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Inclusive Education in Low-Income Countries

A resource book for teacher educators, parent trainers and community development

By: Lilian Mariga,Roy McConkey

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Inclusive Education in Low-Income Countries

A resource book for teacher educators, parent trainers and community development

By: Lilian Mariga,Roy McConkey

The history of people with disabilities has been dominated by their isolation and exclusion. The long fight towards inclusion and inclusive education in particular started not many years ago. Most were powerless to control their own destiny. Their participation in society has been the object of others actions. In many countries their disability policies have a substantial element of protection and charity but not the right to equalisation of opportunities. This book highlights the process of change that is underway internationally. The equalisation of opportunities requires new processes through which the various systems of society such as health services and education are delivered. It means the right for people with disabilities to remain in their communities and to receive the schooling and social supports they need within the ordinary structures available in local communities. Strong advocacy is needed for this to happen. In particular parents need to be empowered, communities mobilised and professionals trained in new ways of working: hence this book. Drawing on experiences in Africa, the book describes the issues to be considered when it comes to implementing inclusive strategies: the processes to be followed and the roles of different sectors, such as people with disabilities, parents, policy makers, educationalists, health and community development professionals and crucially, society at large.

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African Books Collective

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0620605324

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9780620605328

Organisation and Memory (PLE: Memory)

A Review and a Project in Subnormality

By: Peter Herriot,Josephine M. Green,Roy McConkey

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Organisation and Memory (PLE: Memory)

A Review and a Project in Subnormality

By: Peter Herriot,Josephine M. Green,Roy McConkey

Originally published in 1973, this volume looks at the organisation of memory data in, what at the time was termed, ‘mental handicap’. The first part surveys recent work in this important area, giving a general account of experiments and findings. The second part reports a particular piece of research on memory in people with learning difficulties, then called ‘subnormal individuals’. Very much of its time, in terms of the terminology, this was an important book for anyone concerned with people with intellectual disabilities and for experimental psychologists involved with the processes of memory.

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131

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Psychology Press

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1317748492

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9781317748496

Shared Lives

Building Relationships and Community with People who Have Intellectual Disabilities

By: Roy McConkey,John Dunne,Nick Blitz

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Shared Lives

Building Relationships and Community with People who Have Intellectual Disabilities

By: Roy McConkey,John Dunne,Nick Blitz

Written by three authors who combine a wealth of expertise as researchers, clinicians and practitioners, this challenging book presents a renewed vision for the support of people with intellectual disabilities.

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193

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BRILL

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908790942X

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9789087909420

Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs

By: David R. Mitchell,Roy Irwin Brown

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Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs

By: David R. Mitchell,Roy Irwin Brown

This is the fourth volume in the Rehabilitation Education Series. It is the first volume tobe co-edited and follows a volume on quality of life. The first few years of a child' s life sets the pattern for many issues associated with quality of life. Although intervention may at later stages enhance quality oflife, it is in these first years thatthe attitudes and systems of society can have long lasting effects. The early years are increasingly seen as the province of the educator and in children with disabilities, special education. They are already recognized as the province of the health professional. Here we attempt to take a different line re-inforcing the idea that child and family are the interacting system we serve. The needs are often multidisciplinary, but we need to recognize context as the critical marker. Thus assessment needs tobe linked to program mes and therefore programmes themselves have tobe evaluated, and environmental issues underlined. In particular the contribu tion from those with sociological interests are noted. Intervention, whether it be psychological or educational, is frequently and ideally placed in the hands of parents or the nearest caregiver. The professional becomes the processor ever mindful of the context in which needs and goals are experienced. These issues are basic to the issues of quality of life. D.R.M. R.I.B.

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356

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Springer

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1489932925

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9781489932921

Head and Neck Cancer

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Louis B. Harrison,Roy B. Sessions,Merrill S. Kies

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Head and Neck Cancer

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: Louis B. Harrison,Roy B. Sessions,Merrill S. Kies

–Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary text addressing all aspects of head and neck cancer and crosses a wide spectrum of specialists, including surgical, radiation and medical oncologists, dentists, pathologists, radiologists, and nurses. –8 new chapters – 9 with new authors –Revisions highlight new techniques and imaging –New imaging emphasizes diagnostics, image guided therapies, follow-up imaging, and novel imaging approaches –Less basic science and more clinical diagnostics and management –25% new illustrations, along with more color images to assist in diagnostics and therapeutics

