Two clinical social workers offer clinicians, educators, coaches, and other youth counselors the first professional book that focuses on engaging authentically with teens in order to create lasting change. Anyone who works with teens should read this book. If you work with teens, you know they are notoriously challenging to communicate with. And when teens are resistant to help, they may respond by acting defiant, guarded, defensive, rude, or even outright hostile. In turn, you may respond by reasserting your authority—resulting in an endless power struggle. So how can you break the cycle and start connecting? In What Works with Teens, you’ll discover the core skills that research shows underlie all effective work with teens. You'll learn how to engage authentically with teens, create an atmosphere of mutual respect, and use humor to establish a deeper connection. Many books offer evidence-based approaches to treating teens, but very little information on how to establish and maintain a productive working relationship. This is the first trans-therapeutic book to provide real tools for creating a positive relationship with teens to help bolster effective treatment. Whether your background is in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), psychotherapy, or any other treatment background, if you are looking for more effective ways to connect with teens and are ready for a program that really works, this book is a vital addition to your professional library.
Are you thinking of buying a company, but are unsure about its true worth? Are you considering selling your company, but fear you may sell yourself short? Or do you need a solid valuation for any number of good reasons, ranging from insurance problems to divorce problems? This book provides expert strategies for setting the sale or purchase price of a profitable, closely held company in today's volatile marketplace. With seasoned business broker Paul Baron as your guide, you will learn everything you need to know about pricing, including techniques used by 23 of the most successful buyers in America; pros and cons of leveraged buyout pricing strategies; reasons some companies do not sell; traditional or IRS methods of pricing a business - and why you should avoid them; the different types of buyers and sellers; many formulas for pricing businesses as diverse as pizzerias and insurance firms; add-back adjustments and how they work; discounted cash flow techniques and how they work; the seven kinds of prices, and how to determine which are most important to you; and much more, explained clearly and with useful examples.
Bone and Blood" deftly resolves the Fermi paradox. The answer to the question 'where are the aliens?' leads Jim Baron and the reader down paths that disclose the startling consequences of the coming age of quantum technology. We not only find the extraterrestrials but gain insight into the nature of reality and perhaps the ultimate goal of human evolution. All this is entangled in a space adventure that includes nuclearterrorism, miracles, interstellar colonization, destruction ofplanets, secrets of dark matter, life-after-death, politicalintrigue, sex, Artificial Intelligence, anti-gravity and more!
Another family farm is about to be lost in these tough economic times. Isabelle is an elementary school teacher in Northern California and the mother of two young children. Just as the pieces of her life start coming together, her husband leaves her alone to raise the kids by herself. A loving and devoted mother, she is devastated and desperately searches for answers. Her fascination with history and estate sales becomes a dangerous mix. If she can survive what happens next, she may just find some of those answers.
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