Beagle with separation anxiety… Training?
I recently adopted a 4 year old female Beagle who was supposed to be kennel trained. I have learned, however, that she suffers from severe separation anxiety when she is left alone in her kennel. She tries very hard to get out of her kennel, she chews anything she can reach, she barks and whines very loudly and she has even gotten her head stuck when she almost got the door open. I go to school during the week and have not had that much time to help her with this issue. It is also very cold where I live right now and with her being so small we can’t go on very long walks to drain her energy, and in the house she is very relaxed and calm, sleeping most of the time. She also sleeps fine in the kennel at night so I know she’s not afraid of it. Leaving her out of the kennel is not an option as she will have accidents or chew on things when left alone. On Christmas break I want to retrain her and get her to be calm when I leave the house. Any suggestions?
This is what happens when beagles do not get enough exercise. If you think she is cold get her a sweater and get outside and walk everyday. No excuses
For now you can start putting something fun in the crate, letting her go in but don’t close the door. Then start closing it just for a few minutes and build up the time. But the exercise is the key, she is a beagle
Doberman Separation Anxiety
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I Can Relax! A Relaxation CD for Children $17.95 It’s easy to tell your children “Just relax and stop worrying so much!”, but this is rarely effective in reducing their feelings of stress and anxiety. Relaxation strategies such as progressive muscle relaxation and visual imagery have been shown to be extremely effective treatment components for child anxiety, and also can be great general stress reducers for children. Now your child can learn sp… |
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Meditations2Go Guided Audio Meditations CD Set 1 $14.99 Meditations2Go CD Set 1 features two full-length, fully immersive guided audio meditations (synchronized music & narration) on a single audio CD. Track 1: “Restoring Balance and Clarity” (26:48 minutes). This guided audio meditation helps restore your natural calm and balance, emotionally, mentally, and physically, gathering in your strength, your energy, and your clarity. It’s excellent as a gen… |
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The FAST Technique for Stress Relief $25.00 Album Description: When was the last time you were really relaxed and completely confident? This comprehensive, easy and effective program on two full-length CDs introduces you to a new, time-release method for relaxation and stress relief. Dr. Nathan’s dynamic but soothing voice, accompanied by the gentle sounds of the ocean surf with seagulls and a beautiful acoustic guitar make the prog… |
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Yoga for Inflexible People 3 DVD Set (50 Routines) $9.99 This amazing and effective 3 DVD set delivers over 50 routines and unparalleled expert instruction to help you become more flexible, gain strength and reduce stress. Yoga Journal has declared Yoga for Inflexible People “One of the most intelligent and useful presentations served up in a long time,..for all beginning students whether they are inflexible or flexible – rated as one of the Top Yoga … |
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Meditation for Beginners $6.80 MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS – DVD Movie… |
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Gentle Yoga for Every Body $6.78 Gentle Yoga for Every Body has 12 customized routines that make all the physical and mental benefits of yoga available to everyone. Over the centuries, yoga practitioners have discovered simple and effective practices to reduce stress and achieve optimal health, vitality and serenity. This DVD has specially modified poses and routines so that no matter how flexible or inflexible you are, you can e… |
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Healing Rhythms Biofeedback Training, by Wild Divine Project With Wisdom Quest, for Advanced Training! [VISTA & OSX] $299.00 In this combination package, you get everything you need to create a new you with improved focus, better breathing, lower blood pressure and more capable of relaxation and peace of mind. This package comes with Healing Rhythms complete biofeedback hardware and software program, Wisdom Quest software game and all manuals, disks and instructions necessary. |
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Pet Naturals Calming for Small Dogs (21 count) $3.30 Our PetNaturals Calming Soft Chews are a support supplement recommended for animals exposed to increased environmental stressors. Sugar free, tasty chicken liver flavored soft chews. Helps to calm your pet while reducing behavior problems associated with fear of thunderstorms, car or plane travel, and other stressful situations. Convenient, easy to use resealable package keeps chews fresh. Ideal f… |
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Anxiety $19.99 Josefine Jonsson Anxiety – Photographic Print |
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Anxiety Wrap Mini $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: Mini (16.1″-19″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap X-Large $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: X-Large (34″-36″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap Toy $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: Toy (13″-14″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap Medium $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: Medium (28″-30″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap Small $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: Small (25″-27″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap XX-Small $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: XX-Small (20.1″-22″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap X-Small $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: X-Small (22.1″-24″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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Anxiety