This indispensable practitioner's guide helps to build the capacity of school psychologists, administrators, and teachers to use data in collaborative decision making. It presents an applied, step-by-step approach for creating and running effective data teams within a problem-solving framework. The authors describe innovative ways to improve academic and behavioral outcomes at the individual, class, grade, school, and district levels. Applications of readily available technology tools are highlighted. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes learning activities and helpful reproducible forms. The companion website provides downloadable copies of the reproducible forms as well as Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slides, and an online-only chapter on characteristics of effective teams. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Designed for undergraduate juvenile delinquency courses, this book actively involves students in the literature of the discipline, presents the field in a format that is accessible, understandable, and enjoyable, and is edited by well-known scholars who are experienced researchers and teachers. * The readings in this anthology have been very carefully edited and pruned by the Editors so that undergraduate students can easily read them without getting bogged down or confused and lost in the technical, methodological details. * At no additional cost, we have included 5 substantial data analysis exercises spread throughout the book. These exercises not only teach students the basic of SPSS, the "standard" data analysis software in social science, but also show them how they can test the delinquency theories and propositions covered in the reader, using current delinquency data packaged with the book. This absolutely unique feature is structured into fill-in-the-blank exercise sets that are easy to grade for large numbers of students by a single instructor. * Over 150 very good questions have been put together for the readings so that instructors can easily test, even in large courses, whether or not their students are keeping up with the reading. * A separate instructor's manual (with more tests) is also available.
The authors call on the need to combine education with capitalism. Drawing on insights and findings from history, psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, they show how, if our schools were moved from the public sector to the private sector, they could once again do a superior job providing K&–12 education.
Your path to sustainable school improvement starts here! School reform scholars Joseph Murphy and Daniela Torre shed light on the components that promote learning-centered leadership at the secondary level. Strengthen your school culture and discover clearly defined processes for engagement among students, teachers, parents and community members. Learn to: • Understand variables that shape leadership practices and student learning • Cultivate school, community, and parent partnerships • Include both rigor and acceleration within a caring culture, particularly for at-risk schools • Create communities of professionalism for teachers Use this comprehensive resource to explore how comprehensive school improvement really works!
Since the mid-1990s, the Chinese authorities have gradually come to embrace multilateralism to realize their basic foreign policy objectives in maintaining a peaceful international environment and enhancing China's international status and influence. This embrace is largely based on pragmatic considerations. There is no denial, however, that elements of liberalism and constructivism gradually enter into the considerations of Chinese leaders. They accept, for example, that non-traditional security issues can only be tackled through genuine multilateralism. This volume carefully examines China's increased participation in multilateral organizations and mechanisms and its efforts to initiate and develop its own discourses on global affairs straddling Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Latin American continents. China's presence in international multilateral organizations has been providing developing countries a better chance to maintain a balance of power. Since China has no ambitious plan to transform the existing international order, its increasing enthusiastic engagement of multilateralism is likely to be accepted by the international community.
Provides an overview of contemporary police work and gives information to assist readers in understanding the complex relationship between police and society, in making informed decisions about social issues facing the police institution, and in guiding officials in their approaches to law enforcement operations and policies. Contains sections on areas such as the police in American society, historical perspectives, organization and management, police culture and behavior, the police in the modern community, and policing the drug problem. Includes bandw photos, margin notes on web sites, special topics boxes, and chapter summaries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Harris' Developmental Neuropsychiatry provides updated information to the first edition which defined the field of developmental neuropsychiatry, and is the most recent comprehensive textbook in the field.
Comprehensive best-selling text provides an in-depth analysis of theories of delinquency, environmental influences, juvenile justice issues, and the juvenile justice system. Objective, up-to-date presentation of theory and juvenile justice issues examines opposing sides of controversial aspects of delinquency and delinquency programs. Focus on Delinquency boxes highlight important legal cases, policy issues, and research studies. Case in Point sections provide classroom discussion and demonstrate how complex legal, practical, and theoretical issues are applied in real life.
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