Xina M. Uhl

Self-harm is a heavy subject, but one that many young people deal with today. Statistics show that this behavior is increasing. This sensitive, informative guide addresses what self-harm is, who is particularly vulnerable, and how it is treated. The role of friends and family is explored as well as doctors and medical and mental health professionals. Information on other coexisting conditions, such as substance abuse and childhood abuse and neglect, help readers get a true picture of why people cut themselves. Advice for how to cope with strong emotions and stories adapted from survivors explore the range of issues involved.

Grim statistics reveal the increase in suicide for all age groups, including teens. Trusted information on the role of depression, other mental health diagnoses, and substance abuse tell the stories behind some suicides. Divorce, child abuse, and other family problems are other risk factors. Dealing with suicidal thoughts, helping suicidal friends and family, and recovering from the suicide of a loved one are covered. This easy-to-understand guide helps young people know when to reach out for help and gives them strategies to cope on their own.

Self-harm is a heavy subject, but one that many young people deal with today. Statistics show that this behavior is increasing. This sensitive, informative guide addresses what self-harm is, who is particularly vulnerable, and how it is treated. The role of friends and family is explored as well as doctors and medical and mental health professionals. Information on other coexisting conditions, such as substance abuse and childhood abuse and neglect, help readers get a true picture of why people cut themselves. Advice for how to cope with strong emotions and stories adapted from survivors explore the range of issues involved.

Approaching others is not always easy, especially for those without a background familiar with differences--differences of race, culture, ability, and more. To operate successfully and in the spirit of social justice, readers need to relate to all people in a spirit of open-mindedness. This can be difficult when we have biases toward others. This guide is modeled on culturally responsive, social, and emotional concepts that encourage interactions between students at school, at home, and in other spaces. By exploring subjects such as the difficult history of racism, readers will learn more about the challenges we all face today.

Our world is filled with people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and qualities--and every person deserves the same basics of treatment and respect. The guides in this set aim a critical lens at society and encourage readers to listen to marginalized voices and recognize contemporary inequalities. Topics include empathizing with others, working together, embracing identity, and tolerance and acceptance for others. Readers will come to learn that our differences can be positioned as strengths. These books embrace the concept of empowering, rigorous, and innovative learning.

A diverse society means that getting along with people from different backgrounds is necessary for success in school and home life. By focusing on personality types, personal biases, leadership roles, active listening skills, conflict resolution, and more, this guide exposes readers to ideas of inclusion and cooperation. With down-to-earth language and relatable examples, the text explores social and emotional learning concepts and culturally responsive social justice themes. Twenty-first century readers will benefit from the concepts and ideas this volume provides.

Approaching others is not always easy, especially for those without a background familiar with differences--differences of race, culture, ability, and more. To operate successfully and in the spirit of social justice, readers need to relate to all people in a spirit of open-mindedness. This can be difficult when we have biases toward others. This guide is modeled on culturally responsive, social, and emotional concepts that encourage interactions between students at school, at home, and in other spaces. By exploring subjects such as the difficult history of racism, readers will learn more about the challenges we all face today.

Life in the 21st century requires that readers interact with a variety of people, including those who may be quite different from them. Whether their classmates come from different cultures or simply have different personality types, getting along with them is a necessity for successful friendships, school relationships, and future work prospects. Covering subjects that include taking leadership roles and resolving conflicts, this volume introduces ideas and concepts designed to set the reader up for a positive social life.

Life in the 21st century requires that readers interact with a variety of people, including those who may be quite different from them. Whether their classmates come from different cultures or simply have different personality types, getting along with them is a necessity for successful friendships, school relationships, and future work prospects. Covering subjects that include taking leadership roles and resolving conflicts, this volume introduces ideas and concepts designed to set the reader up for a positive social life.

