A Breast Cancer Guide For Spouses, Partners, Friends, and Family
Using Psychology to Support Those We Care About
This practical, science-based book focuses on helping partners, family, and friends understand breast cancer. It guides them in how to provide the best emotional and practical support when helping someone with breast cancer to cope, recover, and thrive, while maintaining their own physical and psychological health. The authors translate psychological evidence into concrete, practical advice for caregivers, validated through their first-hand experience. It also suggests ways to help someone with breast cancer make the best decisions in consultation with oncology professionals. The authors draw on well-established psychological principles relevant to social attitudes, how decisions are made, good communication skills, empathy, and how to better understand the ideas and worries experienced by women who have, or may have, breast cancer and those close to them. Each chapter includes ‘How you can Help’ sections that give specific and concrete suggestions, as well as a chapter summary of the main points along with recommendations and additional resources. It is essential reading for all those who want to help and support a loved one with breast cancer. It is also useful for training healthcare professionals in how to support partners.
Bella’s Legacy
As a young girl in Michigan, Bella Colquhoun knows she’ll be a writer. It’s not easy for a woman in the 1920s to have a career of her own. She decides to never marry, but Ray promises to support her dreams. No one could have anticipated the railroad accident that would claim his life, teaching Bella things she never wanted to know about investigative journalism.
She moves to New York to attend Columbia University, but she never loses touch with the families back in Michigan, brought together by a nephew given Ray’s name. She eventually researches the family tree and decides to record the interrelated stories of extraordinary women who never quite became who they thought they would be. Across four generations, Bella traces the stories of women confronted by societal challenges as they struggle toward more than ordinary lives.
Bella’s family saga begins with European immigration to the Midwest and moves with the younger generations across 20th century America into the Pacific and even Africa. From women’s suffrage to civil rights, the Titanic to the Great Depression, these women face conflict with spouses and family members related to gender roles, childbearing, politics, and education. Yet, they find the strength to be someone, driven to rise above the challenges of a work-in-progress America.
Meyer, L.H., & Evans, I.M. (2012). The Teacher’s Guide to Restorative Classroom Discipline. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. www.corwin.com/books/Book236775
[Also reviewed in PsycCRITIQUES http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0029820 ]
Meyer, L.H., & Evans, I.M. (2012). The School Leader’s Guide to Restorative School Discipline. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. www.corwin.com/books/Book236774
[Also reviewed in PsycCRITIQUES http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0029820 ]
Meyer, L.H. (2010). Guest Editor, Special Issue: Research on Tertiary Assessment Policy and Practices, Higher Education Quarterly, 64(3), July 2010, 124 pages. doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2010.00469.x
Meyer, L.H., Davidson, S., Anderson, H., Fletcher, R., Johnston, P.M., & Rees, M. (Eds.) (2009). Tertiary Assessment and Higher Education Student Outcomes: Policy, practice, and research. Victoria University and Ako Aotearoa: National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence.
Scotti, J.R., & Meyer, L.H. (Eds.) (1999). Behavioral intervention: Principles, models and practices. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Meyer, L.H., Park, H.S., Grenot-Scheyer, M., Schwartz, I.S., & Harry, B. (Eds.) (1998). Making friends: The influences of culture and development. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Park, H.S., Meyer, L.H., & Goetz, L. (Eds.) (1998). Special Series on Participatory Action Research. Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 23. doi.org/10.2511/rpsd.23.3.163
Schleien, S., Meyer, L.H., Heyne, L., & Brandt, B.B. (1995). Lifelong leisure skills and lifestyles for persons with developmental disabilities (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Meyer, L.H. (Ed.). (1994). Special Issue on the Impact of Inclusion. Journal of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 19.
Meyer, L.H., Peck, C.A., & Brown, L. (Eds.) (1991). Critical issues in the lives of people with severe disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Meyer, L.H. (Ed.) (1991). Mini-series on Meaningful Outcomes. Journal of Special Education, 25.
Schnorr, R., Ford, A., Davern, L., Park-Lee, S., & Meyer, L. (1989). The Syracuse Curriculum Revision Manual. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Ford, A., Schnorr, R., Meyer, L., Davern, L., Black, J., & Dempsey, P. (Eds.). (1989). The Syracuse Community-Referenced Curriculum Guide for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Co.
Meyer, L.H., & Evans, I.M. (1989). Non-aversive intervention for behavior problems: A manual for home and community. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Co.
Horner, R.H., Meyer, L.H., & Fredericks, H.D. (Eds.) (1988). Education of learners with severe handicaps: Exemplary service strategies. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Evans, I.M., & Meyer, L.H. (1985). An educative approach to behavior problems: A practical decision model for interventions with severely handicapped learners. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Wuerch, B.B., & Voeltz, L.M. (1985). Longitudinal leisure skills for severely handicapped learners: The Ho’onanea curriculum component. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.