by Peter Lehmann, Catherine Simmons (2009)
This book discusses emerging theories and presents cutting-edge batterer intervention techniques that use positive psychology, such as solution focused therapy, strengths focused cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and motivational interviewing.
David J. Decker
"Stopping the Violence enables practitioners to help their clients end abusive and violent behavior toward women. The treatment process described in this book focuses not only on ending physical violence, but also on addressing and intervening in what causes it."--BOOK JACKET.
Michelle Cameron
Book Description: Presenting a variety of treatment choices supported by the latest clinical research, Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: From Research to Practice, 4th Edition is your guide to the safe, most effective use of physical agents in your rehabilitation practice. Coverage in this new edition includes the most up-to-date information on thermal agents, ultrasound, electrical currents, hydrotherapy, traction, compression, lasers, and electromagnetic radiation. Straightforward explanations make it easy to integrate physical agents into your patients' overall rehabilitation plans. Comprehensive coverage of all physical agents includes the benefits, correct applications, and issues related to thermal agents, hydrotherapy, traction, compression, ultrasound, electrical currents, and electromagnetic radiation. Clinical case studies help sharpen your decision-making skills regarding important treatment choices and effective applications. Up-to-date, evidence-based practices ensure you are using the best approach supported by research. Contraindications and Precautions boxes explain the safe use and application of physical agents with up-to-date warnings for optimum care paths. Clinical Pearl boxes emphasize the tips and tricks of patient practice. Application techniques in step-by-step, illustrated resource boxes help you provide safe and effective treatments. NEW! Video clips on companion Evolve site demonstrate techniques and procedures described in the text. NEW! Content specific to OTs has been added to the core text including upper extremity cases for all physical agent chapters. NEW! Organization of the text by agent type increases the book's ease of use. NEW! Expanded sections on thermal agents and electrical currents will give students a better understanding of how to use these types of agents in practice.
Tracy May
Includes an explanation and understanding of the four types of child abuse: physical, mental, neglect, and sexual. The author has used all fictional names and omitted the case numbers from quoted court records. It is a memoir, based on her life experiences.
D. Todd Wylie
"...Within these pages, Dr. D. Todd Wylie, OD, FCOVD - an optometrist and leading expert in vision therapy - explores and explains the many causes of poor vision, as well as the pioneering therapy and revolutionary corrective lenses that solve even the most bizarre cases and symptoms. In 'If Your Eyes Could Talk', you will find the answers to baffling mysteries such as why a person with 20/20 eyesight could still be failing in school due to a vision problem; how anxiety or panic attacks could be caused by a vision problem; and how looking at a particular color of light for eight minutes a day can literally change a person's life. To find these answers and many, many more, all you need to do is open this book and listen to the secrets that your eyes have to tell. Before you know it, you'll be viewing the world of vision health through a whole new lens." -- back cover.