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  Navigating Life with Epilepsy

  David C. Spencer MD

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  Roughly three million people in the United States have already been diagnosed with epilepsy and another 200,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Worldwide, approximately one percent of the global population is diagnosed with epilepsy at some point in their lives. With the diagnosis come questions, concerns, and uncertainties from both the person diagnosed and their family. So, where to go?Navigating Life with Epilepsy provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about epilepsy shared from the two decades of experience of epileptologist David Spencer, MD, FAAN. This book guides the listener through the initial diagnosis, offers explanations on current approaches to diagnostic testing, medications, treatment options, and life management for the patient, their family, and their caregiver. Patient's stories are peppered throughout to illustrate that you are not alone: like you, they must navigate the myriad psychosocial challenges associated with epilepsy, including everyday concerns like driving, work, and relationships.Navigating Life with Epilepsy is a perfect resource for both patients with epilepsy and the family members and friends who care for them.

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  Leadership Development - The...

  Empowered Living

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  Self-insight provides us imminent approaches that we can take to get around each corner in life. Instead of waiting for things to happen, self-insight prepares us for what is coming. Self-insight is guided by our natural instincts, which helps us to see consequences of our actions ahead of time. Thus, one builds other skills while developing self-insight, such as the ability to stay focused. In addition, one improves his or her ability to prepare and make better decisions with self-insight. The skill provides you the ability to work through professional growth, which is the way to improve your job skills. 
  Insightfully, one can decide on what course to take before he or she jumps into any situation. For example, if you see that you need to take courses to improve your skills before applying for a better job, thus self-insight will move you to action. 
  We all must better our skills in order to survive the advanced technology changes taking place each day. The advancement of technology is so strong that it requires many skills for one to make sufficient income to survive these days. For instance, as soon as a new computer hits the market, and when someone buys that computer, taking it out the door, thus that PC is already outdated. A new one is in the making long before that computer goes out the door. 
  Life requires that we continue learning. Learning continuously will help one stay well versed in today’s high-dollar technology sectors. Therefore, it is essential that we all turn inward to see what it necessary for us to advance toward the new age world. 
  This video course has been converted into an audio course that you can listen to any time, designed to help you develop your self-insight so that you can stay ahead of the race and successfully attain any goal you set for yourself.

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  The Best Advice Ever for Teachers

  Charles McGuire, Diana Abitz

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  A collection of the best thoughts, ideas, methods, and wisdom on teaching, from educators past and present.    This book blends the observations of contemporary educators with words of wisdom from teachers of the past in a collection that is sure to engage and inspire anyone in the teaching profession. Featured educators include Plutarch (“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled”), Robert Louis Stevenson (“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life”), and many others.   In addition, award-winning educators from across the U.S. share their insights on a variety of subjects, including responsibility and accountability, self-esteem, comprehension, motivation, and methods of teaching that accommodate various learning styles. This book has something to teach everyone about teaching.

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  The Three Bears

  Charl Fomme

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  Simple text help tell the classic tale of “The Three Bears.” Find out what happens when Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear return home to find Goldilocks sleeping in Little Bear’s bed. A repetitive story line makes this classic tale enjoyable for young children and encourages a lifelong love for reading.

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  Growing Physician Leaders -...

  Mark Hertling DBA

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  Can a general teach America’s doctors to be better leaders?Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organizations across the nation are wondering, “Can we transform healthcare by improving physician leadership? And if so, how?” Healthcare today faces both daunting challenges and exciting new possibilities. Physicians hold the key to improving healthcare, but while they enjoy exceptional training in the science of medicine, the vast majority of doctors have received little training in even the basics of leadership.In Growing Physician Leaders, retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling applies his four decades of military leadership to the world of healthcare, resulting in a profoundly constructive and practical book with the power to reshape and reenergize any healthcare organization in America today. Designed to help physicians master the art of leading people, it takes them, step-by-step, through a proven process that can help anyone become a more effective leader.Growing Physician Leaders gives doctors a potent tool to improve their personal health, their professional health, their organizational health, and ultimately, our nation’s health.General Mark Hertling retired in 2013 after serving almost four decades in the US Army. At the time of his retirement, he commanded US Army Europe and Seventh Army, where he led over forty thousand soldiers, cared for over one hundred thousand family members, and partnered with the armies of fifty countries in the European theater. In 2013, Hertling became a senior vice president at Florida Hospital. In retirement, he was appointed by President Obama to be one of twenty-five members of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Hertling serves as a military analyst for CNN, and he speaks and acts passionately on the subjects of leadership, national security, and health trends.

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  Humans in the Classroom -...

  Haili Hughes

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  This book explores the human side to educators, by revealing their experiences and their personal stories; what has made them into the teachers they are today.
  From the tragic to the exciting, teachers have such amazing stories to tell and their passion and commitment shines out from every page. With contributions from a daughter of the teacher who lost her life at Dunblane to the first black head teacher in Inner London Yvonne Connolly as well as the amazing Rita Pierson from the US who has inspired so many teachers. By reading their stories we can appreciate how extraordinary their lives and their contributions to education are.
  Also with contributions from: Kierna Corr, Kyle Kiser, Marco Cimino, Toni Charlesworth, Ash Lucas, Julie Cassiano, Drew Povey, Bretta Townend-Jowitt, Brett Bigham, Allen Tsui, Michelle Alker, Dan Whittaker, FreakyHoody, Natalie Scott, Adam Henze, Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell, Luke Haisell, Lesley Douglas, Gwen Mayor, Debbie Buchanan, Maureen McDevitt, James Atkin, Katharine Birbalsingh, Hugh Ogilvie, Victoria Hewett, Penny Rabiger, Joe Gibbs, Helena Jockel, Yolana Wassersug, Caroline Riggs, Rachael Maddocks, Christine Owen, Sue Rogers, Kate McAllister, John Clifford, Dan Morrow, Rita Pierson, Sarah Dearden, Caroline Spalding, Vic Goddard and Mathew Milburn.

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