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All Teens Need Help Preparing for The Adult World. For Parents of an ADHD Teen, Additional Navigation is Essential-Starting Today!The Average Human Brain Isn't Fully Developed Until Around the age of 25. That's Already 7 Years Into Adult Life.When you Consider the Neuro Differences Between a Typical Brain and an ADHD Brain, Your Teen May Have Greater Developmental Challenges.Think of How Hard it is to Sit Down and Dedicate Time to Your Budget or to...
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Little Layla is thrilled about her first beach trip and carefully packs her cherished silver backpack. With pockets galore – including a secret one – she meticulously decides what to take, getting ideas from her big sisters. Layla knows the pre-trip routine: Daddy straps her in, tickles her toes, travel dua! At the beach, she has a special parking spot for easier access. Though Daddy carries her, she's eager to explore. Layla joins her sister...
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Kids may have fewer responsibilities than mom and dad, but childhood can still be one of the most stressful periods in life. The stresses of school, extracurricular activities, and even day-to-day family living can make kids feel overwhelmed and distracted. To make matters worse, children have very little control over the events in their lives, and haven't had as much practice managing stress as adults. In Parenting Your Stressed Child, you'll learn...
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Karen Nicksich and Heritage University Assistant Professor Miguel Juarez are celebrating the publication of their co-authored book, Earth Angels, a pictorial documentary chronicling the lives of "specially-abled" children. Earth Angels features the personal stories of nine families who have children with special needs. It chronicles the joys and challenges the parents of these children face on a daily basis. Heritage University social work students...
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Finding out that a child has dyslexia can be shocking and confusing - and thousands of parents get this disturbing news every day. Appearing as early as when a child is struggling to say "Mama" and "Dada," dyslexia is a condition that will affect a child's ability to read, write, and understand basic language construction - and for a parent, this can be a tough reality to take in. Covering information on every stage of diagnosis, treatment, and growth,...
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Building a family is filled with many questions, especially when you choose to build yours through adoption. Finding answers that really work for you is key to finding the success you have been looking for. The Adoption Answer Book explores all the options available to you and gives you the confidence to make it happen.
It addresses all your concerns when wanting to build a family using adoption and all types of adoptions are covered. Learn everything...
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Beyond Breathing is a story of a mother's loss of her 13 year old daughter, Jena, to Cystic Fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease. Her journey takes you from unfathomable heartache to love and understanding of life's realities. Through her journey she learns that life lessons come from her children and the beauty of living and the power of love. In the span of one year she learns to go from depression and dependency to inner strength and the realization...
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A riveting and redemptive family memoir, The Four Walls of My Freedom is Donna Thomson's account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about the good life. Donna Thomson's life was forever changed when her son Nicholas was born with cerebral palsy. A former actor, director, and teacher, Donna became his primary caregiver and embarked on a second career as a disability activist, author, and consultant....
10) Wounded Dove
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Wounded Dove is the true story of an immigrant family pursuing a dream to own land a home of their own. Their determination and faith help them overcome prejudice, a polio epidemic that cripples one of their children, and economic setbacks. Their physically disabled child does not choose to stay meekly at home as expected by people in the early 1900s. She wants education, a career, independence, respect, and love.
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Un livre d'espoir pour ne pas perdre de vue toutes les belles qualités de votre enfant
Comment aider son enfant lorsqu'il est différent? En tant que parent, que pouvez-vous faire, de façon réaliste, pour faciliter son intégration à l'école, l'aider à développer son autonomie, l'accompagner dans la gestion de ses émotions, l'outiller pour la vie adulte? Comment offrir du temps de qualité aussi aux frères et soeurs qui réclament votre...
13) Parenting Your Out-of-Control Child: An Effective, Easy-to-Use Program for Teaching Self-Control
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Most children learn to stop throwing temper tantrums, lying, refusing to go to bed or take a bath at an early age. But some have trouble with impulsivity and self-control, problems that, if left unchecked, can lead to more serious long-term issues that can even cross the line into crime and delinquency. This book offers a sound and safe step-by-step program for heading off conflict and getting your child to cooperate. This step-by-step approach concentrates...
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How to train a Superhero: A Story of Autism is a must-read for all parents. This book was written to encourage and inspire any parent or person, not just parents of children with disabilities. Teresia shares her journey of raising two sons on the autism spectrum. Within these pages, there is laughter, tears, passion, and encouragement as Teresia shares their search for diagnosis, the challenges they faced training them up and her personal testimony...
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Jordan is a loving, intelligent, and energetic boy who, at a very young age, was diagnosed with autism. As a result, he is significantly limited in his communication skills, social development, and academic progress. He exhibits some behavioral issues and maladaptive habits. Additionally, Jordan sometimes has to contend with those who are either not receptive to or not well-informed about special needs individuals.
Despite his condition, Jordan's...
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In creating this book, Howard Shapiro drew upon his recollections of growing up being the only Jewish kid in his neighborhood and elementary school. His hope is that the parents who read this book to their children will identify with what the feelings and emotions that the characters of Tom and Tupelo experience during the holiday season. They can then talk to their children about their own experiences growing up and have fun while doing it! After...
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Exposure to pornography at a very young age and sexual abuse when I was 14 years old, made my life hell. Quite frankly it ruined my whole life. I lived with daily battles that created a war within my soul. This torment lasted until I was 40 years old. I could no longer live with the trauma, the pain and suffering, emanating from my childhood events, I needed help. Just like many adults and children do too.
Don't we all have a story? Some stories are...
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I was married right out of high school and bore two sons within the first two years. Needing extra income but wanting to stay home with my sons, I decided to do in home child care. I did child care for the next forty-two years. I had many children enrolled in my child care facility all with different wants and needs. One of the children I had was partly deaf. During our reading hour, I had to spend a little extra time with this child. Some of the...
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"Jimmy" joined the church a year ago. Before long, he volunteered to teach a Sunday School class and got to know eight-year-old "Peter." Things started innocently. A hug at the end of class. Gifts for Peter. Lots of extra attention. And then it happened. Jimmy took advantage of Peter. Since Sandusky and the scandals in the Catholic Church, the issue of sexual abuse has shifted to the forefront of our collective mind. Many churches are poised for action...
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“ADHD and Teens” is a manual of practical advice to help parents cope with the problems that can arise during these years. A crash course is offered on parenting styles that really work with teens with ADHD and how these styles allow the teen to safely move from dependence to independence.
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