Wendy Beth Baker's The Healing Power of Horses is devoted to the world's greatest horsepeople, the Oglala Lakota Indians of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She begins the book by sharing the philosophy of these great horse-loving people: "There are those who feel the sun rises and sets on the back of a horse, and no matter what obstacles life sets in their way, they never dismount." The spirit and fortitude of the Lakota Indians inform Baker's words as she describes how this once-nomadic tribe c...

A revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide for schools implementing PBIS Tier 1PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) is the most important tool educators have to deal with disruptive student behaviors. This revised and updated handbook provides detailed guidelines for implementing and sustaining PBIS for schools and teams. New in this edition is a chapter addressing inequity and bias in behavior referrals and discipline; a tiered ...

In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable:• a mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon• a senior artists colony in Los Angeles

This book tells the story of a transformational approach to secondary education called W-A-Y (Widening Advancements for Youth). W-A-Y is a non-profit corporation. Currently there are eleven W-A-Y sites in Michigan and one cyber school named “W-A-Y Michigan.” W-A-Y demonstrates that young people who have not done well in traditional schools can put their past behind them and move their education and life forward in a highly productive and positive manner. W-A-Y is continuing to grow nationa...

A timely update to a timeless model.Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers whether they rely on the model's four levels Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results in their practice, and you'll get an enthusiastic affirmation.But how many variations of Kirkpatrick are in use today? And what number of misassumptions and faulty practic...

These transcendent, lyrical essays on the West announced Gretel Ehrlich as a major American writer—"Wyoming has found its Whitman" (Annie Dillard).Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of documentaries when her partner died. Ehrlich stayed on and found she couldn't leave. The Solace of Open Spaces is a chronicle of her first years on "the planet of Wyoming," a personal journey into a place, a feeling, and a ...

The Every Student Succeeds Act governing K-12 education in the United States defines and endorses Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a framework to help educators provide greater learning opportunities to all students, including those those with disabilities, English learners, and "gifted and talented" students.In Universally Designed Leadership, veteran school administrators Katie Novak and Kristan Rodriguez provide school leaders and educators with a guidebook for pu...

The sequel to megabestseller Emotional Intelligence, showing how we can practically apply EQ to our livesDo you want to be more successful at work?Do you want to improve your chances of promotion?Do you want to get on better with your colleagues?Daniel Goleman draws on unparalleled access to business leaders around the world and the thorough research that is his trademark. He demonstr...

This book gives you all the guidance and exercises you need to incorporate action learning into every training you conduct.A trainer’s job is to ensure their lessons stick, which means relating lessons to their trainees’ own on-the-job experiences. Author Geri McArdle teaches trainers how to do this by using the strategies of “action learning” in their lesson design and presentation to help learners better absorb the material.Filled with examples of easy-to...

‘A landmark manifesto’ New York TimesThe ground-breaking, international bestseller – with over two million copies sold – that launched a new movement to empower women everywhere.Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In has ignited global conversations about gender roles and ambition.Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes. But ask the same woman if they'd feel confide...

This is the book that established emotional intelligence” in the business lexicon-and made it a necessary skill for leaders.Managers and professionals across the globe have embraced Primal Leadership, affirming the importance of emotionally intelligent leadership. Its influence has also reached well beyond the business world: the book and its ideas are now used routinely in universities, business and medical schools, and professional training programs, an...

Muscle building is not rocket science, but it does help if you get the basics right. To be honest, the basics work the best anyway.Based on over 20 years of experience, trial and error watching all the mistakes commonly made in the gym, this book will show you the fastest way to build muscle and give you massive biceps in no time.HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE ME TO GET MASSIVE BICEPS?WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO BUILD BICEPS?FREE WEIGHTS OR MACHINES?DO YOU BUILD ...