Different Brains, Different Learners: How to Reach the Hard to Reach

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Formerly a publication of The Brain Store

Turn a borderline student into a confident achiever.

This full-color book is packed with powerful tools, techniques, and strategies to help students improve brain function. The author presents a concise outline for identifying the symptoms and causes of prevalent impairments, such as oppositional disorder, attention deficit, dyslexia, hyperactivity, depression, auditory processing deficits, and more.

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Different Brains, Different Learners.......2005-08-28

A great book for teachers as well as parents. It helps to understand what is or may be happening in the brain. I like the recommendations given on ways we can help alleviate stressful events under given conditions.

Lacking.......2003-01-21

This book lacks the depth it seems to promise. Some of the illustrations are lacking. There is not enough meat to help anyone with special needs learners. I would suggest you look elsewhere. I was greatly disappointed since the majority of work by Jensen is wonderful.

Essential reading for all teachers.......2001-09-10

Eric Jensen knows the needs of busy teachers and has the gift in helping them to utilize up-to-date knowledge in brain studies. Here it is applied to identifying 10 types of different learners: 1. impulsive ones with ADD, 2. resigned with learned helplessness, 3. challenged reader with dyslexia, 4. argumentative with oppositional disorder, 5. frustrated with learning delayed, 6. hyperactive, 7. with auditory-processing deficits, 8. out of control, 9. the demotivated with chronic threat and distress, and 10. depressed and troubled.

You are given a pre-test and a post-test of 10 unique students to see if you can identify the patterns of symptoms rather than isolated behaviors. There are many color-prints of corresponding brain-images and graphic charts that facilitate learning. Brief summaries of treatment methods, supplementary resources on books, websites and organizations are given on each type. All teachers should acquire such general background knowledge so that the unqiue needs and gifts of students can be respected.

The 4 Dimensional Manager: Disc Strategies for Managing Different People in the Best Ways (Inscape Guide)
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DISC Srategies

Who am I?

Good Introduction to DISC

The 4 Dimensional Manager: Disc Strategies for Managing Different People in the Best Ways (Inscape Guide)
Julie Straw , and Alison Brown Cerier
Manufacturer: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Binding: Paperback

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The 16 Personality Types, Descriptions for Self-Discovery

ASIN: 157675135X

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Successful managers work like coaches, assessing each person's strengths and weaknesses and developing the best strategy to get the job done. The 4-Dimensional Manager shows how managers can become more effective by using the DiSC system. "DiSC" stands for four communication styles: Dominance (direct and decisive); Influence (optimistic and outgoing); Supportive (sympathetic and cooperative); and Conscientious (concerned and correct). In the book's first part, readers assess their own style, the style of the people they manage, and the style of their organization. The second part shows how to choose the most effective style (or combination of styles) for any situation, focusing on seven key areas: delegating, decision making, problem solving, motivating, complimenting, giving constructive feedback, and developing skills.

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DISC Srategies.......2007-01-22

Good book, moves along well, goes over the information that you would like to see. Very insightfull

Who am I?.......2005-10-26

Very impressive! A very helpful tool to use at work or home.

Good Introduction to DISC.......2004-10-31

During my MBA schooling time, i got introduced to MBTI, a personality test, and i am very much interested. But it is not "that easy" to teach and implement, people find it difficult to remember. Than a friend introduces the DISC concept to me. Upon browsing the amazon pages, i finally bought this book (and some others). And i found it pretty useful and serve my purpose as a simple behavior analysis tools for business success.

I have since used DISC approach to train people in Salesmanship and Managerial Leadership program. I found it very acceptable by laymen and they can benefit from the insight.

Popular applicable psychology is gaining more and more momentum and become more widely used in business. The root of this type of analysis started from the Greek 2000+ years ago with Sanguine, Choleric, Phhlegmatic and Melancholic.

The original form of this DISC apporoach comes from William Moulton Marston 1926 book Emotions of Normal People.

There are similar materials come in many form: COLOR CODE (HARTMAN), Personality Plus, and several other books.

This is not to replace all the more-in-depth psychology tools that profesional use, but this is a simple approach to see different type of people and how we can be more effective in fast forwarding ourselves. We can also see others and learn how to make them better in their works.

The book contains a simple test and the description of every type and the combination of types. It is very well written and accurate. Although i feel a bit "dry" on the style of writing, i am totally satisfied and find the book of a very high value.

This is not a dense reading, and you can jump forth and back and see your/other people's type of personality and use it to our advantages.

