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Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
Ross W Greene - Scribner Book Company Format: Hardcover
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In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important... |
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Raising Can-Do Kids: Giving Children the Tools to Thrive in a Fast-Changing World
Richard Rende PhD - Perigee Books Format: Hardcover
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In a world that's changing at warp speed, our kids will need to navigate a path to success without a roadmap - something entrepreneurs do every day. What if we looked to the world of entrepreneurship, in addition to child development experts, for insights on helping kids gain the skills... |
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Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain
Dana Suskind - Dutton Format: Print book
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The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important - and astoundingly simple - thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines... |
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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"Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives." -- Delia Ephron, bestselling author The bestselling and "perennially hilarious" mother-daughter team is back with a new collection of stories from their real lives, guaranteed to make... |
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How to Be Human: Diary of an Autistic Girl
Florida Frenz - Creston Books; First Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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With powerful words and pictures Florida Frenz chronicles her journey figuring out how to read facial expressions, how to make friends, how to juggle all the social cues that make school feel like a complicated maze. Diagnosed with autism as a two-year-old, Florida is now an articulate... |
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The Intuitive Parent: Why the Best Thing for Your Child Is You
Stephen Camarata Ph.D. - Current Format: Hardcover
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You already have everything you need to raise a healthy, happy, intelligent childParenting today is practically a competitive sport, and marketers are all too happy to cash in. Scare tactics and scientific-sounding jargon make it seem like parents are in constant danger of hard-wiring their... |
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Refeathering the Empty Nest: Life After the Children Leave
Wendy Aronsson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Book
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Many parents have demonstrated a desire to parent skillfully and artfully. They read the latest child development and parenting books, configure their schedules to accommodate the social and educational lives of their children, and focus like lasers on their childrens’ well-being.... |
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting
Shefali Tsabary - Viking Format: Hardcover
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." - Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their... |
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Temple Grandin: Voice for the Voiceless
Annette Wood - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Print book
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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... |
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Dogs and Autism
Annie Bowes - Future Horizons Format: Paperback
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Author Annie Bowes grew up having dogs throughout her childhood and adulthood that helped her with her autism. Her love of animals, especially dogs, eventually helped her find her passion in life to help animals and become a veterinarian. Through many years of working with dogs in her practice,... |
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Don't Wait Up: Confessions of a Stay-at-Work Mom
Liz Astrof - Gallery Books Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Let's Pretend This Never Happened and I Heart My Little A-Holes comes a candid and hilarious collection of essays on motherhood from the award-winning television comedy writer and producer of 2 Broke Girls and The King of Queens, who swears... |
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School Success for Kids with High-Functioning Autism
Lauren Kenworthy - Prufrock Press Format: Paperback
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Smart kids with autism spectrum disorders need specific interventions to find success in school and beyond. Featuring a foreword by Temple Grandin, School Success for Kids With High-Functioning Autism shares practical advice for implementing strategies proven to be effective in school for dealing... |
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Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Bruce Kirkby - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media,... |
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World
DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company Format: Hardcover
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Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing... |
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Parenting Is Easy: You're Probably Just Doing It Wrong
Sara Given - Workman Publishing Format: Paperback
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Imagine a world where pregnant women are always upbeat and glowing, newborns sleep on cue, toddlers love to have their teeth brushed, and teenagers gaze adoringly at their parents. Impossible, you say? Not according to advertisers who flood the web with stock photos of perfect parents and children.... |
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Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Peggy Orenstein - HarperAudio Format: Hardcover
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The author of the New York Times best seller Cinderella Ate My Daughter offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face in the postprincess stage - high school through college - and reveals how they are negotiating it. A generation gap has emerged between parents and their... |
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Hoo Hoo Who?
