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⢠Aubrey H. Fine is an incredibly well-respected academic in the
field of Human-Animal Interactions and is joint by an expert panel
of experienced editors. ⢠Hugely interdisciplinary will appeal to
students and professionals in the fields of mental health, zoology,
veterinary medicine, biology, social work, history, sociology, and
psychology. ⢠Chapters address several areas within the field,
such as wildlife, animal-assisted interventions, etc., and includes
unique sections on different aspects on the relationships between
people and animals, such as animal abuse, animal rights, and social
justice. ⢠Divided into two parts that covers both principles and
practice of human-animal interactions, interventions, and
anthrozoology. ⢠Genuinely no other comprehensive book on HAI
currently published. ⢠The book is a compilation of chapters and
commentaries bringing together the critical dimensions within the
field and synthesizing the diversity of thoughts in the present
knowledge base. ⢠Written by world-leading experts, the diverse
selection of chapters explore existing research, practice, and
ethical issues on a range of topics pertinent to HAI, including the
perceived benefits (e.g. physical and mental health benefits for
humans) and challenges derived (e.g. environmental encroachment and
animal abuse) from the relationships.
Surfing, Street Skateboarding, Performance, and Space: On Board
Motility draws from critical cultural studies, political
philosophy, postcolonial studies, urban sociology, and
poststructuralist theory in the context of human communication and
performance to construct an epistemology of riding boards. This
book ponders why we move the way we do and examines the ways in
which movements communicate, developing, as a result, a theoretical
perspective or board motility that is gestural and fluid, moving in
relation to shifting social and physical landscapes. By combining
the discourses and practices of critical theory and physical
movement, this text presents a sustained analysis of radical
political philosophy. In the book the symbolic narratives
associated with each physical practice are deconstructed as their
theoretical counterparts are thoroughly established. Then, through
performance, the author narrows the divide between these two forms
of thinking, verbal and nonverbal, outlining and embodying an
ontological and epistemological stoke in the process that emerges
from riding boards, on both waves and streets.
Practitioners seeking the most current advances in the field of
ADHD and LD must often bridge the gap between research and
practice. The Therapist's Guide to Learning and Attention Disorders
provides that bridge through the authors, who are both researchers
and practitioners with extensive experience in providing direct
services to children and adults with ADHD and LD.
Practitioners are often faced with the choice of reading research
or consulting text that suggest strategies or techniques for
serving children and adults with ADHD that are not base on
research. This book provides practitioners a translation of
research to practice in one source.
This book provides practical forms, illustrations, and rating
scales that can be readily incorporated into practice. The last
chapter takes a fascinating look into the role of various
practitioners twenty years into the future.
* Contains innovative strategies for assessment of ADHD and
LD
* Provides practical and useful illustrations, forms, and rating
scales for use in practice
* Provides discussions of future practice and developments in the
field of ADHD and LD
* Presents case studies illustrating best practices
While brain injury can be a potentially devastating childhood
medical condition this book explores the developing field of
neuropsychology to suggest it is not inevitable. It draws together
contributions from leading international clinicians and researchers
to provide an authoritative guide to help children with brain
injury using neuropsychology.
This is the first book focusing on the animal's perspective and
best practices to ensure the welfare of both therapy animals and
their human counterparts in animal-assisted interventions. Written
by leading scientists, it summarizes the scientific evidence
available concerning the impacts on animals in these settings,
including companion species, horses, marine mammals and other
animals used in therapy. There has been a dramatic increase in the
range of animal-assisted interventions used in medical and allied
health environments in recent years, and the field is now entering
an era with a greater interest in defining the underlying
mechanisms of the human-animal bond as well as the therapeutic
benefits of these interactions. Animal-assisted interventions, as
with other uses of animals by humans, impose a unique set of
stresses on the animals, which the community has only recently
begun to acknowledge. For the field to continue to flourish, more
evidence is needed to shed light on the implications for the
animals and what guidelines need to be put into practice to ensure
welfare. With the ultimate goal of improving the impact that we
have on the animals under our care, the book provides a roadmap for
researchers and clinicians as they attempt to safely and humanely
incorporate various species of animals into therapeutic settings.
