Owen Books

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing speech language pathologists when working with their clients is getting them to generalize the newly-learned language targets to novel contexts. After all, what good is speech-language therapy if the client does not use the skills outside of the therapy room?

Dr. Owens' book, Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention, addresses this issue in great depth. The book shows how a conversationally-based, client-centered approach to assessment and intervention will greatly increase the likelihood of generalization. It also shows how the traditional approach of teaching language targets separately and out of context may not be the best method to achieve generalization. The book stresses, rather, to assess and train language where it will be used: in conversation. Owens also discusses at length the assessment and intervention of culturally and linguistically diverse children.

One major point made in the book early-on regarding intervention is the idea of making a plan for generalization when picking language targets, before therapy begins. So often SLPs make the mistake of addressing generalization toward the end of intervention, resulting in the SLP choosing inappropriate targets and/or the client showing a lack of carryover to novel contexts.

Owens also includes numerous guidelines and procedures that could be especially helpful for the school-based clinician. The appendices in the book are exceptional. Most impressive is Owens' extensive index of preschool literature, complete with suggested targets for remediation for each story. Also, a detailed table of language targets accompanied by functional activities for each is provided. This book is a valuable tool for anyone who works with individuals with language disorders or language differences.

This book is simple but very useful. Nothing new maybe, but after all, "wise men say the same things ever since"... the problem is that too often we forget about them! In this case nevertheless, the author has gathered here some of the most useful hints a coach can give, but in a way that you can easily recall them when necessary. He writes somewhere that leaders usually don't learn leadership from books or training, but from good managers. He must be wright about that, but I have learned much more from his book than from all the managers I had before. Not only because good managers are rare stuff, but because you may "apprehend" (etymologically speaking) only what you can pick up and take with you: and this book is particularly successful in that, that you can pick everything up so fast and so easily. A best buy, absolutely.

When I first heard Murray Owen speak I was a little suspect, but this has turned into a great tool for someone who only knew how to sing melody and now can sing (and understand) harmony. If you're not a harmony singer, but want to learn this is the tool. If you're a fan of songs from the 60's to 70's it's real easy because you will know these tunes.

Paul Bowles discovered Mrabet when the latter was a young man living in Tangiers and the former was already an accomplished musician and writer. The elder Bowles took Mrabet under his wing and translated/edited several of his short stories and novels. THE LEMON is one of Mrabet's most sustainted narratives and one of his most accomplished works.

This is perhaps the most linear and "simple" novel I have read in my lifetime. It recounts the passage into manhood of a muslim youth thrust into the turbulence of a decadent society for which he has a limited appreciation and presepective, as he is only ten years old as the narrative begins, and about fourteen as the tale ends. His sole foundation of knowledge is what he has memorized of the Koran from a brief stint at a madras (or its Moroccan equivalent), as well as a few months under the supervision of a kindly French female teacher at a "Nazarene" school. So much for "formal" education. The boy's true education occurs after he flees home after having been struck by his father. Part of the charm of the story lies in the fact that it is told from the perspective of raw youth, uncluttered by any but the most essential matters (Where's he going to sleep at night? How will he find work?) As the incidents unfold, the young narrator fends for himself in one of the less savory neighborhoods of Tangiers. He finds lodging with an alcoholic longshoreman whom he despises (the Koran forbids alcohol), yet puts up with out of necessity. He also discovers the pleasures of women and kif. The former he can take or leave, the latter he seemingly can't do without.

This short novel is composed primarily of lots of little incidents. Nothing of real moment occurs until the final chapter of the book, which will also provide the reader with an explanation of the book's title. Though not much happens, the narrative is nevertheless oddly compelling. Mrabet paints such a vivid picture of Abdeslam's world and provides such a clear insight into the young protagonist's simplistic psychology, plot is not really a factor. This is definitely not earth shattering fiction, just an expertly rendered, lucidly faceted, middle-eastern gem.

Mrabet's volume of short stories, THE BOY WHO SET THE FIRE & OTHER STORIES, also translated and fine-tuned by Bowles is also highly recommended.

BEK

The adventures of a Romanian Prince who has a thing for, err, floggings. His name "Vibescu" in French phonetically corresponds to "d*** f***s butt". One of his companions' names, Lady "Cuculine d'Ancone", similarly renders "But-buttress of Pussydome". Curious? Believe it, it gets MUCH stronger than that

Apollinair creates a novel about a noble that lives a very vivid sex life, almost all sexual standards are shot down in this excellent parade of perverted minds that fill the characters...Excellent fot the reader who does not fear to read something that might be socially unacceptable, though really entertaining. Concerning literature, the book has all that could characterise any other book as a great creation.

The writer of this novel is better known as Anna Kavan - the name of a character in one of her earlier novels that she later took for herself. There must be some hidden significance in that! This is probably the strongest modern novel I have read. The start is captivating and brilliantly exposed, the middle is a bit flat and rather remorseless, but the ending is electric. At long last the principle character feels an iota of remorse for her actions against an unlikeable victim of her actions. I wonder how a woman could have written this novel - is it a brilliant psychological expose - almost a thriller - or is it a wonderfully personal account of a life written with startling naivete?

An Excellent resource for getting around San Francisco, CA, USA ... it's a tough city to drive in, and you always need a good map or reference around to get where you are going. Tells you where all the hot spots are - a must by for those that live in San Fran as well as tourists!

I picked this book up on a whim without knowing much about it, and I'm glad I did! You don't have to be a do-it-yourself wizard or even a homeowner to appreciate the insights in this book. The book's title implies that the book is about houses, but the subject matter is really oriented around family--if you are part of or have ever been part of a pleasantly dysfunctional family, you will recognize truths about yourself.

The book is a collection of very short and informally written humorous essays. David Owen writes with a lot of heart and I often found myself laughing out loud. It was hard to put this book down! The stories are consistently humorous without being sarcastic or biting--and the reason they're so funny is that I can recognize aspects of myself and the people I know in every one of them. The author has put his finger on the pulse of everyday things, and has found truth and goodness there.

This book is an excellent, heartwarming, and funny expose of the foibles and ridiculous tendencies that make us human; I would recommend it to anyone.

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