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by Eberly, Sheryl
* How to address elders when being introduced* How to write a thank-you note* The polite way to answer the telephone* How to accept and decline an invitation* What is expected ... More
Active Parenting Today: For Parents of 2 to 12 yr. Old
by Popkin, Michael
Dr. Michael Popkin, founder and president of Active Parenting Publishers and one of the nation's foremost experts on parent education, shows you how to develop courage, responsibility and self-esteem in your ... More
Active Parenting: Teaching, Cooperation, Courage, & Responsibility
by Popkin, Michael
An indispensable guide to creative, democratic, fulfilled parenting--a practical program that has been used successfully by millions. More
Adapt Early Childhood Curricula Special Needs
by Jorde, Paula
This comprehensive, practical book is built on solid theory and evidence-based practices from both the fields of Special Education and Early Childhood Education. When the first edition was conceived in 1980, ... More
by Kohn, Alfie
Contrasts the idea of discipline — doing things to students to control how they act — with an approach of working with students to create caring communities where decisions are made ... More
Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs
by Winter, Judy
Breakthrough Parenting for Children with Special Needs challenges families and professionals to help children with special needs to reach their full potential by using a proven motivational, how-to approach. This groundbreaking ... More
Building a Joyful Life With Your Child Who Has Special Needs
by Nancy J. Whiteman; Linda Roan-Yager
All parents want the best for their child, and for parents of children with special needs, this can mean that their own well-being is neglected. Drawing from their own experiences of ... More
Calm Crying help Your Baby Sleep Longer
by Karp, Harvey
In a innovative and thought-provoking reevaluation of early infancy, Dr. Karp blends modern science and ancient wisdom to prove that newborns are not fully ready for the world when they are ... More
El Regalo Del Tiempo Carta a Mis Hijos
by Ramos, Jorge
Hay cosas que todo padre siempre quiere decirles a sus hijos. Sobre el amor. Sobre la muerte. Sobre lo que es realmente importante en la vida. Sobre el sexo. Sobre dios ... More
by Rosemond, John
Trusted family psychologist John Rosemond has a revolutionary message for today's parents: Your grandparents' generation knew a lot more about raising children than all of today's "experts." The "experts" have turned ... More
by Salk, Lee
This posthumous publication continues his efforts to help members of families ("the most fundamental institution that human beings require") to understand and appreciate one another. Frequently citing information from a 1989 ... More
by Popkin, Michael
From toddlers to teens, children are full of questions. While we all want to give the right answers, we don't always know whether to be detailed or discreet, protective or honest. ... More
GIFTS-Mothers Reflect on How Chirdren with Down Syndrome Enriched Their Iives
by Soper, Kathryn
Having a baby with Down syndrome is not something most parents would willingly choose. Yet many who travel this path discover rich, unexpected rewards along the way. In this candid and ... More
God Knows Parenting Is a Wild Ride: 9 Things to Hold on to
by Kathy Coffey
There are dozens of books out there filled with parenting tips and techniques. But there are no easy answers to the questions parents ask. Here, however, is a book that digs ... More
by Yasgur, Batya
This clear, concise handbook helps parents guide their children through toilet training--one of the most difficult stages of growth--withough stress, frustration, or tears. Readers can choose an approach ideally suited to ... More
by Syler, Rene
Journalist and mom Syler pulls back the curtain to reveal the truth about modern mothering. She reassures time-strapped moms that even if their children are strangers to made-from-scratch cookies, they can ... More
Got An Angry Kid? We have a Solution
by Andrew Gibson
Does your family live in conflict? Does your child have a psychiatric label (such as ADHD, oppositional defiance, conduct disorder, bi-polar disorder) or the behavior that would get him/her one? Have ... More
Grandparenting With Love & Logic
by Fay, Jim & Cline, Foster
The rewards of loving and fulfilling relationships with grandchildren and great-grand-children. More
by De Toledo, Sylvie & Brown, Deborah
More than a million American grandparents today are the sole caregivers for their grandchildren, thrust into unplanned second parenthood by tragedies such as drug abuse, crime, physical abuse, divorce, abandonment, and ... More
