Now in a fully rewritten fourth edition, this is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. It has been updated and streamlined to be even more user-friendly as a practitioner guide and course text. MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI--engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning--and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples ...

The perfect companion for your early years of practice on how to establish a teaching routine that works for you.

This book is an easy-to-read guide to the most common medications for mental health issues. It provides facts on all of the main mental health drugs while also explaining the pharmacology and care considerations.

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards, this book helps students develop the skills they need to make and apply sound clinical decisions. Clinical scenarios illustrate decision-making in different practice settings, while activities give students the chance to build confidence in their personal and clinical judgement.

This book offers a deep dive into the guiding principles of Math Recovery (R) instruction, exploring their connections with learning theory, practical application in the classroom and their wider links to agreed concepts of high-quality mathematics teaching.

A stunning history of indigenous plant knowledge, from origin myths to medical applications

Based around the NMC's Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (2018), this book offers clear, practical advice on how to develop the knowledge and skills required to supervise and assess a range of students in practice. It explores challenging issues, such as learners in difficulty, and considers how to develop resilience and wellbeing from the perspective of both the student and the supervisor and assessor.

A guide for primary and secondary school teachers on interacting and working with parents with a strong focus on developing empathetic professional skills.

From the author of Weasels in the Attic, here is a modern fable about the all-consuming world of work.

The concise, easy-to-understand Neurology for the Speech-Language Pathologist, 7th Edition provides you with a practical guide for the study and understanding of neurology as it relates to human communication and the study of speech-language pathology (SLP). Correlated with clinical syndromes and diseases seen in SLP, it gives you a solid understanding of the nervous system, including development of the nervous system, organization of the brain, protective mechanisms, descending motor and asc...