Lisa Arrastia's Books

Starting Up

Critical Lessons from 10 New Schools

By: Lisa Arrastia,Marvin Hoffman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Starting Up

Critical Lessons from 10 New Schools

By: Lisa Arrastia,Marvin Hoffman

Starting Up is a collection of first-person accounts by some of the best-known founders of new schools in America. Providing the kind of knowledge that only experience can teach, it is an invaluable resource for anyone in the process of or thinking about opening a new school, as well as those interested in the politics of today’s era of new school development. The authors share how they worked to make their educational aspirations a reality while wrestling with social and economic obstacles, such as the distressed state of the communities in which these schools operated and the constant competition for resources. Starting Up tells real stories that capture the rich sense of possibility that currently exists for urban education. Book Features: Behind the scenes accounts from the founders of innovative K–12 schools created to better serve primarily poor communities across the country. Lessons learned from school leaders, including both the rewards and challenges associated with starting a new school. An introduction by Pedro Noguera that situates start ups within current economic and political realities. Lisa Arrastía is the middle school principal at United Nations International School in New York. Her work in the classroom is the focus of the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary Making the Grade. Marvin Hoffman is the founding director of The University of Chicago Charter School, North Kenwood/Oakland campus and the associate director of the University’s Urban Teacher Education Program. “These are educators who recognize that although urban public schools are often deeply flawed and dysfunctional, they don’t have to be, and they are educators who act on the belief that it is possible to create schools that nurture and support the hopes and aspirations of those they serve.” —From the Foreword by Pedro Noguera, New York University “How might we reimagine our schools? This book offers a guide from those who have experienced firsthand the trials and tribulations of trying to create a school from the bottom up. It asks all the right questions, both the practical and the pedagogical. It feels like essential reading as we reconsider how our urban schools should look and function.” —Alex Kotlowitz, bestselling author of There Are No Children Here and The Other Side of the River

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Teachers College Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807771465

ISBN 13

9780807771464

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine E-Book

By: Lisa B. Zaoutis,Vincent W. Chiang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine E-Book

By: Lisa B. Zaoutis,Vincent W. Chiang

Introducing the newest comprehensive reference designed specifically for the growing specialty of hospital-based pediatrics. This comprehensive new reference not only brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to hospital-based pediatric care, but also covers issues related to staffing a unit; financial, legal and ethical topics, and how a hospitalist program communicates and relates to its referring providers and consulting staff. You'll find it a vital addition to the shelf of anyone who cares for pediatric patients in the hospital. Implement today's best evidence and literature based approaches for a full range of clinical challenges. Easily locate information relevant to your particular areas of interest with comprehensively organized, highly formatted coverage. Make clinical decisions efficiently thanks to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms. See dermatologic conditions and physical signs and symptoms. Benefit from the experience of editors from two powerhouse institutions - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Hospital of Boston.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1383

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

032307040X

ISBN 13

9780323070409

Neurologic Complications of Cancer

By: Lisa M. DeAngelis,Jerome B. Posner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Neurologic Complications of Cancer

By: Lisa M. DeAngelis,Jerome B. Posner

Patients with cancer can suffer from a bewildering variety of neurologic signs and symptoms. The neurologic symptoms are often more disabling than the primary cancer. Symptoms including confusion, seizures, pain and paralysis may be a result of either metastases to the nervous system or one of several nonmetastatic complications of cancer. The physician who promptly recognizes neurologic symptoms occurring in a patient with cancer and makes an early diagnosis may prevent the symptoms from becoming permanently disabling or sometimes lethal. This monograph, an update of the first edition published in 1995, is divided into 3 sections. The first classifies the wide variety of disorders that can cause neurologic symptoms the patient with cancer, discusses the pathophysiology of nervous system metastases, the pathophysiology and treatment of brain edema and the approach to supportive care of common neurologic symptoms such as seizures, pain, and side effects of commonly used supportive care agents. The second section is devoted to nervous system metastases, addressing in turn, brain, spinal cord, meningeal and cranial and peripheral nerve metastases, describing clinical symptoms, approach to diagnosis and current treatment. The third section addresses several nonmetastatic complications of cancer and includes sections on vascular disease, infections, metabolic and nutritional disorders, side chemotherapy, radiation and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The final chapter addresses paraneoplastic syndromes.The book is intended for practicing oncologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists as well as internists who treated patients with cancer. Our attempt was to write a book that would assist oncologists in understanding neurologic problems and neurologists in understanding oncologic problems. The book is also intended for physicians training to specialize in any of the above areas. It includes a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with neurologic disease who are with known to have cancer or in whom cancer is suspected.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

652

Publisher

OUP USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195366743

ISBN 13

9780195366747

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

By: Lisa B. Zaoutis,Vincent W. Chiang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

By: Lisa B. Zaoutis,Vincent W. Chiang

The gold-standard text in pediatric hospital medicine – updated and streamlined for today’s practice Hailed by reviewers and clinicians alike, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine has become the specialty’s cornerstone text. Edited by five leading figures in pediatric hospital medicine, this acclaimed resource brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to inpatient pediatric care from experts in their fields. Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition opens with an informative introductory section that defines hospital medicine and addresses general issues of hospitalist practice and administration. This includes important topics such as medical legal issues, communications, electronic health records, palliative care, ethical issues, careers, professional organizations, and more. The book then moves into commonly presenting signs and symptoms. This is followed by the largest section, a breakdown of diseases by system. The text concludes with a procedures section that provides hard-to-find instruction on the procedures most commonly performed on children in a hospital setting. The Disease chapters are templated to include Background, Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Evaluation, Management, Special Considerations, Key Points, References, algorithms, and more. The Procedures chapters include Indications, Contraindications, Anatomy, Equipment, Procedure, Preparation, Technique, Complications, and Special Considerations. If you’re in need of an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative text that spans the emerging field of pediatric hospital medicine, your search ends here.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1152

Publisher

McGraw Hill Professional

Published Date

ISBN 10

0071829296

ISBN 13

9780071829298

Book's by Lisa Arrastia

Starting Up

Starting Up

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine E-Book

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine E-Book

Neurologic Complications of Cancer

Neurologic Complications of Cancer

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email