategies,
theory-to-implementation issues, and the philosophical and moral
aspects of care. Expert contributions advocate for changes in
treating individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities by emphasizing caregiver support as well as respecting
and encouraging client autonomy, self-determination, and choice.
With its quality-of-life approach, the handbook details practices
that are person-centered and supportive as well as therapeutically
sound. Topics featured in the handbook include: Functional and
preference assessments for clinical decision making. Treatment
modalities from cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy to
mindfulness, telehealth, and assistive technologies.
Self-determination and choice as well as community living skills.
Quality-of-life issues for individuals with IDD. Early intensive
behavior interventions for autism spectrum disorder. Skills
training for parents of children with IDD as well as staff training
in positive behavior support. Evidence-based interventions for a
wide range of challenging behaviors and issues. The Handbook of
Evidence-Based Practices in Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians,
scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in clinical
psychology, social work, behavior therapy, and rehabilitation.
This book examines early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI)
programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It
analyzes current research on early intervention (EI) and explains
the importance of accurate, timely detection of ASD in facilitating
the use of EI. Chapters address five widely researched EIBI
approaches: Discrete Trial Training, Pivotal Response Training, the
Early Start Denver Model, Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching, and
Enhanced Milieu Teaching. This in-depth study of current EIBI
approaches offers a rigorous guide to earlier and more intensive
interventions for children with ASD, leading to greater autonomy
and improved later life outcomes for individuals. Featured topics
include: Parent-implemented interventions and related issues.
Evaluations of controversial interventions used with children with
ASD. Factors contributing to rising ASD prevalence. Obstacles to
obtaining accurate ASD diagnosis in young children. Early
Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is an
essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate
students in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology,
behavioral therapy/rehabilitation, social work, public health,
educational policy and politics, and related psychology and
behavioral health fields.
This handbook fills major gaps in the child and adolescent mental
health literature by focusing on the unique challenges and
resiliencies of African American youth. It combines a cultural
perspective on the needs of the population with best-practice
approaches to interventions. Chapters provide expert insights into
sociocultural factors that influence mental health, the prevalence
of particular disorders among African American adolescents,
ethnically salient assessment and diagnostic methods, and the
evidence base for specific models. The information presented in
this handbook helps bring the field closer to critical goals:
increasing access to treatment, preventing misdiagnosis and over
hospitalization, and reducing and ending disparities in research
and care. Topics featured in this book include: The epidemiology of
mental disorders in African American youth. Culturally relevant
diagnosis and assessment of mental illness. Uses of dialectical
behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy. Community approaches
to promoting positive mental health and psychosocial well-being.
Culturally relevant psychopharmacology. Future directions for the
field. The Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth is a
must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate
students as well as clinicians and related professionals in child
and school psychology, public health, family studies, child and
adolescent psychiatry, family medicine, and social work.
This handbook examines the wide-ranging applications of positive
psychology in the field of intellectual and developmental
disabilities. It discusses the change in perceptions of disability
and the shifting use of traditional deficit-based treatments. It
presents evidence-based approaches and strategies that promote
individuals' strengths and capacities and as well as provide
supports and services to enhance quality of life. Chapters address
medical and psychological aspects in intellectual and developmental
disabilities, such as mindfulness, motivation, physical well-being,
and self-regulation. The book also discusses uses of assessment
practices in evaluating interventions and client outcomes. In
addition, it explores ways practitioners, with positive psychology,
can focus on what a person is capable of achieving, thereby leading
to more effective approaches to care and treatment. Topics featured
in the Handbook include: Translating the quality of life concept
into practice. The Casual Agency Theory and its implications for
understanding self-determination. The Mindfulness-Based
Individualized Support Plan (MBISP) and its use in providing
support to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The unique role that friendship plays to people's lives and social
well-being. Supported Decision-Making (SDM) as an alternative to
guardianship. A positive psychology approach to aging and
retirement. The Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers,
professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians and related
professionals in clinical child and school psychology, behavioral
therapy, social work, applied behavioral analysis, recreational
therapy, occupational therapy, education, speech and language
pathology, psychiatry, clinical medicine, and nursing.
