New Releases by Julie Olson

"In 2015, the United Nations established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to inspire focused efforts to collectively make progress toward major societal challenges. These goals have served as a rallying point to work together toward a common agenda. The UN identifies business partnerships and science as key factors in identifying pathways to accomplish the SDGs. The field of I-O psychology offers tremendous promise for advancing prosocial work but, to date, has been somewhat inaccessible. This edited volume translates the science and practice of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychology into actionable steps for impacting sustainable development efforts, using the UN''s SDGs as a framework. The volume explicitly targets those who are engaged in prosocial work across the public and private sectors. The volume focuses on four major areas where the science of I-O psychology can be applied for prosocial purposes: (1) Social (including enhancing gender equity, reducing discrimination (age, race/ethnicity, and ableism), and cross-cultural psychology to improve understanding), (2) Health and Well-being, including occupational health/safety, promoting ethicality and reducing corruption, reducing workplace violence, enhancing work-life balance, especially with respect to lower socioeconomic status and women, and using selection to build strong institutions, (3) Economics, including promoting entrepreneurial outcomes, decent work, economic growth, living wages, basic income, and socioeconomic status and economic stress, and (4) Environment, including planetary health, disaster recovery efforts, and corporate social responsibility"--

"Hungry is a short, full-color graphic novel for children ages 6-11, about a boy named Hugo who lives in the rural Southwest with his single, working mother. Hugo just wants to help his third-grade class win the school kickball tournament, but unfortunately, his constant struggle with hunger and lack of food security cause all sorts of embarrassment, struggles, and issues at school and at home. Will Hugo ever get the food he needs to sustain his energy and help him feel more secure in his everyday life? And will he be able to help his class be kickball champions or cause them to lose the tournament? Find out in Hungry: a Graphic Novel, Fighting Childhood Food Insecurity written and illustrated by Julie Olson. The final pages of the book also help readers understand how to get help, where to get help, and when to get help if they are food insecure themselves along with ways to fight food insecurity." -- Amazon.

Our Newborn Curriculum helps you plan and teach a well-rounded newborn/infant care class. It includes guidance for all components of a class including setting course goals, lesson plans and specific teaching strategies. In addition, there are printable handouts and engaging class activities included.

Settling In with Baby includes three chapters: Postpartum Recovery, Newborn Care and Breastfeeding. This well-rounded resource is the perfect discharge guide for hospitals and birth centers to provide to new parents.

Pocket guide with visuals to give instructions for breastfeeding a newborn.

Learn the basics of breastfeeding to help you get started.

Envisioning a new future for LUMCON, a graduate student takes a closer look, from an architectural approach, at what it would take to save Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium from the inevitable environmental impacts of residing on the Gulf of Mexico.

There are many ways women find comfort in labor. This booklet includes information, techniques and photos that parents can practice and ultimately use in labor. Included are many options for comfort, such as creating a comfortable environment, touch/massage, breathing, visualization/imagery, positions, professional services, and medical options.

The postpartum period - the six weeks immediately following birth - can be emotionally and physically challenging for a new family. The demands of the baby and the necessity for the mother to rest and heal can be overwhelming. This booklet explores the ways in which parents can prepare for the healing that follows the birth, make a smooth adjustment to caring for a newborn and make this time as low-stress as possible.

Preparing to give birth and welcome a new baby brings many changes to your life, and you may feel excited or anxious when you think of what lies ahead. Learning as much as you can will help you feel confident and reassured. This guide will help you prepare for labor and birth, learn what to expect during your recovery and guide you through caring for yourself and your newborn baby after birth.

Expectant parents need to navigate many options and choices, and make many decisions during their pregnancy and birth. This interactive booklet includes a step-by-step process for developing a "Birth Plan" and helps parents identifying their goals and priorities, and communicating their preferences for birth.

Our breastfeeding curriculum will help you hit the ground running as you prepare to teach an amazing breastfeeding class using Plumtree Baby materials and resources. With nearly 200 pages, our curriculum includes detailed lessons and specific teaching strategies for each of our booklets, as well as activities and resources to supplement your course. In addition to the printed copy, you will receive a CD containing resources, handouts and marketing materials that you may print for your personal use or for distribution to your clients.

Our curriculum will help you hit the ground running as you prepare to teach an amazing childbirth class using Plumtree Baby materials and resources. With nearly 200 pages, our curriculum includes detailed lessons and specific teaching strategies for each of our booklets, as well as activities and resources to supplement your course. In addition to the printed copy, you will receive a CD containing resources, handouts and marketing materials that you may print for your personal use or for distribution to your clients.

This booklet helps expectant parents understand the many topics that influence the health and safely of their pregnancy and gives them tools to achieve the healthiest start in life for their baby. Any couple, from those exploring the idea of getting pregnant or those in their last month, can benefit from learning to make healthy choices.

Gus the groundhog desperately needs to scratch his back after a mouse tickles him with a feather, but the stick, bush, and log he tries to scratch against are not what they appear to be.

The complex anatomical, physiological and psychological changes that occur during labor and birth are broken down in the easy to understand and visually-rich pages of this booklet. Gain gain understanding, confidence and reassurance as you learn what to expect during labor and birth. Learn to recognize the signs of labor, understand the physical and hormonal changes that occur during labor and birth, and appreciate how the mother and baby work together during the process.

A young boy describes what it is like to have diabetes, how it makes him feel and how it can be treated and controlled.