The authors also offer instructions and suggestions for areas that
need to be studied more robustly over the next decade to continue
to ensure the safe and proper use of animals in therapy sessions.
This is an informative, thought-provoking and instructive resource
for practitioners and researchers in the field of medicine and
clinical psychology using animal-assisted interventions, as well as
for veterinarians and welfare scientists.
Bicycling, Motorcycling, Rhetoric, and Space draws from cultural
studies, rhetorical theory, and political philosophy to examine
bicycling and motorcycling as serious forms of communication and
even thought. By analyzing how everyday movements function in
modern and postmodern contexts, Fine is able to determine the
social meanings behind human powered and motorized forms of
cycling. Through the lenses of sophistic rhetoric and
poststructuralist theory, the author uncovers how such mobilities
inform our thoughts and interactions. Throughout history, this
informing process has promoted specific ways of thinking that have
resulted in moments of protest, conquest, awareness, and
transgression, which all involve a cycling rhetoric. This book
contributes to various academic fields within the liberal arts and
humanities while further establishing bicycling and motorcycling as
important social, theoretical, and political areas of inquiry.
Scholars of rhetoric, communication studies, cultural studies, and
philosophy will find this book of particular interest.
⢠Aubrey H. Fine is an incredibly well-respected academic in the
field of Human-Animal Interactions and is joint by an expert panel
of experienced editors. ⢠Hugely interdisciplinary will appeal to
students and professionals in the fields of mental health, zoology,
veterinary medicine, biology, social work, history, sociology, and
psychology. ⢠Chapters address several areas within the field,
such as wildlife, animal-assisted interventions, etc., and includes
unique sections on different aspects on the relationships between
people and animals, such as animal abuse, animal rights, and social
justice. ⢠Divided into two parts that covers both principles and
practice of human-animal interactions, interventions, and
anthrozoology. ⢠Genuinely no other comprehensive book on HAI
currently published. ⢠The book is a compilation of chapters and
commentaries bringing together the critical dimensions within the
field and synthesizing the diversity of thoughts in the present
knowledge base. ⢠Written by world-leading experts, the diverse
selection of chapters explore existing research, practice, and
ethical issues on a range of topics pertinent to HAI, including the
perceived benefits (e.g. physical and mental health benefits for
humans) and challenges derived (e.g. environmental encroachment and
animal abuse) from the relationships.
The administrative officers of public and nonprofit organizations
have become increasingly interested in marketing techniques during
the 1990s. They reason that if commercial marketing methods can
successfully move merchandise across the retail counter, those same
techniques should be capable of creating a demand for such "social
products" as energy conservation, women's rights, military
enlistment, or day-care centers. The goal of this volume is to
provide social sector executives with practical and effective
guidelines on how to harness the power of marketing in order to
improve service to their constituencies. Marketing the Public
Sector builds upon two decades of research in social marketing and
represents the current state of the art. The authors demonstrate
how the principles developed in earlier studies can be applied in
actual situations. Included here are case studies of marketing
plans prepared for hospitals, political campaigns, Third World
social change, and community foundations that proved to be as
effective as those in the private sector. The case study approach
is effectively supplemented by theoretical chapters that define
first principles in essential matters such as product management,
value determination, advertising, and analysis of market
performance. This amalgamation of theory and application is
suitable to middle-range social marketing sizes as well as
full-scale projects that large agencies might undertake. The
problems differ only in magnitude; no organization is too small or
too large to adopt a consumer orientation. Marketing the Public
Sector is not only a guide to marketing; it is also about
communication, social change, propaganda, and education. It will be
of great interest to sociologists; public sector administrators;
and specialists in communications, public relations, fund-raising,
and community affairs.
How Animals Help Students Learn summarizes what we know about the
impact of animals in education and synthesizes the thinking of
prominent leaders in research and practice. It's a much-needed
resource for mental-health and education professionals interested
in incorporating animals in school-based environments, one that
evaluates the efficacy of existing programs and helps move the
field toward evidence-based practice. Experts from around the world
provide concrete examples of how animals have been successfully
incorporated into classroom settings to achieve the highest level
of benefit while also ensuring the health and welfare of the
students and animals involved.
