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Machine Learning for Managers

Machine Learning for Managers

Machine learning can help managers make better predictions automate complex tasks and improve business operations. Managers who are familiar with machine learning are better placed to navigate the increasingly digital world we live in. There is a view that machine learning is a highly technical subject that can only be understood by specialists. However many of the ideas that underpin machine learning are straightforward and accessible to anyone with a bit of curiosity. This book is for managers who want to understand what machine learning is about but who lack a technical background in computer science statistics or math. The book describes in plain language what machine learning is and how it works. In addition it explains how to manage machine learning projects within an organization. This book should appeal to anyone that wants to learn more about using machine learning to drive value in real-world organizations. | Machine Learning for Managers

GBP 29.99
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Providing Home Care for Older Adults A Professional Guide for Mental Health Practitioners

Providing Home Care for Older Adults A Professional Guide for Mental Health Practitioners

A practical guide to providing home-based mental health services Providing Home Care for Older Adults teaches readers how to handle the unique aspects of home-based care and apply and adapt evidence-based assessment and treatment within the home-based setting. Featuring contributions from experienced board-certified home care psychologists social workers and psychiatrists the book explains the multifaceted role of a home-based provider offers concrete and practical considerations for working within the home and highlights adaptations to specific evidence-based methods used in treating homebound older adults. Also covered are special topics related to hoarding safety capacity evaluations caregivers case management and use of technology. Each chapter includes engaging case examples with practical tips that illustrate what it is like to work in this new and exciting frontier. Psychologists counselors and other mental health practitioners in home settings will be able to use this guide to provide effective home-based care to older adults. | Providing Home Care for Older Adults A Professional Guide for Mental Health Practitioners

GBP 28.99
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Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research: At the Crossroads reviews the roots of the intersection between machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) and research on crime; examines the current state of the art in this area of scholarly inquiry; and discusses future perspectives that may emerge from this relationship. As machine learning and AI approaches become increasingly pervasive it is critical for criminology and crime research to reflect on the ways in which these paradigms could reshape the study of crime. In response this book seeks to stimulate this discussion. The opening part is framed through a historical lens with the first chapter dedicated to the origins of the relationship between AI and research on crime refuting the novelty narrative that often surrounds this debate. The second presents a compact overview of the history of AI further providing a nontechnical primer on machine learning. The following chapter reviews some of the most important trends in computational criminology and quantitatively characterizing publication patterns at the intersection of AI and criminology through a network science approach. This book also looks to the future proposing two goals and four pathways to increase the positive societal impact of algorithmic systems in research on crime. The sixth chapter provides a survey of the methods emerging from the integration of machine learning and causal inference showcasing their promise for answering a range of critical questions. With its transdisciplinary approach Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research is important reading for scholars and students in criminology criminal justice sociology and economics as well as AI data sciences and statistics and computer science. | Machine Learning for Criminology and Crime Research At the Crossroads

GBP 130.00
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Life at Home for People with a Dementia

Life at Home for People with a Dementia

Life at Home for People with a Dementia provides an evidence-based and readable account of improving life at home for people with a dementia and their families. There are estimated to be 47 million people with a dementia worldwide the majority of whom will live or want to live in their own home. Yet there is a major shortcoming in available knowledge on what life is like for people with a dementia living at home. Most research focuses on care in hospitals or care homes and takes a medical perspective. This book bridges this gap in knowledge by providing a comprehensive and critical overview of the best available evidence on enabling people with a dementia to live well at home from the viewpoint of those living with the condition and in the context of global policy drivers on ageing and health as well as technological advances. The book includes chapters on citizenships – that is the diversity of people living with a dementia – enabling life at home rethinking self-management the ethics and care of people with a dementia at home technological care and citizenship and sharing responsibilities. It concludes with a care manifesto in which we set out a vision for improving life at home for people with a dementia that covers the areas of professional practice education and care research. By covering a wide range of interrelated topics to advance understanding and practice as to how people with a dementia from diverse backgrounds can be supported to live well at home this book provides a synthesised critical and readable understanding of the complexities and risks involved.

