Margrit Coates new book is essential reading for anyone who loves animals. One of the worlds leading animal communicators & healers Margrit has many years experience working closely with species of all kinds
- from horses dogs & cats to wild life rare breeds & rescue animals. In Communicating with Animals" she draws upon her very special gift & amazing experiences to help us connect with animals too. Using intuition insight & common sense she shows how to tune into what they are really thinking & feeling helping us bond with them at an incredibly deep level. Her powerful techniques range from communicating with the furry feathered & scaly friends who share our homes to larger animals such as horses & even Anne the Elephant as well as other non-domestic creatures. Ultimately Margrits wish is for each one of us to be able to tune into all life around us. Besides practical exercises & handy tips " Communicating with Animals" is brimming with heart-warming stories
- making it a great read & a truly inspirational guide."

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When a parent is nearing the end of life children can feel like their world has been turned upside down & they are often scared & confused about what is happening. Sensitive & clear communication with children is vital to help them understand & cope with their parents illness. This accessible book demonstrates how to support children through effective & sensitive communication covering types of communication language information sharing & overcoming common barriers. Developing confidence & skills such as talking listening giving children a voice & breaking bad news is also covered. The author outlines the concept of a communication continuum which can be used to assess how much a child knows or understands about their parents illness & how much they would like to know. The book contains a wealth of practical strategies & ideas as well as case vignettes practice tips & reflective exercises. This is an essential resource for anyone working with or supporting a child whose parent is at the end of life including palliative care workers nurses social workers teachers & counsellors. ...

Communication is a key theme of the QTLS Standards. This accessible book helps readers to understand the theories & principles that underpin effective communication & apply this theory to improve their communication with learners colleagues & others in professional life. It examines the environment of educational settings & looks at how individuals themselves communicate with the sector. It gives detailed advice on communication skills & promoting a supporting learning environment. It goes on to include notes on communicating for specific teaching situations inclusion & working with colleagues. Finally it covers resources for communication & their adaptation for different situations. ...

Communication & relationships have become an increasing focus of attention in debates about the future of health & social care. People working in care services are being encouraged to improve communication processes to develop more participatory relationships with services users & to work more closely in partnership with other professionals. This Reader provides a comprehensive collection of literature that aims to enable those involved in care services as workers carers or service users to reflect on their everyday interactions & to situate them in wider contexts. Including new material from the frontline of research & practice as well as some classic readings this wide-ranging volume emphasises the need to see interpersonal communication as embedded in relationships & to take account of issues of power & diversity as well are the book is concerned with caring professional & inter-professional communication & relationships. The Reader is divided into four sections focusing on: concepts & contexts; analysing aspects of communication; the person in the process; communication & relationships in organisations. Communication Relationships & Care will be an essential resource for students of social work nursing health & social policy & for all involved in health & social care services whether as professionals carers or service users. It is a set book for the Open Universitys second level undergraduate course Communication & Relationships in Health & Social Care (K205) ...

Good communication skills are at the heart of effective social work practice. This third edition enables students to develop a flexible & responsive approach to communicating with the most vulnerable people in society. Building on the success of the previous book Koprowska looks in detail at all approaches to communication paying particular attention to young people adults & families. The emphasis of this book is not on any particular right way to communicate but more the ability of the student to be pro-active & aware in different situations. ...

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto" is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in " Penguin Classics". Marx & Engels' revolutionary summons to the working classes " The Communist Manifesto" is one of the most important political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration they produced an incisive account of their idea of Communism in which they envisage a society without classes private property or a state arguing that the exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which Capitalism is overthrown. This vision provided the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia China Cuba & Eastern Europe affecting the lives of millions. " The Communist Manifesto" still remains a landmark text: a work that continues to influence & provoke debate on capitalism & class. Gareth Stedman Jones' extensive & scholarly introduction provides an unique assessment of the place of " The Communist Manifesto" in history & its continuing relevance as a depiction of global capitalism. This edition reproduces Samuel Moore's translation of 1888 & contains a guide to further reading notes & an index. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was born in Trier Germany & studied law at Bonn & Berlin. He settled in London where he studied economics & wrote the first volume of his major work " Das Kapital" (1867 with two further volumes in 1884 & 1894). He is buried in Highgate Cemetery London. Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) as well as his collaboration with Marx was the author of " The Condition of the Working Class in England" (1845) based on personal observations & research. If you enjoyed " The Communist Manifesto" you might like Marx's Capital also available in " Penguin Classics". " The words of the " Communist Manifesto" flare like the fiery writing on the wall above the crumbling bastions of capitalist society: socialism or barbarism!". (Rosa Luxemburg)." ...

The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential pieces of political propaganda ever written. It is a summary of the whole Marxist vision of history & is the foundation document of the Marxist movement. Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels were aged 29 & 27 respectively when The Communist Manifesto was published on the eve of the 1848 revolutions. The authors had been close collaborators since 1844 & the Manifesto is a condensed & incisive account of the world-view they had evolved during their hectic intellectual & political involvement of the previous few years. This new edition is critically & textually up to date &

Includes:: the Prefaces written by Marx & Engels subsequent to the 1848 edition. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.

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At some point in their lives virtually everyone has community care needs whether it is as an individual or as a carer. At its heart community care concerns the provision of assistance to allow vulnerable people with special needs to live independently either in their own or in residential care homes. Consequently community care law impacts on healthcare education social services housing support for asylum-seekers & fundamentally human rights. This is a notoriously complicated field with overlapping legislation guidance & an ever-expanding body of case-law: for every general rule there is at least one exception. The authors of Community Care & the Law skilfully present this complex area of law with clarity but without over-simplification. They provide a detailed route map through the law & offer practical guidance on how it impacts on procedure & services. The text is usefully illustrated with flow-charts tables & extracts from legislation. ...

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios & conditions likely to be encountered by trainees paediatricians therapists nurses & allied professionals in their day-to-day practice Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community. The handbook is organized according to the different sub-specialities of community paediatrics such as child development neurodevelopmental disorders & child protection & incorporates the latest recommendations from current practice consensus statements & good practice guidelines. Written by a vast range of contributors from various disciplines who are local regional national or international experts in their field it also contains sections on support organizations sources of further information/reading & useful appendices such as developmental milestones growth & BMI centile charts. If you are a health professional working or aspiring to work in the community then this practical easy-to-carry quick-reference handbook is a must-have title enabling the reader to deliver the highest quality holistic child-centred care. ...

Community Performance: A Reader" is the first book to provide comprehensive teaching materials for this significant part of the theatre studies curriculum. It brings together core writings & critical approaches to community performance work presenting practices in the UK US Australia & beyond. Offering a comprehensive anthology of key writings in the vibrant field of community performance spanning dance theatre & visual practices the " Reader" uniquely combines classic writings from major theorists & practitioners such as Augusto Boal Paolo Freire Dwight Conquergood & Jan Cohen Cruz with newly commissioned essays that bring the anthology right up to date with current practice. This book can be used as a st&-alone text or together with its companion volume " Community Performance: An Introduction " to offer an accessible & classroom-friendly introduction to the field of community performance." ...