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2184

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469830906

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9781469830902

The Suffering Gene

Environmental Threats to Our Health

By: Roy Burdon

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The Suffering Gene

Environmental Threats to Our Health

By: Roy Burdon

Cancer kills one man out of every two, and one woman out of three, in the industrialized countries today. And its incidence, despite all efforts to the contrary, is increasing at one per cent a year. The fact is that some 80 per cent of cancers are likely to be due to environmental factors that could be reduced or even eradicated. This book explains how our genes work, and how they are adversely affected by the modern environment in which we live, whether in the North or the South. The factors include toxic industrial and agricultural chemicals, excessive sunlight ( a result of the hole in the ozone layer), nuclear radiation from power plants and the military, other forms of radiation (mobile phones, electricity transmission systems), food contaminants, atmospheric pollutants (tobacco smoke, car exhaust fumes), and the potential impact of genetic engineering. It explains how the body defends itself from external attack, what happens when these defences are overwhelmed, and the need for much more careful development of new technologies, industrial processes, products and foodstuffs.

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268

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Zed Books

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1842772856

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9781842772850

The Edwardians

By: Roy Hattersley

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The Edwardians

By: Roy Hattersley

A convincing account of a watershed epoch, Hattersley's concise yet comprehensive history casts new light on a much-misunderstood era." - Publishers Weekly Edwardian Britain has often been described as a golden sunlit afternoon---personified by its genial and self-indulgent King. In fact, modern Britain was born during the reign of Edward VII, when politics, science, literature, and the arts were turned upside down. In Parliament, the peers were crushed for the first time since Magna Carta. Irish nationalists and suffragettes took politics out on to the streets. Home Rule and Votes for Women were delayed, not precipitated, by the First World War. Great parliamentary stars such as Lloyd George and Winston Churchill typified an era in which personalities dominated the headlines of the new tabloid newspapers. It was the age of Rolls and Royce, Scott and Shackleton, Edward Elgar, Shaw, the Pankhursts, and Mrs. Alice Keppel, whose social life was reported without mention of her relationship with the King. The theater of ideas superseded drawing room dramas. Novelists of genius---from Henry James to D. H. Lawrence---produced a masterpiece each year. A London gallery caused a sensation with an exhibition of "Postimpressionists." Edward Elgar was the first English composer for two hundred years to stand comparison with the continental European masters. In sport, Victorian chivalry was replaced with unashamed professionalism. Man flew for the first time and the motorcar became a common sight on city streets. Physicists examined the structure of the atom and philosophers disputed the traditional definition of virtue. The churches tried, without success, to confront and confound a new skepticism. Explorers sought to prove that men could live, and die, like gods. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Roy Hattersley's The Edwardians is a beguiling account of a turbulent and frequently misunderstood period. It is a full and often humorous portrait of an era that he elevates to its rightful place in British history.

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548

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250096227

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9781250096227

The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope

A Quaker Family’S Lasting Impact on Two Historic Towns

By: Roy Ziegler

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The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope

A Quaker Family’S Lasting Impact on Two Historic Towns

By: Roy Ziegler

The Parrys left England to practice their Quaker religion without ridicule. They found their home in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where they went on to become one of the regions most illustrious families. Follow two generations of the Parry family, spanning a period of one hundred years from the pre-Revolutionary War to the end of the American Civil War. They rely on their knowledge, skills, and steadfast determination to leave a lasting impact on both New Hope and Philadelphia. The family derived much of its strength from Benjamin Parry, a multifaceted entrepreneur, inventor, and community leader who dominated New Hope for more than half a century. His efforts make the town the industrial capital of Bucks County in the early nineteenth century. The story continues with Benjamins son, Oliver, who becomes an intrepid pioneer of Philadelphias Spring Garden District when the city was expanding its boundaries westward in the mid-nineteenth century. Gain a unique perspective of the nations first one hundred years as it struggles to form a more perfect union by examining the hard work of just one family whose shared sense of destiny helped the nation achieve its potential. Be inspired by The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope.

