Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

Fully revised and updated edition of this international best-seller. An established introduction to content analysis for students across the social sciences.

Suitable for counsellors and other mental health professional who work with Latinos and their families, this book provides background information about the Latino population and the family unit, which is so central to Latino culture, including the diversity of various Spanish-speaking groups, socio-political issues, and changing family forms.

Using a tried, tested and refined approach and featuring a range of case studies, this book presents readers with an invaluable guide to undertaking effective evaluation studies.

An ideal resource for those who want to conduct market research but have little experience in doing so, The Market Research Toolbox describes how to think of market research in the context of making a business decision.

A current, timely, and theoretically-based textbook on gangs and youth violence in America.

Foreword by Bob AlgozzineAfterword by Robert RuedaThis insightful work offers case studies, observations, and solutions to the challenges presented by cultural diversity-a new approach that can bring excellence to all learners, all teachers, all parents, and all communities.

This reader-friendly book connects constructivist theory with science content standards, practical applications, teaching strategies, and activities.

The Fourth Edition identifies the unique ethical demands of leadership and then equips readers to meet these challenges.

The theoretical underpinnings of the Triad Training Model of counselling. Paul Pedersen draws on research into the importance of internal dialogue and its incorporation into counselling education and training.

Barbara Crosby's book offers flexible and widely applicable tools for the exercise of global leadership for the common good - including group assessment, multiple perspectives on team and organizational dynamics, systems thinking, the democratic process, and the search for cross-cultural ethical principles.

Focusing on the inter-relations between federal legislation, the judicial process and transportation planning, this book interprets and explains the meaning of the transportation planning process in the United States today.

Features in this comprehensive guide and reference include chapters on using national standards, improved forms, and district-level principles, and developments in using pupil achievement data.

This accessible book provides the evidence that proves small classes for young children are a must.

A practical, quick-read resource to help K-12 principals accomplish dramatic improvement in mathematics achievement.

Learning circles-small groups of educators who come together to support each other in learning-can make great improvements in the quality of teaching and learning in your school.

The author of this volume is not only a social scientist and victim advocate - but also the mother of a murder victim. Deborah Spungen illustrates how and why family members become co-victims when a loved one is murdered, and addresses the emotional, physical, and psychological effects of these events.

This book offers a big-picture approach and the orientation and perspective needed to make the transition to Web-based instruction.

This resource tells you what the Masters programs don't-about the personalities and value systems that school leaders need to succeed.

This book offers a practical approach to assessing challenging but necessary performance tasks like creative writing, "real-world" research projects, and cooperative group activities.

Learn to embrace assessment not just as a tool for student evaluation but as a valuable strategy for everyday classroom learning.

Learn practical methods for developing a collaborative environment where teachers and administrators work together to enhance teachers' practices, increase student learning, and produce valuable school processes.

** Consider using the Robert Marzano and RoseAnn Vojtek quote instead of marketing copy.**This ideal book enables educators to help students attain self-efficacy and the ability to achieve new ways of learning. It examines national and state standards and shows how to attain them through mastery learning.

Demonstrates the consequences for women of facing a legal system which frequently does not support them, often attacks them, and sometimes gives away their children to the alleged perpetrators. The authors seeks to show how parents and professionals can avoid such a situation.

Presented as a therapist's guide, Family Recovery details a research-based approach to working with the families of substance abusers.

This book covers a broad range of topics, including providing testimony, responding to subpoenas, dealing with an attorney, influencing the legal system, and understanding the legal side of the business of psychotherapy. This book will help demystify the North American legal system, thereby empowering psychotherapists to work with it and within it.

This book provides a thorough guide for undertaking an evaluation of a health programme that assists students, and health professionals in completing their project.

Informed by three underlying themes - theories matter, context matters, and evidence matters - this ground-breaking book examines a variety of theoretical orientations applied to past and current corrections theory and practice, and points the way to future improvements in policies and practices

Covering a range of concepts and methodological techniques, this second edition provides readers with an original examination of critical ethnography.