Reviews the Exit-level (tenth grade) TAAS exams in reading, writing, and math, including test-taking strategies and extensive practice exercises, combined with a humorous storyline.

The Texas Assessment Skills tests the English language arts and mathematic skills of eighth-graders in the state. This expert guide provides an overview of the tests, strategies to help students tackle every question, and exercises that develop the skills measured by the tests. Drawings, charts, and diagrams throughout.

This updated edition covers a range of new topics, including stress and the immune system, post-traumatic stress and crisis intervention, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), Crisis Management Briefings in response to mass disasters and terrorism, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), spirituality and religion as stress management tools, dietary factors and stress, and updated information on psychopharmacologic intervention in the human stress response. It is a comprehensive and accessible guide for students, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, medicine, nursing, social work, and public health.