Author: Steve Reifenberg
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 029275261X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Runner-up, Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Book Awards: Memoir/Autobiography Category, 2009 Unclear about his future career path, Steve Reifenberg found himself in the early 1980s working at a small orphanage in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, where a determined single woman was trying to create a stable home for a dozen or so children who had been abandoned or abused. With little more than good intentions and very limited Spanish, the 23-year-old Reifenberg plunged into the life of the Hogar Domingo Savio, becoming a foster father to kids who stretched his capacities for compassion and understanding in ways he never could have imagined back in the United States. In this beautifully written memoir, Reifenberg recalls his two years at the Hogar Domingo Savio. His vivid descriptions create indelible portraits of a dozen remarkable kids—mature-beyond-her-years Verónica; sullen, unresponsive Marcelo; and irrepressible toddler Andrés, among them. As Reifenberg learns more about the children's circumstances, he begins to see the bigger picture of life in Chile at a crucial moment in its history. The early 1980s were a time of economic crisis and political uprising against the brutal military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Reifenberg skillfully interweaves the story of the orphanage with the broader national and international forces that dramatically impact the lives of the kids. By the end of Santiago's Children, Reifenberg has told an engrossing story not only of his own coming-of-age, but also of the courage and resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Latin America.
Santiago's Children
Author: Steve Reifenberg
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 029275261X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Runner-up, Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Book Awards: Memoir/Autobiography Category, 2009 Unclear about his future career path, Steve Reifenberg found himself in the early 1980s working at a small orphanage in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, where a determined single woman was trying to create a stable home for a dozen or so children who had been abandoned or abused. With little more than good intentions and very limited Spanish, the 23-year-old Reifenberg plunged into the life of the Hogar Domingo Savio, becoming a foster father to kids who stretched his capacities for compassion and understanding in ways he never could have imagined back in the United States. In this beautifully written memoir, Reifenberg recalls his two years at the Hogar Domingo Savio. His vivid descriptions create indelible portraits of a dozen remarkable kids—mature-beyond-her-years Verónica; sullen, unresponsive Marcelo; and irrepressible toddler Andrés, among them. As Reifenberg learns more about the children's circumstances, he begins to see the bigger picture of life in Chile at a crucial moment in its history. The early 1980s were a time of economic crisis and political uprising against the brutal military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Reifenberg skillfully interweaves the story of the orphanage with the broader national and international forces that dramatically impact the lives of the kids. By the end of Santiago's Children, Reifenberg has told an engrossing story not only of his own coming-of-age, but also of the courage and resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Latin America.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 029275261X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Runner-up, Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Book Awards: Memoir/Autobiography Category, 2009 Unclear about his future career path, Steve Reifenberg found himself in the early 1980s working at a small orphanage in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, where a determined single woman was trying to create a stable home for a dozen or so children who had been abandoned or abused. With little more than good intentions and very limited Spanish, the 23-year-old Reifenberg plunged into the life of the Hogar Domingo Savio, becoming a foster father to kids who stretched his capacities for compassion and understanding in ways he never could have imagined back in the United States. In this beautifully written memoir, Reifenberg recalls his two years at the Hogar Domingo Savio. His vivid descriptions create indelible portraits of a dozen remarkable kids—mature-beyond-her-years Verónica; sullen, unresponsive Marcelo; and irrepressible toddler Andrés, among them. As Reifenberg learns more about the children's circumstances, he begins to see the bigger picture of life in Chile at a crucial moment in its history. The early 1980s were a time of economic crisis and political uprising against the brutal military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Reifenberg skillfully interweaves the story of the orphanage with the broader national and international forces that dramatically impact the lives of the kids. By the end of Santiago's Children, Reifenberg has told an engrossing story not only of his own coming-of-age, but also of the courage and resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Latin America.
Santiago's Road Home
Author: Alexandra Diaz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 1534446230
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Three starred reviews! “Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel by award-winning author Alexandra Diaz. The bed creaks under Santiago’s shivering body. They say a person’s life flashes by before dying. But it’s not his whole life. Just the events that led to this. The important ones, and the ones Santiago would rather forget. The coins in Santiago’s hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive abuela’s house. Except he refuses to return; he won’t be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría, who help Santiago decide what comes next: He will accompany them to el otro lado, the United States of America. They embark with little, just backpacks with water and a bit of food. To travel together will require trust from all parties, and Santiago is used to going it alone. None of the three travelers realizes that the journey through Mexico to the border is just the beginning of their story.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 1534446230
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Three starred reviews! “Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel by award-winning author Alexandra Diaz. The bed creaks under Santiago’s shivering body. They say a person’s life flashes by before dying. But it’s not his whole life. Just the events that led to this. The important ones, and the ones Santiago would rather forget. The coins in Santiago’s hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive abuela’s house. Except he refuses to return; he won’t be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría, who help Santiago decide what comes next: He will accompany them to el otro lado, the United States of America. They embark with little, just backpacks with water and a bit of food. To travel together will require trust from all parties, and Santiago is used to going it alone. None of the three travelers realizes that the journey through Mexico to the border is just the beginning of their story.