Wrap Large $35.8 The Anxiety Wrap uses a technique called “maintained pressure” to aid in calming your animal thereby allowing your dog to redirect their focus. When used with gentle training methods, the Anxiety Wrap can significantly reduce thunder phobia, barking, and other behaviors that would benefit from calming. Size: Large (31″-33″ girth). Girth = length around the rib cage at its largest point. The Anxiety Wrap was created to fill an existing need, it’s a holistic approach and an alternative to traditional behavior modification for dog and cats. The Anxiety Wrap can ease your dog and cat’s anxieties. When used properly it has proven positive to increase balance, self-confidence, focus, preparation for and during training, animal to animal socialization, animal to human socialization, bonding, relaxation, and gait awareness. And there’s more…Anxiety Wrap can help to end dog and cat aggression, shyness, nervousness, releasing stress & tension, end jumping, stop destructive chewing, fear biting, car sickness, unnecessary barking, shyness, fear of loud noises, thunderstorm fear, sensitivity to touch, sensitive to sound, aloofness, emotional upset, hyperactivity, grooming issues and other anxieties. A brief explanation of how it works. The Anxiety Wrap is a wrap that applies slight pressure across a wide area of the body, stimulating the body’s receptors to aid in the transmission of different sensations to different parts of the brain. When the animal receives this new information, it’s awareness and focus can change, resulting in the animal “letting go” of the old sensation and modifying its behavior. A similar technique is used in children and adults with autism, providing a calming effect. |
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The Time of Anxiety $24.99 The Time of Anxiety – Photographic Print |
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On Anxiety $20.3 No Synopsis Available |
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10 Simple Solutions to Worry $15.95 We all worry about things from time to time, but some of us just can”t seem to stop expecting the worst-even when our expectations are very unlikely to occur. This condition, chronic worry, is disruptive all by itself, and it can lead to other, more serious anxiety problems. This little book-the fifth in New Harbinger”s Ten Simple Solution series-offers a handful of easy and effective techniques for getting rid of worry once and for all. Drawing on powerful psychotherapeutic techniques, 10 Simple Solutions to Worry is a succinct resource of cognitive-behavioral techniques for controlling worry and reducing stress. Exercises include self-assessments, motivation builders, relaxation training, and cognitive restructuring. After identifying and changing the negative thoughts that result in worry, you”ll learn to replace worry behaviors with other, more positive and constructive activities. |
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111 Questions And Answers In Packaging Technology $26.95 111 Questions and Answers in Packaging Technology is a practical educational reference and detailed study guide for those aspiring to become packaging professionals through formal and informal training.Sola Somade and Tunji Adegboye together possess over thirty years of experience in handling packaging matters at both Unilever and Cadbury Nigeria Plc and offer not only their hands-on experience as packaging developers, quality managers, and buyers, but also share questions from former papers and lecture notes from the Institute of Packaging. Students from all over the world who want to learn how to write professional packaging examinations will benefit from the information included as they prepare for the various stages of their examinations. Seasoned practitioners will receive tips on how to demystify key areas of packaging that cause anxiety, helpful suggestions on solving basic calculations and developing unique formats with language easily understood by clients and other stakeholders, and effective ways to make sound economic decisions on packaging material choice. Other issues relevant to each of the major packaging materials known to modern civilization are also covered.Packaging is a universal subject that affects social and economic life in many ways. 111 Questions and Answers provides valuable insight into a unique industry. |
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111 Questions And Answers In Packaging Technology $16.95 111 Questions and Answers in Packaging Technology is a practical educational reference and detailed study guide for those aspiring to become packaging professionals through formal and informal training.Sola Somade and Tunji Adegboye together possess over thirty years of experience in handling packaging matters at both Unilever and Cadbury Nigeria Plc and offer not only their hands-on experience as packaging developers, quality managers, and buyers, but also share questions from former papers and lecture notes from the Institute of Packaging. Students from all over the world who want to learn how to write professional packaging examinations will benefit from the information included as they prepare for the various stages of their examinations. Seasoned practitioners will receive tips on how to demystify key areas of packaging that cause anxiety, helpful suggestions on solving basic calculations and developing unique formats with language easily understood by clients and other stakeholders, and effective ways to make sound economic decisions on packaging material choice. Other issues relevant to each of the major packaging materials known to modern civilization are also covered.Packaging is a universal subject that affects social and economic life in many ways. 111 Questions and Answers provides valuable insight into a unique industry. |