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Machine Learning in Translation

Machine Learning in Translation

Machine Learning in Translation introduces machine learning (ML) theories and technologies that are most relevant to translation processes approaching the topic from a human perspective and emphasizing that ML and ML-driven technologies are tools for humans. Providing an exploration of the common ground between human and machine learning and of the nature of translation that leverages this new dimension this book helps linguists translators and localizers better find their added value in a ML-driven translation environment. Part One explores how humans and machines approach the problem of translation in their own particular ways in terms of word embeddings chunking of larger meaning units and prediction in translation based upon the broader context. Part Two introduces key tasks including machine translation translation quality assessment and quality estimation and other Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks in translation. Part Three focuses on the role of data in both human and machine learning processes. It proposes that a translator’s unique value lies in the capability to create manage and leverage language data in different ML tasks in the translation process. It outlines new knowledge and skills that need to be incorporated into traditional translation education in the machine learning era. The book concludes with a discussion of human-centered machine learning in translation stressing the need to empower translators with ML knowledge through communication with ML users developers and programmers and with opportunities for continuous learning. This accessible guide is designed for current and future users of ML technologies in localization workflows including students on courses in translation and localization language technology and related areas. It supports the professional development of translation practitioners so that they can fully utilize ML technologies and design their own human-centered ML-driven translation workflows and NLP tasks.

GBP 34.99
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Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

To cope with the competitive worldwide marketplace organizations rely on business intelligence to an increasing extent. Cyber security is an inevitable practice to protect the entire business sector and its customer. This book presents the significance and application of cyber security for safeguarding organizations individuals’ personal information and government. The book provides both practical and managerial implications of cyber security that also supports business intelligence and discusses the latest innovations in cyber security. It offers a roadmap to master degree students and PhD researchers for cyber security analysis in order to minimize the cyber security risk and protect customers from cyber-attack. The book also introduces the most advanced and novel machine learning techniques including but not limited to Support Vector Machine Neural Networks Extreme Learning Machine Ensemble Learning and Deep Learning Approaches with a goal to apply those to cyber risk management datasets. It will also leverage real-world financial instances to practise business product modelling and data analysis. The contents of this book will be useful for a wide audience who are involved in managing network systems data security data forecasting cyber risk modelling fraudulent credit risk detection portfolio management and data regulatory bodies. It will be particularly beneficial to academics as well as practitioners who are looking to protect their IT system and reduce data breaches and cyber-attack vulnerabilities. | Cyber Security and Business Intelligence Innovations and Machine Learning for Cyber Risk Management

GBP 130.00
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God of the Machine

God of the Machine

The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. When it was published in 1943 Isabel Paterson's work provided fresh intellectual support for the endangered American belief in individual rights limited government and economic freedom. The crisis of today's collectivized nations would not have surprised Paterson; in The God of the Machine she had explored the reasons for collectivism's failure. Her book placed her in the vanguard of the free-enterprise movement now sweeping the world. Paterson sees the individual creative mind as the dynamo of history and respect for the individual's God-given rights as the precondition for the enormous release of energy that produced the modern world. She sees capitalist institutions as the machinery through which human energy works and government as a device properly used merely to cut off power to activities that threaten personal liberty. Paterson applies her general theory to particular issues in contemporary life such as education . social welfare and the causes of economic distress. She severely criticizes all but minimal application of government including governmental interventions that most people have long taken for granted. The God of the Machine offers a challenging perspective on the continuing worldwide debate about the nature of freedom the uses of power and the prospects of human betterment. Stephen Cox's substantial introduction to The God of the Machine is a comprehensive and enlightening account of Paterson's colorful life and work. He describes The God of the Machine as not just theory but rhapsody satire diatribe poetic narrative. Paterson's work continues to be relevant because it exposes the moral and practical failures of collectivism failures that are now almost universally acknowledged but are still far from universally understood. The book will be essential to students of American history political theory and literature.

GBP 140.00
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Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

Design for Dementia is written by an interdisciplinary team of professionals and academics whose aim is to present lessons learnt from the Dementia Demonstration House at the Building Research Establishment’s Innovation Park. Known as Chris and Sally’s House the project represents a unique opportunity to show in practice what can be done to assist people living with dementia to continue to live at home and as part of the community with as much independence as possible. This book presents evidence based practical design guidance backed up by over 15 combined years of research by experienced professional designers. Beginning with an introduction which provides the background to the global dementia epidemic to allow readers to gain a better understanding of the issues they must consider the book then discusses how good design principles planning and construction standards can be used to effectively respond to the dementia crisis. The detailed findings from research using Chris and Sally’s House are presented and discussed along with practical examples and success stories ranging from simple design features to the more complex use of sensors and automated ventilation. The hope is that readers can apply the lessons learnt from Chris and Sally’s House to successfully integrate solutions into the design of new or refurbished housing for the elderly and also that the tools and insights shared will inform the wider context of good housing design as well as the spectrum of constraints and design standards which often apply. This book is important reading for architects designers engineers and project managers but also anyone with an interest in learning about practical solutions to aid those with dementia to live well at home. | Design for Dementia Living Well at Home

