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Concise yet comprehensive overview of business management
principles tailored for dental practices, with strategies to apply
the core concepts to achieve success Rather than presenting a rote
checklist of steps for success, Business Basics for Dentists,
Second Edition describes business, economic, marketing, and
management principles and explains how to apply them to dental
practice. Now fully updated throughout, this book provides the
essential elements of a business course—management principles,
economics, business finance, and financial analysis—without
getting bogged down in too much detail. Dental students and new
practitioners will learn how to use the core strategic and
operational business philosophies to develop an effective dental
practice. The business management principles are related to various
aspects of running and managing a dental practice, including office
communications, billing, inventory, and marketing. All aspects of
practice transition are approached, including career opportunities,
buying a practice, starting a new practice, multi-practitioner
arrangements, practice valuation, and planning and developing a
practice. The book also covers personal financial planning to
ensure that the dentist is also planning for their finances and
retirement beyond the bounds of the practice. Business Basics for
Dentists, Second Edition covers: Personal money management and
insurance needs, reducing the personal tax burden, estate planning,
and securing financing Business entities, basic economics, the
legal environment of the dental practice, financial statements, and
business taxes and tax planning Management principles, planning the
dental practice, financial analysis, and control in the dental
office, maintaining production and collections, and gaining case
acceptance Generating patients for the practice, controlling costs,
promoting staff effectiveness, and maintaining daily operations
Focusing on the transition period from a dental student, through
corporate employee, to ownership, Business Basics for Dentists is a
valuable tool for dental students and professionals seeking to
further their career path through actionable advice from experts in
the field.
Originally published in 1975, Man and Wildlife traces the evolution
of man from pre-hominid ancestors, and his influence in modifying
the environment and its flora and fauna as technical knowledge
grew. The development of civilization allowed man to dominate the
environment; its advance led to the discovery and exploitation of
the world's resources. In spite of all the discoveries of science,
man's battle with the adverse forces of wildlife remain un-won and
seems likely to stay so for the foreseeable future. The book traces
the beginnings of environmental consciousness in the decades
preceding its publication. It examines the extent of the human
devastation of the environment, which has increased with rapid
expansion of the world's human population, and the belated efforts
to halt the destruction and help wildlife preservation.
Revitalizing Classrooms brings together six diverse essays with the
central purpose of providing a venue for scholar teachers from a
number of disciplines to convey their individual journeys in
pedagogical innovation. These classroom narratives involve a
paradigm shift away from traditional lecture modes to vital,
active, engaged teaching and learning. From high school classrooms
to undergraduate and graduate classes, these models provide
adaptable ways to reinvigorate and energize classroom spaces that
center student driven learning.
Revitalizing Classrooms brings together six diverse essays with the
central purpose of providing a venue for scholar teachers from a
number of disciplines to convey their individual journeys in
pedagogical innovation. These classroom narratives involve a
paradigm shift away from traditional lecture modes to vital,
active, engaged teaching and learning. From high school classrooms
to undergraduate and graduate classes, these models provide
adaptable ways to reinvigorate and energize classroom spaces that
center student driven learning.
Teaching, Pedagogy, and Learning: Fertile Ground for Campus and
Community Innovations brings together narratives of pedagogical
innovation aimed at increasing student engagement and performance
and bolstering faculty teaching effectiveness and satisfaction.
These trans-disciplinary, trans-pedagogical essays all emerged from
faculty experiences at the annual Institute for Pedagogy in the
Liberal Arts (IPLA), offered by Oxford College of Emory University.
The book spotlights two significant points: first, faculty need
pioneering, supportive contexts within which they can conceive,
develop, revise, and publish innovative teaching experiments using
the same principles of experiential and active learning that have
become the foundation of learning for student success; and, second,
strong institutional partnership with faculty development affords
one way to achieve this outcome. The seven essays in this book are
written by seventeen diverse scholar-teachers across eleven
academic disciplines and nine institutions-from K-12 schools to
small liberal arts colleges to tier-one research institutions-for
whom the IPLA experience at Oxford spring-boarded significant
pedagogical growth.
Teaching, Pedagogy, and Learning: Fertile Ground for Campus and
Community Innovations brings together narratives of pedagogical
innovation aimed at increasing student engagement and performance
and bolstering faculty teaching effectiveness and satisfaction.
