Written by an experienced family doctor and packed with practical and sound advice, Diagnosing Your Health Symptoms For Dummies is a reference for everyone who wants to find out when they do and don't need to worry about their health. It will cover over 100 common, important, potentially serious and often worrying symptoms and emergencies, such as headaches, chest pain, dizziness, fever, bleeding, tiredness or stress. This reassuring guide will also include guidance on how to perform basic physical assessments, as well as a run through of key first aid techniques.
The Sky Pronunciation SuiteThe Pronunciation Suite is the most comprehensive tool for improving pronunciation skills in English on the market. The program is divided into different sections. These include the video-based study and testing of sounds (The Phonemic Alphabet in English), the study and testing of similar-sounding word sets (Similar Sounds), word stress (Word and Phrasal Stress), as well as sentence stress, rhythm and intonation (Stress and Rhythm). In the last part (Rhythms from Rainland), learners can practise listening to and repeating everyday dialogues, poems, funny stories, jokes, etc. Learners can log in and keep a record of their scores and thereby monitor their progress.
Dr. C. Eugene Walker’s relaxation techniques have helped thousands of people find relief from tension and stress. In this updated edition of his best selling Learn to Relax, Walker explains how creative problem-solving and decision-making can keep you from feeling overwhelmed and improve your ability to cope with everyday worries. You will find specific techniques – many of them new – that have proven successful in conquering anxiety, whether your periods of stress are brief and mild or you suffer from more severe, long-lasting bouts of anxiety. Fast, simple, and effective, Learn to Relax lets you beat stress and gain control of your life.
Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety: A Photocopiable Activities Book
This book is full of creative ideas for use with children who have difficulty in coping with change, stress and normal levels of anxiety. Supported by a comprehensive but accessible theory section, the practical exercises are a simple and fun way of helping children to learn healthy stress management strategies. Deborah Plummer offers over 100 activities and games specifically aimed at helping children to build emotional resilience. With a mixture of short, snappy activities and longer guided visualizations, these exercises are suitable for use with individuals or groups, and many are appropriate for use with children with complex needs or speech and language difficulties.
Straightforward, easy to read and highly practical, How to Deal with Stress shows how to manage stress calmly and efficiently, putting the reader back in charge of his or her life. Written by two experts in the field of stress management, the book shows how to identify the underlying causes of stress and how to set out a clear plan to manage both the causes of stress and their effects.
