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Relatively limited attention has been paid to the academic needs of students with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Effective interventions are needed to support these students academically, behaviorally, and socially. The purpose of the concurrent studies reported here was to investigate the effectiveness of academic support in writing for fourth- and fifth-grade students (six boys, two girls) and second- and third-grade students (seven boys, one girl) with writing and behavioral difficulties. The Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) approach was implemented as a tier-2 intervention within a comprehensive, integrated three-tiered model of prevention including academic-, behavioral-, and social-skills components. Students learned an on-demand writing strategy for their state writing-competency test. Dependent measures included number of story writing elements, total number of words written, and writing quality. Fourth- and fifth-grade students who completed the intervention improved in total number of story elements. There were mixed results for the total number of words written and writing quality. Second- and third-grade students did not improve their total number of story elements, total words written, or writing quality. Students in both studies scored the intervention favorably, while there were mixed reactions from teachers. Findings, limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed. Implications for the construct of evidence-based practice (EBP) are also explored, including concerns regarding frequent assessment of writing throughout intervention regardless of stage of instruction in the SRSD model.

THE question of display in libraries becomes more important with the days. It is therefore a peculiar pleasure to us to publish a fine article by Mr. Savage on this. From his earliest days the ex‐President has been deeply and practically interested in book‐display. We believe that nearly forty years ago he and Mr. Jast worked out many experiments in it which are occasionally revived by those who have quite forgotten their origin. He was, we think, the first librarian here to take an ordinary shop as a branch library and dress its window as if it were a bookshop. Before him few English libraries used colour to any extent, or were aware of the aesthetic value of plants, flowers, curtains and well‐shaped furniture.

Obesity is a significant public health issue. With obesity increasing worldwide, risk factors for obesity need to be better understood and require careful examination. This study aims to examine mental health as a risk factor for obesity using longitudinal data from Australia.

The main identification strategy relies on the recent death of a close friend and a serious injury or illness to a family member as exogenous shocks to mental health.

The authors’ preferred estimates, which account for the endogeneity of mental health, suggest that mental health has a significant negative impact on obesity. This result proves to be robust to a suite of sensitivity checks. Further investigations reveal that poor mental health leads to increased smoking, which also has an effect on obesity.

The study’s findings provide a new perspective on how good mental health helps curb obesity.

Struggling writers and students with disabilities tend to have difficulties with multiple aspects of the writing process. Therefore, in this chapter, we describe Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD; Harris, Graham, Mason, & Friedlander, 2008). SRSD is a writing intervention with extensive research demonstrating its effectiveness for improving the writing quality of struggling writers and students with disabilities when implemented by both teachers and researchers in a variety of educational settings. We also describe an ineffective writing practice, stand-alone grammar instruction. Although this type of grammar instruction is explicit, it is removed from an authentic writing context, and decades of research have demonstrated its negative effects on students’ writing quality. We close the chapter with recommendations for future research on SRSD as well as general suggestions for teachers who provide writing instruction to struggling writers and students with disabilities.

The paper aims at a commentary on Graham and Cascio, “The employer-branding journal: its relationship with cross-cultural branding, brand reputation and brand repair”.

Based on the authors’ statement that “people make the brand”, this paper discusses elements of brand making and brand breaking.

Specifically, the paper discusses the creation of the employer brand, the positives and negatives of employees as brand ambassadors and the manner in which word-of-mouth information influences brands.

This commentary reflects on Graham and Cascio’s work and concludes with suggestions for future research.

El objetivo de este artículo es comentar el artículo de Graham y Cascio que lleva por título “The Employer-Branding Journal: Its relationship with cross-cultural branding, brand reputation, and brand repair.” En concreto el artículo analiza su afirmación de que “la gente hace la marca” y discute elementos relativos a la creación y rotura de la marca.

Este es un comentario individual que explora varios aspectos de la marca del empleador.

Este artículo explora los aspectos positivos y negativos de los empleados como embajadores de la marca, y la forma en la que la información transmitida de boca en boca influye en las marcas.

Contribuye mediante la descripción de los aspectos positivos y negativos de los empleados como embajadores de la marca, y sugiere oportunidades adicionales para la investigación sobre la marca del empleador.

Marca del empleador, Reputación corporativa, Identidad organizativa, Cultura organizativa, Marketing boca a boca

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O objetivo deste artigo é comentar o artigo de Graham e Cascio que é titulado “The Employer-Branding Journal: Its relationship with cross-cultural branding, brand reputation, and brand repair.” Em concreto o artigo analisa sua afirmação de que “as pessoas fazem a marca” e discute elementos relativos a criação e quebra da marca.

Este é um comentário individual que explora vários aspectos da marca do empregador.

Este artigo explora os aspectos positivos e negativos dos empregados como embaixadores da marca, e a forma em que a informação transmitida de boca em boca influi nas marcas.

Contribui mediante a descrição dos aspectos positivos e negativos dos empregados como embaixadores da marca, e sugere oportunidades adicionais para a investigação sobre a marca do empregador.

Marca do empregador, Reputação corporativa, Identidade organizacional, Cultura organizacional, Marketing boca-a-boca

Comentário

This paper reviews the major developments in law and policy arising from cases involving the FSA Enforcement Division in the two years after N2. It considers how the FSA has reacted to dealing with the expectations and pressures of publicity which will lead to a change in the rules affecting confidentiality; the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the due process and safeguards within the enforcement process; and the implications for authorised firms arising from the largest disciplinary case of 2003, Lloyds TSB, which resulted in a settlement of approximately £100m.

The generic concept of marketing was first articulated some twenty years ago. It has since become the dominant paradigm in the marketing discipline. The concept has been supported in the literature by extensive reference to case studies. However, no systematic attempt to test the concept as a whole has been reported.