Audiobooks narrated by Chelsea Kwoka

Haley Warren (Author), Alex Knox, Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guidebook for Social Workers and Other Professionals

"Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals argues that the foster care system is in crisis and one strategy for meaningful change is for social workers and other professionals to collaborate with foster parents. The collaboration will assist with increasing foster parent retention and the quality of care they can provide to children in their homes. The book provides practical suggestions supported by current research for how this can be done. The book provides information about the foster care system, children in foster care, and foster parents' vital roles. It couples the first-hand experience of a foster parent and social worker with current research. This combined lens provides a critical examination of the current realities of foster parents and social workers in foster care. Derived from both practice knowledge and empirical evidence, the book provides guidance to social workers and other professionals about how to effectively work with foster parents. The goal is to promote change in the foster care system and improve the outcomes for children and families. It serves as a tool to help social workers and other professionals currently working in the foster care system improve their skills and better collaborate with foster parents. Foster Parent Collaboration contains numerous practice examples drawn from actual cases that offer insights into what social workers and foster parents navigate and how social workers best can work with foster parents. Each chapter includes a real-life challenge from a foster parent's perspective."

Amanda Preston, Lisa Schelbe (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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Innocence on the Move: ...NOT the Road Trip you took with your Parents!

"Innocence on the Move is a reminder of the timeless allure of the open road. Transcend to the bygone era of August 1971, as you join Marcia and Zoe on their epic cross-country road trip from Michigan to the West Coast. ***** 'The story is a nostalgic trip down memory lane for anyone who grew up in the 1960s-70s. The author captures the adventurous and often spontaneous spirit of the boomer generation. The pop culture references illuminate life at the time, featuring everything from 8-Track players to the American Top 40s with Casey Kasem. Kosar places her experiences in a broader context of the significant social and cultural changes of the 70s. ' Reviewed by Carol Thomson for Readers' Favorite ***** 'Those who want to expand their horizons should read Marcia Kosar's Innocence on the Move. This engaging and humorous book will appeal to fans of memoirs, adventure, and travel books. Kosar's writing style is clear and to the point, yet she manages to make the descriptions so vivid that I could imagine myself in the helicopter flying over the iconic Mount Rushmore with Marcia and Zoe. This book is informative as Kosar shares fun facts about the places they visited, like the history of Reno's Nevada Club casino or that Yellowstone was the first National Park in the world.' Reviewed by Nino Lobiladze for Readers Favorite ***** 'Innocence on the Move is a captivating tale that perfectly encapsulates the culture of the early 1970s. The music, adventure, and free spirit of the era resonate through Marcia's and Zoe's experiences. Kosar celebrates youthful poignant reflections on societal changes faced by young women both then and now. This is a fantastic story that combines humor, entertainment, and insightful commentary, inspiring readers to embark on their own adventures with family and friends.' Reviewed by Doreen Chombu for Readers' Favorite (Armchair Travel, Travel Writing & Commentary, Travel Humor, Women's Adventure Travel, Memoir...)"

Marcia Kosar (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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The Thing I'm Most Afraid Of

"A new middle-grade tale from critically acclaimed, award-winning author Kristin Levine about facing your fears, set in Vienna during the Bosnian genocide. Most twelve-year-olds would be excited to fly to Austria to see their dad for the summer but then Becca is not most twelve-year-olds. Suffering from severe anxiety, she fears that the metal detectors at the airport will give her cancer and the long international flight will leave her with blood clots. Luckily, she's packed her Doomsday Journal, the one thing that always seems to help. By writing down her fears and what to do if the worst happens, Becca can get by without (many) panic attacks. Routines and plans help Becca cope but living in a new country is full of the unexpected--including Becca's companions for the summer. Like Felix, the short and bookish son of Becca's dad's new girlfriend. Or Sara, the nineteen-year-old Bosnian refugee tasked with watching the two of them for the summer. As Becca explores Vienna and becomes close to her new friends, she soon learns she is not alone in her fears. What matters most is what you do when faced with them."

Kristin Levine (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

"An indispensable reference that everyone concerned with the future of American colleges and universities should acquire. First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to address major changes in higher education, including the rise of organized social movements, the problem of income inequality and stratification, and the growth of for-profit and distance education. Three new chapters cover information technology, community colleges, and teaching and learning. This edition seeks to capture several crucial dynamics in the nexus of higher education and society. Placing higher education within its social and political contexts, the contributors discuss finance, federal and state governance, faculty, students, curriculum, and academic leadership. They also grapple with growing concerns about the future of the academy and reflect more deeply on the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity within higher education. No other book covers such wide-ranging issues under the broader theme of higher education's relationship to society. Highly acclaimed and incorporating cutting-edge research, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century is now more useful and engaging than ever. Contributors: Michael N. Bastedo, Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport, Benjamin Baez, Peter Riley Bahr, Joy Blanchard, Corbin M. Campbell, Melanie E. Corrigan, Peter D. Eckel, Roger L. Geiger, Lawrence E. Gladieux, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Jillian Leigh Gross, D. Bruce Johnstone, Adrianna Kezar, Jacqueline E. King, Aims C. McGuinness, Jr., Michael Mumper, Anna Neumann, Robert M. O'Neil, Laura W. Perna, Gary Rhoades, Roman Ruiz, Lauren Schudde, Sheila Slaughter, Daryl G. Smith"

Michael N. Bastedo, Patricia J. Gumport, Philip G. Altbach (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

"Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company. Where did they get the ideas that made them rich? How did they convince investors to back them? What went wrong, and how did they recover? Nearly all technical people have thought of one day starting or working for a startup. For them, this book is the closest you can come to being a fly on the wall at a successful startup, to learn how it's done. But ultimately these interviews are required reading for anyone who wants to understand business, because startups are business reduced to its essence. The reason their founders become rich is that startups do what businesses do-create value-more intensively than almost any other part of the economy. How? What are the secrets that make successful startups so insanely productive? Read this book, and let the founders themselves tell you."

Jessica Livingston (Author), Chelsea Kwoka, Full Cast (Narrator)

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Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives

"A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author. Psychoanalyst Jean Bolen's career soared in the early 1980s when Goddesses in Everywoman was published. Thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying their own inner goddesses and using these archetypes to guide themselves to greater self-esteem, creativity, and happiness. Bolen's radical idea was that just as women used to be unconscious of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them. Bolen believes that an understanding of these inner patterns and their interrelationships offers reassuring, true-to-life alternatives that take women far beyond such restrictive dichotomies as masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. And she demonstrates in this book how understanding them can provide the key to self-knowledge and wholeness. Dr. Bolen introduced these patterns in the guise of seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, with whom all women could identify, from the autonomous Artemis and the cool Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite, and explains how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become a better 'heroine' in one's own life story."

Jean Shinoda Bolen (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy

"How do you develop products that people will actually use and buy? This practical guide shows you how to validate product and company ideas through customer development research-before you waste months and millions on a product or service that no one needs or wants. With a combination of open-ended interviewing and fast and flexible research techniques, you'll learn how your prospective customers behave, the problems they need to solve, and what frustrates and delights them. These insights may shake your assumptions, but they'll help you reach the 'ah-ha!' moments that inspire truly great products. Validate or invalidate your hypothesis by talking to the right people Learn how to conduct successful customer interviews play-by-play Detect a customer's behaviors, pain points, and constraints Turn interview insights into Minimum Viable Products to validate what customers will use and buy Adapt customer development strategies for large companies, conservative industries, and existing products"

Cindy Alvarez (Author), Chelsea Kwoka (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Chelsea Kwoka