Helping Children with Complex Needs Bounce Back (1)
by Kim Aumann and Angie Hart
Bringing up a child with special needs can leave parents feeling deskilled, disarmed and worn down. A resilient child has the ability to cope with challenging situations, and the capacity to bounce ... More
Helping Children with Complex Needs Bounce Back (2)
by Kim Aumann and Angie Hart
Bringing up a child with special needs can leave parents feeling deskilled, disarmed and worn down. A resilient child has the ability to cope with challenging situations, and the capacity to bounce ... More
How To Stop The Battle With Your child
by Fleming, Don
Parenting is the hardest job in the world. If you are a parent of a child between the ages of three and nine, you know that your child's priorities do not ... More
by Phelan, Thomas
Outlining the six tactics kids use to get their way, this reference teaches parents to think objectively about their children's favorite ploys and emotionally manipulative strategies. Insightful analyses emphasize the importance ... More
Laying Community Foundations For Your Child with a Disability
by Stengle, Linda
If you're the parent of a child with a disability, this book is of critical importance to you. Laying Community Foundations emphasizes the need to begin now to build a caring ... More
Learning to Like the Kid in the Mirror
by Wells, Ruth
Youth Change publishes educational materials designed to teach disruptive students the social skills necessary for good classroom performance...Dreams of abandoning school in favor of life in a rock n' roll band ... More
by Schwartz, Ellen
Giving birth to Jacob was supposed to be the happiest moment in Ellen's life, but for her and her husband Jeff, the joyful moment turned into their worst nightmare when they ... More
by Roloff Family & Sumner, Tracy
For such a unique family, the Roloffs' heavily ghost-written memoir is surprisingly conventional. Residents of Portland, Ore., and stars of TLC's popular reality TV show, Little People, Big World, the Roloffs ... More
Little Man A Documentary (DVD)
by Nicole Conn
Without warning, a family is brought to its knees when they must choose between the destruction of their idyllic family and the life of their infant son. When Nicholas is born ... More
Love and Logic Magic For Early Childhood
by Fay, Jim & Fay, Charles
Now Fay and Cline show you how to use their unique Love and Logic "RM" approach to effectively work with children ages six months to five years of age. These practical ... More
Love and Logic Magic When Kids Leave You Speechless
by Fay, Jim
For years, parents have asked Jim Fay and Dr. Charles Fay for specific words they can use when kids leave them speechless. The book is finally here! Twenty-three chapters include parent-child ... More
Love and Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs
by David Funk
This book answered many of my questions about how Love and Logic works with students who are cognitive and behavior impaired. More
MANAGING RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE A MANAGED SERVICE
by Whipp, Richard; Kirkpatrick, Ian & Kitchener, Martin
This book explores the management of children's services in local authorities across England and Wales. It examines residential childcare from a management and organizational perspective for the first time. The volume ... More
Married with Special-Needs Children
by Marshak, Laura & Prezant, Fran
At last, a guide that speaks to parents of kids with special needs about how to work on marital issues while juggling the demands of raising a child with a developmental ... More
Meeting the Challenge: Using Love and Logic to Help Children Develop Attention and Behavior Skills
by Fay, Jim; Foster, Cline & Sornson, Bob
Jim Fay, Foster W. Cline, M.D. and Bob Sornson have teamed up to bring you this book dedicated to the belief that challenging kids can grow up to be wonderful adults. ... More
by Rodriguez, Nora
Cuando un bebé nace prematuramente, una tendencia que va en aumento, para los padres todo ocurre muy deprisa. El miedo, la incertidumbre, la sensación de ser culpables de lo ocurrido suele ... More
Mothering Special Needs A different Maternal Journey
by Kingston, Anna
Drawing on several years of in-depth research with 18 Irish mothers of children with Down syndrome, autism, and ADHD, Kingston (women's studies, University College Cork, UK) encourages mothers of children with ... More
by Rogers, Fred
For a firstborn child, the arrival of a baby brother or sister is almost sure to arouse mixed feelings. Aloing with all the excitement, suddenly someone else is sharing the attention ... More
by Ramirez, Jose Fco. G.
