Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

What constitutes sexual harassment between staff members in schools? Between students? Between students and staff? This book examines these questions in relation to adult-to-student and student-to-student interactions.

The author includes surveys, checklists, and other assessment tools help you determine your school's preparedness for an emergency. You'll find over 30 examples of different types of plans that cover such occurrences as bomb threats, fires, floods, kidnappings, shooting, suicides, and tornadoes.

Written from extensive experience, this book describes the author's perceptions of the role of the educational superintendent in the United States. Richard C Wallace Jr conveys an image of an educational director who provides vision-based leadership to improve the quality of education for students and the quality of performance of teachers and administrators.

The authors of Confronting Public Health Risks provide case examples and specific tools for analyzing and dealing with serious health hazards. The book includes six case studies from the areas of environmental health, occupational health and the AIDS epidemic. Each case study is followed by a discussion of a key issue involved and the links that exist with other cases covered in the book.

The authors of this innovative volume alert readers to personal and professional biases that can interfere with objective judgement, thereby precluding appropriate evaluation, protection and treatment for children and their families.

Synthesizes knowledge about the nature of environmental influences upon children's development. This title explores such issues as individual differences in response to stress, medical treatment, parenting styles and teaching approaches.

Anorexia nervosa, obesity, failure to thrive and psychosocial dwarfism are among the major growth disorders considered in this volume. It describes the emergence and course of each specific disorder, discusses known or suspected risk factors and highlights unsolved clinical and research issues.

Aims to examine the knowledge and skills a practitioner requires to work in a nursing home, including patient-family concerns, administrative tasks, work with other nursing home staff and community relations. The text is intended for use by students and professionals involved in nursing home work.

A revised edition of this account of the development of an instrument to measure assumptions about people in general. It places the study of assumptions of human nature within the context of the ever-increasing cynicism in society and considers insights gained from other disciplines.

Building Effective Afterschool Programs

Successful schools are built on a strong foundation of Quality. In this book, Bonstingl outlines the blueprints for creating such a foundation and provides practical tools and examples for putting the Quality Philosophy to work at every level.

Foreword by Joy DryfoosTime-tested instruments that evaluate the success of collaborative services, already developed and in use, are presented in a format that your school or district can put into practice immediately.

A comprehensive program that leads directly and swiftly to better practices, better decision making, improved staff morale, and higher student achievement.

Highlights include a comprehensive exploration of more than 60 proven practices, results-oriented programs, policies, and innovative movements/theories.

Offers a practical plan to pair experienced administrators with struggling colleagues to support continuity of leadership and create effective education. Featuring three-phase model of planning, implementing, and assessing, this title focuses on promoting more multicultural schools responding to critical concerns for school administrators.