This handbook presents a diverse range of effective treatment
approaches for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities (IDD). Its triple focus on key concepts, treatment and
training modalities, and evidence-based interventions for
challenging behaviors of individuals with IDD provides a solid
foundation for effective treatment strategies,
theory-to-implementation issues, and the philosophical and moral
aspects of care. Expert contributions advocate for changes in
treating individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities by emphasizing caregiver support as well as respecting
and encouraging client autonomy, self-determination, and choice.
With its quality-of-life approach, the handbook details practices
that are person-centered and supportive as well as therapeutically
sound. Topics featured in the handbook include: Functional and
preference assessments for clinical decision making. Treatment
modalities from cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy to
mindfulness, telehealth, and assistive technologies.
Self-determination and choice as well as community living skills.
Quality-of-life issues for individuals with IDD. Early intensive
behavior interventions for autism spectrum disorder. Skills
training for parents of children with IDD as well as staff training
in positive behavior support. Evidence-based interventions for a
wide range of challenging behaviors and issues. The Handbook of
Evidence-Based Practices in Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians,
scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in clinical
psychology, social work, behavior therapy, and rehabilitation.
This handbook fills major gaps in the child and adolescent mental
health literature by focusing on the unique challenges and
resiliencies of African American youth. It combines a cultural
perspective on the needs of the population with best-practice
approaches to interventions. Chapters provide expert insights into
sociocultural factors that influence mental health, the prevalence
of particular disorders among African American adolescents,
ethnically salient assessment and diagnostic methods, and the
evidence base for specific models. The information presented in
this handbook helps bring the field closer to critical goals:
increasing access to treatment, preventing misdiagnosis and over
hospitalization, and reducing and ending disparities in research
and care. Topics featured in this book include: The epidemiology of
mental disorders in African American youth. Culturally relevant
diagnosis and assessment of mental illness. Uses of dialectical
behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy. Community approaches
to promoting positive mental health and psychosocial well-being.
Culturally relevant psychopharmacology. Future directions for the
field. The Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth is a
must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate
students as well as clinicians and related professionals in child
and school psychology, public health, family studies, child and
adolescent psychiatry, family medicine, and social work.
The suspension dosage form has long been used for poorly soluble
active ingre- ents for various therapeutic indications. Development
of stable suspensions over the shelf life of the drug product
continues to be a challenge on many fronts. A good understanding of
the fundamentals of disperse systems is essential in the
development of a suitable pharmaceutical suspension. The
development of a s- pension dosage form follows a very complicated
path. The selection of the proper excipients (surfactants,
viscosity imparting agents etc.) is important. The particle size
distribution in the finished drug product dosage form is a critical
parameter that significantly impacts the bioavailability and
pharmacokinetics of the product. Appropriate analytical
methodologies and instruments (chromatographs, visco- ters,
particle size analyzers, etc.) must be utilized to properly
characterize the s- pension formulation. The development process
continues with a successful scale-up of the manufacturing process.
Regulatory agencies around the world require cli- cal trials to
establish the safety and efficacy of the drug product. All of this
devel- ment work should culminate into a regulatory filing in
accordance with the regulatory guidelines. Pharmaceutical
Suspensions, From Formulation Development to Manufacturing, in its
organization, follows the development approach used widely in the
pharmaceutical industry. The primary focus of this book is on the
classical disperse system - poorly soluble active pharmaceutical
ingredients s- pended in a suitable vehicle.
For people with severe/profound and multiple disabilities, managing
the basic necessities of daily life often poses myriad challenges.
Despite great odds, advances in assistive technology are making a
difference in these individuals' lives. Advances in microswitches,
voice outcome communication aids, and computer-based systems are
creating new opportunities for living independently, improving
basic life skills, and reducing problem behaviors among individuals
with combined motor, sensory, and intellectual disabilities. This
unique volume examines how education and rehabilitation can improve
the lives of even those individuals most affected by
severe/profound and multiple disabilities. Interventions currently
in use and in experimental stages are surveyed in terms of how they
work and their applicability to clients with various needs. In
addition, it examines the characteristics of developmentally
disabled populations and offers guidelines for choosing suitable
technologies. It presents empirical evidence on the advances in
improving interaction with caregivers, control of the home
environment, handling self-care tasks, and other core skills.
Assistive Technology examines interventions that are innovative,
respectful of the dignity of clients, and practical for ongoing
use, including: * Microswitches in habilitation programs. *
Speech-generating devices for communication and social development.