The Treasure of El Bravo (Santiago of the Seas)
Author: Cynthia Ines Mangual
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0593434137
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Go on an exciting pirate adventure in this hardcover Big Golden Book starring the crew from Nickelodeon’s Santiago of the Seas! When Enrique steals the heart of El Bravo, Santiago, Lorelai, and Tomás enlist Prima Tina to help them get it back! But can these pirate protectors still save the seas when Enrique teams up with Bonnie Bones? Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover Big Golden Book with a shiny gold spine based on Nickelodeon’s Santiago of the Seas! Santiago of the Seas is an interactive action-adventure series for preschoolers starring Santiago Montes, an 8-year old boy who discovers the mystical compass of fabled pirate Capitán Calavera, making him the next Pirate Protector of the High Seas. Along with his crew, cousin Tomás and Lorelai the mermaid, Santiago goes on heroic quests against nefarious villains and proves that kindness and good deeds can always save the day!
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0593434137
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Go on an exciting pirate adventure in this hardcover Big Golden Book starring the crew from Nickelodeon’s Santiago of the Seas! When Enrique steals the heart of El Bravo, Santiago, Lorelai, and Tomás enlist Prima Tina to help them get it back! But can these pirate protectors still save the seas when Enrique teams up with Bonnie Bones? Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover Big Golden Book with a shiny gold spine based on Nickelodeon’s Santiago of the Seas! Santiago of the Seas is an interactive action-adventure series for preschoolers starring Santiago Montes, an 8-year old boy who discovers the mystical compass of fabled pirate Capitán Calavera, making him the next Pirate Protector of the High Seas. Along with his crew, cousin Tomás and Lorelai the mermaid, Santiago goes on heroic quests against nefarious villains and proves that kindness and good deeds can always save the day!
Home to Medicine Mountain
Author: Chiori Santiago
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417617159
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417617159
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer
When I Was Puerto Rican
Author: Esmeralda Santiago
Publisher: Palabra
ISBN: 9780306814525
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.
Publisher: Palabra
ISBN: 9780306814525
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Magic, sexual tension, high comedy, and intense drama move through an enchanted yet harsh autobiography, in the story of a young girl who leaves rural Puerto Rico for New York's tenements and a chance for success.
Santiago's Love-Child
Author: Kim Lawrence
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1552547507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Santiago Morais is strong, proud and fiercely passionate—everything that Lily's treacherous husband wasn't. It's in Santiago's arms that Lily finds herself awakened—she's not the frigid woman she believed herself to be. But a shocking discovery convinces Santiago that Lily has betrayed him, and he sends her away, not realizing that he is the father of her unborn child. Will Lily face motherhood alone?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1552547507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Santiago Morais is strong, proud and fiercely passionate—everything that Lily's treacherous husband wasn't. It's in Santiago's arms that Lily finds herself awakened—she's not the frigid woman she believed herself to be. But a shocking discovery convinces Santiago that Lily has betrayed him, and he sends her away, not realizing that he is the father of her unborn child. Will Lily face motherhood alone?
Evidence-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Maltreated Children
Author: Susan Timmer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400774044
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This volume provides an overview of the research describing the effects of child maltreatment on mental health, cognitive and social-emotional development. It offers descriptions of selected empirically based treatments (EBTs) written by scholars associated with its development, training, or research on its effectiveness. Each contributor presents the theoretical foundation of the EBT and evidence of its efficacy, describes the treatment process and illustrates this process with a case study of its use with a maltreated child, and discusses possible limitations. Following the chapters describing the interventions, the editors address key issues of the dissemination and implementation of these EBTs. They describe the strategies the selected interventions have used to ensure treatment fidelity in training and dissemination from the perspective of implementation science’s core components of implementation. The challenges of implementing EBTs, and the difficulty of fitting protocol to the reality of clinical practice in community mental health settings are also discussed. This volume offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking effective interventions to address problems associated with child maltreatment.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400774044
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This volume provides an overview of the research describing the effects of child maltreatment on mental health, cognitive and social-emotional development. It offers descriptions of selected empirically based treatments (EBTs) written by scholars associated with its development, training, or research on its effectiveness. Each contributor presents the theoretical foundation of the EBT and evidence of its efficacy, describes the treatment process and illustrates this process with a case study of its use with a maltreated child, and discusses possible limitations. Following the chapters describing the interventions, the editors address key issues of the dissemination and implementation of these EBTs. They describe the strategies the selected interventions have used to ensure treatment fidelity in training and dissemination from the perspective of implementation science’s core components of implementation. The challenges of implementing EBTs, and the difficulty of fitting protocol to the reality of clinical practice in community mental health settings are also discussed. This volume offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking effective interventions to address problems associated with child maltreatment.
