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A Parent's Guide to Early Intervention: A Comprehensive Model for Children with Special Needs

Alex Liau - ‎Future Horizons
Format: Paperback

Do you have a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related special needs for your child? Are you asking yourself ... What can I do about it? Where should I seek help? Should I focus on just specific therapies? Can I outsource this intervention and not get involved?...
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Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

Diane H. Tracey EdD - ‎The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

Drawing on her dual expertise as a literacy specialist and a psychotherapist, Diane Tracey takes a unique and holistic approach to supporting children's health and emotional well-being along with their reading skills. In this straightforward, knowledgeable guide, she explains exactly...
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Teaching Your Child to Read: A Parent's Guide to Encouraging a Love of Reading

Jessica Wang - ‎Skyhorse
Pages: Paperback‏‎224
Format: Paperback‏

Some children love reading, requesting the same books over and over again and giggling with delight each time, while others simply despise sitting down for story time. What makes the difference in these two types of children? No child is born knowing how to read, so where does their interest...
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Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom

Shaka Senghor - ‎Convergent Books
Pages: Hardcover‏‎240
Format: Hardcover‏

Shaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated for second-degree murder, he experienced the regret of his own mistakes and the disconnection caused by a society that sees Black lives as disposable. With his second, Sekou,...
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The 5 Apology Languages: The Secret to Healthy Relationships

Gary Chapman - ‎Northfield Publishing
Pages: ‎208
Format: Paperback‏

"I said I was sorry! What more do you want?"Even in the best of relationships, we mess up. We say and do things we deeply regret later on. So we need to make things right. But just saying you're sorry isn't enough. That's only the first step on the road to restoration.In...
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Courageously Expecting: 30 Days of Encouragement for Pregnancy After Loss.

Jenny Albers - ‎Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

Using Scripture and personal narrative, Courageously Expecting empathizes with and empowers women to face a pregnancy after loss with faith and courage, despite inevitable feelings of grief and fear that accompany life after losing a baby.Pregnancy is widely regarded as the most joyful...
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Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

Justin Whitmel Earley - ‎Zondervan
Format: Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other.You long for tender moments with your children--but do you ever find yourself...
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Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

Erica Komisar - ‎Health Communications Inc
Pages: Paperback‏‎288
Format: Paperback‏

In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given. The epidemic of mental health disorders in adolescents has made parenting even more challenging, but parents can still have an enormous impact on the health and well-being of their child. This book offers parents the tools...
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Pea in a Pod, Third Edition: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth & Beyond

Linda Goldberg - ‎Square One; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback

Pregnancy and childbirth are not what they used to be. Fifty years ago, mothers-to-be visited their obstetricians once a month, did exactly what they were told, and gave birth to their babies while heavily sedated or anesthetized. Their husbands, who most likely had never even once accompanied...
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Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays

Siri Hustvedt - ‎Simon & Schuster
Pages: Hardcover‏‎304
Format: Hardcover‏

Described as "a 21st-century Virginia Woolf" in the Literary Review (UK) , Man Booker longlisted Hustvedt displays her expansive intellect and interdisciplinary knowledge in this collection that moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother, and daughter to artistic...
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