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A Dog About Town (Bull Moose Dog Run Series #1) $1.99 Harry is a man still mourning the loss of his beloved girlfriend, Imogen, who left him suddenly without a word. He’s also the owner of a plump, poetry-loving Lab, Randolph. Like most Manhattan dogs, Randolph spends his days sifting through a world of scents, his owner’s neuroses, and an overcrowded doggy run at the American Museum of Natural History. But now a bereft Harry has drifted into a circle of would-be occultists. Which might not be so bad if one of them wasn’t also a murderer.But which one? With 100,000 times the smelling power of a human being, Randolph can quickly detect the scents of guilt, anxiety, and avarice—and he has no lack of suspects, from a seductive con woman to an uncouth professor of the decorative arts. Now, to protect his hapless owner’s life, Randolph might have to do the unthinkable—and start training Harry to catch a killer…. |
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A History Of The Courses Of Study In The State Normal Schools Of Pennsylvania $14.52 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1898Original Publisher: Signal Press Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: 3- By furnishing an opportunity of actual practice in Model Schools connected with the institution. As the principal design of the institute was to improve the teachers in the common schools, a thorough course of instruction was given in all the branches usually taught therein. Instruction was also given in several of the higher branches of an English education. The result of this delicate and important experiment, to which the friends of the common schools looked with great anxiety, was both beneficial and decisive. It was undertaken with considerable hesitation, for a failure at this critical time would have resulted in serious injury to the cause ; its success, however, largely decided public opinion in favor of establishing Normal Schools for the professional training of teachers for the common schools. The services of County Superintendent J. P. Wickersham, as Principal of the Institute, were rendered without any additional compensation. Among the resolutions passed by the students at the close of the term we find the following : “Resolved, That we, the students of this Institute, tender our heartfelt thanks to Prof. J. P. Wickersham, Superintendent of Common Schools of Lancaster County, for the establishment of this Normal School : and for the great zeal and untiring energy with which he has so nobly labored for our improvement in the Art and Science of Teaching during its sessions.” The catalogue and circular of the Lancaster County Normal School issued in 1856, J. P. Wickersham, A. M., Principal, shows that Prof. J. F. |
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A Practical Guide to Creating a Low-anxiety Classroom Atmosphere $29.06 Used – “Affect in Foreign Language and Second Language Learning” offers high school and college/university second language teachers, or teachers-in-training, practical suggestions for creating activities that take into account learner anxieties, frustrations or discomfort in the language learning process. The objective of the book is to offer concrete instructional approaches for language learning that are rooted in second language acquisition research and, at the same time, that promote a low-a |
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Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and Out of the Theatre $22.78 New – Acting Reframes presents theatre and film practitioners with a methodology for using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a tool to aid their practice. Author Robert Barton uses the NLP approach to illustrate a range of innovative methods to help actors and directors, including: * reducing performance anxiety * enabling clearer communication * intensifying character analysis * stimulating imaginative rehearsal choices. The author also shows how NLP can used alongside other basic training |
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Adult Clinical Problems $125 When students of psychology first examine therapeutic approaches to clinical problems they may experience bewilderment at the sheer number of approaches offered. Adult Clinical Problems provides a comprehensive overview of adult clinical problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective and covers all the relevant areas including depression, anxiety, anger and violence, alcohol problems, and schizophrenia. Each chapter is carefully and clearly structured allowing the reader to easily follow the conceptual and empirical advances of the book’s accomplished list of contributors. There is no single text currently available that can claim to cover such a wide range of pressing adult clinical problems within the cognitive-behavioral perspective. This book will be invaluable to all clinical psychologists in training and to those recently qualified, as well as to undergraduates in psychology. |
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Adults and Numeracy: Mathematical Thinking and Emotion $170.57 New – The crisis around the teaching and learning of mathematics and its use in everyday life and work relate to a number of issues. The author’s findings have practical applications in education and training, such as clarifying problems of the transfer of learning, and of countering math anxiety. |
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Adults and Numeracy: Mathematical Thinking and Emotion $37 Used – The crisis around the teaching and learning of mathematics and its use in everyday life and work relate to a number of issues. The author’s findings have practical applications in education and training, such as clarifying problems of the transfer of learning, and of countering math anxiety. |
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Adults and Numeracy: Mathematical Thinking and Emotion $37 New – The crisis around the teaching and learning of mathematics and its use in everyday life and work relate to a number of issues. The author’s findings have practical applications in education and training, such as clarifying problems of the transfer of learning, and of countering math anxiety. |