Santiago's Road Home
Author: Alexandra Diaz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534446249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Fleeing abusive relatives and extreme poverty in Mexico, young Santiago endures being detained by ICE while crossing the border into the United States.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534446249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Fleeing abusive relatives and extreme poverty in Mexico, young Santiago endures being detained by ICE while crossing the border into the United States.
Deportation and Return in a Border-Restricted World
Author: Bryan Roberts
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319497782
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This volume focuses on recent experiences of return migration to Mexico and Central America from the United States. For most of the twentieth century, return migration to the US was a normal part of the migration process from Mexico and Central America, typically resulting in the eventual permanent settlement of migrants in the US. In recent years, however, such migration has become involuntary, as a growing proportion of return migration is taking place through formal orders of deportation. This book discusses return migration to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, addressing different reasons for return, whether voluntary or involuntary, and highlighting the unique challenges faced by returnees to each region. Particular emphasis is placed on the lack of government and institutional policies in place for returning migrants who wish to attain work, training, or shelter in their home countries. Finally, the authors take a look at the phenomenon of migrants who can never return because they have disappeared during the migration process. Through its multinational focus, diverse thematic outlook, and use of ethnographic and survey methods, this volume provides an original contribution to the topic of return migration and broadens the scope of the literature currently available. As such, this book will be important to scholars and students interested in immigration policy and Latin America as well as policy makers and activists.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319497782
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This volume focuses on recent experiences of return migration to Mexico and Central America from the United States. For most of the twentieth century, return migration to the US was a normal part of the migration process from Mexico and Central America, typically resulting in the eventual permanent settlement of migrants in the US. In recent years, however, such migration has become involuntary, as a growing proportion of return migration is taking place through formal orders of deportation. This book discusses return migration to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, addressing different reasons for return, whether voluntary or involuntary, and highlighting the unique challenges faced by returnees to each region. Particular emphasis is placed on the lack of government and institutional policies in place for returning migrants who wish to attain work, training, or shelter in their home countries. Finally, the authors take a look at the phenomenon of migrants who can never return because they have disappeared during the migration process. Through its multinational focus, diverse thematic outlook, and use of ethnographic and survey methods, this volume provides an original contribution to the topic of return migration and broadens the scope of the literature currently available. As such, this book will be important to scholars and students interested in immigration policy and Latin America as well as policy makers and activists.
Santiago Bovisio
Author: Fabiana Mastrangelo
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
ISBN: 9877118319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Santiago Bovisio, Master of America contains two parts I) Don Santiago, Life and Work of Mr. Santiago Bovisio; II) Testimonies about Don Santiago.It contains sources used to prepare the biography of Don Santiago. It is a spiritual duty to allow that ALL may read the wisdom expressed by testimonies of his disciples, because the Message of Don Santiago and his Holy Work are Universal Essentially, as an educator, Santiago Bovisio and choose America to carry out his labor. His work reflects this. He created Cafh (1937, Buenos Aires), for Spiritual Development, spread today throughout America, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. In addition, he established the American Spiritualistic University (1940, Rosario); the Argentine San Martin Educational Union (1943, Cordoba); the Santa Rosa College, later called "Leo Bovisio" College (1948, Embalse, Cordoba); and the School of the Aesthetic Cultural Union in Cuyo (Argentina), among other works. The educational role and teaching of Don Santigo are present in different dialogues and testimonies of his disciples, because a primordial axis of his work was to teach to live and he created a method for it.
Publisher: Editorial Autores de Argentina
ISBN: 9877118319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Santiago Bovisio, Master of America contains two parts I) Don Santiago, Life and Work of Mr. Santiago Bovisio; II) Testimonies about Don Santiago.It contains sources used to prepare the biography of Don Santiago. It is a spiritual duty to allow that ALL may read the wisdom expressed by testimonies of his disciples, because the Message of Don Santiago and his Holy Work are Universal Essentially, as an educator, Santiago Bovisio and choose America to carry out his labor. His work reflects this. He created Cafh (1937, Buenos Aires), for Spiritual Development, spread today throughout America, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. In addition, he established the American Spiritualistic University (1940, Rosario); the Argentine San Martin Educational Union (1943, Cordoba); the Santa Rosa College, later called "Leo Bovisio" College (1948, Embalse, Cordoba); and the School of the Aesthetic Cultural Union in Cuyo (Argentina), among other works. The educational role and teaching of Don Santigo are present in different dialogues and testimonies of his disciples, because a primordial axis of his work was to teach to live and he created a method for it.