School Social Work: An Evidence-Informed Framework for Practice offers school social work students and veteran practitioners a new framework for choosing their interventions based on the best available evidence. It is the first work that synthesizes the evidence-based practice (EBP) process with recent conceptual frameworks of school social work clinical practice offered by leading scholars and policymakers. Many other books on EBP try to fit empirically validated treatments into ...

Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.Praise for the first edition:“The authors of this book have made a very important contribution in producing a book that literally provides a roadmap for how to realize MI’s potential in school and family contexts. They are the acknowledged leaders of MI in schools and deserve much ...

Sie ist eine bemerkenswerte, eine wirklich erstaunliche Frau, und sie steht mit beiden Beinen mitten im Leben. Die Kinderärztin Dr. Martens ist eine großartige Ärztin aus Berufung, sie hat ein Herz für ihre kleinen Patienten, und mit ihrem besonderen psychologischen Feingefühl geht sie auf deren Sorgen und Wünsche ein. Alle Kinder, die sie kennen, lieben sie und vertrauen ihr. Denn Dr. Hanna Martens ist die beste Freundin ihrer kleinen Patienten. Der Kinderklinik, die sie leitet, hat sie z...

Winner of a third-place award in the collection of prayers category from the Catholic Media Association.Every mother is looking for a spiritual lifeline—words that help bring you closer to God when you need him the most.The Ave Prayer Book for Catholic Mothers is your go-to resource to find the perfect words to lift up in prayer for almost any occasion or need. This beautiful, full-color, hardcover book includes a collection of original and traditi...

One of the greatest challenges for mental health and other professionals in school settings is to get students, families, and staff willing to partake of and engaged in their services. This is the first book on applying motivational interviewing (MI) is a powerful, evidence-based technique for facilitating behavior change throughout the school environment to help psychologists, counselors and other school-based professionals to improve the effectiveness of their practice.Based on e...

New York Times best-selling author James Frey pens the candid memoir of his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions with My Friend Leonard. After a stint in jail, James is rocked by further tragedy. Teetering on the brink of breakdown, he turns to a friend from rehab, Leonard. A largerthan- life mobster, Leonard becomes James' loyal and generous adoptive father, teaching him to "live boldly." The powerful narration of Andy Paris will make listeners wish for their own friend like Leonard....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Loch of the Dead by Oscar de Muriel, read by Andy Secombe.A mysterious woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat - right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate.In exchange for their protection, she offers McGray the ultimate cure for his sister who has ...

Madame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge.McGray, even though he believes her, must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, else Katerina will be sentenced to death.Inspector Ian Frey is summone...

'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries...December, 1889.There have been many bad days in Edinburgh police's secret subdivision 'The Commission for the Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related to the Odd and Ghostly'.But today is surely the worst.Because the exiled English Inspector Ian Frey, and his Scottish boss 'Nine-Nails' McGray are summoned to a meeting in the ...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel, read by Andy Secombe, including musical interludes recorded by the author himself.**'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times'I enjoyed this - properly creepy and Gothic' Ian Rankin**Edinburgh, 1888. A virtuoso violinist is brutally killed in his home. But with no way in or out of the locked practice room, the murder makes no...

Professor Doom nutzt seine grausame Zauberkraft, um Hobby-Dämonenjäger Jack Slaughter mit einem Fluch zu belegen. Die gesamte Menschheit ist auf einmal hinter Jack Slaughter her. Unter großen Anstrengungen entkommt die Tochter des Lichts seinen besessenen Verfolgern. Doch als sich auch seine eigenen Freunde gegen ihn stellen, scheint es keinen Ausweg mehr zu geben. Wie wird es Jack gelingen, nicht mit Haut und Haaren vernascht zu werden ...

Professor Doom ruft die apokalyptischen Reiter. Die Welt steht abermals vor der Vernichtung. Zuvor müssen Doom und sein schleimiger Assistent Basil Creeper allerdings noch eine bankrotte Pony-Ranch vor dem Ende retten. Ein goldener Schatz wartet schon darauf, von den beiden entdeckt zu werden. Doch so abstrus das alles auch klingen mag, Jack Slaughter kann darüber überhaupt nicht lachen. Wenn er nicht sofort handelt, werden alle Menschen sterben. Die Zeit läuft ...