Download or read book Construction Workers written by Chris Bowman and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roads, bridges, and buildings would not be possible without construction workers! Construction workers are great problem solvers who use tools and machines to get the job done. This informative book will help readers build knowledge on how construction workers shape our communities.
Download or read book Helpers in My Community written by Bobbie Kalman and published by My World. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces children to the important people who make our communities cleaner, safer, and better. Action shots feature people working in construction, at schools, in hospitals, fighting fires, doing police work, and volunteering. An activity asks children what kinds of things they could do to volunteer in their own communities.
Download or read book Let s Meet a Construction Worker written by Bridget Heos and published by Lerner Digital ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Let's Meet a Construction Worker! What do construction workers do? Some lucky kids are about to find out! They visit Mr. Moore, a construction worker who's helping to build a new school. He shows them machines that dig big holes. He explains how he follows the building plans. And he tells about different workers and how they stay safe. Hooray for construction workers! "Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's interest." —School Library Journal "In each book introducing a community-benefiting career, schoolchildren meet one adult to learn about his or her job; information includes the training required to become a firefighter, doctor, etc., daily routines, and primary responsibilities. The content is inclusive and up-to-date but delivered though vapid stories. Peppy computer-generated cartoons are amateur." - The Horn Book Guide Free downloadable series teaching guide available.
Download or read book Whose Hands Are These written by Miranda Paul and published by Millbrook Press TM. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! If your hands can mix and mash, what job might you have? Hands can wiggle, hands can clap. Hands can wrap and flap and tap. But hands can help—so raise yours, please! Can you guess? Whose hands are these? What if your hands reach, wrench, yank, and crank? The hands in this book—and the people attached to them—do all sorts of helpful work. And together, these helpers make their community a safe and fun place to live. As you read, keep an eye out for community members who make repeat appearances! Can you guess all the jobs based on the actions of these busy hands? Miranda Paul is an award-winning children's book author. Her recent books include One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia, a Junior Library Guild selection. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children. Find out more at www.mirandapaul.com and www.oneplasticbag.com. Luciana Navarro Powell was born in Brazil and worked as a product and graphic designer and before becoming an illustrator. She incorporates watercolor, photographs, and scanned objects into her artwork. She lives with her husband and two children in San Diego, California.
Download or read book Show Me Community Helpers written by Clint Edwards and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Defines through text and photos core terms related to community helpers"--
Download or read book Foundations for Community Health Workers written by Tim Berthold and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundations for Community Health Workers Foundations for Community Health Workers is a training resource for client- and community-centered public health practitioners, with an emphasis on promoting health equality. Based on City College of San Francisco's CHW Certificate Program, it begins with an overview of the historic and political context informing the practice of community health workers. The second section of the book addresses core competencies for working with individual clients, such as behavior change counseling and case management, and practitioner development topics such as ethics, stress management, and conflict resolution. The book's final section covers skills for practice at the group and community levels, such as conducting health outreach and facilitating community organizing and advocacy. Praise for Foundations for Community Health Workers "This book is the first of its kind: a manual of core competencies and curricula for training community health workers. Covering topics from health inequalities to patient-centered counseling, this book is a tremendous resource for both scholars of and practitioners in the field of community-based medicine. It also marks a great step forward in any setting, rich or poor, in which it is imperative to reduce health disparities and promote genuine health and well-being." Paul E. Farmer, MD., PhD, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; founding director, Partners In Health. "This book is based on the contributions of experienced CHWs and advocates of the field. I am confident that it will serve as an inspiration for many CHW training programs." Yvonne Lacey, CHW, former coordinator, Black Infant Health Program, City of Berkeley Health Department; former chair, CHW Special Interest Group for the APHA. "This book masterfully integrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a CHW through storytelling and real life case examples. This simple and elegant approach brings to life the intricacies of the work and espouses the spirit of the role that is so critical to eliminating disparities a true model educational approach to emulate." Gayle Tang, MSN, RN., director, National Linguistic and Cultural Programs, National Diversity, Kaiser Permanente "Finally, we have a competency-based textbook for community health worker education well informed by seasoned CHWs themselves as well as expert contributors." Donald E. Proulx, CHW National Education Collaborative, University of Arizona
Download or read book Keeping You Healthy written by Ann Owen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of people have jobs that help make out community a better place to live. Readers find out what they do every day through fun illustrations and easy-to-read text. This series is aligned with the standard, "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.
