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10 Surefire Ways To Make Enemies At A Nursing Home

Marie Marley | Posted 05.10.2013 | Fifty
Marie Marley

The nurses, aides, activity directors and other long-term care facility employees spend a tremendous amount of time with your loved one. They are the ones who help shower, dress and feed residents who need assistance with these tasks. The following list of things you should never do will help you avoid pitfalls that can occur when interacting with long-term care employees.

Sensory Ways to Help You Sell and Serve in Your Business

Kare Anderson | Posted 04.30.2013 | Business
Kare Anderson

Some ways to simulate the senses of your customers or colleagues in order to get the outcome you want.

Zealotry or Insanity?

Mark Rubinstein | Posted 04.29.2013 | Crime
Mark Rubinstein

There are now reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned to his homeland because of disenchantment with life in America. There is speculation that while there, he may have become "radicalized."

Labeled And Lost: A Teacher's Reflection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 04.24.2013 | College
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By Wesley Pepper I once spent a week in a special ed classroom as a student. I loved it because I was finally in a class with my best friend (who had ...

Reduce Behavior Problems: Teach Students to Wait

Jessica Minahan | Posted 04.10.2013 | Parents
Jessica Minahan

Some students aren't able to wait. If we don't recognize "waiting" as an underdeveloped skill in these students, we miss the opportunity to support them while they wait, prevent behavior incidents and, most important, set them up for success in school.

5 Little Behaviors That Lead to Big Results

Daniel Newman | Posted 04.09.2013 | Small Business
Daniel Newman

We spend a lot of time on the "Big Things." Vision, strategy and business execution immediately come to mind. But That there are certain little behaviors that help drive big results. These are behaviors that make you a better boss, parent, friend and human being.

When Does Parental Lack of Information Impact Child Development?

Diana Grycan | Posted 04.02.2013 | Parents
Diana Grycan

When a child is begging for help by acting out, it is vital for the development of the child that parents evaluate what needs exist at different times in that child's life.

The Cultural Rebound Effect of a Meme: How Tunisian Politics Got 'Harlem Shaken'

Yousri Marzouki | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Yousri Marzouki

The Tunisian Harlem Shake incident comes on the verge of an unprecedented political crisis in this country.

How Do We Teach Sportsmanship to Young Children?

Diana Grycan | Posted 05.18.2013 | Parents
Diana Grycan

I have become one of those grandparents that I used to watch with disdain. I go to my grandchildren's basketball games and scream and shout and cheer with pleasure!

ADHD Medication Can Help Kids, But It Can't Fix Schools

Nancy Rappaport | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Nancy Rappaport

Education reform does not come from introducing Ritalin into the cafeteria lunches of poor schools. Real reform comes through productive interaction between teachers and students in the classroom.

Stop Watching So Many TEDTalks

The Brown Daily Herald | Posted 05.06.2013 | College
The Brown Daily Herald

Is there nothing significant outside our formal education that requires more than 15 minutes or 1,500 words to make its point?

On Honesty

Garret Kramer | Posted 04.21.2013 | Healthy Living
Garret Kramer

Thinking unethical thoughts doesn't make you unethical. It makes you feel unethical -- no harm in that. Provided, that is, you get a solid grip on the principle that acting on unethical, or insecure, feelings won't ever make them go away. It makes them come back even stronger.

Is It Possible to Have Empathy Without Being Patronizing?

Michael Hobbes | Posted 04.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Michael Hobbes

I do this all the time, explain away a person's appearance and actions. I try really hard to give people the benefit of the doubt when they snap at their kids in public, cut me off in traffic, refuse to give up their seat to an old person on the train.

'But I didn't mean to...' Responding to Students Exhibiting Sexualized Behavior

Nancy Rappaport | Posted 05.13.2013 | Parents
Nancy Rappaport

Students with sexualized behavior are one of teachers' biggest concerns. While sexual behavior is relatively unusual, it can be understandably upsetting and confusing for educators, who often are not sure how best to respond.

How Humans and Dogs Can Learn -- and Suffer -- From the Use of Negative Reinforcement

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 04.05.2013 | New York
Anna Jane Grossman

I've written a good deal on about some of the problems involved with using shock collars in animal training, mostly to stop behaviors. But an even worse application of this form of training is sing the shock to elicit desired behaviors.

7 Ways To Improve Your Kid's Behavior

Babble.com | Posted 04.01.2013 | Parents
Babble.com

The behavior I'm expecting from my daughter has not gotten better because what I'm doing is just being confrontational and even desperate in my attempt to "fix" a problem without digging deeper to find strategies that would be more long-term.

A Generation of Spoiled Brats?

Rym Tina Ghazal | Posted 01.28.2013 | Parents
Rym Tina Ghazal

Like three princesses, they sat ready to be served: hair perfectly set, one was in a pink dress, another in a lilac one and the third in a peach colou...

3 Tips For Using Dog Training Methods On People

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 03.25.2013 | Women
Anna Jane Grossman

When I meet someone new and say that I'm a dog trainer, the first question I usually get is, "Can you train my husband?" My reply is always, "Yep!"

The Word YES

Laura Bushnell | Posted 03.20.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Laura Bushnell

Mothers are often so busy doing that they do not take the time to just simply receive their children's love. Take a minute and say YES to yourself and YES to them.

Not-So-Common Courtesy

SidneyAnne Stone | Posted 03.12.2013 | Women
SidneyAnne Stone

We have started to accept the unacceptable as the norm. Whether it is our politicians, our doctors, our pharmacists or even our neighbors, when did it become OK to do whatever you want and expect it be tolerated?

The World's Most Powerful Question (And Your New Year's Delusions)

Jeff Halevy | Posted 02.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Jeff Halevy

We're all great at describing the huge gaping hole that's sinking the ship, but that won't keep the ship afloat. We need to act, not throw our hands up in despair. And to act, we need to believe there's a way out.

Do Solar Storms Influence Our Behavior?

George M. Young | Posted 02.02.2013 | Science
George M. Young

Human history does indeed seem to show rhythmic patterns of rise and fall, widespread excitability and widespread calm. The problem is in the specifics, the details, the charts and graphs.

Breaking Through a Student's Self-sabotage

Jessica Minahan | Posted 01.29.2013 | Home
Jessica Minahan

"Good job!" rolls off our tongues throughout the day, and most students are pleased to hear this positive reinforcement. But what do we do when a student rejects -- or even sabotages -- our praise?

Food, Toxics and ADHD: Old Fears, Ever Stronger Science

David Wallinga, M.D. | Posted 01.09.2013 | Healthy Living
David Wallinga, M.D.

A Harvard study recently published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine associates a mother's low level exposure to mercury while pregnant with greater risk of her child later developing ADHD-related behavior.

Fourteen Attributes (That You Probably Haven't Considered) of Great Coaches

Garret Kramer | Posted 11.07.2012 | Sports
Garret Kramer

There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today. Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or "positive" ...