Powerful forces of change are at the core of Obamacare—and they could either strengthen or destroy our family doctors. It's a perfect storm that threatens our hope for more effective and personalized medical care and it holds the potential to drive our trusted Familiar Physicians toward extinction. In the midst of the storm is a new and promising approach within Obamacare called the medical home. Learn what you can do to help assure that the Familiar Physician, the basis for a strong physi...

Dr. Aaron Smith, the director of a pioneering STEM public school, answers the question, 'How can educators transform an ordinary STEM site into an inspired, premiere learning center?' 'Awakening Your STEM School' provides a proven framework for teachers, administrators, and business partners offering forty-two actions and ideas with over 300 tips to transformation. Dr. Smith's passionate approach is simple and focused; prepared just for teachers, principals, and business leaders who are da...

A vital guide to keeping gangs and youth violence out of your community—including one hundred ways to keep your kids safe.No community wants to admit it has a gang problem, but the unwillingness to address youth violence can have tragic consequences. This book—and the significant research on which it is based—represents many voices, experiences, and community efforts in the battle against our national gang crisis. It is an inspiring guide to preventing the epidemic...

Practical solutions to stop the culture of bullying.We've all seen bullies in action. Many of us have been the victims. Some of us have been the perpetrator. But thanks to all the attention being focused on bullies and the issues that surround them, awareness is growing of the damage bullying can do.Whether we're raising children in this culture or we're part of the village that helps, we also need some effective and user-friendly tools to go up against the...

"You'll never look at healthcare the same way again." —Patrick J. KennedyDan Pelino takes us on a journey to better understand societal change, leadership, and our shared healthcare future. Through the voices of powerful healthcare visionaries from around the globe, including Dr. Paul Grundy, Patrick J. Kennedy, Dr. Mike Roizen, and the Honourable Jeremy Hunt, Trusted Healers recognizes that better healthcare is in our grasp.

Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018Dr. Danielle Martin sees the challenges in our health care system every day. As a family doctor and a hospital vice president, she observes how those deficiencies adversely affect patients. And as a health policy expert, she knows how to close those gaps. A passionate believer in the value of fairness that underpins the Canadian health care system, Dr. Martin is on a mission to improve me...

“An empowering read.”--Susan David, Ph.D., author of Emotional Agility*“*A great book.”**--Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of What Happened to You?As featured on The Mel Robbins Show—discover the surprising science of helping anyone change**Whether as a parent, a boss, a romantic partner, or on your own journey toward personal growth, you know how hard it is to change problem behavior. Conventional methods like...

The New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views).Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized n...

Co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington shows how our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted compromises our health and our decision-making and undermines our work lives, our personal lives--and even our sex lives in this New York Times bestseller.We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, with profound consequences to our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What we need is...

ASCD Bestseller! Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide reaching.In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey provide a pract...

The Deluxe Edition of Leaders Eat Last, now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, includes over 30 minutes of exclusive video and 30 minutes of audio of Simon Sinek. The acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better delves deeper into book’s themes and shares additional examples and insights.Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued duri...

Too much valuable teacher time is devoted to the kind of marking and feedback which does little to improve pupils' learning. This easy to read guide introduces a range of innovative and practical strategies to ensure that assessment genuinely is for learning