Jan Walker Livres

Focusing on the transformative impact of prison education, the author shares her 18-year journey teaching inmates about parenting, family relationships, and social responsibility. By developing tailored curricula and advocating for the rights of children with incarcerated parents, she illustrates how education can help inmates prepare for reintegration as responsible adults and engaged parents. The narrative highlights both the challenges and rewards of teaching in correctional facilities, emphasizing the potential for rebuilding families and communities through learning.

Romar Jones, a 15-year-old basketball player, feels lost after the death of his grandmother and the absence of his father. When his teacher's ultimatum pushes him to leave Roseburg, Oregon, he embarks on a quest to find his imprisoned mother in Washington. His journey begins with a visit to the coast to scatter Granny's ashes, leading him to an encounter with a troubled man known as Meth Mouth. As he stops at Vesta's by the Sea, he wonders if fate or his grandmother's spirit is guiding him through the challenges ahead.

Set against the backdrop of Old Town Tacoma, two cousins, Beth and Dani, navigate the complexities of family secrets and personal struggles during a summer of change. With their grandfather's death stirring up rumors of a buried body and family tensions, the girls confront their differences—Beth's wholesome lifestyle clashes with Dani's battle against an eating disorder and desire to shift from modeling to filmmaking. As they uncover hidden truths, their relationship and the town's history intertwine, revealing the weight of memories held by the walls around them.

Designed for offenders in prison or jail, this resource offers a variety of activities and supplements aimed at facilitating rehabilitation and reintegration. It focuses on practical tools that can be utilized within correctional settings and community reentry programs, promoting personal development and skill-building for a successful transition back into society.

""This book makes the task of interpreting statistical findings much more approachable and less daunting for those with little, or no, previous experience, and will provide a valuable reference for the more experienced researcher. I would recommend it to any student undertaking a Nursing Research module."Conor Hamilton, Student Nurse, Queen's University Belfast, UK " Need help interpreting other people's health research? This book offers guidance for students undertaking a critical review of quantitative research papers and will also help health professionals to understand and interpret statistical results within health-related research papers. The book requires little knowledge of statistics, includes worked examples and is broken into the following A worked example of a published RCT and a health survey Explanations of basic statistical concepts Explanations of common statistical tests A quick guide to statistical terms and concepts Walker and Almond have helpfully cross-referenced throughout, so those requiring in-depth explanations or additional worked examples can locate these easily. "Interpreting Statistical Research Findings" is key reading for nursing and health care students and will help make this area of research much easier to tackle!