From the hills of West Virginia to the ghettos of New York City, two teachers-one an older Caucasian and the other a younger African-American-somehow find each other in the halls of a middle school in Hampton, VA. Becoming the best of friends, they join together to educate their eighth-grade students in curriculum and life. God instills in each of them the desire to make a difference where they are, for the future. "One God Two Voices: Life-Changing Lessons from the Classroom on the Issues Challenging Today's Families" comes from their hearts as they speak to teachers, parents, students, and the world at-large on diverse topics, such as the racial divide (from the O.J. Simpson trial and teaching Allen Iverson to the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown situations of today), repeating history, "acting white," and the reality of being a teacher while maintaining your integrity, sanity, and sense of humor. From One God Two Voices: "I can still remember the first time I ever experienced the loss of a student. One Friday he was there; by Monday, he was gone. He had sung the Boyz II Men version of 'It's So Hard to Say Good-bye to Yesterday' in the eighth-grade talent show. How ironic his choice of music had been. It was almost as if this song had prophesied his untimely end from a gunshot wound. That endless week of talking, counseling students, crying with them, and finally speaking at his funeral was one I will never forget." "One God Two Voices" shares unique and personal stories from the two teachers' team and individual teaching experiences, weaving cultural differences, racial harmony, societal issues, and Christianity in this updated version of their 2004 publication of For Such A Time As This . . . We Are But Small Voices.

This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and the welfare state in relation to neurosciences and its vocabulary of brain architecture, critical periods and toxic stress. The authors provide insight into the historical roots of the relationship between early childhood education policy and practice and sciences. The book argues that the neurophilia in the early childhood education field is not a coincidence, but relates to larger societal changes that value economic arguments over ethical, social and eminently pedagogical concerns. It affects the image of the child, the parent and the very meaning of education in general. Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education discusses what neuroscience has to offer, what its limitations are, and how to gain a more nuanced view on its benefits and challenges. The debates in this book will support early childhood researchers, students and practitioners in the field to make their own judgements about new evolutions in the scientific discourse.

This book offers an analysis and summary of the uses, abuses and limitations of attachment theory in contemporary child welfare practice. Analysing the primary science and drawing on the authors' original empirical work, the book shows how attachment theory can distort and influence decision-making. It argues that the dominant view of attachment theory may promote a problematic diagnostic mindset, whilst undervaluing the enduring relationships between children and adults. The book concludes that attachment theory can still play an important role in child welfare practice, but the balance of the research agenda needs a radical shift towards a sophisticated understanding of the realities of human experience to inform ethical practice.

This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and the welfare state in relation to neurosciences and its vocabulary of brain architecture, critical periods and toxic stress. The authors provide insight into the historical roots of the relationship between early childhood education policy and practice and sciences. The book argues that the neurophilia in the early childhood education field is not a coincidence, but relates to larger societal changes that value economic arguments over ethical, social and eminently pedagogical concerns. It affects the image of the child, the parent and the very meaning of education in general. Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education discusses what neuroscience has to offer, what its limitations are, and how to gain a more nuanced view on its benefits and challenges. The debates in this book will support early childhood researchers, students and practitioners in the field to make their own judgements about new evolutions in the scientific discourse.

This book offers an analysis and summary of the uses, abuses and limitations of attachment theory in contemporary child welfare practice. Analysing the primary science and drawing on the authors' original empirical work, the book shows how attachment theory can distort and influence decision-making. It argues that the dominant view of attachment theory may promote a problematic diagnostic mindset, whilst undervaluing the enduring relationships between children and adults. The book concludes that attachment theory can still play an important role in child welfare practice, but the balance of the research agenda needs a radical shift towards a sophisticated understanding of the realities of human experience to inform ethical practice.

"... the book makes an excellent contributionto the library of those keen to delve further intothe realm of critical reflection, understand variousinterpretations of interdisciplinary practices, anduse these to aid their own and others' professionalpractice, exploration and development." Learning in Health and Social Care How can professionals reflect critically on the aspects of their work they take for granted? How can professionals practise with creativity, intelligence and compassion? What current methods and frameworks are available to assist professionals to reflect critically on their practice? The use of critical reflection in professional practice is becoming increasingly popular across the health professions as a way of ensuring ongoing scrutiny and improved concrete practice - skills transferable across a variety of settings in the health, social care and social work fields. This book showcases current work within the field of critical reflection throughout the world and across disciplines in health and social care as well as analyzing the literature in the field. Critical Reflection in Health and Social Care reflects the transformative potential of critical reflection and provides practitioners, students, educators and researchers with the key concepts and methods necessary to improve practice through effective critical reflection.Contributors: Gurid Aga Askeland, Andy Bilson, Fran Crawford, Jan Fook, Lynn Froggett , Sue Frost, Fiona Gardner, Jennifer Lehmann, Marceline Naudi, Bairbre Redmond, Gerhard Reimann, Colin Stuart, Pauline Sung-Chan, Carolyn Taylor, Susan White, Elizabeth Whitmore, Angelina Yuen-Tsang.