Mary Maier - Building Block Press Format: Hardcover
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You're Invited! It's time for Mouse's Surprise Party, but Owl's glasses are broken. It's a good thing you came along! Can you use the clues to help Owl figure out which guest is at the door? Hoo hoo who could it be? In this catchy and interactive book, children are encouraged... |
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Flying to See Janet: A Fun Guide to the Airport Experience
Laura Vickers - Jessica Kingsley Pub; Original edition Format: Paperback
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Traveling by plane can be a stressful experience for anxious children (and their parents!) Prepare children for the unfamiliar sights and sounds of the airport experience in advance with this fun and gently humorous picture book.Children will join Janet as she learns what to expect at each... |
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Domestic Violence Sourcebook
Omnigraphics Inc. - Omnigraphics Format: Print book
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"Provides basic consumer health information on domestic violence. It describes the many forms of physical and emotional abuse, and discusses the physical, mental, and social effects of violence against intimate partners, children, teens, the elderly, immigrants, and other populations;... |
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Group: HowOneTherapistandaCircleof StrangersSavedMyLife
Christie Tate - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers - her psychotherapy group - and in turn finds human connection, and herself.Christie... |
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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas
TOM PAPA - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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"I have been a close friend of Tom Papa for 17 years. His lack of ability to perceive even the most basic principles of human functioning have made him an invaluable asset to me as a friend and colleague. Because he sees nothing, knows nothing and understands nothing, I always seek... |
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I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting
Karen Alpert - William Morrow & Company Format: Print book
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Now that I'm a mom, I know the most painful part isn't getting something giant through your hooha. It's having a real live child.If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo's organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create... |
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Imagining Autism: Fiction and Stereotypes on the Spectrum
Sonya Freeman Loftis - Indiana University Press, 2015. Format: eBook
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A disorder that is only just beginning to find a place in disability studies and activism, autism remains in large part a mystery, giving rise to both fear and fascination. Sonya Freeman Loftis's groundbreaking study examines literary representations of autism or autistic behavior to discover... |
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I See Life Through Ros-Colored Glasses
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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In I See Life Through Ros Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike... |
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Youre My Dream Come True
Jean Fischer - Thomas Nelson Format: Board book
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Families are made in different ways--pregnancy, adoption, fostering--but each excited parent has experienced the desire and the wait that comes before a little one enters their lives. Youre My Dream Come True offers a sweet opportunity to show your kids how much you love them--and loved... |
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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
Nancy Jo Sales - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerInstagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair... |
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An Exceptional Children's Guide to Touch: Teaching Social and Physical Boundaries to Kids
Hunter Manasco - Jessica Kingsley Pub; Original edition Format: Hardcover
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The rules of physical contact can be tricky to grasp and children with special needs are at a heightened risk of abuse. This friendly picture book explains in simple terms how to tell the difference between acceptable and inappropriate touch, thereby helping the child with special needs... |
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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland - Sarah Crichton Books Format: Hardcover
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Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing... |
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Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting
Emily Flake - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake relates the hilarious horrors of pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in this funny, poignant, and beautifully illustrated book. For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike... |
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Autism Solutions: How to Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life for Your Child
Ricki G. Robinson - Harlequin; Original edition Format: Paperback
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For twenty years Dr. Ricki Robinson has been providing hope and help for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her integrative, strengths-based approach to treatment includes a thorough evaluation of your child's medical, developmental, social, emotional, behavioral and educational... |
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Southern Lady Code: Essays
Helen Ellis - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely... |
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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Laurence Steinberg - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A leading authority draws on new research to explain why the adolescent years are so developmentally crucial, and what we must do to raise happier, more successful kids.Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. And as world-renowned expert on adolescent psychology Dr. Laurence Steinberg... |
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Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet
Jennifer Weiss - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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Amy overdid the Pinot at the parent potluckBrenda was concave from a post-partum nip/tuck. At last - the book that truly feels your pain... Whether youve had a kid for decades or a few minutes, you know it can hurt - physically, emotionally, and, lets just say it: like a motherf*&^%! In the vein... |
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Ph.D. Barry M. Prizant - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world's leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human - this is "required reading....Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive" (Chicago Tribune) .Autism therapy typically focuses on ridding individuals... |
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities
Lawrence M. Siegel - NOLO; Sixth Edition edition Format: Paperback
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Create an individualized education plan (IEP) and secure the education your child deserves!Children with learning disabilities have different needs than other kids in special education -- let Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities help you work with your child's school to make... |
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Teenagers 101: What a Top Teacher Wishes You Knew About Helping Your Kid Succeed
Rebecca Deurlein Ed.D. - AMACOM Format: Print book
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As a parent, you want to see your teen succeed in school and in life--and you do your best to help. But how do you know what will make a difference? Maybe it's time to listen to a teacher. Day in and day out, teachers watch kids interact with peers, make decisions, deal with difficulty,... |
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Inside the Teenage Brain: Parenting a Work in Progress
Sheryl Feinstein - R&L Education Format: Book
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Teenagers are perplexing, intriguing, and spirited creatures. In an attempt to discover the secrets to their thoughts and actions, parents have tried talking, cajoling, and begging them for answers. The result has usually been just more confusion. But new and exciting light is being shed... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (revised): The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism
Chantal Sicile-Kira - TarcherPerigee Format: Paperback
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Newly revised and updated, this award-winning guide covers every aspect of understanding and living with autism today . Comprehensive and authoritative, Autism Spectrum Disorders explains all aspects of the condition, and is written for parents, educators, caregivers, and others looking... |
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Brotherly Feelings: Me, My Emotions, and My Brother with Asperger's Syndrome
Sam Frender - Jessica Kingsley Publishers Format: Paperback
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It isn't easy being eight years old and having an older brother who other children often misunderstand. They don't realize that when he doesn't laugh at their jokes it's because he doesn't understand them. They don't know that when he doesn't speak to them or look... |
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Blending Families: Merging Households with Kids 8-18
Trevor Crow - Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Format: Print book
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Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores step-parenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better... |
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The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum
Jeanette Purkis - Jessica Kingsley Publishers Format: Print book
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Filled with strategies and advice, this empowering guide presents practical ways to improve the mental wellbeing of people on the Autism Spectrum. This helpful guide focusses on the specific difficulties that can arise for people on the autism spectrum who may also experience a mental illness.... |
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