As they go through life, all people may need to interact with those from backgrounds that they may be unfamiliar with. Because unfamiliarity can lead to intolerance and conflict, it's important to learn about the experiences and challenges faced by those of other races, cultural groups, sexual identities, ages, classes, and physical abilities. Modeled on social justice principles, this guide emphasizes social and emotional concepts that help readers approach life with a spirit of acceptance and understanding. Open up this volume to learn more about some of the issues and questions we all face in today's society.

The president of the United States holds the most important office in the country. The person who is elected to fill this position represents the nation's highest commitment to the rule of law. The process by which this job is filled can be difficult for struggling readers to grasp, leaving them uninformed. With a focus on simple language and helpful graphics, this book makes the ins and outs of a presidential election easy to understand. Readers will be directed to the Constitution for ultimate guidance, but this primary source is explained with clear examples of its use, from the founding of the nation to modern times.

The president of the United States holds the most important office in the country. The person who is elected to fill this position represents the nation's highest commitment to the rule of law. The process by which this job is filled can be difficult for struggling readers to grasp, leaving them uninformed. With a focus on simple language and helpful graphics, this book makes the ins and outs of a presidential election easy to understand. Readers will be directed to the Constitution for ultimate guidance, but this primary source is explained with clear examples of its use, from the founding of the nation to modern times.

Homelessness pervades America's cities and rural areas. Multiple factors force people into a life on the street, including job loss, mental illness, and drug addiction. Homelessness can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender, marital status, and race. While it's important for societies to provide shelter, food, and support for homeless people, it's even more necessary to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. Young readers will benefit from this guide's concise language, vivid photographs, and helpful graphics. All readers will enhance their understanding of the factors that affect homelessness in America.

Oceanographer and Conservationist

Majestic pyramids, frightful mummies, intricate hieroglyphics, and vivid tomb paintings carry the echoes of ancient Egypt through thousands of years into the present. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematical or STEM achievements lay at the heart of the Egyptians' grandeur. Their brilliant use of basic tools and machines in massive construction projects, the preservation of human remains, and agricultural inventions that remain useful in modern times are just some of the subjects investigated in this volume. Rich in historical context, readers are given a solid understanding of how STEM shaped one of the world's most fascinating empires.

Prior to the development of a simple test called the Apgar score, many newborn babies missed receiving the urgent care they needed at birth. Dr. Virginia Apgar came up with the Apgar score to help these newborns by rating them in a number of different health areas. The savior of countless young lives, Virginia Apgar is hailed as a legend, a trailblazer, and an inventor. Readers delve into the riveting story of a medical legend who inspired women doctors to succeed at a time when society did not value the contributions of women in the work force.

From the founding of its republic in 509 B. C. E. to the demise of its empire in 476 C. E., Rome dominated the countries of the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, and Europe as far north as Britain. Roman scientists, engineers, mathematicians, architects, and others left a rich legacy of roads, aqueducts, bridges, mills, treatises, and more over its thousand-year history and for the centuries to come. This intriguing volume explains the dramatic story of Rome's conquests and triumphs, and how they went hand in hand with advancements in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM.

Majestic pyramids, frightful mummies, intricate hieroglyphics, and vivid tomb paintings carry the echoes of ancient Egypt through thousands of years into the present. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematical or STEM achievements lay at the heart of the Egyptians' grandeur. Their brilliant use of basic tools and machines in massive construction projects, the preservation of human remains, and agricultural inventions that remain useful in modern times are just some of the subjects investigated in this volume. Rich in historical context, readers are given a solid understanding of how STEM shaped one of the world's most fascinating empires.

Nicknames like the Mother of Modern Naval Computing and Grandma COBOL described the impact mathematical genius Grace Hopper had on the computer's development. In 1942, the first electronic computer filled an entire room. One simple calculation took hours to finish. As the first woman to program the United States' first computer, Hopper earned herself another nickname, Amazing Grace. With fascinating details and period photographs, this fascinating biography covers the life and many achievements of a woman scientist without whom the development of modern computers would be impossible.