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The ABA Consumer Guide to Adopting a Child: Everything You Need to Know for a Successful Adoption

Robert A. Kasky · American Bar Association
Format: Print book
Adopting a child is an extraordinarily important decision. In this authoritative guide, adoption experts Robert and Jeffrey Kasky provide all the information needed to navigate the adoption process and to successfully adopt a child. The book discusses the various types of adoptions alerts...
 
 
Unplug and Play: 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging

Brad Berger · Familius
Pages: 120
Format: Print book
Unplug and Play! 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging brings people together for hours of hilarious, interactive, technology-free fun that requires virtually nothing more than pens and paper. This compact, travel-friendly book guarantees hours of engaging entertainment with...
 
 
The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don't Have to Be

Anya Kamenetz · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
No sooner is a child walking and talking than the ABCs and 1-2-3s give way to the full-on alphabet soup: the ERBs, the OLSAT, the IQ, the NCLB for AYP, the IEP for ELLs, the CHAT and PDDST for ASD or LD and G&T or ADD and ADHD, the PSATs, then the ACTs and SATs - all designed to assess...
 
 
Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide

Rebecca Eanes · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 183
Format: Print book
Tired of yelling and nagging? True family connection is possible--and this essential guide shows us how. Popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes believes that parenting advice should be about more than just getting kids to behave. Struggling to maintain a meaningful connection with her two little...
 
 
Do Parents Matter?: Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax

Robert Levine · Public Affairs
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
American parents drive themselves crazy trying to raise perfect children. There is always another news article or scientific finding proclaiming the importance of some factor or other, but it's easy to miss the bigger picture: that parents can only affect their children so much.In their...
 
 
Teach Your Baby to Sign, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: An Illustrated Guide to Simple Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers - Includes 30 New Pages of Signs and Illustrations!

Monica Beyer · Fair Winds Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
Better communication is right around the corner with Teach Your Baby to Sign.You may feel like you can't possibly be any closer with your young child, but the truth is, you can--through sign language.The gift of signing helps children communicate well before they have the verbal ability...
 
 
101 Tips for the Parents of Boys with Autism: The Most Crucial Things You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Doctors, Schools, Taxes, Vaccinations, Babysitters, Treatment, Food, Self-Care, and More

Ken Siri · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book
The latest research shows that more than 1 in 50 boys in the US now has autism, and the number keeps rising. Parents of these boys become full-time researchers, always looking for the latest information on doctors, education, and treatments. Following countless hours of study, Ken Siri...
 
 
Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy

Jennifer Grayson · Harper
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending controversy: A mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son on the cover of Time magazine sets off a firestorm. Facebook takes down photos of women nursing, citing the content as "offensive."...
 
 
Temple Grandin: Voice for the Voiceless

Annette Wood · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 232
Format: Print book
Since Temple Grandin's life story was told in the 15 x Emmy-nominated film Temple Grandin, and since her heartwarming speech at the award ceremony, she has become one of the world's most well-known members of its community.In this fascinating biography, Annette Wood delves deep into Grandin's...