GBP 44.99
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Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

In Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care Nawal Qarooni invites us to step beyond school-centric one-off events and practices to create more authentic engaging collaborations with caregivers. Instead of asking what families can do to support schools Qarooni asks how schools can identify and celebrate what families already inherently bring to their children’s literacy learning. Establishing this work in holistic teaching—a pedagogical mindset that affirms the importance of loving the whole child through compassionate collective care—Qarooni explores five critical literacy tenets by highlighting opportunities to listen for honor connect to and elevate family strengths while inviting them even further into our shared work and encouraging reflection around: Recognizing the journey of process Celebrating the role collaboration plays within the collective Using observational literacy to read the world Advocating for the power of talk to grow ideas and connect with others Giving children choice to make self-directed decisions With moments of memoir woven in alongside diverse family examples and classroom stories connected to realistic instructional practices Qarooni shows how all families contribute meaningfully to their children’s literacy lives. Discover how we can tap into those vast wells to support learning at home and in school while building positive reciprocal relationships across both settings. With an afterword by En Comunidad authors Carla España and Luz Yadira Herrera Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations is rooted in the simple truth that we cannot separate knowing our students from knowing their home communities and the people that they love. This book offers a toolkit for connecting with families and elevating the intrinsic strengths that reside in every child’s home. | Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

GBP 28.99
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The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

First Published in 1973 The Writing Machine presents a comprehensive history of the typewriter. Michael Adler not only investigated the history of the machine but also started collecting typewriters because of the difficulty of discovering what these old machines looked like. Then he found there were other collectors all over the world who supplied him with such a wealth of data that he had eventually to limit the scope of his ‘history’. There are hundreds and hundreds of makes and models of ‘conventional’ front-stroke type bar machines with four-row keyboards but they were virtually all the same. It is the unconventional ones that are interesting and it is on these that the author concentrates. The book is amusing as well as informative and it ends with a complete catalogue of ‘unconventional’ typewriters manufactured up to the 1930s when the ‘conventional’ machine had become universal. This book is a must read for anyone interested to learn about the writing machine. | The Writing Machine A History of the Typewriter

GBP 105.00
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Buying Your Home A Practical Guide for First-Time Buyers

Buying Your Home A Practical Guide for First-Time Buyers

Many young people aspire to own their own home but face a myriad of challenges such as high property prices the need to raise a large deposit and difficulties of getting a mortgage. The process of buying a property is also stressful fraught with complexity and uncertainty and a mistake can prove very costly. This book therefore provides a much-needed step-by-step guide to help those seeking to buy a property for the first time. Packed with helpful and practical tips this book gives a complete overview of the house-buying process including finance legal and property aspects. The authors discuss a wide range of topics including: creating the right mindset the pros and cons of home ownership how to choose a suitable property how to save for a deposit how to negotiate for a better price how to get a mortgage the steps in the house-buying process how to ensure that mortgage payments can always be met The book is written by experienced property buyers who have bought multiple properties who have worked as a mortgage adviser and financial planner and who understand personal finance. It will be essential reading for undergraduate students in the field of accounting and finance and will also appeal to the general public particularly those seeking to buy a property for the first time. After reading the book readers will be able to map out a plan to buy their first property with greater confidence and make a better and more informed decision that will bring financial rewards. | Buying Your Home A Practical Guide for First-Time Buyers

GBP 35.99
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Machine Learning and Music Generation

Machine Learning and Music Generation

Computational approaches to music composition and style imitation have engaged musicians music scholars and computer scientists since the early days of computing. Music generation research has generally employed one of two strategies: knowledge-based methods that model style through explicitly formalized rules and data mining methods that apply machine learning to induce statistical models of musical style. The five chapters in this book illustrate the range of tasks and design choices in current music generation research applying machine learning techniques and highlighting recurring research issues such as training data music representation candidate generation and evaluation. The contributions focus on different aspects of modeling and generating music including melody chord sequences ornamentation and dynamics. Models are induced from audio data or symbolic data. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Mathematics and Music. | Machine Learning and Music Generation

GBP 39.99
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House and Home Cultural Contexts Ontological Roles

