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Contains the latest information on the causes of bipolar
disorders and biological treatments and psychosocial therapies for it. How to
handle behavioral and academic problems, assess and manage suicidal tendencies.
For parents and professionals caring for bipolar youth. 349 pages.
Difficult! Angry! Cranky! High-Strung! If you are struggling
with a child's unpredictable emotions and unmanageable conduct,
"moody" might be an understatement. Moodiness, however, can point to
several serious yet treatable disorders. These pages offer realistic examples
and step-by-step strategies to help you teach your moody child how to get along
better in the world. 270 pages.
BEM-156A Helping a Friend Who is Depressed or Suicidal. Boys Town Press.
BEM-156 Barnard, Martha Underwood, Ph.D. Helping Your Depressed Child. BoysTown Press.
This valuable resource guide for parents helps them assess and understand a child's depression, seek the appropriate help, and discover how the whole family can participate in a wellness plan to help a depressed child through this rough time. Discusses getting a diagnosis, discipline, grief, and medication. 194 pages.How do you deal with children who are arrogant,bad-mannered, bad-tempered, domineering, demanding, or all of the above? Change their attitude. This book is for you if you are dealing with a child who is selfish, a poor loser, greedy, ungrateful, fresh, cruel, narrow-minded, manipulative, impatient, irresponsible, judgmental, or insensitive. Helping kids overcome these unpleasant character traits now can save them a lot of heartache in the future.
An emotionally charged video that makes children really think about bullying issues by posing important questions about bullies and their victims. Offers children positive suggestions on how to resolve bullying behavior in safe yet effective ways. Children, counselors, and youth workers offer their perspectives and experiences on bullying, teasing, and put-downs.
This book shatters popular myths about bullying to reveal its stark realities. You'll learn who's playing the intimidation game, and how they play it...from school exclusion and emotional backstabbing to physical violence, sexual harassment, and cyberspace cruelty. But No Room for Bullies takes readers beyond problem recognition to proven solutions.
Make your classroom a place without fear. More than 100
prevention and intervention strategies for K-8 teachers: some are
classroom-centered, designed to change all students' attitudes and behaviors,
some are victim-centered, and others are bully-centered. Includes checklists,
resources, and reproducible handout masters.
This widely used step-by-step guide has helped thousands of parents teach essential life skills to their children with disabilities. Included are teaching tips for: self-help skills, toilet training, chores, independent living, self-care skills, home-care skills, and more.
In the backyard at home or the playground at school, LD/ADD youngsters are often cruelly snubbed in informal play groups. This compassionate, practical, readable guide describes everyday social problems and situations and offers invaluable advice on how to deal with them effectively.
Genuine understanding and gentle advice for any teen who is grieving the death of a friend. A must for parents and teachers whose teens have experienced a painful loss.
Dr. Kroen explains how children from infancy through age 18 perceive and react to death. He suggests ways to respond to children at different ages and stages, and describes specific strategies for guiding and supporting them through the grieving process. A list of recommended organizations & additional readings is included.
Newly updated and revised, this perennial bestseller offers practical guidance on what divorcing parents can do to help their children adjust successfully to the breakup of their families.
This book is packed with ideas for helping children relate more comfortable to peers, learn the rules of appropriate behavior, and participate more fully in school and family life. It also explains what scientists currently know about autism spectrum disorders and how they are diagnosed and treated.
Straightforward and sympathetic, Dr Siegel guides parents of autistic children, teachers, child specialists, and other professionals that care for them, through the thicket of symptoms and labels, explaining the crucial importance of intensive early education, and how to find the resources and help that are available.
This manual is designed to provide basic information to
child-care staff who work with aggressive youth in open settings such as
schools, clinics, group homes, foster care, etc.. The treatment techniques
presented in this training are nonphysical and nonaversive. They are derived
from a comprehensive system of youth treatment techniques.
This comprehensive teachers' manual covers math, reading,
fine motor, self-help, vocational and social skills, as well as providing
numerous lesson plan reproducibles. Includes an exhaustive listing of essential
resources for classroom setup.
From simple putdowns to hate-filled trash talking, teens
are drowning in a sea of poisoned words. This must-read book shows teens,
parents, and teachers how important it is to detect this hurtful behavior early
on, and how to deal with and end this epidemic before it ruins young lives.
As much as we may dislike the idea of discipline, as parents
it's something we must do. The real question is now whether we should
discipline, but how to discipline so the misbehavior is stopped for good. This
will be the only discipline book you'll ever need to raise good kids.
Who are these children without a conscience? They are
children who cannot trust, love, or be loved. They grow up to be charmers, con
artists, amoral entrepreneurs, thieves, drug users, pathological liars, and
worst of all: psychopathical killers: and they are often the product of even
the best-intentioned families. Here is a book that addresses one of our
society's greatest problems.
Dirty looks, taunting notes, exclusion from social groups: is
there is a hidden culture of girls? - aggression in our schools as widespread as
it is painful. This book exposes the truth about what's going on, and helps
everyone - from parents and teachers to coaches and counselors - understand
how to cope.
This book was designed to be used as a quick reference guide
for parents and teachers of elementary and secondary school students with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHA). Ready-to-use intervention.
This book will attempt to facilitate your efforts to solve
some of the problems that you have with your teenager.
The program shows parents how to systematically use
consequences to teach children in positive ways what children need to learn to
become effective people and designed to help parents learn to be more effective
teachers of their children.
Fifty-two fun and easy to do activities that really make a difference in the areas of Caring, Cooperation, Honesty, Perseverance, Respect, Responsibility, Service to others and more.
This book is a complete parenting guide that provides you
with the information you need to survive these trying years.
This comprehensive book will show you the path to peace
within your family and beyond.
This book takes you step-by-step through the process of pinpointing the nature of your child's problem, from getting the right evaluation through the latest information on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Your child has just been diagnosed with a severe hearing loss. What happens now? The best guides through the journey of discovery and difficult choices ahead can be parents of other Deaf children. The parents on this videotape have different feelings and make different choices, but all see their children as individuals who can succeed as members of their family and community. Their stories provide parents and professionals with a starting point for discussion and decision making. 27 minutes.
This video helps Parents of children diagnosed with a partial hearing loss know what's ahead. Following two families in their search for answers, the tape provides useful guidance about working with audiologists and school personnel to meet the child's needs. It also shows parents that hard-of-hearing children lead very normal lives and get along well with their peers. 34 minutes
These eleven no-nonsense videos for parents get right to the point. Each presents a common parenting problem or challenge including peer pressure, problem solving, self-esteem, correcting and preventing misbehavior, setting goals, and more. Then the video describes and demonstrates parenting techniques for each situation. Videos run from 10 to 15 minutes each.
In this clear and accessible resource for clinicians and school practitioners, parents, students of child behavior, and teachers, Dr. Barkley illuminates: the nature of ODD, its causes, why it should be dealt with early, and what can be done.
This program offers you a blueprint for parenting that emphasize your role as your children¡Ùs first and most important teacher.
The manual is intended to provide an overview of the management of defiance in children that fills in details not covered at all or in as much detail in the tape.
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