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Air-To-Air Rockets: Mk 4mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket $9.62 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mk 4/mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket, Air-2 Genie, R4m Rocket, Rs-82 Rocket, Zuni, Air-To-Air Rocket, le Prieur Rocket, Wgr 21 Rocket Launcher. Excerpt: The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1 ) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5kt W25 nuclear warhead . It was deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF) (from 1957) and the Canadian Forces Air Command (from 1965 to 1984) during the Cold War . Production ended in 1962 after over 3000 were produced, with some related training and test derivatives occurring later.Development A Convair F-106 of the California Air National Guard fires an inert version of the GeniePlumbbob John Nuclear Test , the only live test of a Genie rocket on 19 July 1957. Fired from US Air Force F-89J over Yucca Flats , Nevada Test Site at an altitude of 15,000 ft (4.5 km).The interception of Soviet bombers was a major military preoccupation of the late 1940s and 1950s. The revelation in 1947 that the Soviet Union had produced a reverse-engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the Tupolev Tu-4 (NATO reporting name ‘Bull’), which could reach the continental United States in a one-way attack, followed by the Soviets developing their own atomic bomb in 1949, produced considerable anxiety.The World War II -vintage fighter armament of machine guns and cannon were inadequate to stop attacks by massed formations of high-speed bombers. Firing large volleys of unguided rockets into bomber formations was not much better, and true air-to-air missiles were in their infancy. In 1954 Douglas Aircraft began a program to investigate the possibility of a nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon. To ensure simplicity and reliability, the weapon would be unguided, the large blast radius making precise accuracy unnecessary.The resultant weapon |
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Ambulance Girl $13.95 Five years ago Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. But a strange thing happened one day on a plane that was grounded at the Minneapolis airport for six horrible, foodless, airless hours. A young man on a trip with his classmates suddenly became dizzy and pale because he hadn’t eaten in many hours, and there was no food left on the plane. Without thinking about it, Jane gave him the candy bar that she had in her purse. A short time later the color had returned to his cheeks, the boy was laughing again with his friends, and Jane realized that this one small act of kindness–helping another person who was suffering–had provided her with comfort and a sense of well-being. It was shortly thereafter that this fifty-two-year-old writer decided to become an emergency medical technician, eventually coming to be known as Ambulance Girl. Stern tells her story with great humor and poignancy, creating a wonderful portrait of a middle-aged, Woody Allen-ish woman who was deeply and neurotically terrified of sick and dead people, but who went out into the world to save other people’s lives as a way of saving her own. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at the hands of a dour ex-marine who took delight inpresenting a veritable parade of amputations, hideous deformities, and gross disasters. Jane–overweight and badly out of shape–had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight of stairs. After class she did rounds in the emergency ro |
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Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT $0.99 Five years ago Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. But a strange thing happened one day on a plane that was grounded at the Minneapolis airport for six horrible, foodless, airless hours. A young man on a trip with his classmates suddenly became dizzy and pale because he hadn’t eaten in many hours, and there was no food left on the plane. Without thinking about it, Jane gave him the candy bar that she had in her purse. A short time later the color had returned to his cheeks, the boy was laughing again with his friends, and Jane realized that this one small act of kindness—helping another person who was suffering—had provided her with comfort and a sense of well-being.It was shortly thereafter that this fifty-two-year-old writer decided to become an emergency medical technician, eventually coming to be known as Ambulance Girl. Stern tells her story with great humor and poignancy, creating a wonderful portrait of a middle-aged, Woody Allen–ish woman who was “deeply and neurotically terrified of sick and dead people,” but who went out into the world to save other people’s lives as a way of saving her own. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at thehands of a dour ex-marine who took delight in presenting a veritable parade of amputations, hideous deformities, and gross disasters. Jane—overweight and badly out of shape—had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight |
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An exploratory investigation of the psychological component of the medical examination for child sexual abuse. $49.99 Child sexual abuse in the United States is a significant problem receiving increased attention in the past 30 years. During this time, disclosure of child sexual abuse has become more accepted and has thus increased. Part of the child sexual abuse evaluation process is the medical exam, which is an invasive, anxiety-provoking experience for an already traumatized child. Examiner clinical practices vary based upon their experience, training, and resources. The child's psychological impact from the exam has been an area of research, but it is unknown whether examiners adequately address the child's psychological needs during an exam. Twenty-eight medical examiners affiliated with multidisciplinary teams in the northeast U.S. region were interviewed. This exploratory study investigated examiners' clinical practices. In particular, the interventions they implement in relation to training, experience, and knowledge of the literature on the psychological component of the exam. Results revealed variability in the total interventions employed as well as examiner experience and training. Examiners reported using 14 to 24 interventions during the exam. Overall the total number of interventions employed did not relate to examiner training or experiences. The only significant finding was that those examiners who completed a fellowship focused on child abuse were significantly less likely to implement interventions. Post hoc analysis revealed many significant relationships between an examiner's rated skills training of psychologically related interventions, thus suggesting there may be overlap in training of psychologically related interventions. The small sample size and the exploratory nature of the study do not make the results generalizable to all examiners who conduct sexual abuse exams. Although we do not know the effectiveness of psychologically related interventions, more attention must be given to the psychological component of the exam. A |