House and Home Cultural Contexts Ontological Roles

House and home are words routinely used to describe where and how one lives. This book challenges predominant definitions and argues that domesticity fundamentally satisfies the human need to create and inhabit a defined place in the world. Consequently house and home have performed numerous cultural and ontological roles and have been assiduously represented in scripture literature art and philosophy. This book presents how the search for home in an unpredictable world led people to create myths about the origins of architecture houses for their gods and house tombs for eternal life. Turning to more recent topics it discusses how writers often used simple huts as a means to address the essentials of existence; modernist architects envisioned the capacity of house and home to improve society; and the suburban house was positioned as a superior setting for culture and family. Throughout the book house and home are critically examined to illustrate the perennial role and capacity of architecture to articulate the human condition position it more meaningfully in the world and assist in our collective homecoming. | House and Home Cultural Contexts Ontological Roles

GBP 36.99
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Home Schooling in China Culture Religion Politics and Gender

Home Schooling in China Culture Religion Politics and Gender

Home Schooling in China seeks to provide a better understanding of the social movement of home schooling in China. In this book the author addresses several major themes of home education including marketization social stratification culture religion Confucianism gender policy gender and home schooling. This book draws a broad attention to the in-depth information to the relationship of marketisation social stratification and home education in China. It offers an implication for a better understanding not only for influences of religion (e. g. Christianity) but also the effects of Confucianism on the growth of home education in China. With a strong theoretical foundation the book comprehensively untangles the key possible factors that shape China’s social movement of home education. The book offers a background on theories and research methodology as well as reports on empirical studies that analyse the influences of marketisation on home schooling social stratification and the development of home schooling. This book is ideal reading for academics researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of Confucianism social class gender and education in China. | Home Schooling in China Culture Religion Politics and Gender

GBP 38.99
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Home-based Work in Victorian Britain Insights for Contemporary Occupational Health and Safety

Home-based Work in Victorian Britain Insights for Contemporary Occupational Health and Safety

Home- based work has increased in recent decades and intensified as a result of policies created to control the spread of COVID-19 creating a labour market in rapid transition. Yet little attention has been paid to the issues associated with occupational health and safety or to how employers will monitor and maintain employee health and safety in a home- based work environment. Using historical case studies from Victorian Britain this book reflects on the past to examine resurfacing health and safety concerns that shaped and continue to shape the home- based working experience. Anchored by family research case studies this book presents documents and newspaper accounts about the diverse experiences of three real people who lived and worked from their homes in the Victorian era. Supported by academic and popular literature on work and policy about the era the book discusses changing worldviews and social context that shaped occupational health and safety at the time and critiques the outcomes of policies that were challenged to address these risks. The case study experiences are used as a touchstone between the past and present to draw parallels between important health and safety concerns that may be resurfacing in our modern post-COVID transition to home-based work. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers academics and postgraduate students of occupational health and safety occupational science labour history and human resource management as well as Victorian studies. It will also be of interest to policymakers and practitioners working across the fields of workplace and occupational health and safety. | Home-based Work in Victorian Britain Insights for Contemporary Occupational Health and Safety

GBP 130.00
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Renewable Energy Systems The Earthscan Expert Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies for Home and Business

Renewable Energy Systems The Earthscan Expert Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies for Home and Business

This book is the long awaited guide for anyone interested in renewables at home or work. It sweeps away scores of common misconceptions while clearly illustrating the best in renewable and energy efficiency technologies. A fully illustrated guide to renewable energy for the home and small business the book provides an expert overview of precisely which sustainable energy technologies are appropriate for wide-spread domestic and small business application. The sections on different renewable energy options provide detailed descriptions of each technology along with case studies installation diagrams and colour photographs showing precisely what is possible for the average household. The chapter on how to select the renewable technology most appropriate for ordinary homes and businesses summarizes this analysis in a neat and easy to use table and demonstrates with examples exactly how to assess your local renewable resources. Renewable technologies covered include wood energy wind power solar photovoltaics solar thermal passive solar geothermal and air-to-air heat pumps as well as water or hydro based energy systems – plus the all-important subject of energy efficiency. Whilst written to be accessible to a wide audience the book is targeted at readers who are keen to work with renewable technologies students building engineers architects planners householders and home-owners. | Renewable Energy Systems The Earthscan Expert Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies for Home and Business

GBP 38.99
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A Place Like Home A Hostel for Disturbed Adolescents

