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White fragility [sound recording] : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism / by DiAngelo, Robin J.,author.(CARDINAL)356231; Landon, Amy,narrator.;
Read by Amy Landon.The groundbreaking, timely analysis explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when confronted with racism and how they can engage more constructively.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Racism.; White people.; Race relations.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Prisoners of politics : breaking the cycle of mass incarceration / by Barkow, Rachel E.,author.(CARDINAL)801826;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Misleading monikers -- Senseless sentencing -- Counterproductive confinement -- Obsolete outcomes -- Collateral calamities -- Populist politics -- Institutional intransigence -- Policing prosecutors -- Engaging experts -- Catalyzing courts.America has the highest incarceration rate in the world among major nations not because of expert assessments of how to tackle crime, but because of piecemeal emotional reactions in jurisdictions throughout the United States to high-profile crimes and public fear. The results have been predictably bad: policies that bust government budgets and devastate individual lives and communities but do nothing to promote public safety. To break this cycle and get better policies, we can no longer set criminal justice policies based on the whims of the electorate. We should instead follow the model we have used in so many other areas of life that has improved public health and safety by relying on expert knowledge. Prisoners of Politics offers a new institutional framework for addressing criminal justice policy that is designed to rely on data instead of stories, on expertise instead of emotion.--
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminal justice, Administration of; Imprisonment; Punishment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The disintegrating student : struggling but smart, falling apart...and how to turn it around / by Jannot, Jeannine,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203).Drawing on her over 25 years' experience as a school psychologist, educator and student coach, the author identifies the skill deficits and counterproductive behaviors of disintegrating students and provides a complete toolbox of techniques and strategies to combat them.
Subjects: Failure (Psychology) in adolescence.; School failure; Academic achievement.; Motivation in education.; Time management.; Stress in adolescence.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Communicating effectively / by Arredondo, Lani.;
Subjects: Communication in management.; Business communication.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Make it stick : the science of successful learning / by Brown, Peter C.,author.; Roediger, Henry L.,III,author.(CARDINAL)720202; McDaniel, Mark A.,author.(CARDINAL)756986;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-288) and index.Learning is misunderstood -- To learn, retrieve -- Mix up your practice -- Embrace difficulties -- Avoid illusions of knowing -- Get beyond learning styles -- Increase your abilities -- Make it stick.Drawing on cognitive psychology and other fields, Make It Stick offers techniques for becoming more productive learners, and cautions against study habits and practice routines that turn out to be counterproductive. The book speaks to students, teachers, trainers, athletes, and all those interested in lifelong learning and self-improvement.
Subjects: Learning; Cognition; Study skills.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 7
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Born liberal, raised right : how to rescue America from moral decline-- one family at a time / by Bradley, Reb.(CARDINAL)559453;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172).
Subjects: Child development; Child rearing; Citizenship; Parenting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The case for rage : why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle / by Cherry, Myisha V.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages -183-193) and index.Painting in broad strokes -- Fitting fury, rightful rage -- Rage in work clothes -- Breaking racial rules through rage -- Rage renegades : a special message to "allies" -- Anger management : an alternative view -- The end of rage."Anger has a bad reputation. Many people think that it is counterproductive, distracting, and destructive. It is a negative emotion, many believe, because it can lead so quickly to violence or an overwhelming fury. And coming from people of color, it takes on connotations that are even more sinister, stirring up stereotypes, making white people fear what an angry other might be capable of doing, when angry, and leading them to turn to hatred or violence in turn, to squelch an anger that might upset the racial status quo"--
Subjects: Racial justice.; Anti-racism.; Anger; Anti-racism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Brave girl eating : a family's struggle with anorexia / by Brown, Harriet.(CARDINAL)476612;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268)."Millions of families are affected by eating disorders, which usually strike young women between the ages of fourteen and twenty. But current medical practice ties these families' hands when it comes to helping their children recover. Conventional medical wisdom dictates separating the patient from the family and insists that "it's not about the food," even as a family watches a child waste away before their eyes. Harriet Brown shows how counterproductive--and heartbreaking--this approach is by telling her daughter's story of anorexia. She describes how her family, with the support of an open-minded pediatrician and a therapist, helped her daughter recover using family-based treatment, also known as the Maudsley approach"-- Jacket.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Anorexia nervosa; Anorexia.; Eating disorders.; Mothers and daughters.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Wisdom from the couch : knowing and growing yourself from the inside out / by Kunst, Jennifer L.,author.;
"An insightful and practical guide to understanding the mysteries of the mind and how we can change for the better. How can it be that perfectly intelligent people do such obviously counterproductive things so much of the time? Why do we do the things we know we shouldn't do, and why do we fail to do the things we know we should do? The simple answer to these questions is that the unconscious mind greatly influences all that we do. Written by an experienced psychoanalyst with a knack for describing complex ideas in a lively and easy to comprehend way, Wisdom from the Couch will change the way you think about your internal and external life"--Page 4 of cover.Includes bibliographic references (pages 229-231).What you see is not what you get -- On the unconscious life of the mind -- If you're not moving forward, you're moving backward -- On growing -- Hard work grows the mind -- On work -- There is no such thing as magic ... Or perfection ... Or forever -- On acceptance -- Slow and steady wins the race -- On humility -- Life is not an entitlement; it is a gift -- On gratitude -- Because thinking makes it so -- On thinking -- Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em -- On feelings -- Everyone is welcome at the table -- On balance -- You don't have to throw out the baby with the manger -- On a mind of one's own -- It's always broken, so we always have to fix it -- On love, guilt, and reparation -- Love is the name of the game -- On finding a guiding star.
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Change (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Teen smoking / by Espejo, Roman,1977-(CARDINAL)665611;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Teen smoking is declining : monitoring the future -- Teen smoking is epidemic / US Department of Health and Human Services -- Smokeless tobacco use is increasing among teens / Dustin Wyatt -- Cigar use is increasing among teens / Lena H. Sun -- Quitting smoking is as difficult for teens as for adults / David Orenstein -- Tobacco marketing influences teen smoking / Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy -- Antismoking campaigns are/can be effective with teens / Michele R. Berman -- Antismoking campaigns from tobacco companies are purposely ineffective / Ann Boonn -- Raising the legal sale age for tobacco to 21 can reduce teen smoking / Tobacco Control Legal Consortium -- The impact of raising the legal sale age for tobacco is unclear / Nicholas Bakalar -- Electronic cigarettes encourage teen smoking / Andrew Schneider -- Electronic cigarettes do not encourage teens smoking / Marieta Budau -- Making cigarettes less appealing to youths can reduce teen smoking / Tina Rosenberg -- Parents can influence teens not to smoke / Addi Jaffe -- Penalizing minors for smoking and possessing cigarettes may be counterproductive -- / jessica guilfoyle.
Subjects: Teenagers; Smoking.; Tobacco use;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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