Anyone interested on how to "see" him/herself and the other and how to make best use of psychological approach toward different type of people will be able to benefit from this book.

Karaoke Capitalism: Daring to Be Different in a Copycat World

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Karaoke Capitalism: Daring to Be Different in a Copycat World
Jonas Ridderstrale , and Kjell A. Nordstrom
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0275986896

Book Description

We all know that the rules by which business is conducted have changed. But by how much? The dot.commers who threw out the playbook and tried to reinvent everything crashed and burned. "Back-to-basics" and "execution" are refrains reverberating down corporate hallways. And yet there is still a sense of unease. "Playing it safe" could just be another phrase for "heading toward business oblivion." Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom, the outspoken authors of the international besteller, Funky Business, are at it again, with a provocative analysis of the social and cultural forces that are defining the business landscape--in particular, the fundamental relationships between employers and employees and between companies and customers. Covering a huge terrain--from the impact of high tech to the ever-widening gaps between the haves and the have-nots, and with references from Adam Smith to Janis Joplin--the authors bring into focus the challenges of business leadership in a world increasingly defined by individualism. "Karaoke" capitalism refers to the philosophy of imitiation, engrained into the corporate mindset by such popular concepts as benchmarking and best practice. For Ridderstrale and Nordstrom, the only way to survive is to chuck convention, to embrace your company's individual personality and promote it through everything you do, constantly honing what works and abandoning what doesn't. Ultimately, the authors argue that armed with imagination it is possible to sustain profitable businesses while contributing to the well-being of customers, communities, and the society at large. Visit the authors' Web sites at www.karaokecapitalism.com and www.funkybusiness.com.

A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching With Dimensions of Learning

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A Different Kind of Classroom : Teaching w/ Dimensions of L

A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching With Dimensions of Learning
Robert J. Marzano
Manufacturer: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve
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ASIN: 0871201925

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In this book, Robert J. Marzano describes the Dimensions of Learning program,

a comprehensive K-12 instructional framework that teachers can use to improve the way they

plan instruction, design curriculum, and assess student performance. Based on the best of what

researchers have found out about how children learn, Dimensions of Learning provides teachers

with the tools for building a truly learning-centered approach to schooling.

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A Different Kind of Classroom : Teaching w/ Dimensions of L.......2000-03-24

I really enjoyed the concept that the book was trying to convey, but found the book tedious and difficult to understand. I would definitely need a workshop or class in order to implement the ideas into my classroom.

Top Dog: A Different Kind of Book About Becoming an Excellent Leader

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Insightful!
Outstanding Detail AND Understandable.
Informative, entertaining, educational, different
Top Dog entertains and instructs-without patronizing readers
Top Dog illustrates the need for strong communication skills

Top Dog: A Different Kind of Book About Becoming an Excellent Leader
J. David Pincus , and J. Nicholas De Bonis
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Public Relations Practices: Managerial Case Studies and Problems (6th Edition)
On Deadline: Managing Media Relations
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used

ASIN: 0070501882

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In fascinating first-hand interviews with top CEOs, after almost a decade of research, and through a riveting business-fiction account of Arlen Royster, a CEO faced with a career-threatening crisis, Top Dog chronicles the role of the corporate CEO as leader, facilitator, and communicator.

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Insightful!.......2001-06-02

J. David Pincus and J. Nicholas DeBonis have written a most inventive book. A fictional story about a CEO in crisis is told between chapters of this non-fiction assessment of CEOs and advice regarding how they can meet the needs of our changing corporate times. Based on ten years of research and interviews with CEOs in the Fortune 500, this book is very detailed, but written in an engaging conversational style. With a focus on communication as the key to effective leadership, the book humanizes its strategies so they come to life on each page. We... recommend this book not only for top corporate management and "top dogs," but also for anyone working in the corporate world.

Outstanding Detail AND Understandable........1999-01-20

I found myself looking forward to the switches between fiction and non-fiction equally. Top Dog entices the reader on both levels. I definitely got two books for the price of one. In terms of the non-fiction -- I'm not in management, I'm in managee, and I found this book to be an excellent insight to what upper management has to deal with on a daily basis. The fictional portion was as good as any of the novels that I've read from the New York Times Bestseller lists. It left me wanting more...

