In this work titled, It Can Be Done in Government: An Approach for Improving Efficiency in the Public Sector, 2nd Edition, we attempt to provide a roadmap describing a simple approach for improving processes using teams. This book is ideal for process improvement initiatives, academic institutions, organizational change practitioners, public entities, and administrators and leaders seeking a practical approach for the promotion and implementation of organizational effectiveness. Throughout...

What happens when prayer moves out of formal settings and into everyday life?Whispers of the Heart is a forty-nine-day guided journal built from real, daily conversations with Mary.Written in the midst of ordinary routines, relationships, financial concerns, creative work, physical challenges, and quiet joy, this book presents faith as it is lived rather than idealized.Each day follows a simple structure: a brief spiritual theme, a personal journal entry, and a refl...

COVID-19 has transformed our everyday lives. It’s as if another world has arrived in the blink of an eye. Yet life is not on pause. We still need to live. The pandemic, like any other time, is a moment both of opportunity as well as challenge.Healthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis is a briefing on how to thrive in a world of restrictions. Twenty leading Christian thinkers have come together to help you begin to navigate this strange reality.Each contributo...

The third edition of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66 & GMFM-88) User’s Manual has retained the information contained in the original 2002 and 2013 publications which included the conceptual background to the development of the GMFM, and the administration and scoring guidelines for people to be able to administer this clinical and research assessment tool appropriately. Information is presented on the development and validation of two abbreviated methods of estimating GMFM-66 sco...

The third edition of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66 & GMFM-88) User’s Manual has retained the information contained in the original 2002 and 2013 publications which included the conceptual background to the development of the GMFM, and the administration and scoring guidelines for people to be able to administer this clinical and research assessment tool appropriately. Information is presented on the development and validation of two abbreviated methods of estimating GMFM-66 sco...

Die Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) ist das Evaluationsinstrument für Motorik schlechthin. Ursprünglich entwickelt zur Erfassung körpermotorischer Fähigkeiten von Kindern mit Cerebralparese, wird die GMFM mittlerweile ganz allgemein für die Beurteilung von klinischen Interventionen und Verläufen eingesetzt. Die deutschsprachige Neuausgabe versteht sich als Praxishandbuch, das die Anwendung der GMFM-88, GMFM-66 und der Kurzversionen beschreibt. Das Gross Motor Function Classification Sy...

What is the GMFM?• The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a clinical measure designed and validatedto evaluate changes in the gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP).• There are two versions of the GMFM: the original 88-item measure (GMFM-88) andthe 66-item measure (GMFM-66). These items are administered in the same way—thedifference between the two versions simply concerns which of the items (from the fullpool of 88 pos...

The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) has become the best evaluative measure of motor function designed for quantifying change in the gross motor abilities of children with cerebral palsy. The new version of the scoring programme has now been released, and includes two abbreviated methods of estimating GMFM-66 scores using the GMFM-66-Item sets and the GMFM-66-Basal & Ceiling.

Higher Education is a vibrant, changing field of study. With roots in multiple disciplines, these degree programs prepare the administrators, faculty, and policy makers who direct the current and future higher education enterprise. At a time when higher education is changing rapidly, these programs are poised to frame the future of an educated society. This book examines all aspects of how Higher Education programs operate - from their marketing, focus on student affairs and community coll...

Winner of the 2015 Auburn Authors AwardsWhere is higher education as a field of study going in this century? How will higher education program leaders design and sustain their degree programs’ vitality in the face of perennial challenges from inside and outside the academy? While in 1979 the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) defined standards for student affairs master’s level preparation, and while 2010 saw the adoption of guidelines for higher education a...

As pastors' wives, the authors of this devotional personally have experienced or witnessed the issues with which women struggle: identity, marriage, children, work. Reading this devotional is like having a conversation with a trusted friend who knows what you are going through. Over 52 weeks, these authors share from their hearts using engaging Scriptures, real-life inspiration, and practical wisdom they have learned along the way. Each week focuses on one theme, and daily devotions includ...