Learn how to enact justice-oriented pedagogy and foster students’ critical engagement in today’s history classroom. Over the past 2 decades, various scholars have rightfully argued that we need to teach students to “think like a historian” or “think like a democratic citizen.” In this book, the authors advocate for cultivating activist thinking in the history classroom. Teachers can use Teaching History for Justice to show students how activism was used in the past to seek justice...

Verhaltensaktivierung (Behavioral Activation, BA) ist eine innovative, der sogenannten "Dritten Welle" der Verhaltenstherapie zugehörige Methode der Depressionsbehandlung. BA gründet in der Verstärkerverlusttheorie der Depression und geht davon aus, dass Depression aus belastenden Erfahrungen heraus entsteht und durch Vermeidungsverhalten aufrechterhalten wird. Die Behandlungstechniken beinhalten u. a. Validierungs- und Akzeptanzstrategien sowie den Einsatz von entgegengesetztem Handeln zu...

The market and policy impetus to install increasingly utility-scale solar systems, or solar farms (sometimes known as solar parks or ranches), has seen products and applications develop ahead of the collective industry knowledge and experience. Recently however, the market has matured and investment opportunites for utility-scale solar farms or parks as part of renewable energy policies have made the sector more attractive. This book brings together the latest technical, practical and fina...

This book explores the use of the Bible among Latino/a theologians today. Latino/a Theology emerged in the 1980s, alongside a broad variety of contextual theological movements and discourses following the Latino/a movement and the formation of Latino/a Studies in the 1960s and 1970s. While much work has been done on biblical interpretation in Latino/a biblical criticism, little can be found regarding interpretation in Latino/a theological reflection. To address this gap in the literature, ...

Noted for its clarity and practical utility, the definitive guide to behavioral activation (BA) is now in a revised and expanded second edition. The authors are leading experts who enumerate BA principles and provide guidelines for assessment and intervention. Clinicians learn effective procedures for structuring each session, identifying and scheduling antidepressant activities, targeting avoidance and rumination, and monitoring progress. Illustrated with an extended case...

A simple, effective, and groundbreaking approach to help you move beyond trauma and focus on the things that bring you joy.If you suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), reliving the past through trauma-focused treatments may be too painful a place to start. Behavioral activation—the powerful treatment method outlined in this workbook—provides an essential foundation for recovery by shifting the focus of your trauma to the things in life that give you tr...

This book presents the first behavioral activation (BA) program to help 12- to 18-year-olds overcome depression. The authors provide a systematic framework for increasing adolescents' engagement in rewarding activities and decreasing avoidant behavior. User-friendly features include session-by-session guidelines and agendas, sample scripts, and instructional materials. Strategies are described for actively involving parents and tailoring BA to each teen's needs and developmental level. In ...

Utilisée depuis de nombreuses années, l’autoactivation est une stratégie efficace pour traiter la dépression. Des recherches scientifiques ont montré que l’autoactivation diminue les sentiments dépressifs de façon significative. À travers les exercices qui lui sont proposés ici, la personne dépressive est amenée à se réengager activement dans sa vie de façon progressive, tout en douceur, étape par étape. Au moment qui lui convient et à son propre rythme, elle détermine les sphères de sa vi...

Utilisée depuis de nombreuses années, l’autoactivation est une stratégie efficace pour traiter la dépression. Des recherches scientifiques ont montré que l’autoactivation diminue les sentiments dépressifs de façon significative. A travers les exercices qui lui sont proposés ici, la personne dépressive est amenée à se réengager activement dans sa vie de façon progressive, tout en douceur, étape par étape. Au moment qui lui convient et à son propre rythme, elle détermine les sphères de sa vi...

Even if you are not a couples therapist, chances are you have dealt with clients whose problems are based in relationship issues. In order to successfully treat these clients, you must first help them understand what their values are in these relationships, and how their behavior may be undermining their attempts to seek intimacy and connection.Combining elements of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and relational frame theory (RFT), ACT and RFT for Relationships

Over the past decade, the world has experienced a major economic collapse, the increasing racial inequity and high-profile police killings of unarmed Black and Brown people, the persistence of global terrorism, a large-scale refugee crisis, and the negative impacts of global warming. In reaction to social instability, there are growing populist movements in the United States and across the world, which present major challenges for democracy. Concurrently, there has been a rise of grassroot...

Lisbonne, 1904. Frappé par le deuil, Tomas décide de tourner le dos au monde - littéralement : il ne marche plus qu'à reculons. Obsédé par un étrange petit livre datant du XVIIe siècle - le journal d'un missionnaire en Angola -, Tomas part à la recherche de l'objet mystérieux que le prêtre affirme avoir confectionné. Sa quête le mènera dans un village perdu de la région des Hautes Montagnes du Portugal.Au pied de ces mêmes montagnes, en 1939, le Dr. Eusebio Lozora, veuf de fraîche d...