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| A Framework for Understanding Poverty | 
 enlarge | Author: Ruby K. Payne
Publisher: aha Process, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 3400
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 199
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1929229488
EAN: 9781929229482
ASIN: 1929229488
Publication Date: May 15, 2005
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Product Description
Fourth Revised Edition. People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by everyone else. If you work with people from poverty, some understanding of how different their world is from yours will be invaluable. Whether you're an educator--or a social, health, or legal services professional--this breakthrough book gives you practical, real-world support and guidance to improve your effectiveness in working with people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Since 1995 A Framework for Understanding Poverty has guided hundreds of thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables, and questionaires, Framework not only documents the facts of poverty, it provides practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing its impact on people's lives.
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 disappointing 80% and fantastic 20% November 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I borrowed Payne's Framework for Understanding Poverty from our local library. I don't know that she's THE leading US expert on mindsets of poverty, middle class and wealth. Sort of pretentious. She separated out behaviors, values, characteristics of the three socio-economic classes. I was appalled at what she claimed to be economic factors - all so often they are matters of diagnosis of LD that is most commonly exposed in poverty and least often exposed among the wealthy. I liked the holistic approach - that many factors affect folks beyond just money! This book is poorly researched, most of the time interestingly presented book. For parents and teachers, not a bad read some of the time - but, don't believe all that you read in this book. For employers, policymakers and service providers, skip it. It's not a bad read from the public library. I wouldn't buy the $22 4th edition over the $2 used 3rd edition.
 I never recieved this and the seller never responded to my email October 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never recieved this book and the seller never responded to my email inquiry. I was never charged for it. But I really wanted the book.
 Ruby Payne is amazing! August 8, 2008
This book is a quick, easy read and should be a requirement for all! You will gain an appreciation for all economic/social classes and learn more about yourself. As a teacher, this book brought clarity to situations in the past and will guide my behavior in the future. I believe that every lawmaker and politician should read this book before making decisions about helping the poor. An amazing book and a must read!
Seller should be banned July 15, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
This seller never shipped the book and never returned my emails as to why. I ordered it for a course I had to teach on poverty and did not receive my book on time for the class. This seller should not be allowed to sell on the site.
I passed my test July 13, 2008
Very enlightning book, gives a deeper understanding of povery and why it is hard to break the cycle.
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