Visual strategies for improving communication : practical supports for school and home / Linda A. Hodgdon.

Practical supports for school and home. Contains interactions for students who experience autims and other moderate to severe communication disorders. A "how-to" book, designed to assist teachers, speech-language pathologists, and parents in devising solutions to the communication and self-management challenges that are common to these students. Full of examples and illustrations, this book describes specific strategies that capitalize on the visual strengths and learning style of this population.

Covers topics:
autism
communciation disorder
Fragile X
attention-deficit disorder
behavior disorder
learning disability
pervasive developmental disorder
language delay or disorder
comprehension problems
auditory processing disorder
hearing impairment
aphasia
developmental delay
emotional impairment
speech disorder
mental impairment
traumatic brain injury
down syndrome...
etc.

Visual strategies for improving communication can be found on the shelves at LC 4707.5 .H63 1995

Earthquake! : preparing for the big one / Graem Castell

There are two things to understand about the Big One threatening this region:

1. It will happen
2. It will be far more severe than most of us can imagine

Megaquakes have shattered this region every 200 - 800 years for thousands of years and the next one is due.

Governments and emergency services are preparing for this but individuals are not. This guide will help individuals prepare for this or any disaster easily and effectively.

Earthquake! can be found on the shelves at HV 551.5 .C3 C27 2002

Challenging the challenging behaviours : a sourcebook based on the specialink institute on challenging behaviours in child care

How do we include the kids we miss? The "wild kid", "the aggravating kid". the kid whose behaviour frustrates us? These are the children with challenging behaviours that challenge even the most committed child care worker to the core.

This book is for those who want to make a difference - from practitioners to consultants, trainers to policy makers as well as the parents of children with challenging behaviours.

Challenging the challenging behaviours can be found on the shelves at HQ 773 .S623 1999

Encyclopedia of wood joints / Wolfram Graubner

This volume is a definitive survey of woodworking joints for builders and craftsmen. Wolfram Graubner explores the crafts of timbr framing and cabinetmaking as they have evolved in the West and in the Orient. He organizes this information into four main categories of joints:

- Splicing joints
- Oblique joints
- Corner joints
- edge joints.

Graubner explains where and when to use each joint while photos and drawings show you how to construct and fit the mating parts.

Encyclopedia of wood joints can be found on the shelves at TT 185 .G76613 1992

Scaffold safety [videorecording] : it's no joke.

Scaffold safety reviews the safety requirements of scaffolds. Explains the different types of scaffolding, who can design and build a scaffold, things to look for before getting on a scaffold, fall protection requirements and some general safety procedures about working from scaffolds. Actors portray the comedians Laurel and Hardy in demonstrating what not to do in building and working on scaffolds. Concludes with information regarding the two types of fall protection: guard rails and personal fall arrest systems.

Summary from back of case.

Scaffold safety : it's no joke can be found on the shelves at TH 5281 .S32 1997

Co-operation, conflict and consensus : BC central and the credit union movement to 1994 / Ian MacPherson

Co-operation, conflict and consensus is the history of Credit Union Central of British Columbia and the BC credit union movement from 1936 - with its roots traced back a century earlier. In this 290-page, lavishly illustrated book, Ian MacPherson describes their evolution and growth with clear and revealing insight. He examines how a movement based initially on a co-operative approach to empowering people and communities was transformed by entrepreneurial leaders and by the desire to create a provincial credit union system.

Co-operation, conflict and consensus can be found on the shelves at HG 2039 .C2 M33 1995

Telephone courtesy & customer service / Lloyd C. Finch

If quality customer service matters to you, then the quality of your telephone contact with your customers is vital. Proper telephone techniques are key but are one of the hardest things for people to value. Telephone courtesy & customer service helps you focus on putting the quality of customer service first. Techniques taught include the sound of your voice to follow-up calls.

Part of the "Crisp 50-Minute Book" series.

