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The Teaching Librarian 21.2 19 now or Pay Later: Prevention Is the Best (and cheapest cure);" "What Managers and Leaders can Do," with 15 examples of exemplary leaders. Says Posen, "another realm where worker stress affects consumers is in the field of education. classroom teachers are overwhelmed, not only by the number of students in their classes, but also by the multitude of aptitude levels, learning styles, different languages, and behaviour problems." Dr. Posen goes even further: "Students badmouth teachers, tell them to kiss off (though not in those words), defy them, argue with them, intimidate them, even threaten them --- and all without fear of consequence. The lack of support for harassed teachers by their own administrators is unconscionable. I'm not suggesting that this is the norm, but the fact that it's happening at all shocks me." The appendices include reminders for all of us: Ways to Work Smart and Fresh, Principles of Delegating, Dealing with Deadlines and perhaps the best of all, Learning to Say No. Leading expert on stress management, physician, professional speaker and trainer, David Posen MD, is also the author of The Little Book of Stress Relief, Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough, and Always Change a Losing Game. He also writes for Canadian Living, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, and USA Weekend. For more resources and stress-reduction tips: www.davidposen.com. *** The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum Temple Grandin & Richard Panek, 2013 ISBN 978-0-547-63654-0 Essential for special education and autism teachers, teacher-assistants, family studies, all primary or secondary teaching staff, parents of students with autism. We seem to be entrenched in a system that loves acronyms, branding and labels. a student is stamped with MID (Mildly Intellectually Delayed), or Special education, or Gifted and, once stamped by "label-locked thinkers," is hardly ever allowed to stray from those boundaries. This book is so refreshing from the outset, where Dr. Grandin sets her limits without limits: "I warn parents, teachers, and therapists to avoid getting locked into labels. (...) I beg you: Do not allow a child or an adult to become defined by a DSM [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] label." Divided into just two parts (The Autistic Brain and Rethinking the Autistic Brain), the book covers topics such as The Meanings of Autism, Sequencing the Autistic Brain, Looking Past the Labels and From the Margins to the Mainstream. The autism- Spectrum Quotient, developed in 2001 by cambridge, england, psychologist Simon Baron-cohen and colleagues to measure autistic characteristics in adults, is included in the appendix. Dr. Grandin cautions using this type of test as an absolute diagnosis for autism, however, since it can lead to a defeatist attitude of what people are not capable of, instead of what they can do to improve. on the other hand, she claims that a label is needed for the sake of educational benefits, insurance reimbursements and social programs, for example, but is critical of the american Psychiatric association's fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), since those formerly labelled asperger's are to be categorized as autistics. This might lead to detrimental changes in insurance coverage and social services, among other things. author of several best-selling books, Dr. Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is herself autistic, and is a professor of animal science at colorado State university. For more information, including "Teaching techniques that work," see www.templegrandin.com. z