Informative, entertaining, educational, different.......1998-11-06

Top Dog: an instructive and entertaining blend of management text, fiction, case experience and leadership commentary. Pincus and DeBonis weave a well researched and reported account (fictional, or at least fictionalized) of a "cooking the books" crisis at a major hotel chain into discussion and presentation of the leadership and communication issues raised in the story. All this is supported by interviews with CEOs and reviews of current research and practice, and illustrated by many anecdotes and other cases. The alternating format is at first unsettling and then highly effective. It offers a much more appealing and enjoyable learning process than conventional management texts.

Top Dog entertains and instructs-without patronizing readers.......1998-09-03

In the daily media, CEOS are often portrayed as ruthless, profit-driven moguls more concerned with their own golden parachutes than with employees and customers. The complexity and challenges of the CEO's role are understood by very few people.

J. David Pincus, the lead author of Top Dog, provides depth and insight into the chief executive's role while also teaching us lessons about internal and external communication.

As a veteran professional in the communication field, I have read dozens of corporate books designed to illuminate, inspire and bring about change in business communication. It is rare to find one that keeps you turning pages all through the night -- Top Dog is such a book.

Pincus combines the gifts of a talented novelist with a researcher's painstaking attention to detail. He presents corporate life in raw form, showing the insecurities, arrogance, pettiness and base motives of his characters along with the deep desire (of at least the main character) to do the right thing. The story in the novel is portrayed so accurately, so humanly, that it will ring true with the college freshman as well as the "top dog" in a major corporation. But Pincus and his co-author J. Nicholas DeBonis also take it a step further. They intersperse chapters of this gripping novel with equally thought-provoking and intelligent chapters of analysis. Yes, this is a book that makes you think, but you will have fun doing it.

If I were a CEO today, I would not only read this book, I'd make it required reading for everyone in my company. Until everyone in a company understands the challenges faced by the "top dog", the communication problems in business will only compound.

Top Dog illustrates the need for strong communication skills.......1998-08-26

David Pincus is well-known for his management research of Fortune 500 companies. He puts his research results to good use with co-author, Debonis in this combination fiction-non-fiction book about a CEO in a crisis.

Like any novel, the fictional story that alternates chapters of Top Dog, develops memorable characters we root for, such as the protagonist CEO Arlen Royster, and those we want to see vanquished. It is a good story on its own merit, set in the crisis atmosphere of a large business. As story complications arise, the factual chapters discuss real world business problems and solutions that relate to the story. These chapters draw on Pincus's interviews with well-known CEOs and interesting, relevant case studies. It is an excellent and effective technique that keeps the reader interested.

Anyone in management will find Top Dog worth reading.

A Different Visit: Activities for Caregivers and their Loved Ones with Memory Impairments
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A Different Visit: Activities for Caregivers and their Loved Ones with Memory Impairments
Adena Joltin , Cameron J. Camp , Beverly H. Noble , and Vincent M. Antenucci
Manufacturer: Menorah Park Center for Senior Living
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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If you have a loved one with memory impairment, this manual is a wonderful resource. A Different Visit gives you ideas that will allow you to recapture the enjoyment of visiting with your loved one. Inside are activities designed to stimulate conversation and interaction and provide support to make each visit more enjoyable than the last. This manual was created to help people have a different visit with relatives who have memory problems, such as those related to dementia. We hope that here you can find many activities that are right for you and your family members regardless of where they are in the course of dementia. We understand that every person with dementia is different. What works for one person may not work for another, and what works one day may not work another day. This manual is written specifically to you - all those who love family members dearly, but need some inspiration for how to better engage and interact with them. The manual is entertaining as well as informative. Additional resource information included on CD enclosed with the manual.

Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics: Volume 2: Specific Techniques for Different Flow Categories

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Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics: Volume 2: Specific Techniques for Different Flow Categories
Clive A. J. Fletcher
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The purpose of this textbook is to provide senior undergraduate and postgraduate engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians with the specific techniques, and the framework to develop skills in using the techniques, that have proven effective in the various brances of computational fluid dynamics.

Visions of Santa Fe: Photographers See the City Different

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Visions of Santa Fe: Photographers See the City Different

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With its historic adobe architecture, spectacular natural setting, and intriguing blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures, Santa Fe is a photographer's dream subject. Drawn by the city’s infinite photo possibilities, acclaimed workshops, and radiant natural light, many photographers come to study — and end up staying. Featuring the work of more than 70 photographers, Visions of Santa Fe captures the city's distinctive charm and beauty in image after lovely image, reminding both tourists and residents alike of what they love about “the city different.”

