Sentences with phrase «author of the life skills»

Ms. Wollesen is the author of the Life Skills Progression ™ (LSP) instrument and pioneered the reliability and content work for the tool with the support of a fellowship from ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.

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What's worse, such rules take control away from the employee, leading to feelings of powerlessness and disengagement, says Stew Friedman, author of Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life.

Not only does playing a team sport like water polo, soccer, or volleyball help you look like a team player, but Vicky Oliver, the author of «Live Like A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One)» and «301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,» tells Business Insider that being a captain adds leadership ability to your list of skills.

It's an important life skill to learn how to manage money so there are some funds left over after paying off expenses, says Craig Copeland, author of a new Employee Benefits Research Institute (ERBI) report.

Georgia is the author of multiple books, her latest: Modern Pioneering: More than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self - Sufficient Life [Clarkson Potter, released spring 2014] has met to rave reviews.

Ellen Galinsky, author of Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs

Dr. Alex McFarland, author of Stand Strong in Your Faith: Live What You Believe with Confidence and Passion, shares 5 Skills That Will Ensure Success in College — And Later in Life.

«Educational researchers, political scientists and economists are increasingly interested in the traits and skills that parents, teachers and schools should foster in children to enhance chances of success later in life,» said lead author Marion Spengler, PhD, of the University of Tübingen.

First author Javier Guzmán of the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile was national coordinator of the Chilean Skills for Life (Habilidades para la Vida) program from 2008 - 2014 and is now a Glenn Fellow doctoral student at Boston University Graduate School of Education.

He's the author of The Skill of Living.

The following will give teachers an idea of what to expect from this resource: - Descriptive writing of characters and The Island Diary writing Comparing and contrasting characters Argumentative writing Opinion / fact Spelling Speech Research skills: - Leprosy, The Philippines, The Bible and Facts about The Author Drawing activities: - new cover, characters, map Life cycle of a butterfly Themes in the novel Writing a book review Craft: - How to make a symmetrical butterfly

In her exploration of Vietnamese, Mexican, Korean, Jamaican, South Asian, and African immigrant communities, the author hops around the country, using the skills of the investigative reporter and her own remarkable capacity for social engagement, to enter the lives of these groups, and to enable readers to enter into their lives, too.

In «The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies,» a research report by Sandra Mathison and Melissa Freeman presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in 1997, the authors wrote, «Interdisciplinary, integrated, and integrative studies represent an opportunity to have more meaningful relations with students; teach cognitive skills associated with «real life» (e.g., cooperation, problem solving, ability to see connections); motivate students; increase student achievement; promote positive attitudes toward subject matter; create more curricular flexibility; diminish scheduling problems; and integrate new and rapidly changing information with increased time efficiency.»

Founder of the Junior Memory Championship, Jonathan Hancock — also a former World Memory Champion, two - time Guinness World Record holder, author and deputy headteacher — explains how life - long memory skills can be developed in primary school through simple, daily memory games.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Stephen Covey, the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, believes that «communication is the most important life skill.»

The authors discuss why preservice teachers need to use multimedia technologies within the context of students» familiar, technology - rich living spaces to develop their own teaching skills and the technology skills of their students.

This report, authored by Carl Cullinane and Rebecca Montacute, highlights the recognition among teachers, employers and young people on how important life skills are to the success of young people, exploring current provision for life skills development in state schools and the level of demand for improvement.

Jo Lena Johnson, the AG Resilience Coach, is a certified mediator, international trainer, acclaimed author, founder of Absolute Good Training and Life Skills Management, and publisher of Mission Possible Press.

In your quest to get your manuscript written, edited, and just done, make sure that you're not rushing so much that you lose sight of the long - term skills needed to be a successful, full - time author — as in, an author who can make enough money from book sales to quit her day job and write for a living.

«Gender bending is just the first sign that unusual happenings are afoot in this origin story for a revamped Sherlock Holmes series by bestselling author Thomas... There is also a tantalizing, slow - burn love story between Holmes and a longtime friend befitting Thomas» skills as a romance novelist... The ground has been laid well for future incidents in the professional and intimate life of Charlotte Holmes.»

So because of your amazing writing skills I was an instant fan of this series and Indie Authors reading that series seriously changed my whole reading life.

For many authors, whether they are unpublished hopefuls or multi-bestselling veterans, conferences like ThrillerFest — or the recent RWA, Romance Writers of America conference, also held in New York — represent the chance to be at home in their elements without the outside distractions of daily life, as well as the opportunity to hone their crafts in any of the numerous skill building sessions.

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Inspiring Interns Communications Director Andrew Scherer, who began his working life as an intern for Inspiring Interns and is the author of Brilliant Intern, believes that internships are the ideal model for graduates to develop skills and earn meaningful graduate - level work.

Allison is the author of an upcoming book In the Driver's Seat: Work - Life Navigation Skills for Young Adults, to help young adults from late high school through college develop strengths and interests and match them to internships, coursework and, ultimately, the right job.

He is the best selling author of the book «Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual.»

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It is the authors» contention that explicitly addressing the internal issues facilitates the acquisition of life skills that are critical to successful adult living.

In Relationship Skills 101 for Teens, Sheri Van Dijk - author of Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens - offers powerful tools based in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help you regulate your emotions so you can build better relationships with your parents, friends, and peers.

-- Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada, and author of The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bipolar Disorder, Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens, and The Bipolar Workbook for Teens

Guest: Sheri Van Dijk MSW, author of Calming the Emotional Storm: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skill to Manage Your Emotions and Balance Your Life

- Ellen Galinsky, Author, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs «Digital Decisions opens up new ways of thinking about technology and young children by offering sound and concrete advice rooted in the everyday realities of early childhood classrooms.

She is the author of the Safe Child Program, the Take A Stand Program, the REACH, CHALLENGE and RECOVERY life skills programs, and other curricula used in schools, churches, recreation centers, foster care agencies and homes around the world.

Jennifer Miller is author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids and contributes to numerous publications helping families promote kids» social and emotional development and essential life skills.

«Making sexuality education comprehensive is critical to ensure adolescents have the skills and information they need to lead healthy lives,» says Dr. Ana Silvia Monzón, research professor at FLACSO - Guatemala and lead author of the report.

Authors James Heckman and Stefano Mosso find that parental engagement, stimulating interaction and attachment are essential for skill development and critical determinants of later - life success.

Social interaction specialist and international bestselling author Patrick King deems social, conversation, and communication skills the «greasy crowbars» of life, as they give you access — access to others and access to opportunities.