These trans-disciplinary, trans-pedagogical essays all emerged from
faculty experiences at the annual Institute for Pedagogy in the
Liberal Arts (IPLA), offered by Oxford College of Emory University.
The book spotlights two significant points: first, faculty need
pioneering, supportive contexts within which they can conceive,
develop, revise, and publish innovative teaching experiments using
the same principles of experiential and active learning that have
become the foundation of learning for student success; and, second,
strong institutional partnership with faculty development affords
one way to achieve this outcome. The seven essays in this book are
written by seventeen diverse scholar-teachers across eleven
academic disciplines and nine institutions-from K-12 schools to
small liberal arts colleges to tier-one research institutions-for
whom the IPLA experience at Oxford spring-boarded significant
pedagogical growth.
Originally published in 1975, Man and Wildlife traces the evolution
of man from pre-hominid ancestors, and his influence in modifying
the environment and its flora and fauna as technical knowledge
grew. The development of civilization allowed man to dominate the
environment; its advance led to the discovery and exploitation of
the world's resources. In spite of all the discoveries of science,
man's battle with the adverse forces of wildlife remain un-won and
seems likely to stay so for the foreseeable future. The book traces
the beginnings of environmental consciousness in the decades
preceding its publication. It examines the extent of the human
devastation of the environment, which has increased with rapid
expansion of the world's human population, and the belated efforts
to halt the destruction and help wildlife preservation.
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Civic Repentance (Paperback)
Gordon Bazemore, David C. Arney, Amitai Etzioni, Estelle Frankel, Patrick Glynn, …
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R1,101
Discovery Miles 11 010
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This collection of essays by scholars of diverse backgrounds
explores the notion of repentance in our culture, focusing on
individuals who have been excluded from society as a result of
violating its laws. What must these individuals do to gain
redemption and be readmitted? Amitai Etzioni argues that the lack
of a well-grounded concept of civic repentance has significant
negative social consequences for our society. Denying people the
opportunity to regain their social standing and membership in their
communities is simply unfair, and the absence of such opportunities
for restoration through repentance exacts heavy social costs. The
essays in this collection address these issues from a variety of
perspectives and discuss possible ways of filling this void,
including restorative justice, physician rehabilitation programs,
and religious reconciliation rituals.
In the UK in 2002 the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to
transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising,
passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and
manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work highlights
many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets
of the 21st century.
This collection of 22 poems explores the fascinating lives of North
American nocturnal animals. When the sun goes down, many animals
come out. Crickets chirp their crickety song hoping to attract a
mate. Cougars bury their leftovers for later, leaving few clues for
others to follow. Armadillos emerge from their dens to dig for
worms, leaving holes in the lawns they disturb. This collection of
poetry from acclaimed children's author and poet David L. Harrison
explores the lives of animals who are awake after dark. Stephanie
Laberis's beautifully atmospheric illustrations will draw in
readers, and extensive back matter offers more information about
each animal.
In the UK in 2002, the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to
transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising,
passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and
manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work, highlight
many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets
of the 21st century.
This book summarizes information on adaptive behavior and skills as
well as general issues in adaptive behavior assessment with the
goal of promoting sound assessment practice during uses,
interpretations, and applications of the Adaptive Behavior
Assessment System-II.
Adaptive behavior and skills refer to personal qualities associated
with the ability to meet one s personal needs such as
communication, self-care, socialization, etc. and those of others.
Data from measures of adaptive behavior have been used most
commonly in assessment and intervention services for persons with
mental retardation. However, the display of adaptive behaviors and
skills is relevant to all persons. The Adaptive Behavior Assessment
System-II (ABAS-II) provides a comprehensive, norm-referenced
assessment of the adaptive behavior and skills of individuals from
birth through age 89. The comprehensive natures of the ABAS-II,
ease in administration and scoring, and wide age range have
resulted in its widespread use for a large number of assessment
purposes. The book provides practical information and thus serves
as a valuable resource for those who use the ABAS-II.
