Trying Differently Rather Than Harder

"This booklet was written to provide an overview of current information regarding FAS/ARND, introduce neurobehavioral symptoms, and to provide examples of practical techniques for supporting people with this condition."--Page 3.

This third edition of Current Approaches in Drama Therapy offers a revised and updated comprehensive compilation of the primary drama therapy methods and models that are being utilized and taught in the United States and Canada. Two new approaches have been added, Insight Improvisation by Joel Gluck, and the Miss Kendra Program by David Read Johnson, Nisha Sajnani, Christine Mayor, and Cat Davis, as well as an established but not previously recognized approach in the field, Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance, by Susana Pendzik. The book begins with an updated chapter on the development of the profession of drama therapy in North America, followed by a chapter on the current state of the field written by the editors and Jason Butler. Section II includes the 13 drama therapy approaches, and Section III includes the three related disciplines of Psychodrama and Sociodrama, Playback Theatre, and Theatre of the Oppressed that have been particularly influential to drama therapists. This highly informative and indispensable volume is structured for drama therapy training programs. It will continue to be useful as a basic text of drama therapy for both students and seasoned practitioners, including mental health professionals (such as counselors, clinical social workers, psychologists, creative arts therapists, occupational therapists), theater and drama teachers, school counselors, and organizational development consultants.

This eBook addresses the impact of prenatal exposure to alcohol, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). It presents a compilation of current research by leading experts in the field and serves as a guide to future directions in FASD research, interventions and treatment. the book includes a comprehensive compendium of our knowledge of the dangers of prenatal alcohol exposure and covers ways to screen and intervene with pregnant women, diagnosis and treatment to ameliorate the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (through the lifespan), and other related issues, such as building a state infrastructure of health services and legislation. the eBook is intended as a textbook for graduate courses relevant to FASD.

In this children's book, a boy with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is about to embark on his third grade year. The boy describes his anxiety, fears, and discusses his struggles from an honest view point of what it is like to live with FASD in Elementary school. He shows us that the support from family, friends, and teachers certainly makes a positive difference. This book helps children understand their "different" is perfectly okay, and they are not alone.

Describes for the general reader in easy to understand language the cause & treatment of many behavior disorders including alcoholism, drug addiction, compulsive eating & other compulsions & addictions, hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, learning disorders, phobias, anxiety attacks, bad behavior in children & adolescents, short temper, depression, mania, tics, night terrors, bed wetting, inappropriate sexual behaviors, & many others. Emphasizes the physical & genetic roots to these disorders using the hereditary disorder, Tourette syndrome, as a basis. Contains 99 chapters on brain function, brain chemicals, genetics, behavior & treatment. A complete description of the role of dopamine, serotonin & endorphins in human behavior. The genes affecting these behaviors are very common & cause problems in 1 of 5 individuals. 828 pages, 640 illustrations, glossary, index, 2,500 references, 32-page human behavior questionnaire. "A classic"--Judy Wiggins, Book Dealers World. "The best available book for describing how the brain works"--Dr. Atkins of DR. ATKINS SHOW, N.Y. "Very readable"--Dr. Lynn Weiss, KLIF, Houston.

Batchelor coins the term "chromophobia"--A fear of corruption or contamination through color--in a meditation on color in western culture. Batchelor analyzes the history of, and the motivations behind, chromophobia, from its beginnings through examples of nineteenth-century literature, twentieth-century architecture and film to Pop art, minimalism and the art and architecture of the present day. He argues that there is a tradition of resistance to colour in the West, exemplified by many attempts to purge color from art, literature and architecture. Batchelor seeks to analyze the motivations behind chromophobia, considering the work of writers and philosophers who have used color as a significant motif, and offering new interpretations of familiar texts and works of art.