A Place Like Home A Hostel for Disturbed Adolescents

The late David Wills spent a lifetime in the service of the so-called delinquent the misfit the maladjusted. He was the first Englishman to train as a psychiatric social worker and was well known for his books The Hawkspur Experiment The Barns Experiment etc. Originally published in 1970 this book describes another experiment with a hostel for boys leaving schools for maladjusted children and lacking any settled home from which to enter the community. It demonstrates once again David Wills’s conviction that the offender wants to be ‘good’ and will be helped by affection rather than by punishment. Yet it is obvious that the work was full of stress and that only people with some of the attributes of archangels could respond to the boys’ needs and remain in control of the situation. The book demonstrates the extent of deprivation suffered by such young people and that no ordinary hostels or lodgings will do if they are to be set upon a less turbulent course of life leading to truly adult independence. It added greatly to our understanding of the personalities experience of life and needs of maladjusted boys in their ‘teens at the time although the lessons drawn from it were disturbing in relation both to prevention and treatment. The penetration of David Wills’s assessment is beyond doubt and (as Dame Eileen Younghusband concludes in her Foreword) his book will give a great deal to those ‘trying in various capacities to help boys and girls who otherwise would grow into adulthood permanently handicapped emotionally and socially’. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1970. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication. | A Place Like Home A Hostel for Disturbed Adolescents

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A Nation of Home Owners

A Nation of Home Owners

Originally published in 1990 and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface this book shows how the UK has become a nation of home owners and the effect it has had on people’s lives the impact which it has had on British society and the implications for those who have hitherto been excluded. The book briefly charts the history of the growth of owner-occupation in Britain and considers the evidence on the popularity of owning as opposed to renting. The question of whether and how owner occupiers accumulate wealth from their housing is discussed and the evidence on the political implications of the growth of owner-occupation examined. The influence of buying a house on the way that home is experienced is analysed and the sociological implications in regard to the analysis of social inequalities in Britain discussed. The research for the book was based on in-depth interviews with home-owners and tenants in Burnley Derby and Slough.

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Transforming Early Head Start Home Visiting A Family Life Education Approach

Transforming Early Head Start Home Visiting A Family Life Education Approach

Research on home visiting shows that Early Head Start (EHS) home-based programs benefit from additional training and resources that streamline philosophy and content. In this essential guide Walsh and Mortensen propose that alignment with Family Life Education’s (FLE) strengths-based methodology results in greater consistency through a model of prevention education and collaboration with families. This text is the first to outline linkages between FLE and EHS home visiting. It explores a qualitative study of FLE integrated in a current EHS home-based program and application of FLE methodology to home visiting topics. This approach will influence professional practice and provide a foundation for developing evidence-based home visiting practices. Online content accompanies the text with videos demonstrating the FLE approach in action and discussion questions to encourage engagement with and understanding of the core material. Transforming Early Head Start Home Visiting: A Family Life Education Approach is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and masters students in family studies and early childhood education as well as practitioners working with children and families. | Transforming Early Head Start Home Visiting A Family Life Education Approach

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Future Home Trends Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design

Future Home Trends Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design

Global pandemics smart technologies demographics and climate change are just some of the external disruptors that may impact the home’s evolution over the next ten years. Future Home provides a comprehensive ‘horizon scan’ of what our homes may be like approximately ten years from now by looking for early signs of potentially important developments through a systematic examination of trends innovations and disruptors. The authors consider what aspects of the home are likely to remain constant and what aspects may change beyond all recognition and if changes are predicted what form they may take and most importantly what this means for design professionals. Exploring areas of buildings and technology people and delivery each chapter addresses the catalysts natures and responses to these changes. This book provides an overview of the future home that will be essential reading for designers policy-makers and homeowners alike. | Future Home Trends Innovations and Disruptors in Housing Design

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An At-Home Guide to Children’s Sensory and Behavioral Problems Qigong Sensory Treatment for Parents and Clinicians

An At-Home Guide to Children’s Sensory and Behavioral Problems Qigong Sensory Treatment for Parents and Clinicians

