Torke, Kyle.  Hiking the Grand Mesa: A Clementine the Rescue Dog Story (Published in 2020  by Loving Healing Press, 5145  Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, MI  48205).   Two young boys, Coover and Conrad, go with their Grandma and their mighty rescue dog, Clementine, on a desert adventure.  They hike through the southern Colorado Dobies, a series of steep hills made from adobe clay that formed as the nearby volcanoes, now extinct, eroded.  Their goal is to explore one of the most unique landscapes in Colorado–the Grand Mesa. At first, Coover seems a little sad and lonely at the apparently barren and solitary landscape, but Grandma introduces him to the rich wildlife, both plant and animal, around them, and both boys go tramping through an imaginative journey.  What will they see?  Where will they go?  And what will they do?

Hiking the Grand Mesa is a nature lover’s dream.  Beginning readers will be fascinated by the vivid history of the area as described in author Kyle Torke’s clear, detailed text, and by the beautiful scenery depicted in illustrator Barbara Torke’s gorgeous watercolor paintings.

This fun and insightful story is a wonderful, challenging reading experience with vocabulary development, contextual learning, and the encouragement of imagination.  From woodpeckers and toads, to cattails and sunflowers, youngsters will be awakened to a whole new world.  The first book in the series is Ice Breaking: The Adventures of Clementine the Rescue Dog.

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Crisis In The American Heartland -- Disasters & Mental Health In Rural Environments: An Introduction (Volume 1)

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Brand: Rocky Mountain Region DMH Institute Press

Who will step up to meet the challenge of the next rural crisis?

Rural practice presents important yet challenging issues for psychology, especially given
uneven population distribution, high levels of need, limited availability of rural services,
and ongoing migration to urban centers. It is critical that mental health professionals and
first responders in rural areas become aware of recent research, training and approaches
to crisis intervention, traumatology, compassion fatigue, disaster mental health, critical incident
stress management, post-traumatic stress and related areas in rural environments.
Critical issues facing rural areas include:

Physical issues such as land, air, and water resources, cheap food policy, chemicals
and pesticides, animal rights, corruption in food marketing and distribution, and land
appropriation for energy development.

Quality of life issues such as rural America's declining share of national wealth, problems of
hunger, education, and rural poverty among rural populations of farmers and ranchers.

Direct service issues include the need to accommodate a wide variety of mental health
difficulties, client privacy and boundaries, and practical challenges.

Indirect service issues include the greater need for diverse professional activities, collaborative
work with professionals having different orientations and beliefs, program development
and evaluation, and conducting research with few mentors or peer collaborators.

Professional training and development issues include lack of specialized relevant
courses and placements.

Personal issues include limited opportunities for recreation, culture, and lack of privacy.



Doherty's first volume in this new series Crisis in the American Heartland explores these
and many other issues. Each volume available in trade paper, hardcover, and eBook formats.

Social Science: Disasters & Disaster Relief



For more information please visit www.RMRInstitute.org

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