This study demonstrates the emergence and development of the identity of the 'military medical officer' and places their work within the broader context of changes to British medicine during the first half of the nineteenth century.

This study demonstrates the emergence and development of the identity of the 'military medical officer' and places their work within the broader context of changes to British medicine during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders is an experience unlike any other. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are extraordinary and unique in such a profound and positive way. They are gifted, intelligent, creative, and sensitive. Despite their many gifts and talents, a great majority of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, or ASD, lack the expressive language skills needed to verbalize their distinct talents. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder are concrete thinkers and can excel when information is presented to them in a visual manner. Routine and scripts are also essential educational components. Included within this realm are picture systems and social stories. Social stories provide the individual with ASD a connection to the deficit area by providing a concrete example. Years of experience working with this population has shown the more specific and concrete the example, the better the outcome will be. Stories should be related to common experiences an individual with ASD can relate to because the familiarity of the situation will provide the needed connection to foster learning. Within the learning process of attention, encoding, rehearsal and performance familiarity through connections with newly learned information is paramount. The reason for this is the rigidity in thinking Autism Spectrum Disorders creates. When presented with a new or unfamiliar situation, an exorbitant amount of anxiety is often experienced simply because the new information and/or experience are a break in routine and/or are unfamiliar. This anxiety can result in the illustration of behaviors the non-disabled peer finds strange, thus furthering social isolation and reinforcing the stress and new environment as stressful. In order to break this cycle of stress-> repetitive/ritualistic odd behavior -> reinforcer, it is imperative social skills interventions transpire. Social stories geared toward common experiences and shared problems that the population of individuals with ASD is presently experiencing. Each chapter contains a topic relatable to students with ASD in secondary education, primarily middle school. Each chapter contains activities students can use to describe their problems and/or experiences, illustrate their understanding of the concept, and rehearse newly learned information. Answer keys are provided at the end of the book. Answers to the individual questions will vary. The answer key should be used as a guide for instruction. Once each child is able to identify the antecedent (what caused the behavior or problem), they will be able to learn and apply replacement behaviors deemed more socially acceptable, thus increasing social aptitude.

Cancer! The diagnosis used to be a death sentence! This is the story of my journey through diagnosis and treatment. It tells of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. It tells of visits from my family. But the true story is told in the actual email messages that were sent to family and friends along the way. There were days of despair and days of light. There were times of isolation and times of connection. This book has a beginning and an end. It is a true story. Hopefully this book is one that will touch not just the patient, but their caregivers and their medical team and all the family and friends who are touched by cancer. It is a story of hope.

The major theme of this book is the way the requirements, limitations, and intellectual structure of the British legal process have shaped medicine and medical practice. The story of this inter-relationship is greatly under-researched, which is of particular concern given that the legal system remains a significant and pervasive influence on medicine and its practice to this day. The question that unifies this series of historical studies is whether legal consideration of medical practice and concepts have played a part in the construction of medical concepts and affected developments in medical practice in other words, how the external legal gaze has shaped the way medicine itself conceptualizes some of its practices and classifications. The majority of the papers consider this question in the context of the development and application of British legislation, but the influence of court processes is also considered. Other themes which emerge from the book include the nature and exclusivity of medical expertise, the impact of public opinion on the development of medical legislation, and the difficulty the legal system has faced in dealing with new medical developments that existing legal mechanisms are inappropriate for or indeed incapable of regulating effectively. The chapters are arranged chronologically, with an introduction drawing out themes that emerge from the chapters as a whole.