Parents often feel at a loss when they experience problems and conflicts with their children. This series guide parents to better communication and help them deal with the challenges of parenthood. ... More
No Contest The Case Against Competition
by Kohn, Alfie
No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
No More Meltdowns (10) (Medford)
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
No More Meltdowns (11) (Hood River)
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
No More Meltdowns (12) (Central Oregon)
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
No More Meltdowns (13) (Coast)
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Jed Baker
Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies ... More
by Miller, Nancy
This innovative book's straightforward chapters offer parents who have children with special needs a fresh, affirming perspective on the challenges of family life. Practical and nonjudgmental, this book guides parents through ... More
Operation Instructions A Journal of My Son's First Years
by Lamott, Anne
Fortunately, Lamott is one of the world's funniest people. And she desperately needs her sense of humor as she chronicles her new life with Sam. Plagued by the normal worries of ... More
Parenting Children with Health Issues
by Cline, Foster & Greene, Lisa
Does your child have a helath condition which requires special medical or dietary care? Whatever the health issue, you will learn the essential parenting skills you need to help your child ... More
by Turansky, Scott & Miller, Joanne
Understanding the heart of a child and learning to relate to their world enables parents to raise spiritually and emotionally healthy children. More
by Finston, Peggy
This book embraces the emotions, frustrations, and perplexities that parents and relatives of all handicapped or chronically ill children face each day. The author, a practicing psychiatrist, shares her story of ... More
Parenting The Complex Child (2)
by Peggy Morgan
“Here’s a powerful, different system for gathering information about a child and planning for daily life: Morgan is both the parent of a complex child and a professional working with special-needs ... More
Parenting with Love and Logic Teaching Children Responsibility
by Cline, Foster & Fay Jim
The authors offer advice to help parents raise kids who are self-confident, motivated, and ready for the world by teaching them responsibility and the logic of life, thereby giving them the ... More
Parenting Your Complex Child (1)
by Morgan, Peggy
Morgan describes ways to parent children with special needs, particularly in communication, adaptation, and communicating with those who can help. She first recounts her experiences with her son, who is multiply ... More
Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child
by Cogen, Patty
Guides parents in promoting an internationally adopted child's social and emotional adjustment, explaining how to help a child adopted between the ages of six months and five years bond with his ... More
Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children (2)
by Tom Sturges
This helpful book has loads of specific parenting tips from a dad that obviously cares for his kids.There are 76 ideas here, each one quite practical and easy to implement. For ... More
Parking Lot Rules & 75 Other Ideas for Raising Amazing Children (Paperback)
by Tom Sturges
This helpful book has loads of specific parenting tips from a dad that obviously cares for his kids.There are 76 ideas here, each one quite practical and easy to implement. For ... More
by Nelsen, Jane
As a parent, you face one of the most challenging—and rewarding—roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, ... More
Positive Discipline For Preschoolers
by Nelsen, Jane
Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love your child, there will be moments filled with frustration, ... More
by Nelsen, Jane
Time-out is one of the most popular disciplinary techniques used in homes and schools today. But instead of being the positive, motivating, experience it should be for children, it is often ... More
Que Hacer Cuando Su Nino Se Enferme
by Mayer, Gloria & Kuklierus, Ann
El libro contiene informacion para 50 efermedades comunes en ninos como: Infeciones de oido, fiebre, vomito, el libro le ayudara lo que puede hacer en casa y cuando deveria llamar a ... More
by Stuart, Timothy Stuart, Mona
Raising Children At Promise is a practical resource and inspiring companion workbook to the revolutionary book Children At Promise, which replaced at-risk thinking with an at-promise strategy to help all kids ... More
by Preuschoff, Gisela
Addresses the emotional, physical, and behavioral issues that are particular to daughters in a conversational tone with a dynamic, easy-to-read design. More
Raising Our Children's Children
by Doucette-Dudman, Deborah & LaCure, Jeffrey
Although grandparents as parents are becoming more and more common, our society does not understand all the issues involved. Here grandparent/journalist Deborah Doucette-Dudman and family therapist Jeffrey LaCure explore the social, ... More
Raising Self-Reliant Children In a Self-Indulgent World
by Nelsen, Jane & Glenn, Stephen
Bestselling authors H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen have helped hundreds of thousands of parents raise capable, independent children with Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World. On its tenth anniversary, ... More
by Runkel, Hal
ScreamFree Parenting is not just about lowering your voice. It’s about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids’ behavior . ... More
by Joan Callander
Second Time Around is a resource for grandparents who accept the responsabilities of raising their grandchildren. It is a story Joan Callander has lived-a story based on her daughter and her ... More
Social Smarts: Manners for Today's Kids
by James, Elizabeth & Barkin, Carol
This guide explores a wide variety of settings in which consideration of others and appropriate etiquette are important? Introducing people, speaking on the telephone, etc. Key chapters explain social conventions and ... More
Special Kids Need Special Parents
by Lavin, Judith
Parents of children with special needs face unique emotional and practical challenges that are seldom addressed by the medical community. In Special Kids Need Special Parents, Judith Loseff Lavin-herself the parent ... More
Tactics for Improving Parenting Skills
by Bob Algozzine & Jim Ysseldyke
Improving parenting skills. 210 pages More
by Wells, Ruth