* Assists in the functional use of the ABAS-II
* Provides case studies illustrating use of the ABAS-II in
comprehensive assessment and intervention planning
* Reviews scholarship on adaptive behaviors and skills
* Describes legal, ethical, and other professional standards and
guidelines that apply to the use of the ABAS-II and other measures
of adaptive behavior
* Discusses the use of the ABAS-II with autism, mental retardation;
young children and those in elementary and secondary school; as
well as incarcerated persons being evaluated for possible mental
retardation"
Instead of backing away from the fight, the North Vietnamese
mortar, recoilless rifle, heavy machine gun, sapper and regular
infantry attacks increased. The last offensive around Ripcord was
starting to look like the last stand. Unwilling to keep American
soldiers at high risk at this stage of the war; Ripcord was
evacuated on 23 July. The battle went unnoticed for 30 years until
Keith Nolan's book, "RIPCORD," was published. As powerful and
gripping as was the story of great leadership and courageous
fighting by our soldiers, the magnitude of the enemy force still
remained unknown. The author, the 3rd Brigade commander during the
siege and evacuation, made trips to Vietnam in 2001 and 2004 and
interviewed the 324B Division Commander whose first-ever division
sole mission, was to destroy Firebase Ripcord. The full story is
now told.
Investigations in Sex Estimation: A Comparison of Morphological and
Metrical Methods is a collective comparison of the many
morphological and metric methods currently used on adult and
juvenile human remains. This single comprehensive resource for sex
estimation in skeletal material includes discussion on the
evolution of sexual dimorphism in modern humans, how sexual
dimorphism manifests itself in those bones, the growth development
in juveniles and how sexual dimorphism can be measured in their
bones. Data is presented which contradicts previously held
postulates and some different uses of sex estimation methods are
suggested, such as using the grading system to assess evolutionary
change in skeletons or grouping juveniles into smaller groups by
age to better estimate sex. New insights are offered for future
research from the presentation of case studies on gender and a
comparison of the sex differences between two African-American
collections which suggests a correlation between occupation and
evolutionary change. To achieve the objective, data on 294 adults
from four diverse collections of known sex are obtained using a
total of 67 morphological and metric methods. An additional 23
morphological and metric methods used on juveniles, aged 0 to 18,
from two of the collections. The methods are specific to either the
cranium, mandible, pelvis, humerus or femur. The compilation of
assessment of sex provides definitive answers on which type of
method, morphological or metric, is more accurate, which
morphological and metric methods are the most accurate, and which
bones are more reliable to estimate sex especially in the absence
of a pelvis. Investigations in Sex Estimation is intended to be
used in the field and the laboratory for the identification of sex
in human remains and aims to provide a wealth of data for future
research in sexual dimorphic studies.
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Black Love (Paperback)
Mary Phillips, Rashida L. Harrison, Nicole M. Jackson
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R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Johnny Appleseed was an important historical figure, well known for planting apple orchards across the new frontier. But he was also a master storyteller! In his own folksy voice, Johnny Appleseed tells his story to a couple of entranced children in this fictionalized Step 2 title. Readers learn how he started planting apple trees—and about some of the myths and true stories of his life.
Use these lessons to build developing readers' skill and desire to
read, read, read! This book will be your guide as you support
middle grade students who are reading two or more years below grade
level. The lessons enlarge students' vocabulary and background
knowledge and engage them in meaningful discussions and writing
about their reading. As students' reading skill and desire to read
increases, you'll watch them complete more independent reading and
ramp up their reading volume-the practice they need to improve!
Guided Practice for Reading Growth provides all you need to get
started. Laura Robb and poet David L. Harrison have collaborated to
design twenty-four powerful reading lessons using original poems
and short texts that interest your students and encourage them to
think deeply. The opening chapters offer background knowledge for
the lessons and teaching tips, then the bulk of this book consists
of lessons-with full texts and suggested videos provided. Guided
practice lessons are the instructional piece that can move
developing readers forward by building their self-confidence and
the reading expertise needed to read to learn and for pleasure.
This unique book shows you how to: * Build students' background
knowledge by watching and discussing videos. * Use the poems to
improve reading and to improve fluency through practice and
performance. * Invite students to write about their reading and
increase comprehension and recall. * Ask partners to discuss
before, during, and after reading as meaningful talk enlarges
students' analytical thinking and understanding. * Design your own
lessons for students with extra texts by David L. Harrison in the
appendix. Use this book to develop students' self-confidence and
the reading skill they require to become lifelong, joyful readers!
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