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An exploratory investigation of the psychological component of the medical examination for child sexual abuse. $49.99 Child sexual abuse in the United States is a significant problem receiving increased attention in the past 30 years. During this time, disclosure of child sexual abuse has become more accepted and has thus increased. Part of the child sexual abuse evaluation process is the medical exam, which is an invasive, anxiety-provoking experience for an already traumatized child. Examiner clinical practices vary based upon their experience, training, and resources. The child's psychological impact from the exam has been an area of research, but it is unknown whether examiners adequately address the child's psychological needs during an exam. Twenty-eight medical examiners affiliated with multidisciplinary teams in the northeast U.S. region were interviewed. This exploratory study investigated examiners' clinical practices. In particular, the interventions they implement in relation to training, experience, and knowledge of the literature on the psychological component of the exam. Results revealed variability in the total interventions employed as well as examiner experience and training. Examiners reported using 14 to 24 interventions during the exam. Overall the total number of interventions employed did not relate to examiner training or experiences. The only significant finding was that those examiners who completed a fellowship focused on child abuse were significantly less likely to implement interventions. Post hoc analysis revealed many significant relationships between an examiner's rated skills training of psychologically related interventions, thus suggesting there may be overlap in training of psychologically related interventions. The small sample size and the exploratory nature of the study do not make the results generalizable to all examiners who conduct sexual abuse exams. Although we do not know the effectiveness of psychologically related interventions, more attention must be given to the psychological component of the exam. A |
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An investigation of the attitudes and barriers of the use of computer technology among track and field officials in Taiwan. $49.99 The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and barriers of the use of computer technology among track and field officials, and to discover the needs of information technology in Taiwan. It was designed based on a mixed method. The quantitative method was conducted to determine the attitudes and barriers by using computer technology among track and field officials and the subjects involved with 135 track and field officials who participated in the Chinese Taipei International Athletic Meet in Tainan City on May 29-30, 2008. A total of 101 responded for an effective response rate of 74.8%. An quantitative instrument included demographics and the Attitudes Toward Computer Technology Scale in Chinese version (ACT). Barriers in the Use of Computer Technology in Chinese version (BUC) was used as the research tool. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, and percentage), t-test, MANOVA, and Bonferroni. The .05 level of significance was used for all statistical analysis. Furthermore, fifteen officials who have experience serving as chief officials and who participated in this championship were selected for a further face-to-face interview with a formal and semi-structured format. The qualitative method was designed to explore the needs of information technology. A significant difference was found between professions and the set of comfort/anxiety. Analysis showed that the age groups of 21-30 and 31-40 had stronger feelings of comfortable in the use of computer technology than the age group of 60 up. Furthermore, the findings indicated that the officials who have a master’s degree had more comfortable feelings about using computer technology than those with a junior college degree. The results determined 7 factors as either barriers or facilitators in the use of computer technology, including administration, training, software, support, time, equipment, and facilitator. Most of 15 track and field officials who |
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Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine $9.99 Used – Holloway’s book is a resource and reference guide for over 1,000 energetic remedies. Inside are remedies for moving anxiety, stress from specialized and obedience training, living predominantly indoors, injuries, infestations, exposure to toxins and many more. |
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Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine $11.85 Holloway’s book is a resource and reference guide for over 1,000 energetic remedies. Inside are remedies for moving anxiety, stress from specialized and obedience training, living predominantly indoors, injuries, infestations, exposure to toxins and many more. |
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Animal Healing and Vibrational Medicine $11 New – Holloway’s book is a resource and reference guide for over 1,000 energetic remedies. Inside are remedies for moving anxiety, stress from specialized and obedience training, living predominantly indoors, injuries, infestations, exposure to toxins and many more. |