Wind Bands and Brass Bands in School and Music Centre (Resources of Music)

Responding to the upsurge of interest in wind and brass bands, Dr Kevin Thompson has written a practical manual for all who are involved with them whether in school or music centres, or in an adult community band. This essentially pragmatic book - the first of its kind - gives helpful advice on how to start a band, the choice of instruments, basic organisation, useful seating plans, rehearsal tips, composing and scoring for bands of different sizes. Additionally, there are innovative approaches to instrumental teaching, new ideas for bringing together classroom and group instrumental activities, and exciting repertoire suggestions.

Education & Teaching

Thompson, Kevin

Schools & Teaching

Cambridge University Press

Responding to the upsurge of interest in wind and brass bands, Dr Kevin Thompson has written a practical manual for all who are involved with them whether in school or music centres, or in an adult community band. This essentially pragmatic book - the first of its kind - gives helpful advice on how to start a band, the choice of instruments, basic organisation, useful seating plans, rehearsal tips, composing and scoring for bands of different sizes. Additionally, there are innovative approaches to instrumental teaching, new ideas for bringing together classroom and group instrumental activities, and exciting repertoire suggestions.

Arts & Photography

Music

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action: A Collaborative, Competency-Based Approach

Explore how these therapeutic practices can enhance your work as a residential youth care worker!The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action: A Collaborative, Competency--Based Approach will help youth care workers administer psychotropic medications, understand psychiatric labels, handle crisis and staffing, and give accurate assessments. Emphasizing ideas that focus on the strengths and abilities of young people from the assessment phase of treatment through discharge, this guidebook will help you take the views and actions of youths into consideration from a change-oriented perspective in order to offer your clients appropriate services. The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action serves to fill in the gap between therapists and residential youth care workers (RYCWs) by emphasizing ideas that therapists have been using for years. This resourceful book takes a relatively new direction in the field by focusing on competency-based as opposed to problem-focused methods. Many of the major concerns that you face as a youth care worker are addressed with easy-to-learn-and-use therapeutic ideas, suggestions, new approaches, and techniques that are demonstrated through case illustrations. Some of these competency-based ideas include: 
<ul>
<li>focusing on what is changeable for youths as opposed to what is not </li>
<li>exploring how you can use language to convey respect and facilitate change by focusing on a youth’s possibilities instead of his or her past behavior </li>
<li>using solution talk instead of problem talk, such as saying a youth is very energetic at times instead of hyperactive </li>
<li>respecting young people, their viewpoints, and experiences to create a context and climate that is conducive to change </li>
<li>exploring “future roads” by helping young people create compelling futures, dissolve barriers, and take action toward those preferred futures </li>
<li>managing crisis intervention while simultaneously allowing youths to keep their pride </li>
<li>helping young people realize their accountability within the roles of both psychotropic medications and psychiatric labels The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action explains several approaches that you can use to positively impact the lives of the young people in your residential facility. Complete with handouts and diagrams such as a post-crisis debriefing form, a level promotion petition form, and a weekly success chart that can be reproduced and used in various residential programs, The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action will help you create a positive atmosphere for youths and prepare them for a successful future. </li>
</ul>

Politics & Social Sciences

Bertolino, Bob

Bertolino, Robert

Social Sciences

Routledge

Hegel’s Theory of Normativity: The Systematic Foundations of the Philosophical Science of Right

Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right offers an innovative and important account of normativity, yet the theory set forth there rests on philosophical foundations that have remained largely obscure. In Hegel’s Theory of Normativity, Kevin Thompson proposes an interpretation of the foundations that underlie Hegel’s theory: its method of justification, its concept of freedom, and its account of right. Thompson shows how the systematic character of Hegel’s project together with the metaphysical commitments that follow from its method are essential to secure this theory against the challenges of skepticism and to understand its distinctive contribution to questions regarding normative justification, practical agency, social ontology, and the nature of critique.

Philosophy

Northwestern University Press

<div>Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right offers an innovative and important account of normativity, yet the theory set forth there rests on philosophical foundations that have remained largely obscure. In Hegel's Theory of Normativity, Kevin Thompson&nbsp;proposes an interpretation of the foundations that underlie Hegel's theory: its method of justification, its concept of freedom, and its account of right. Thompson shows how the systematic character of Hegel's project together with the metaphysical commitments that follow from its method are essential to secure this theory against the challenges of skepticism and to understand its distinctive contribution to questions regarding normative justification, practical agency, social ontology, and the nature of critique.</div>

North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer. Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation became part of Rockwell International and is now part of Boeing.

North American: Aircraft 1934-1999 (Volume 2)

History

Military

Flying Books

We’ve all heard the advice “Pace yourself. Save energy and finish strong.” It sounds simple enough, so why is it so hard? Why do even supremely conditioned elite athletes mismanage their energy supplies and fail to finish strong? Pacing: Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance examines the latest science, research, and application in search of answers. 
 This guide explores the role of pacing in sports, the most common strategies used, the factors that influence effectiveness, and key considerations for today’s athletes and coaches. You’ll also discover these aspects: 
 • How environmental variables, such as temperature and terrain, can affect performance 
 • How to choose the best pacing strategy for any event 
 • How to use pacing to defeat an opponent 
 • The role the brain plays in pacing strategies 
 Part I explains the biological and psychological underpinnings of pacing science, including the six commonly used pacing strategies that are discussed in detail throughout the book: all-out, positive, even, negative, parabolic, and variable. Part II shows how to apply the science, offering pacing recommendations and considerations for time-dependent sports such as running, triathlon, and swimming and exploring the role of pacing in racket sports and several team sports. Combining scientific research and real-world profiles of elite athletes and coaches, Pacing: Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance shows coaches and athletes how to develop the ideal pacing plan for every competition.

Pacing: Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Human Kinetics

Since birth, Kevin had always been told that he was a girl but after fourteen years of confusion, depression, and hopelessness Kevin figured out that he was transgender. Self-Made Man is an autobiography detailing life events of a black man who transitioned from female over the course of twenty years. In Book 1, you will see small signs from Kevin's childhood that foreshadow his new statuses in gender and sexuality. Watch Kevin's life unfold in the series, Self-Made Man, as he begins to figure out who he really is.

Self-Made Man: Autobiography of a Black Transgender Man

LGBTQ+ Books

Biographies & Memoirs

Kevin Thompson

With this book as your guide, you can progress from basic database design to the more advanced techniques of database communication in just one weekend. On Friday evening, start with the basics of SQL as you set up a sample database. On Saturday, practice database communications as you cover queries, the SELECT command, and relational database creation. Pull it all together on Sunday with optimization techniques and security triggers. End the weekend with a practical look at how programmers use SQL to make their jobs easier and how popular programming languages can access your database.

Learn SQL In a Weekend

Computers & Technology

Dicken, Deanna

Programming

Course Technology Ptr

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Books by Thompson, Kevin

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Thompson, Kevin. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Wind Bands and Brass Bands in School and Music Centre (Resources of Music)

Wind Bands and Brass Bands in School and Music Centre (Resources of Music)

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action: A Collaborative, Competency-Based Approach

The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action: A Collaborative, Competency-Based Approach

Hegel’s Theory of Normativity: The Systematic Foundations of the Philosophical Science of Right

Hegel’s Theory of Normativity: The Systematic Foundations of the Philosophical Science of Right

North American: Aircraft 1934-1999 (Volume 2)

Pacing: Individual Strategies for Optimal Performance

Self-Made Man: Autobiography of a Black Transgender Man

Learn SQL In a Weekend