Telephone courtesy & customer service can be found on the shelves at HF 5541 .T4 F492 2000

Expertise in nursing practice : caring, clinical judgment and ethics / Patricia Benner, Christine A. Tanner, Catherine A. Chesla

Expertise in nursing practice analyzes and examines the nature of clinical knowledge and judgment, using the authors' major new research study as its base. The authors interviewed and observed the practice of 130 hospital nurses, mainly in critical care, over a 6-year period, collecting hundreds of clinical narratives from which they have refined and deepened their explanation of the stages of clinical skill acquisition and the components of expert practice.

Expertise in nursing practice may be found on the shelves at RT 73 .B365 1996

Wound management [videorecording] / Rose Hamm.

This 13 volume series is an excellent resource for nurses, physicians, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with wounds. The use of numerous photographs, illustrations, video, and animation clips enhances and complements the narration on wound assessment, healing phases, pathophysiology, etiology, and treatment modalities.

Wound Healing
Wound Evaluation
Arterial Wounds
Venous Wounds
Neuropathic Wounds
Pressure Ulcers
Atypical Wounds
Debridement
Dressings
Physical Modalities
Clinical Application Questions
Instructor's Guides
Self-grading Tests.

Wound management can be found on the shelves at RD 93 .W685 2006

Prescription for nutritional healing : a practical A-to-Z reference to drug-free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs & food supplements

This book of holistic health is divided into three parts:

Part one discusses various nutrients, food supplements and herbs found in health and drug stores.

Part two describes more than 250 common disorders from acne to yeast infections and identifies the supplements that can be used to combat the conditions.

Part three is a guide to alternative remedies and therapies that can be used in conjunction with a nutritional program.

Prescription for nutritional healing can be found on the shelves at RA 784 .B248 2000

A passion for wisdom : readings in Western philosophy on love and desire

A collection of short and excerpted works by the great thinkers of their day, this book focuses on the philosophy of love and desire. Introductions offer readers brief biographies of the thinkers presented and provide historical context, enabling them to see connections and to appreciate the continuity across and the historical breaks among these works. This collection of readings cross a range of time periods (from pre-Socrates to living thinkers), present a selection of philosophical genres and styles, and address issues fundamental to philosophy. An excellent selection of popular readings on love and desire, this book is lively and engaging.

A Passion for wisdom can be found on the shelves at BD 436 .P38 2004

Sexual harassment and abuse in sport : an international research and policy perspectives / edited by Celia Brackenridge & Kari Fasting

Sexual harassment and abuse in sport draws on the contributions to a Symposium on "Sexual Harassment in Sport - Challenges for Sport Psychology in the New Millennium" held at the 10th Congress of the International Society for Sport Psychology. The intention of the symposium was to move forward the international research agenda on sexual harassment and abuse in sport.

Topics covered include the experiences of elite female athletes, sexual harassment of women in athletics as compared to the world of academia, the prevalence of sexual abuse in organized competitive sports in Australia, and defining appropriateness in coach-athlete sexual relationships.

Sexual harassment and abuse in sport can be found on the shelves at GV 706.32 .S468 2002

Crossing the line : violence and sexual assault in Canada's national sport / Laura Robinson.

When Sheldon Kennedy of the Boston Bruins revealed that while a junior player with the Swift Current Broncos he was molested more than 300 times by his coach, Graham James, a sportlight was thrown on the situation of abuse of and by young players.

The abuse takes many forms. It may be overtly sexual. It may be an overwhelming pressure on players – removed from the support of their families and often living far from home – to perform and to fit in. It often takes the form of degrading hazing rituals, many of which have violent sexual overtones, designed to take the players beyond their inhibitions and the normal limits of their aggression.

In Crossing the line, Robinson shows how the institutionalized abuse in hockey turns the players themselves into abusers. Yet when accusations are levelled against the players, team managers and owners rally around to protect them, applying pressure to have the charges dropped or the accuser discredited.

- Adapted from book jacket.

Crossing the line can be found on the shelves at GV 847 .R56 1998

My brand new life [videorecording] / National Film Board

This 13 video series is about kids who switch places with each other. The My brand new life series has been created to help kids understand life through the eyes and experiences of other kids whose worlds may be very different than their own. It is designed to help kids get a first hand look at how people from different backgrounds and perspectives see the world.

