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Author: Loren E. Acker ,
Bram C. Goldwater ,
William Dyson ,
William Dyson
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
Imprint: Beyond Words Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9780941831727
ISBN 10: 0941831728
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 01 February 1992
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The compassionate overview offered in AIDS-Proofing Your Kids is most welcome. Use it wisely and soon. -- Alan Thicke, co-star of television's Growing Pains
The compassionate overview offered in AIDS-Proofing Your Kids is most welcome. Use it wisely and soon. -- Alan Thicke, co-star of television's Growing Pains
Author Information
Dr. Loren Acker was educated at the University of California and is currently a professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Before teaching in Canada, he was an Overseas Research Fellow for the United States Public Health Service, developing behavioral teaching strategies for children and youths. Dr. Acker is presently teaching, doing research, and professionally practicing in child psychology and behavior management. He is an active father of four, deeply involved with his kids' schooling and community activities. Dr. Bram Goldwater was educated at McGill, Cornell, and Bowling Green universities and is currently a professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He has been teaching the basic principles of learning for more than twenty years, bringing to it an avid interest in both the understanding of behavior and in the best ways to communicate that understanding to others. His other research and teaching interests include the physiological study of arousal and emotion, modification of bodily reactions, and the relationship between psychology and disease. Dr. William Dyson was educated at Moravian College, the University of Kansas, and McMaster University and is currently a professor and practicing physician at the University of Victoria. He has a strong background i basic science and was a well published researcher in cell growth and differentiation prior to leaving the laboratory for clinical medicine. In the past decade, he has fused his science background with clinical medicine while teaching for the School of Nursing at the university. The problem of AIDS has become a key topic in his courses over the years. Dr. Dyson was appointed coordinator for policy on AIDS at the university, a policy that requires the institution of effective preventive programs for the university community.