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141

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iUniverse

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1450285805

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9781450285803

New Hope, Pennsylvania

River Town Passages

By: Roy Ziegler

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New Hope, Pennsylvania

River Town Passages

By: Roy Ziegler

Thousands of years after an American Indian tribe settled at the foot of a great spring, William Penn and the Quakers arrived in New Hope, Pennsylvania. It would be the beginning of an epic romance, as the borough has developed into one of the most beloved river towns in the world. During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington marched through the borough on four documented occasions. At the pinnacle of the war, ten thousand Continental Army troops crossed Coryell's Ferry as they went on to win a crucial victory at the Battle of Monmouth. But it's not just New Hope's location on the Delaware River that has made is so important. Artists of the impressionist school produced great landscape paintings there, and classic Broadway and Hollywood stars played in front of the footlights at New Hope's famous Bucks County Playhouse. In more recent years, the borough became the first in Pennsylvania to pass a comprehensive ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Take a fascinating journey focusing on one of the nation's most colorful river towns, and learn all about its diverse population, eclectic shops, and natural beauty. This is New Hope, Pennsylvania.

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110

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iUniverse

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1440106592

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9781440106590

Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design

The Evolution and Impacts of Successful Products

By: Robin Roy

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Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design

The Evolution and Impacts of Successful Products

By: Robin Roy

Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design follows the innovation and evolution of consumer products from vacuum cleaners to mobile phones from their original inventions to the present day. It discusses how environmental concerns and legislation have influenced their design and the profound effects these products have had on society and culture. This book also uses the lessons from the successes and failures of examples of these consumer products to draw out practical guidelines for designers, engineers, marketers and managers on how to become more effective at product development, innovation and designing for environmental sustainability.

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259

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Routledge

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1317516842

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9781317516842

Psychology: Australia and New Zealand with Online Study Tools 12 Months

By: Douglas A. Bernstein,Julie Ann Pooley,Lynne Cohen,Bethanie Gouldthorp,Stephen C. Provost,Jacquelyn Cranney,Louis A. Penner,Alison Clarke-Stewart,Edward J. Roy

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Psychology: Australia and New Zealand with Online Study Tools 12 Months

By: Douglas A. Bernstein,Julie Ann Pooley,Lynne Cohen,Bethanie Gouldthorp,Stephen C. Provost,Jacquelyn Cranney,Louis A. Penner,Alison Clarke-Stewart,Edward J. Roy

Psychology 2ed will support you to develop the skills and knowledge needed for your career in psychology and within the professional discipline of psychology. This book will be an invaluable study resource during your introductory psychology course and it will be a helpful reference throughout your studies and your future career in psychology. Psychology 2ed provides you with local ideas and examples within the context of psychology as an international discipline. Rich cultural and indigenous coverage is integrated throughout the book to help your understanding. To support your learning online study tools with revision quizzes, games and additional content have been developed with this book.

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1016

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Cengage AU

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0170386309

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9780170386302

Psychology

By: Douglas A. Bernstein

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Psychology

By: Douglas A. Bernstein

Examines the ways in which research methods have been applied to understanding behaviour and mental processes. The unique "Linkages" system helps students understand the relationships among the subfields of psychology.

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780

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Houghton Mifflin

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0395770718

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9780395770719

Out of the Shadows

A Report of the Sexual Health and Wellbeing of People with Learning Disabilities in Northern Ireland

By: Audrey Simpson,Attracta Lafferty,Roy McConkey

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Out of the Shadows

A Report of the Sexual Health and Wellbeing of People with Learning Disabilities in Northern Ireland

By: Audrey Simpson,Attracta Lafferty,Roy McConkey

Focuses on the relationships and sexual wellbeing of people with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland. This work presents findings from people with learning disabilities, family carers, front-line staff and professionals, and looks at the provision of relationships and sexuality education in Northern Ireland.

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112

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1905506155

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9781905506156

Let Me Speak

By: Dorothy M. Jeffree,Roy McConkey

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Let Me Speak

By: Dorothy M. Jeffree,Roy McConkey

Leerspelletjes voor kinderen met achterstand in de taalontwikkeling.

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0285648292

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9780285648296

Book's by Roy McConkey

Inclusive Education in Low-Income Countries

Inclusive Education in Low-Income Countries

Organisation and Memory (PLE: Memory)

Organisation and Memory (PLE: Memory)

Shared Lives

Shared Lives

Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs

Early Intervention Studies for Young Children with Special Needs

Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

The Suffering Gene

The Suffering Gene

The Edwardians

The Edwardians

The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope

The Parrys of Philadelphia and New Hope

New Hope, Pennsylvania

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design

Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design

Psychology: Australia and New Zealand with Online Study Tools 12 Months

Psychology: Australia and New Zealand with Online Study Tools 12 Months

Psychology

Psychology

Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

Let Me Speak

Let Me Speak

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