Download or read book Community Helpers written by Elizabeth Greenwell and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From meeting an artist to making an airplane, this book is full of fun learning activities. Your child will discover 15 community helpers including the police officer, doctor, fire fighter, and sanitation worker. 66 COLORFUL PAGES make this resource engaging for students and a delight for both parents and teachers. This is a more complete curriculum then any other community helpers activity book on the market. It includes both white and blue-collared workers from a variety of ethnicities. Meets standards for K-1st Social Studies. Ideal for children ages 4-8.
Download or read book Thank You Helpers written by Patricia Hegarty and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help make our new reality a little less scary for kids with this joyful tribute to all the helpers of today. Perfect for parents, caregivers, and teachers looking to model appreciation and thankfulness. With all the talk of germs, social distancing, and the pandemic, it's easy for kids to be confused or overwhelmed. Help reassure by encouraging them to see all the amazing ways people are keeping each other safe. From healthcare workers to delivery people, grocery workers, teachers, and more, kids can learn about the heroes in our communities taking care of us all. With a joyful rhyme scheme made for reading aloud, this is the perfect book to read together and foster an appreciation of those around us. In conjunction with the publication of this book, a contribution will be made by Random House Children's Books to Americares to benefit health workers.
Download or read book Worker Centers written by Janice Ruth Fine and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As national policy is debated, a locally based grassroots movement is taking the initiative to assist millions of immigrants in the American workforce facing poor pay, bad working conditions, and few prospects to advance to better jobs. Fine takes a comprehensive look at the rising phenomenon of worker centers, fast-growing institutions that improve the lives of immigrant workers through service advocacy and organizing.—from publisher information.
Download or read book The Lives of Community Health Workers written by Kenneth Maes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conclusion: Listening to Community Health Workers: Recommendations for Action and Research -- Recruit Strong CHWs and Provide Supportive Supervision -- Emphasize the Humanity of Patients, Quality of Life, and Empathic Care -- Build Solid Relationships across Social Dividing Lines -- Finance the Creation of Secure CHW Jobs -- Strengthen CHW Participation in Processes of Social Change -- Conduct Better Research and More of It -- United, Spider Webs Can Tie Up a Lion -- References -- Index.
Download or read book Helping You Heal written by Sarah C. Wohlrabe and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of people have jobs that help make out community a better place to live. Readers find out what they do every day through fun illustrations and easy-to-read text. This series is aligned with the standard, "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.
Download or read book When I Grow Up Peppa Pig written by Marilyn Easton and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peppa and her friends imagine the different jobs they could have when they grow up in this story based on the hit Nick Jr. show! One day at playgroup, Peppa Pig and her friends play dress up and imagine what they would like to be when they grow up. Emily Elephant would like to be a teacher and Suzy Sheep might be a doctor. But what about Peppa? She isn't sure what she wants to be -- but she does know her favorite thing in the whole world . . .
Download or read book Work and Community in the Jungle written by James R. Barrett and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at unionization efforts by Chicago's packinghouse workers and explores the process of class formation in early twentieth-century industrial America.
Download or read book Neighborhood Helpers written by Jennifer Blizin Gillis and published by Rourke Publishing (FL). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes some of the jobs that provide services to the community in a city or town, including emergency responders, librarians, social workers, and medical care.
Download or read book Community Work written by Alan Twelvetrees and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 2008-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his own professional experience, Alan Twelvetrees addresses the needs of students, field-level community workers and managers. Both theory and practice are described in a highly readable and honest way and the updated fourth edition of this bestseller includes placing community work at the centre of neighbourhood renewal.
Download or read book Construction Workers written by Cari Meister and published by Bullfrog Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Construction Workers, early readers will learn how construction workers tear down old buildings and build new ones. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover what a construction worker's job is like. A labeled diagram helps readers identify the tools construction workers use on a job site, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about construction workers online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Construction Workers also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Construction Workers is part of the Community Helpers series.
