Author: Richard H. Immerman
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Keywords: pan, american, series, texas, intervention, guatemala, foreign, policy, cia
Number of Pages: 291
Published: 1983
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0292710836
ISBN-13: 9780292710832

Using documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, recently opened archival collections, and interviews with the actual participants, Immerman provides us with a definitive, powerfully written, and tension-packed account of the United States’ clandestine operations in Guatemala and their consequences in Latin America today.

Authors:Sandra Cheldelin, Daniel Druckman, Larissa Fast,
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Keywords: intervention, analysis, conflict
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2003-08
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0826457479
ISBN-13: 9780826457479

This major new textbook analyses the emergent role of conflict analysis and resolution. Cheldelin, Druckman and Fast are all based at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and are international experts in the field of conflict. Covering theory, research and practice, the authors provide a comprehensive typology of conflict, as well as an in-depth analysis of the structural, strategic and cultural factors which influence conflict. They explore its management and resolution, paying particular attention to the concepts of negotiation, mediation and peace-building.

Authors:Cesare Cornoldi, Jane V. Oakhill,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: intervention, processes, difficulties, comprehension, reading
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1996-08-01
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0805818456
ISBN-13: 9780805818451

Recognizing the characteristics of children with learning disabilities and deciding how to help them is a problem faced by schools all over the world. Although some disorders are fairly easily recognizable (e.g., mental retardation) or very specific to single components of performance and quite rare (e.g., developmental dyscalculia), schools must consider much larger populations of children with learning difficulties who cannot always be readily classified. These children present high-level learning difficulties that affect their performance on a variety of school tasks, but the underlying pro

Author: Linda Metcalf
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: approach, response, intervention, personalized, positive, focused, rti, solution
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-06-08
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0470470429
ISBN-13: 9780470470428

A proven method for helping struggling students succeed Solution-Focused RTI provides an effective approach to Response-to-Intervention using a "solution-focused" method, which emphasizes a student’s strengths rather than his or her weaknesses. This important book guides educators to identify exceptions to students’ learning problems and design personalized interventions that can help those students succeed. In this book Linda Metcalf provides teachers with the basic building blocks of the solution-focused approach and offers step-by-step guidelines for identifying exception

Authors:Anne Marie Feyer, A Williamson,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: intervention, prevention, risk, injury, occupational
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1998-01-20
List price: $71.95
ISBN-10: 0748406468
ISBN-13: 9780748406463

Occupational injury is a major and often preventable health problem in the work environment. Each year throughout the world millions are affected by traumatic occupational injuries and many thousands are actually killed in work-related incidents. This book provides a diverse and multi-faceted look at some of the themes directing late-1990s research and intervention within the area of occupational injury and safety.The book is divided into seven thematic parts with an introduction provided for each section. The topics include estimating the size of the problem, with discussions of different ana

Author: Linda Robinson
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Keywords: america, 1980s, central, states, neglect, united, intervention
Number of Pages: 223
Published: 1991-07
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0876090978
ISBN-13: 9780876090978

Authors:Deborah K. Attix PhD, Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer Phd,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: intervention, assessment, neuropsychology, geriatric
Number of Pages: 467
Published: 2005-11-30
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 1593852266
ISBN-13: 9781593852269

This major clinical reference and text is the first volume to systematically address the entire process of neuropsychological assessment and intervention with older adults. The expert editors and contributors detail the current state of knowledge about frequently encountered conditions ranging from mild cognitive impairment to progressive, stable, and reversible dementias. Evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies are described, and specific guidance is provided for linking neuropsychological evaluation to individualized treatment planning. Demonstrating an array of cognitive train