This volume gives an account of the fundamental developments transforming social work in Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. A European standard of social work has already emerged, but models for future European social work are absent. Therefore, the compendium gives an overview of the current transformation process for the first time, discussing the visible and invisible changes and mapping out where social work is positioned in the emerging post-welfare states. Contents include: A General Introduction: Transforming Perspectives. Social Work in Europe and European Social Work * Analytical Perspectives: Social Work in Europe and European Social Work in Post-Welfarist Contexts * Professional Perspectives: Main Approaches of Social Work in Europe and European Social Work * Positions: New Theoretical and Methodological Discourses of Social Work in Europe and European Social Work * Future Perspectives of Social Work in Europe and European Social Work * Social Work's Contribution to a Social Europe. [Subject: Social Work, European Studies]

This book of photocopiable puzzles, that may be used in the classroom and at home, is the result of a request from the World Memory Sports Council (WMSC), the governing body for the World Memory Championships (WMC), to create an international memory competition for pre-schoolers. I decided from the outset that it needed to be fun, stress-free and independent of language: not only for the young pre-reading age children but also for the parent/teacher guiding them. Visual memory training is nothing new. The Ancient Greeks valued it highly but until recently it seems to have been seen as less important. Nowadays it appears increasingly to be a key skill, necessary for academic success. I know from my own experience, when I set a new world record for the Random Images discipline in the 1995 WMC, that visual memory is trainable. Latest neuroscience research indicates it may be advisable to guide all children to develop their visual memories. Working memory is now considered a better predictor of academic success than IQ. There are four photocopiable groups of these puzzles to be completed over a four week period. For maximum benefit to the child, we strongly recommend that one group is completed every week, in a few short sessions. Due to their immature executive control part of the brain, young children are not able to switch from one task to another e.g. from drawing a circle around an object and then to stop doing the circles and switch to drawing lines from one object to another. This part of the brain, controlling task switching, does not mature until they are about five years old. The lay out in the book has therefore been designed with the young child in mind by arranging similar puzzles together. If a child wishes to do further puzzles once he has finished a particular set, it is recommended that he takes a short break. He will otherwise find it very difficult to switch to the second task. The competition may be found at http: //www.worldmemorychampionships.com/. Once registered, participating pre-schools and nurseries will supervise the 'competition' and have the option of awarding certificates to their children. I am very grateful to Michael Thomas Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of The Centre for Educational Neuroscience (CEN), London University for all his advice concerning the development of a child's immature executive function of the brain. Sue Whiting

The fourth generation of daughters tells a story of true to life events that occurred during the passing of the years. The story is based on many real life events and is written as Christ-centered fiction which describes life in relationship with God. Greth is the fourth in the series of The Daughters. She struggled throughout her life to establish a "bonding" with her mother Zoe (book three). Read of the faith of her father and her husband as they all support each other and pray for God's healing touch. Enjoy a group or individual study, based on Scripture and the responses of the people in Greth's life. You will find soul-searching questions and solutions to life as you read. Sue White is an ordained United Methodist Pastor who lives with her husband, John, in San Antonio, Texas. She is the mother of four grown children and eleven fabulous grandchildren. Sue is known in South Texas as a Workshop Leader, Retreat Leader, Teacher, Preacher and all-around servant of the Lord, Jesus Christ. She has travelled extensively to deliver her message of faith and life and probably will never retire . . . UNTIL

A story of Margaret's family during the Civil War. As America and her families were torn asunder, God's Care and a Family's Courage prevailed. Margaret who was raised in "plenty" was forced into a struggle to survive. The first book in this series, THE DAUGHGTERS: EMMA, told of her family's life as they faced death and tragedy, but bravely endured. Margaret's good and strong character is proven through the telling of this story. She longed and prayed constantly for her father and brother, who were caught up in the Civil War, separated from loved ones. You will enjoy reading of events and victories, some which are based on true life-experiences of my family. Enjoy a group or individual study, based on Scripture and the responses of the people in the book. You will find soul-searching questions and solutions of life as you read. Sue White is an ordained United Methodist Pastor who lives with her husband, John in San Antonio, Texas. She is the mother of four grown children and eleven fabulous grandchildren. Sue is known in South Texas as a Workshop Leader, Retreat Leader, Teacher, Preacher and all-around servant of the Lord, Jesus Christ. She has travelled extensively to deliver her message of faith and life and probably will never retire. . . UNTIL

