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Disrupting Ageism

1st Edition
June 1, 2025
Tracey Gendron
English

In "Disrupting Ageism: From Theory to Practice," the chapters delves deep into the pervasive issue of ageism in society. In part one, readers are guided through an eye-opening journey, exploring how ageism influences physical health, brain health, identity, and trauma, while also shedding light on its intersection with other forms of discrimination, particularly ableism. Through poignant anecdotes and thought-provoking research, the book underscores the distressing reality of ageism's role in instances of abuse. Part two shifts the focus to the solutions that can break the shackles of ageism. It uncovers the subtleties of ageism in healthcare, unravels the intricate web of ageism as an industry, and dissects the portrayal of older adults in media, entertainment, and culture. Furthermore, the book offers a comprehensive look at the intricacies of aging in the realms of policy, politics, and law. Partthree encapsulates the journey towards change by highlighting the significance of intergenerational programming and adult education, encouraging readers to reconsider the societal construction of elderhood, and emphasizing the power of individual narratives in reshaping perceptions. " Disrupting Ageism: From Theory to Practice " is a compelling and enlightening read that challenges preconceived notions, promotes empathy, and provides actionable insights for a more inclusive and age-friendly world. It underscores the importance of fostering meaningful social connections and addressing the broader societal factors that contribute to loneliness.

Mindful Self-Care for Clinicians and Caregivers

1st Edition
May 1, 2025
Martin Lumpkin + 2 more
English

Caregivers are at a higher risk of burnout than any other population. Mindfulness-based interventions has been shown to significantly reduce burnout, stress, and anxiety. Mindful Self-Care for Clinicians and Caregivers: A Group Facilitator’s Guide provides caregivers with a practical and scholarly resource to facilitate mindful self-care groups. Developed by experts in the field of mental health, this guide includes session by session guides (visual aids, audios, and videos) to support facilitators. The book introduces readers to the theory and empirical foundations underlying mindfulness practices. The second section describes the development of the group intervention and presents a model for understanding the challenges of caregiving and emotional states related to this work. An online companion site containing audio and video files to help support facilitations in implementing this new model.

Road Traffic Coordinated Actuated Signal Control

1st Edition
April 1, 2025
Zong Tian + 4 more
English

Road Traffic Coordinated Actuated Signal Control: Global Practices examines the major principles and distinct practices on signal control systems tailored to unique traffic network and intersection design around the world. The book shows how multimodal traffic is handled at signalized intersections and arterials, addressing the expected changes and requirements on all transport modes due to the emerging connected and automated vehicle technologies. A valuable reference in countries where fixed-time control is still predominant, this book will serve as a comprehensive practical reference for practitioners and classroom teaching.

Blindness

1st Edition
Volume 292
April 1, 2025
Danny Ball + 1 more
English

Progress in Brain Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training

1st Edition
March 1, 2025
Peter Sturmey + 1 more
English

Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training is a method consisting of multiple treatment components that is effective for training a wide variety of skills, both simple and complex, in people in a wide variety of populations, including children and adults with disabilities. This book is the first comprehensive research-based guide on behavior skills training for practitioners and human service organizations. Behavioral skills training includes instructions, modelling, rehearsal, and feedback, leading to improvement in social and language skills, reduced problem behavior, independence, and autonomy.This book provides a detailed roadmap from beginning (identifying training needs) to end (large scale application across entire organizations).

Applied Behavior Analysis for Business and Technology Applications

1st Edition
March 1, 2025
Jason C. Vladescu + 1 more
English

The rapid advancement in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) over the last several decades, is likely attributable to the success in application to supporting the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder/autistic individuals. Yet, the power and potential of ABA is not in application to a specific area, but to any area of social significance. Applied Behavior Analysis for Business and Technology Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of the industries that ABA professionals could apply their skill set to. This volume introduces each business and industry, reviews applicable conceptual and basic work, and discusses how this work can be adopted for practical application. Divided into four distant sections: Business and Industries, Sports & Physical Fitness, Large Scale Interventions and Technology, this book outlines skills and knowledge necessary for entering the relevant workforce.

Applied Behavior Analysis for Clinical, Educational, and Training Applications

1st Edition
March 1, 2025
Jason C. Vladescu + 1 more
English

The rapid advancement in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) over the last several decades, is likely attributable to the success in application to supporting the needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder/autistic individuals. Yet, the power and potential of ABA is not in application to a specific area, but to any area of social significance. Applied Behavior Analysis for Clinical, Educational, and Training Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of the applications that ABA professionals could apply their skill set to. This volume introduces the three top areas of application for ABA skills: Clinical, Educational, and Training, including pediatric psychology, juvenile correction services and applied animal behavior. Each chapter will review how behavior analysts can use their conceptual, basic, and translational training and apply it to actual practice. The aim of this book is to not only provide readers with the skills, knowledge, and experience to enter any of these fields, bult ultimately succeed.

Management Practices in Human Services Organizations

1st Edition
February 1, 2025
Rita M. Gardner + 4 more
English
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Management, Operation, and Program Development in Human Services Organizations: EnvisionSMART™: A Melmark Model of Administration and Operation concentrates on leadership within HSOs. The book details how to establish a structure for a board of directors, including committee standing, composition of members, orientation and training, board engagement and board reporting. Guidelines for how to design a senior leadership structure are also discussed, including examples of organizational charts, position descriptions, performance management approaches, and strategic and succession planning. Human Service Organizations (HSO) are groups, both public and private, with one main goal, to enhance human well-being. These organizations provide a variety of services for children and adults, including mental health care and educational programs.The Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) model is an effective approach to designing, implementing and maintaining services within HSOs. Each volume in this series highlights key concepts and applications pertinent to each division of HSOs. It is written in a user-friendly format that allows readers to easily integrate the model into their own practice or organization.

Neurobiology of Addiction

2nd Edition
January 1, 2025
George F. Koob + 3 more
English

Neurobiology of Addiction is conceived as a current survey and synthesis of the most important findings in our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms of addiction over the past 50 years. The book includes a scholarly introduction, thorough descriptions of animal models of addiction, and separate chapters on the neurobiological mechanisms of addiction for psychostimulants, opioids, alcohol, nicotine and cannabinoids. Key information is provided about the history, sources, and pharmacokinetics and psychopathology of addiction of each drug class, as well as the behavioral and neurobiological mechanism of action for each drug class at the molecular, cellular and neurocircuitry level of analysis. A chapter on neuroimaging and drug addiction provides a synthesis of exciting new data from neuroimaging in human addicts a unique perspective unavailable from animal studies. The final chapters explore theories of addiction at the neurobiological and neuroadaptational level both from a historical and integrative perspective. The book incorporates diverse finding with an emphasis on integration and synthesis rather than discrepancies or differences in the literature.

Empowerment Self-Defense

1st Edition
January 1, 2025
Lindsay M. Orchowski + 1 more
English

Empowerment Self-Defense: Theory, Research and Practice explores the theory, research, and practice of empowerment self-defense as a sexual assault prevention approach. This book begins with introductory chapters that introduce key issues and theory, including the theoretical underpinnings of empowerment self-defense, the difference between empowerment self-defense and martial arts, as well as myths and misconceptions about the approach. The second section include a series of chapters that summarize research on empowerment self-defense. The final section of the book will address special topics, including implementation of empowerment self-defense for indigenous population, individuals with disabilities, and transgender women.Nationwide, 81% of women have reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment and/or assault in their lifetime. Sexual assault prevention programs vary in their approaches and one approach empowerment self-defense, strengthens an individual’s ability to prevent and respond to threat, and holds great promise for stopping violence and reducing inequality.