This book explores the true meaning of achievement in sports:
having fun, developing athletic and social skills, and nurturing a
healthy, positive sense of self-esteem. Drs. Fine and Sachs offer
practical, research-based advice that is bound to enrich the sports
experience as well as life outside of sports for both children and
adults.
The administrative officers of public and nonprofit organizations
have become increasingly interested in marketing techniques during
the 1990s. They reason that if commercial marketing methods can
successfully move merchandise across the retail counter, those same
techniques should be capable of creating a demand for such "social
products" as energy conservation, women's rights, military
enlistment, or day-care centers. The goal of this volume is to
provide social sector executives with practical and effective
guidelines on how to harness the power of marketing in order to
improve service to their constituencies. Marketing the Public
Sector builds upon two decades of research in social marketing and
represents the current state of the art. The authors demonstrate
how the principles developed in earlier studies can be applied in
actual situations. Included here are case studies of marketing
plans prepared for hospitals, political campaigns, Third World
social change, and community foundations that proved to be as
effective as those in the private sector. The case study approach
is effectively supplemented by theoretical chapters that define
first principles in essential matters such as product management,
value determination, advertising, and analysis of market
performance. This amalgamation of theory and application is
suitable to middle-range social marketing sizes as well as
full-scale projects that large agencies might undertake. The
problems differ only in magnitude; no organization is too small or
too large to adopt a consumer orientation. Marketing the Public
Sector is not only a guide to marketing; it is also about
communication, social change, propaganda, and education. It will be
of great interest to sociologists; public sector administrators;
and specialists in communications, public relations, fund-raising,
and community affairs.
While brain injury can be a potentially devastating childhood
medical condition this book explores the developing field of
neuropsychology to suggest it is not inevitable. It draws together
contributions from leading international clinicians and researchers
to provide an authoritative guide to help children with brain
injury using neuropsychology.
Previously reported results of sensory-deprivation experiences, of
which flotation REST is an instance, were dramatic, generally
negative and ultimately unreliable. This book offers controlled
systematic research on the effects of flotation REST. The papers in
this collection were chosen from those presented at the first three
international conferences on REST and fall into several categories.
The major category concerns theoretical formulations for REST
effects; other categories in the collection deal with experimental
findings and clinical research in relation with flotation REST.
How Animals Help Students Learn summarizes what we know about the
impact of animals in education and synthesizes the thinking of
prominent leaders in research and practice. It's a much-needed
resource for mental-health and education professionals interested
in incorporating animals in school-based environments, one that
evaluates the efficacy of existing programs and helps move the
field toward evidence-based practice. Experts from around the world
provide concrete examples of how animals have been successfully
incorporated into classroom settings to achieve the highest level
of benefit while also ensuring the health and welfare of the
students and animals involved.
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for
Animal-Assisted Interventions, Fifth Edition highlights advances in
the field, with seven new chapters and revisions to over 75% of the
material. This book will help therapists discover the benefits of
incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to
design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the
efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders and
patient populations. Coverage includes the use of AAT with
children, families and the elderly, in counseling and psychotherapy
settings, and for treating a variety of specific disorders.
Afternoons with Puppy is a heartwarming account of dynamic
relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy
animals, and his patients, gathered from almost two decades of
ongoing practice. It is a narrative of Dr. Aubrey H. Fine's
experiences and his growing respect for the power of the animals'
effects on his patients and himself. Fine observes that healing is
rarely, if ever, accomplished in isolation. There is always a
reaching out and a connection at the heart of the therapeutic
enterprise. Afternoons with Puppy reveals the ways in which our
bond with animals centers our being. Interacting with an animal, as
simple as having a puppy in your lap gnawing on your thumb, strips
away the unimportant and provides the neutral, primal ground on
which healing and new growth can take place. Afternoons with Puppy
is an emotional journey that will continue long after the last
page.
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