Titles of these 23 minute videos include:
* Wheelchair challenge
* He said/she said
* School's out
* Cowgirl meets the horsey set
* Only child/big family
* Music for whose ears
* Inuit games
* Ming's first day of school
* A feast for one's eyes
* Ballet dancer/hockey player
* Scary tales : Halloween / day of the dead
* Circus school
* A Border story

My brand new life can be found on the shelves at HQ 783 .B35 - .W44 2004

Read a rhyme, write a rhyme : poems / selected by Jack Prelutsky ; illustrated by Meilo So.

"Poemstarts" provide opening lines of poems. Prelutsky has arranged Read a rhyme, write a rhyme into several themes including birthdays, bugs, snow and cows. He has provided three poems on each topic followed by an unfinished verse, some suggestions and some rhyming words so readers can tackle completing the poem on their own.

Read a rhyme, write a rhyme is intended for young audiences making poetry writing fun!

Read a rhyme, write a rhyme can be found on the shelves at PS 586.3 .R39 2005

The ice cream maker : an inspiring tale about making quality the key ingredient in everything you do / Subir Chowdhury

Total Quality Management has been around for a long time. Subir Chowdhury takes the principles of TQM and presents them in a story of Pete, the ice cream factory manager who learns from Mike to put quality before everything else - including profit. Pete's success at work lead him to use Mike's lessons of quality in his marriage and parenting.

The ice cream maker is much like Fish! and Who moved my cheese? It offers universal lessons about achieving excellence.

The ice cream maker can be found on the shelves at HD 62.15 .C46 2005

A short history of Indians in Canada : stories / Thomas King

Thomas King latest collection of short stories, some new, some previously published, are fabulous and fantastical. All of the selections in A short history of Indians in Canada are showcases for King’s wholly original brand of imagination and wit.

King's 20 tales "poke a sharp stick into the gears of the native myth-making machine, slyly exposing the raw underbelly of both historical and contemporary native-white relationships. Through the laughter, these stories shimmer brightly with the universal truths that unite us."

A short history of Indians in Canada can be found on the shelves at PS 8571 .I5298 S46 2005

The lesser blessed : a novel / Richard Van Camp

When Larry Sole, a member of the Dogrib First Nation, is in grade 7, he is sexually abused by his father. Larry kills his father with a hammer and sets the house on fire. The Yellowknife newspaper reported that the injuries to the victim's head were the result of his falling down the stairs.

When the novel opens, Larry is in grade eleven, living with his mother. Larry loves Iron Maiden, the North and Juliet Hope, the school "tramp".

A new student, a Métis named Johnny Beck, moves to town from the nearby Hay River. Johnny, with his tough-guy attitude, smart-ass remarks, and surly good looks, makes an immediate impression. Larry becomes Johnny's sidekick: "He was everything I wasn't. He was bad news but still.." This partnership leads Larry to a number of new and unexpected experiences, including standing by as Johnny dates Juliet Hope.

The lesser blessed can be found on the shelves at PS 8593 .A5 L47 1996

Peace and power : creative leadership for building community / Peggy L. Chinn

Based on values of cooperation, empowerment for all and the integration many points of view, Peace and power provides approaches to leadership and group interaction. The process is designed to move away from alienation and oppression and toward empowerment and nurturing.

Built on the oral traditions of women, the goal of author Peggy L. Chinn is to inspire huge and lasting shifts in your life and work so another example of real peace is possible.

Peace and power can be found on the shelves at HQ 1426 .C48 2004

Holistic nursing : a handbook for practice / Barbara Montgomery Dossey, Lynn Keegan, Cathie E. Guzzetta.

Holistic nursing : a handbook for practice offers ways of thinking, practicing and responding both personally and professionally in the art and science of holistic nursing and healing. This new 4th ed. includes new chapters on:

* Aromatherapy
* Relationship-centered care and healing initiatives in a community hospital
* Exploring integrative medicine and the healing enfironment in a large urban acute care hospital.

Holistic nursing : a handbook for practice can be found on the shelves at RT 42 .H65 2005