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1) Mindful parenting for ADHD: a guide to cultivating calm, reducing stress, & helping children thrive
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"Parents of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face many unique daily challenges. Kids with ADHD are often inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive--and as a result, parents can become frustrated or stressed out. In Mindful Parenting for ADHD, a pediatrician presents a proven-effective program for helping both parents and kids with ADHD stay calm in the present moment. Parents will also learn how to let go of judgments, reasonably...
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A comprehensive reference for parents and educators explains the origins of substance abuse while offering advice for how to identify risk factors and take steps to prevent vulnerable teens from developing an addiction disorder.
Lahey was born into a family with a history of alcoholism and drug abuse; despite her desires to thwart her genetic legacy, she didn't find sobriety until her early forties. Now she provides a comprehensive resource parents...
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"Written by a psychologist and expert on adolescent anxiety, this book is an essential how-to guide for parents, showing how their own behavior can either help or exacerbate their teen's symptoms, and outlining specific skills parents can use to support their child. Readers will learn that when it comes to anxiety, simple interventions can make a big difference in how teens manage their feelings"--
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Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties -- including the devastating act of violence that was a turning point at age 12 -- and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. With candor, vulnerability, and authority, Roxane explores what it means to be overweight in a time when...
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"Most parents are not child psychologists and that's why it can be hard to discern what are normal childhood anxieties and what is more problematic. However, even with childhood anxieties, parents can learn how to raise resilient, independent, and healthy children with the help of licensed clinical psychologist, Regine Galanti, PhD. Galanti offers a research-based, practical guide for parenting through all ages and stages with strategies to help build...
6) Anxiety relief for kids: on-the-spot strategies to help your child overcome worry, panic & avoidance
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Provides quick in-the-moment solutions that can be used when anxiety takes hold.
When your child has an anxiety disorder, it hurts to see them afraid or constantly worried. Walker provides quick solutions based in evidence-based CBT and exposure therapy. You'll learn to identify your child's avoidant and safety behaviors, as well as anxiety triggers that set your child off. You'll also discover tailored interventions you can use now to help your...
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"Fifteen-year-old Hannah was a privileged young girl with a promising future, but that didn't stop her from sliding into an abyss of sex, drugs, alcohol, and other high-risk behaviors. Off the Rails narrates Hannah's sudden decline and subsequent treatment through the raw, honest, compelling voices of Hannah and her shocked and desperate mother--each one telling her side of the story./Fearing that they couldn't keep their teen safe, Hannah's parents...
8) Freedom from family dysfunction: a guide to healing families battling addiction or mental illness
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Freedom from Family Dysfunction provides a healing solution for people caught in the chaos of a dysfunctional family struggling with the addiction or mental illness of one of its members. Using vivid portrayals of the pain and powerlessness, readers are provided a step-by-step method to promote health in their systems and heal themselves.
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"From the best freestyle surfer in the world, an inspiring and moving memoir about his ascendance to the top of the surfing world while struggling for most of his young life with undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome Clay Marzo has an almost preternatural gift with a surfboard. From his first moments underwater (he learned to swim at two months old) to his first ventures atop his father's surfboard as a toddler, it was obvious that Marzo's single-minded...
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Outlining a new and optimistic way to understand autism, this concise book offers practical ideas to support individuals on the autism spectrum. The Polyvagal Theory suggests that symptoms of autism are a learnt response of the nervous system - the result of being in a prolonged state of flight/fight. This book explains the theory in simple terms and incorporates recent developments in brain plasticity research (the capacity of the brain to change
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Ellen's personal experiences as a parent of children with autism and ADHD, a celebrated autism author, and a contributor to numerous publications, classrooms, conferences, and websites around the world coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. This updated edition delves into expanded thought and deeper discussion of communication issues, social processing skills, and the critical roles adult perspectives...
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"Do you rule the realm of disorganization, clutter, and chaos? Are you constantly battling to get things done? Are you ready to give up and toss your day planner into the dungeon (otherwise known as your closet)? If so, you might just be The Queen of Distraction. And whether or not you've been formally diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you probably already know that something's got to give. The Queen of Distraction presents...
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Addiction is one of the most critical problems of our modern world, affecting children as much as adults. We face not only a widespread dependency on illicit substances, but also addictions to food, beverages, cigarettes, and alcohol, as well as electronic gadgetry, online social networks, and entertainment media within a culture of violence, along with excessive and unhealthy sexual practices. This book explores the overall health consequences of...
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Un libro que da cuenta de los peligros del uso de las pantallas interactivas en los niños y adolescentes, explicado y fundamentado por Carolina Pérez, quien además de estar muy presente en redes sociales, realiza charlas en colegios y suele ser consultada por los medios sobre este tema, principalmente en matinales en la televisión.
15) The sister pact
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"Allie is devastated when her sister Leah commits suicide--and not just because she misses her. The two teens made a suicide pact so that they'd always be together, and Allie can't understand why she was left behind"--
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Approximately 1 in 7 women suffer from postpartum depression after having a baby. Many more may experience depression during pregnancy, postpartum anxiety, OCD, and other mood disorders. Postpartum depression is, in fact, the most common pregnancy-related complication-yet confusion and misinformation about this disorder are still widespread. And these aren't harmless myths: the lack of clarity surrounding mothers' mental health challenges can have...
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What are humans capable of when we think differently? Autism is often mistakenly regarded as a mental disability. But, in reality, isn't it simply another way of processing the world around us? Lift the lid on misunderstandings, misdiagnoses, and misconceptions regarding autistic people and autistic intelligence. Discover a whole spectrum of variation on thought and learning, as well as the tragic history of fighting to be heard. A compelling mix...
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Lo originario del lazo social ocurre en la infancia; lo común existe solo si se puede ceder lo propio en función de los otros, como condición de la experiencia infantil. Ella está en peligro, se extingue cada vez que se nombra a un niño como perteneciente a la comunidad de los denominados espectros autistas. Cuando mediante diversos catálogos diagnósticos se escamotea violentamente la vida relacional no hay comunidad y, sin ella, el amor no...
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Dear Friends,I would like to introduce you to the most precious gift of my life. As a Father of an autistic child, my biggest goal is to build a brighter future for my beloved child. However, navigating this challenging path alone has proven to be quite difficult for me. Financial resources are limited, and the support provided by our government is inadequate. Therefore, I have made the decision to create a community, and I extend an open invitation...
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Everyone has a dream of how they think they want their life to go. I had such a plan, but I will be the first to tell you that it absolutely did not go the way I had envisioned. It started out going down the right path (or what I assumed was the right path), but boy, the path I ended on was one that stretched me.
My son was born in 2003 and was an extremely colicky baby. I had a heart condition and life was tough for the first 6 months of his life....
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