This book describes the "Wellness Institute," a program developed at the University of Central Florida. Materials from the program may enable instructors to utilize successful formats for testing, programming, management, promotion, and evaluation. The book addresses the dimensions of wellness: physical, mental, and spiritual. Some specific topics…

A simple metaphor about a dipper and a bucket and decades of research to show how even the briefest interactions affect relationships, productivity, health, and longevity, is used in this book. In the short time since the book's release, educators and administrators have already discovered that creating a positive environment can have a powerful…

This learning guide is designed to connect personal, family, and job responsibilities for adults and out-of-school youth in economically depressed areas of the state (including transitional ex-offenders and corrections populations) so that these individuals learn to manage and balance these aspects of their lives in order to prepare for or…