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From the campfire to the holodeck : creating engaging and powerful 21st century learning environments / by Thornburg, David, 1943-

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Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / by Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Family life -- New career -- Family values and celebrations -- Family travels; at home and abroad -- Fox Lake -- Personal journeys -- Part IV. …”
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Charting an Asian trajectory for literacy education : connecting past, present and future literacies /

Table of Contents: “…Negotiating school literacy from preschool to adulthood : examples from Singapore / Mukhlis Abu Bakar -- Where literacy practices collide : exploring the relationship between home-school language and literacy practices of minority indigenous children from underprivileged background / Sumathi Renganathan -- The reading-writing connection : the literacy strengths and weaknesses of ESL Filipino college students based on diagnostic test results / Lalaine F. …”
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Young people and new media childhood and the changing media environment / by Livingstone, Sonia M.

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Injury prevention for children and adolescents research, practice, and advocacy /

Table of Contents: “…Schulman, and Lawrence E. Scholl -- Injuries in the school environment / Ellen R. …”
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Medical care for children on the autism spectrum

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Visual impairment in children due to damage to the brain

Table of Contents: “…Disorders commonly accompanied by cerebral visual impairment -- Children with severe brain damage: functional assessment for diagnosis and intervention -- Visual impairment in cerebral palsy -- Children with intellectual disabilities and cerebral visual impairment: problems with detection and diagnosis -- Helping children with cerebral visual impairment -- Approaches to deal with visual problems due to cerebral visual impairment -- The principles -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with CVI at home and at school: Communication and Orientation and Mobility -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with cerebral visual impairment, at home and at school: Sustained Visual Work and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) -- Strategies to help children who have both visual and hearing impairments Setting up integrated services for children with cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of visual functioning and disability in children with visual processing disorders due to cerebral visual impairment -- Towards the development of a classification of vision-related functioning: a framework.…”
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Children of a new world society, culture, and globalization / by Fass, Paula S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Children in society, culture, and the world -- Immigration and education in the United States -- The IQ : a cultural and historical framework -- Creating new identities : youth and ethnicity in New York City high schools in the 1930s and 1940s -- Making and remaking an event : the Leopold and Loeb case in American culture -- A sign of family disorder? …”
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Cybersecurity for information professionals : concepts and applications /

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Understanding and managing your child's food allergies by Sicherer, Scott H.

Table of Contents: “…Avoidance diets -- Maintaining a nutritious diet -- Navigating the supermarket -- At home and in social settings -- In restaurants and while traveling -- At school and camp -- Food allergy at different ages and stages. …”
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Opening doors gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Gender equality in MENA : the facts and the puzzle -- Impressive achievements in human development -- Little discrimination between girls and boys within the household -- Of the lowest rates of excess female mortality in the world -- Rapid declines in maternal mortality -- More girls in school than in much of the world -- Virtually no gender gaps in enrolment, and reverse gender gaps in university, and math performance -- MENA's performance in human development is largely explained by economic development and wealth -- Some challenges remain -- The puzzle in MENA : why do women participate in such few numbers outside the home? …”
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Boundary issues in counseling : multiple roles and responsibilities / by Herlihy, Barbara, Corey, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…About the authors -- Guest contributors -- Preface -- Boundary issues in perspective -- Sexual dual relationships -- The client's perspective -- Multicultural and social justice perspectives on boundaries -- Issues in counselor education -- Issues in supervision and consultation -- Education and training of group counselors -- Group counseling and couples and family counseling -- Boundary issues in school counseling -- Focus on specialty areas : disaster mental health, private practice -- Focus on specialty areas : rural practice, counseling in the -- Military, working with clients with end-of-life concerns, in-home service provision, and working in forensic settings -- Key themes, questions, and decision making -- References -- Index.…”
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Solar Calendar, And Other Ways of Marking Time / by Bendik-Keymer, Jeremy, 1970-

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Under deadman's skin discovering the meaning of children's violent play / by Katch, Jane

Table of Contents: “…-- The white ninja -- The shooting game -- Hippo and baboon -- Bottled up -- Baba yaga -- Forgiveness -- Keeping calm -- Half bulldog, half chihuahua -- Exorcising the exorcist -- Tortured -- Mama's little baby -- Puppy power -- The baby business -- The finger -- The car race -- A cold duckling, a school shooting, and a home for a dead butterfly -- Placing blame -- Empathy -- A big, big teacher.…”
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The Integration of Descendants of Migrants from Turkey in Stockholm : The TIES Study in Sweden /

Table of Contents: “…Target group = descendants of migrants from Turkey -- reference group = young people of Swedish origin -- Table 2.3 : Respondents having left their parental home, target and reference groups (in %) -- Table 2.4 : Reasons for leaving the parental home (in %) -- Table 2.5 : Parents' province of origin (in %) -- Table 2.6 : Parents' ethnicity (self-identification) (in %) -- Table 2.8 : Parents' reasons to migrate to Sweden (in %) -- Table 2.10 : Citizenship position (in %) -- Table 2.11 : Grounds for citizenship acquisition (in %) -- Table 3.1 : School segregation at primary school level, by age for target and reference groups (in %) -- Table 3.4 : Segregation at secondary school level, by age for target and reference groups (in %) -- Table 3.5 : Repeating classes (secondary school) for target and reference groups (in %) -- Table 3.7 : Remedial tutoring or homework coaching during secondary school (in %) -- Table 3.8 : Relations with teachers and other students, for target and reference groups -- Table 3.10 : Years of education, father and mother, for target and reference groups (standard deviations in parentheses) -- Table 3.11 : Number of books available at the parental home, for target and reference groups (in %).…”
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Awakening genius in the classroom by Armstrong, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…The role of the school : testing and grading, labeling and tracking, textbooks and worksheet learning, tedium. …”
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Autism and managing anxiety : practical strategies for working with children and young people /

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Dean's list : eleven habits of highly successful college students / by Bader, John B.

Table of Contents: “…Facing freshman year -- Habit #1 : Focus on learning, not on grades -- Habit #2 : Build an adult relationship with your parents -- Habit #3 : Work the system by understanding the system -- Habit #4 : Approach the curriculum like a great feast -- Habit #5 : Understand that majors and careers are not the same thing -- Habit #6 : Don't just work hard, work smart -- Habit #7 : Build integrity to get into professional or graduate school -- Habit #8 : Learn from diversity at home and abroad -- Habit #9 : When you are failing, understand why -- Habit #10 : Cope with failure by rebuilding and forgiving -- Habit #11 : Plan boldly for life after college.…”
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