This book deals with the ethical issues and problems facing tax lawyers and tax professionals, which have become increasingly complex. It provides a useful complement to the general rules of professional responsibility, which do not always provide clear answers to the problems tax professionals face. It deals with the specific problems that often arise in the tax field and considers the model rules of professional conduct, discussing those rules in the context of tax cases. This text can be used in a seminar class or as a supplement in a basic tax class.

Problems in Tax Ethics (Coursebook)

Tobin, Donald

Lavoie, Richard

Trogolo, Richard

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

West Academic Publishing

A guide for parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning-disabled children draws on the theories presented in the author's best-selling PBS videos to explain how to instill social skills in disabled children, covering such topics as self-esteem, depression, and body language. 75,000 first printing.

It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success

Self-Help

Relationships

Touchstone

Answers the most intense need of parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning disabled children -- or anyone who knows a child who needs a friend. ADHD • Anxiety • Nonverbal • Communication • Disorders • Visual/Spatial • Disorders • Executive Functioning Difficulties As any parent, teacher, coach, or caregiver of a learning disabled child knows, every learning disability has a social component. The ADD child constantly interrupts and doesn't follow directions. The child with visual-spatial issues loses his belongings. The child with a nonverbal communication disorder fails to gesture when she talks. These children are socially out of step with their peers, and often they are ridiculed or ostracized for their differences. A successful social life is immeasurably important to a child's happiness, health, and development, but until now, no book has provided practical, expert advice on helping learning disabled children achieve social success. For more than thirty years, Richard Lavoie has lived with and taught learning disabled children. His bestselling videos and sellout lectures and workshops have made him one of the most respected experts in the field. Rick's pioneering techniques and practical strategies can help children ages six to seventeen -Overcome shyness and low self-esteem -Use appropriate body language to convey emotion -Focus attention and avoid disruptive behavior -Enjoy playdates and making friends -Employ strategies for counteracting bullying and harassment -Master the Hidden Curriculum and polish the apple with teachers It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend answers the most intense need of parents, teachers, and caregivers of learning disabled children -- or anyone who knows a child who needs a friend.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diets & Weight Loss

Atria Books

A guide for parents, educators, and caregivers on how to inspire unmotivated children identifies six teaching strategies that can be applied to a variety of personality types, in a resource that challenges popular myths while explaining how adults can become healthy and work-oriented role models. 60,000 first printing.

The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

Business & Money

Education & Reference

The Motivation Breakthrough explores proven techniques and strategies—based on six possible motivational styles—that will revolutionize the way teachers and parents inspire kids with learning disabilities to succeed and achieve. Backed by decades of experience in the classroom, educator and acclaimed author Rick Lavoie explodes common myths and gives specific advice for motivating children with learning disabilities. He outlines parents’ and teachers’ roles, suggesting ways in which they can work together to encourage any child to reach his or her potential. Finally, he reveals what we can learn from some of the most powerful motivators in the world: advertisers. With empathy and understanding, Lavoie offers parents and teachers the key to unlocking enthusiasm and responsiveness, proving any child can be motivated to learn.

Parenting & Relationships

Reference

Atria

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