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Philip Moeller

Social Security provides the bulk of most retirees' income and Medicare guarantees them affordable health insurance. But few people know what Medicare covers and what it doesn't, what it costs, and when to sign up. Nor do they understand which parts of Medicare are provided by the government and how these work with private insurance plans. Moeller shows you how to maximize your health coverage and save money. Discover how to make the right decisions for your health and wealth now--and for the future.

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Christian Ngô, Joseph B. Natowitz

A Wiley Survival Guide on our Energy Future. Concerned about our energy future? Turn to this guide for easy-to-grasp and up-to-date coverage of the many aspects of the energy value chain:. Oil and natural gas;. Coal;. Fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect;. Energy from water;. Biomass;. Solar energy;. Geothermal energy;. Wind energy;. Nuclear energy;. Electricity;. Energy storage;. Transportation;. Housing;. Smart energy consumption;. Hydrogen. Armed with the knowledge in this book, students, teachers, decision-makers, politicians, and consumers can form educated and informed opinions on the future of energy and its impact on the economy, health, and the environment.

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Lauraine Leigh ... [et al

"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People, and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to the involvement of teachers, the multi-disciplinary team and families, This professional book offers a panoramic view to explain how through dramatherapy children and young people develop their communication skills, sociability and their actual desire to learn. Detailed case studies demonstrate individual successes in youngsters experiencing a range of emotional difficulties and psychological needs. These studies include: conquering a fear of maths; violent behaviour transformed into educational achievement; safe expression of feelings for a sexually abused child; and where children are diagnosed with mental health disorders such as ADHD and ODD, where the benefits of dramatherapy with children and families are carefully described and evaluated, suggesting that this therapeutic discipline can achieve positive outcomes. The practical advice and inspirational results included here promote a future direction of integration and collaboration of school staff, multi-disciplinary teams and families. Education and equality are high on the agenda, and the function of dramatherapy is not just as a treatment, but as an economically viable and valuable preventive therapy. "--

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Lloyd Ren Sloan and B. James Starr

Minorities long have been underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering; in recent years, for example, only about 6 percent of all doctorates conferred in those fields were awarded to minority candidates. The Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training (COR) Program - formerly known as the Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program - was established by the National Institute of Mental Health to encourage minority students to choose science careers and, particularly, careers in the fields of mental health and mental illness. The COR Program provides funds to colleges and universities with high proportions of minority students in order to train future scientists by pairing undergraduates with working scientists, researchers, and educators in the students' areas of interest. The undergraduate-and-mentor pairs then conduct real-world research and document the results in the form of scientific papers. Pathways to Success is a compilation of papers from twenty-two such research studies conducted in NIMH-COR programs located around the United States.