Learning to Walk Again: How Guillain Barre Taught Me to Walk a Different Path

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The struggle for information, and guidance
A Fascinating Miracle of Recovery
A beneficial book for survivors and caregivers
A healing book!

Learning to Walk Again: How Guillain Barre Taught Me to Walk a Different Path
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ASIN: 0595258239

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Guillain Barre Syndrome is strange combination of symptoms that includes paralysis in varying degrees. It strikes men and women, young and old. Often the primary care physician has difficulty diagnosing a GBS patient. After the symptoms have peaked and recovery has begun, patients expect to regain their old routines. However, many find their lives have changed in some way. A quest for information and a need to be connected with other GBS patients led Ann Brandt to walk a different path, away from community college teaching and toward writing and liaison work with other GBS patients. Patients need to feel connected with others. They are hungry for information about others experiences with the disease. Read how a sense of humor, faith in God, and a stubborn nature can work in recovery.

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The struggle for information, and guidance.......2004-01-23

I became engrossed with the book 'Learning to Walk Again' as soon as I began reading it. I read it in one sitting. I learned about the difficulty of getting a correct diagonosis when dealing with various doctors and hospitals.And how you have to be persistant. It was a nightmare for Ann because of the pain she felt, until a diagonosis was found.Patients must not be seduced in believing that they just need therapy, and that it's all in their head! This book is on the cutting edge when it comes to information about Guillain Barre disease. Ann's first hand experience with the disease will help patients and families struggling with similar issues. It will act like a road map for them. It will help them to push and ask questions of their doctors. The book is well-researched about this little-known disease.
In addition to the excellent information this book shares, it also delves into the important relationship between family members and how supportive and helpful they were to each other. Caregivers carry a heavy burden, and this book discusses the give and take that is necessary between partners and other family members.
I also liked the writing style. Although the topic was difficult, the writing style was easy and conversational and even touched on humor. I visualized many of the scenes, a great indication of a good book, which this certainly was.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a family member or friend suffering with this disease or other challening body problems.

A Fascinating Miracle of Recovery.......2003-08-24

Ann's personal story is an an amazing meld of
knowledge of Guillain Barre and the painful (and
humorous)process of her Recovery. A good read
for anyone seeking hope and progress through a
chronic illness, whether patient or caregiver.

A beneficial book for survivors and caregivers.......2003-03-11

As a fellow GBS survivor, I was eager to read Ms. Brandt's account of her experience. This disease does not discriminate when it strikes, and every person has a different journey. I suppose when you've been struck with such a life-altering experience, from out of nowhere, you seek connection and explanation.

The book touches upon the elementary aspects of GBS, and poses some important questions. Like Ms. Brandt, I spent a good deal of time while in my recovery stage trying to prevent what had happened to me from happening to others. She reaches out to others who are in the acute phase of the disease through patient visitation, to other survivors through meetings and symposiums, and to the medical community through this book.

Why had we been promised that we'd "get it all back"? Why isn't post-rehabilitation fatigue addressed as a separate phase of the syndrome?

This book asks some important questions, and I hope that its publication will serve as a catalyst to get them answered.

A healing book!.......2003-01-30

I am going through recovery from GBS. Reading this book has been a great experience for me; once a received it, I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Ann's experience is very similar to mine and her book helped me in a therapeutic way; I re-lived many emotions, situations, funny moments, etc., and learned a little bit more about this syndrome. I recommend this book for people who are going through recovery as well as for those caregivers around them.

The Bodhran: An Easy to Learn Method for the Complete Beginner Showing the Different Regional Styles and Techniques

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killian18

The Bodhran: An Easy to Learn Method for the Complete Beginner Showing the Different Regional Styles and Techniques
Micheal O Suilleabhain
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An easy-to-understand beginner's method by Michael O'Suilleabhain, illustrating how to play the bodhran. Shows the different regional styles and techniques. The book describes the construction of the bodhran and its uses. Using several diagrams and musical notation, the book explains the different styles of bodhran playing and rhythm patterns.

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killian18.......2007-09-17

I play serveral musical instruments including the celtic harp. I was looking for a basic book to assist me in beginning to play the bodhran. This book, which claims to offer 'several methods' etc., is only 25 pages long and half of that is quaint pictures and useless sheet music. Basically, it appears to be a photocopied handout from someone's workshop which they stapled together and put a pretty cover on. Sadly, this book is a total waste of money.

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