* Instructional technology for promoting academic, work, and
leisure skills. * Assistive technology for promoting ambulation. *
Orientation systems for promoting movement indoors. * Assistive
technology for reducing problem behaviors. A state-of-the-art guide
to a growing field, Assistive Technology is an invaluable resource
for researchers, clinicians, graduate students as well as
clinicians and allied professionals in developmental psychology,
rehabilitation and rehabilitative medicine, learning and
instruction, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and
educational technology.
Scientific evidence clearly shows that chlorine and bromine
compounds, such as CFCs, released into the atmosphere are
responsible for continuous and progressive global ozone losses
superimposed by dramatic seasonal ozone depletions first observed
over Antarctica, now occurring over Arctic regions as well. Today
substitutes are produced and emitted, some of which are highly
reactive substances. This handbook volume deals with these reactive
halogen compounds and their interactions. It provides a review on
the present knowledge of their properties, applications, sources,
sinks as well as international regulations.
For people with severe/profound and multiple disabilities,
managing the basic necessities of daily life often poses myriad
challenges. Despite great odds, advances in assistive technology
are making a difference in these individuals' lives. Advances in
microswitches, voice outcome communication aids, and computer-based
systems are creating new opportunities for living independently,
improving basic life skills, and reducing problem behaviors among
individuals with combined motor, sensory, and intellectual
disabilities.
This unique volume examines how education and rehabilitation can
improve the lives of even those individuals most affected by
severe/profound and multiple disabilities. Interventions currently
in use and in experimental stages are surveyed in terms of how they
work and their applicability to clients with various needs. In
addition, it examines the characteristics of developmentally
disabled populations and offers guidelines for choosing suitable
technologies. It presents empirical evidence on the advances in
improving interaction with caregivers, control of the home
environment, handling self-care tasks, and other core skills.
"Assistive Technology" examines interventions that are
innovative, respectful of the dignity of clients, and practical for
ongoing use, including:
Microswitches in habilitation programs.
Speech-generating devices for communication and social
development.
Instructional technology for promoting academic, work, and leisure
skills.
Assistive technology for promoting ambulation.
Orientation systems for promoting movement indoors.
Assistive technology for reducing problem behaviors.
A state-of-the-art guide to a growing field, "Assistive
Technology" is an invaluable resource for researchers, clinicians,
graduate students as well as clinicians and allied professionals in
developmental psychology, rehabilitation and rehabilitative
medicine, learning and instruction, occupational therapy,
speech-language pathology, and educational technology."
It is important to reaffirm the reality of the learning
disabilities (LD) phenomenon as a condition that imposes genuine
constraints on a student's ability to function, and not as some
chimerical entity defined by an ever-changing political situation.
Perceptual, memory, attention, linguistic, social, cognitive and
neuropsychological factors are an integral part of LD. By mapping
out in great detail and with much new data the acquired knowledge
on learning disabilities, both empirical and theoretical, this book
unravels many mysteries. This book is a landmark in learning
disabilities studies, and it lays down solid foundations for future
research and practical intervention in the field.
This volume addresses the topic of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in
per sons with developmental disabilities. Among professionals and
the lay public alike, there is little debate over the seriousness
of self-injury, its detrimental effects, and the need for
therapeutic intervention. At the same time, there are divergent
views concerning its etiology and treat ment. Understanding the
causes of self-injury, for example, requires an analysis of
biological factors, socioenvironmental variables, communica tion
competencies, and in complex clinical cases, the interrelationships
among these influences. There is also uncertainty with regard to
the function of self-injury. Put simply, why would people willingly
inflict injury upon themselves? Finally, although there is little
disagreement about the necessity to intervene for self-injury,
clinicians do not make uniform therapeutic recommendations, and, in
fact, considerable dif ferences in treatment selection are common.
This fact is most apparent when one considers the ongoing
controversy with regard to aversive and nonaversive programming.
Our premise for this volume is that a greater understanding of self
injurious behavior is dependent upon an empirical research base.
Theories of causality must be conceptually valid and capable of
being evaluated objectively. Treatment must be functionally
determined, operationalized, and replicable across personnel and
settings. For these reasons, we have assembled chapters by
individuals who are experi enced clinicians and researchers in the
fields of psychology, medicine, psychiatry, education,
psychopharmacology, and developmental dis abilities."
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