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Idiot's Guides: Surviving Divorce, Fourth Edition
Idiot's Guides: Surviving Divorce, Fourth Edition

Pamela Weintraub · ALPHA; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Divorce is a complicated, if not messy, process that requires expert information. Beginning with cautionary advice and enabling the reader to be sure divorce is the right answer, the founders of Divorce Central, an online service for the divorced and divorcing, provide all of the answers....
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toughLove: Eighteen Top Experts Share Proven Strategies for Raising Confident, Kind, Resilient Kids
toughLove: Eighteen Top Experts Share Proven Strategies for Raising Confident, Kind, Resilient Kids

Lisa Stiepock · Simon & Schuster
Format: Kindle Edition

From toughLOVE, a unique online community: balanced, practical advice for parents of school-age children from child psychology experts on how to handle everything from picky eating to media consumption to the homework wars.The challenges of parenting evolve as the world becomes more complex....
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When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood
When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood

Brian Gresko · Berkley
Format: Print book

From some of today’s most critically acclaimed writers—including Dennis Lehane, Justin Cronin, Andre Dubus III, and Benjamin Percy—comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad. Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating,...
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The Only Baby Book You'll Ever Need: A Parent's Guide to Everything!
The Only Baby Book You'll Ever Need: A Parent's Guide to Everything!

Marian Borden · Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Expert advice for caring for babies and toddlers!From learning how to change a dirty diaper to pleasing a picky eater, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate parenthood--especially if you're new to it all. Featuring advice from top childcare experts, The Only Baby Book You'll...
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I'm OK! Building Resilience through Physical Play
I'm OK! Building Resilience through Physical Play

Jarrod Green · Redleaf Press
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Children must learn to pick themselves up, brush themselves off, and bounce back. How do you allow for the physicality required to build resilience why you are tasked with children's safety? This guide provides the tools and strategies for creating a culture of resilience, including...
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Revising the Storm
Revising the Storm

Geffrey Davis · BOA Editions Ltd.
Format: Paperback

This debut collection by Cave Canem fellow Geffrey Davis burrows under the surface of gender, addiction, recovery, clumsy love, bitterness, and faith. The tones explored—tender, comic, wry, tragic—interrogate male subjectivity and privilege, as they examine their "embarrassed...
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Turning Skills and Strengths into Careers for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The BASICS College Curriculum
Turning Skills and Strengths into Careers for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The BASICS College Curriculum

Michelle Rigler · Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The BASICS College Curriculum presents a hands-on approach to learning essential independence and life skills for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) . This book helps young adults to translate their strengths and interests into possible careers and develop job-hunting skills...
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Temple Grandin: Voice for the Voiceless
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...
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Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities

David Flink · William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book

An innovative, comprehensive guide - the first of its kind - to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.In Thinking Differently,...
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The Baby Sleep Guide: Practical Advice to Establish Good Sleep Habits
The Baby Sleep Guide: Practical Advice to Establish Good Sleep Habits

Stephanie Modell · Summersdale
Pages: 141
Format: Print book

The secret to helping babies to sleep through the night is understanding their sleep cycles and natural rhythms. This book provides simple and easy techniques to help you establish positive sleep habits early on that will pay dividends in the long term. It guides you through different sleep...
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Daily Meditations for Healing from Divorce: Discovering the New You
Daily Meditations for Healing from Divorce: Discovering the New You

Marlene A Pontrelli · Addicus Books
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback

A divorce can be one of the most traumatic, stressful events a person can experience, forever changing every aspect of life. It affects your parenting, family relationships, friendships, finances, and even your personal belongings. But for many, these changes can seem minor when compared...
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Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, Revised Edition
Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians, Revised Edition

Sandra Feinberg · ALA Neal-Schuman Publishers; Revised edition
Format: Paperback

More than 6.5 million children in the US receive special education services; in any given community, approximately one child out of every six will get speech therapy, go to counseling, attend classes exclusively with other children with disabilities, or receive some other service that allows...
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The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting
The Unofficial Guide to Adoptive Parenting

Sally Donovan · Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

This is another book about adoptive parenting. Probably not the kind of parenting you hear about in training, or read about in text books, but the real stuff dynamic, messy, baffling adoptive parenting, rooted in domestic life. Adoptive parent Sally Donovan combines her knowledge of trauma...
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Commando Dad: A Basic Training Manual for the First Three Years of Fatherhood
Commando Dad: A Basic Training Manual for the First Three Years of Fatherhood

Neil Sinclair · Chronicle Books
Format: Book

As used by Prince William himself, here's the basic training manual for fatherhood recruits!This easy-to-use reference is packed with practical, fieldtested instructions for caring for new troopers, from birth to age three. New dads will learn how to prepare the home for the latest...
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