The continuing saga of daughters whose faith and courage created strength and supportto succeeding generations. The story is basedon many real life events and is written as Christ-centeredfiction which describes life in relationship with God.Zoe is the third in the series of The Daughters.Her life began in turmoil and struggle, andshe did not respond as well as one would hope.She remained self-centered, even though she proclaimedto have a Christ-centered faith. Her family did wellin serving her and loving her in spite of her selfish personality.Enjoy a group or individual study, based on Scripture andthe responses of the people in the book. You will findsoul-searching questions and solutions of life as you read.SUE WHITE PIX Sue White is an ordained United Methodist Pastor who liveswith her husband, John in San Antonio, Texas. She is the mother of four grown children and eleven fabulous grandchildren. Sue is known in South Texas as a Workshop Leader, Retreat Leader, Teacher, Preacher and all-around servant of the Lord, Jesus Christ. She has travelled extensively to deliver her message of faith and life and probably will never retire. . . UNTIL

This is Sue's first book which she wrote using the information from her Scrap Books of all her holidays from 1968 until the year 2000. The experiences cover countries including the UK, Europe, Tunisia, USA, Canada, Mallorca, Canary Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. The form of accommodation varies from a small tent up to Hotels and Villas. Her family, including husband and two boys are with her until her first caravan experience in 1983 and from then until 2000 just Sue and her husband are the travellers.

A larger-than-life novel of Faith and Love 1837 - 1855 America. . . provided opportunity, but also brought great trials and heartache. Journey through birth, death and life with true events in the lives of three families who helped each other with laughter, love and devotion. Emma and her family withstood tragedy with a strong, underlying faith in God to see them through. The 1837 Financial Panic in America was the motivator for the Smallwoods to pull up roots and travel west. The romances and marriages, the trials and tribulations of these real people bring laughter, tears and a heart-warming experience. Sue White is an ordained United Methodist Pastor who lives with her husband, John, in San Antonio, Texas. She is the mother of four grown children and eleven fabulous grandchildren. Sue is known in South Texas as a Workshop Leader, Retreat Leader, Teacher, Preacher and all-around servant of the Lord, Jesus Christ. She has travelled extensively to deliver the Gospel message of faith and life and probably will never retire. . . UNTIL

The Antarctica awaits in this fast-paced adventure starring a plucky new heroine. Pearly must face her fears to save her parents, her pet pig, and the day! Pearly Woe is a worrier. She worries about everything, especially that she'll never be brave enough to become a member of the top-secret group of stealth adventurers - The Adventurologists' Guild. Pearly also has a special talent - she can talk to animals. Her favourite animal to talk to is her pet pig, called Pig. But with her parents missing, Pig pig-napped and Pearly a stowaway on an icebreaker heading for Antarctica, Pearly's worries just got REAL.

This innovative book explores social work, therapy and counselling as a series of encounters - between clients and human services professionals, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist perspectives on the idea of the 'client', it presents in-depth discussion of the roles, language and contexts of meetings between social workers and their clients. International contributors present discussion on categorization, analysing identities and reflexive practice. Drawing data from a variety of sources, including meetings, client files and transcribed dialogues with clients, the book employs methods such as conversation and discourse analysis to propose new insights into what it means to be a client of the human services agency. Bringing together a rich variety of data, this volume forms an important contribution to major debates on the nature of social work and counselling. As well as innovative approaches to theory and research, the implications for practice in social work and counselling are discussed. Challenging previously-held notions about clienthood, this book is a useful and thought-provoking resource for social workers, counsellors, policy makers, academics, researchers and students and trainers in social work and counselling.

The second book in this revolutionary Magic Memory series of books gives Primary School children tried and tested methods for learning spellings. It is packed full of comprehensive ideas from memory expert Dr Sue Whiting. She draws upon her extensive knowledge in this field to offer eight to eleven year olds the most effective strategies for learning spellings while relaxing at home. She explains the strategies used by expert spellers in a clear, enticing and fun way in her acclaimed cartoon format, so children don't even realise that this is an educational book. It is designed to be read at home, complementing school work but with minimal parental supervision: hence the relatively wide target age as none of these skills are generally taught in schools. Along with Bramble, the Wizard's special cat, and Charlie and Holly the Labradors, the Wizard guides children through games, activities and tricks to help them learn spellings in a much easier way. The book is fun to use with easy to read text, cartoon illustrations, puzzles and quizzes (with rewards), which give children a sense of achievement.Drawing on the latest research and her own experience in memory competitions and teaching children, Sue gives authoritative guidance you can trust, explaining basic educational neuroscience to the reader so they can understand the 'WHY' behind these strategies. She also introduces the Heartmath stress transformation technique - this can be used anywhere to get into an optimal state of mind for learning and helping to prevent exam nerves.