Bøker av Carol Turkington

Intended for grade 6, this title provides information for both you and your child. It demystifies and explains the test your child will take. It enables you to understand test results and helps you work with your child in various skill areas, helping to maximize his or her potential to succeed.

Features: practice exercises that stimulate questions from state-mandated tests; verbal and math skill-enhancing exercises; actual tests with answers; and, study tips tailored to a child's grade level. This guide includes information on: phonics; multi-meaning words; fiction vs nonfiction; homonyms; sequences; and, multi-digit computation.

Offers the information readers need to know about Alzheimer's disease - in more than 500 entries. This title covers such topics as: causes of Alzheimer's; diagnosis and symptoms of Alzheimer's; genetics and gene therapy; heredity and Alzheimer's; home health care and home modification; long-term planning and care; and, treatments and medications.

With more than 600 entries, this work provides information on the field of infectious diseases, including the research, treatments and vaccines, and rising diseases such as mad cow disease. It contains appendixes that include drugs used to treat infectious diseases, tips for home disinfection, and lists of helpful organizations and publications.

Autism is a baffling brain disorder that profoundly affects children's communication and social skills. This work provides a reference guide to this disease. It includes approximately 500 entries that address the different types of autism, causes and treatments, institutions, associations, leading scientists and research, social impact, and more.