An At-Home Guide to Children’s Sensory and Behavioral Problems gives a new perspective on sensory and behavior problems one that sees those behaviors as stemming from a child’s immature sensory nervous system and regulation difficulties. This book offers an effective at-home intervention the Qigong Sensory Treatment that enlists a parent's attuned touch to address often overlooked sensory issues that underlie ‘problem’ behaviors and works to organize those sensory experiences to foster connection and the capacity for self-regulation. It introduces the reader to a new and clinically useful model to understand sensory development the Early Childhood Self-regulatory Milestones which are critical to the emotional and behavioral health and regulation for all children. With clear step-by-step instructions diagrams and links to online instructional videos it teaches parents how to successfully implement the daily QST hands-on routine. Unique to the treatment model is how it guides and focuses parents to easily recognize interpret and respond to their child's shifting non-verbal body and behavioral responses and cues. An extensive workbook section navigates parents through a year-long process of learning and implementing QST at home. Weekly letters include those written by the authors parents who share their own personal experiences with the routine and by QST Master Trainers who offer their years of experience and helpful tips. The 52 letters are timed to anticipate and answer typical questions or stumbling blocks that parents commonly encounter at key points guiding them to success with their child’s sensory and behavior difficulties while making for happier and less-stressful times with their child. This guide will be indispensable to parents and clinicians looking to understand and more effectively work with their child’s developmental difficulties. | An At-Home Guide to Children’s Sensory and Behavioral Problems Qigong Sensory Treatment for Parents and Clinicians

GBP 26.99
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The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

As the world reels from the impact of a global pandemic and increasing intensity of climate-caused hazards the humanitarian sector has never been more relevant. But providing aid to those affected by disasters and crises is more complex than ever. In The Humanitarian Machine aid workers reflect on their own experiences of working in crisis. As they write about their work and the ways in which they each approach the challenges of helping people they comment on some of the most vexing issues facing the humanitarian sector. Each speaks from their own perspective asking tough questions sharing thoughtful reflections about their ongoing work and unpacking what it really means to be a humanitarian worker. The stories they tell whether recounting a specific experience or reflecting on years of practice reveal the dilemmas they face and demystify the overly romanticized aura that sometimes surrounds humanitarian practice. Complementing the candid accounts that humanitarian leaders contribute in this book the editors examine how their stories perceptions and understandings align with similar conversations that take place in other settings. Viewed together in this way the insights and reflections provided in this book will be invaluable for humanitarian practitioners students and researchers alike. | The Humanitarian Machine Reflections from Practice

GBP 32.99
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Managing Work and Relationships at 35 000 Feet A Practical Guide for Making Personal Life Fit Aircrew Shift Work Jetlag and Absence from Home

Managing Work and Relationships at 35 000 Feet A Practical Guide for Making Personal Life Fit Aircrew Shift Work Jetlag and Absence from Home

This book seeks to contribute to a psychological perspective to aircrew wellbeing and help aircrew to acquire an understanding of how to better manage the many challenges arising from sleep deprivation and frequent absence from friends and loved others at home. | Managing Work and Relationships at 35 000 Feet A Practical Guide for Making Personal Life Fit Aircrew Shift Work Jetlag and Absence from Home

GBP 130.00
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Sustainable Home Refurbishment The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency

Sustainable Home Refurbishment The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency

A retro-fit offers many benefits: cutting electricity and heating bills increasing the resale value of homes slashing carbon emissions and creating a healthier place to live. This book is the guide to making it happen. It looks at: draught-proofing insulation and damp ventilation heating and cooling electrical efficiency and renewable energy water use and re-use materials' life cycles and incorporating nature protection from climate change impacts - modelling energy flows and embodied energy how we can meet the need to cut carbon emissions from dwellings by eighty percent by 2050. Projects can apply to apartment blocks recent builds and older solid-walled properties. Enlivened with helpful diagrams and photographs plus plenty of pointers for further information it provides a comprehensive resource handbook for any building professional and contractor students – or any homeowner serious about efficiency (cash and carbon) savings. | Sustainable Home Refurbishment The Earthscan Expert Guide to Retrofitting Homes for Efficiency

GBP 35.99
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Nursing Home Social Work Research

Nursing Home Social Work Research

This book focuses on the characteristics roles and training needs of social service delivery providers in leadership roles in U. S. skilled nursing facilities. The chapters in this volume explore a range of issues salient to nursing home social workers and social work practices such as realistic staffing ratios qualification levels dementia training needs involvement in care transitions and admissions and barriers to psychosocial care. The book also addresses the Social Service Directors’ involvement in and preparation for disaster care planning suicide risk management and serious mental illness. This edited collection will greatly benefit students academics and researchers in nursing psychology health and social work. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work. | Nursing Home Social Work Research

GBP 130.00
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