Temper and Tantrum Tamers is full of surprising intervetions to convince angry, out-of-control, oppositional, defiant and violent children and youth that they must learn better ways of interacting with others. Full ... More
THE ABC's of SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING… made easy
by Stevens, Bart
"This simple, step-by-step comprehensive guide, helps families and professionals plan the future care, supervision, security, and quality of life for a person with special needs"--Cover. More
by Greenspan, Stanley
Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. Stanley ... More
by Greenspan, Stanley & Weidler, Serena
Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning ... More
The Complete handbook for Parents with Disabled Children
by Sterba, John & Sterba, Janice
This is an easy to use handbook with twenty-five chapters designed to help parents quickly find useful information as well as governmental, state, provincial and local resources in the U.S. and ... More
by Turecki, Stanley
Temperamentally difficult children can confuse and upset even experienced parents and teachers. They often act defiant, stubborn, loud, aggressive, or hyperactive. They can also be clingy, shy, whiny, picky, and impossible ... More
The Parent Coach A New Approach to Parenting in Today's Society
by Richfield, Steven
Includes a complete set of parent coaching cards. More
The Pearls of Love and Logic for Parents and Teachers
by Fay, Jim & Cline, Foster
The book presents practical solutions to common classroom problems. Perspectives in the book touch on social interactions between students and teachers, the psychology of power struggles, and standards of behavior. Many ... More
The Resilient Family Living with your child's Illness or Disability
by Power, Paul & Orto, Arthur
The Resilient Family is a unique and comprehensive resource tool for families with a child who has a serious illness or disability. Paul Power, Sc.D., and Dr. Arthur E. Dell Orto, ... More
The Sleep Book For Tired Parents
by Huntley, Rebecca
Weary of that nightly struggle to get your child to bed? Overtired because you've got a kid who can't sleep through the night? Overwhelmed by your child's nightmares? Here's how to ... More
The SuperConfitelligent Child Loving to Learn Through Movement & Play
by Hornbeak, Denise
Learn how to raise SuperConfitelligent kids 1. A step-by-step handbook to working with children that is fact based and playful 2. Easy to learn techniques that maximize a child s intellectual ... More
by Kristal, Jan
Temperament counselor Kristal (psychology, Dominican U. of California) synthesizes the research to date on how the temperament of children differ, and how parents and practitioners who understand the variations can gather ... More
Time Out Abuses and Affective Uses
by Nelsen, Jane & Glenn, Stephen
In this book, bestselling parenting author Jane Nelsen shows you how to make time-out a positive learning experience for children. Inside, you'll discover how positive time-out can teach children the art ... More
by Houtman, Sally
Houtman offers "opinions, advice, guidelines...in a way that is humorous, intelligent, and vastly informative More
Toddler Adoption The Weaver's Craft
by Hopkins-Best, Mary
Toddler Adoption is a resource designed to help adopting parents and placing professionals involved in adoptions of children in the unique developmental stage from ages one to three, usually referred to ... More
Transforming the difficult Child Workbook; An Interactive Guide to The Nurtured Heart Approach
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This long-awaited Nurtured Heart Approach Workbook brings to life the approach that has helped hundreds of thousands of parents, educators, therapists and other caregivers to help intense children to go from ... More
by Levine, Peter & Kline, Maggie
The number of anxious, depressed, hyperactive and withdrawn children is staggering—and still growing! Millions have experienced bullying, violence (real or in the media), abuse or sexual molestation. Many other kids have ... More
Turn on the Turned-Off Student
by Wells, Ruth
Filled with dozens of motivation-makers, this book is full of surprising lessons to turnaround the apathy, disinterest and lack of effort that many youngsters show for school. Each of the 20 ... More
by Steven E. Curtis Ph.D.
When should you seek professional help for your child's behavioral, social, or learning challenges? Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior is the ultimate resource for assessing your child's behavior, learning when to ... More
Understanding Your Special Needs Grandchild
by Jones, Clare
Grandparents of children with special needs, unlike parents and teachers, don’t always have the facts they need to understand their grandchild. This special resource offers grandparents the information they need to ... More
What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew Reflections from a Different Journey
by Klein, Stanley; Kemp, John
Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories by successful adults who grew up with disabilities. They provide insights into what it is like to persevere in the face of community ... More
What All Children Want Their Parents to Know
by Loomans, Diana & Godoy, Julia
Beloved author Diana Loomans provides another great book to help parents connect with and lovingly raise their children. Focusing on 12 key childrearing lessons based on insight from children themselves, What ... More
by Thomas, Nancy
A guide for parenting children with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder. More
by Moynihan, Patricia & Haig, Broatch
What kind of parent are you now? What kind of parent do you want to be? How can you help your child with a chronic health problem lead the fullest possible ... More
by Woolfson, Richard
Being a parent is one of life's most rewarding experiences, but it can also be one of the most daunting. This resourceful and engaging guide demystifies children's behavior and provides readers ... More
by Walsh, David
Why Do They Act That Way? is the first book to explain the changes in teens' brains and show parents how to use this information to understand, communicate with, and stay ... More
WHY IS MY BABY CRYING? The Parent's Survival Guide for Coping with Crying Problems and Colic
by Lester, Barry & O'Neill, Catherine Grace
In this informative and accessible guide, renowned colic expert Barry M. Lester, Ph.D., explores the science of colic and its long-lasting effects on the physical and emotional health of the child ... More
by Levine, James & Pittinsky, Todd
Mothers who work keenly feet the tug-of-war between home obligations and job duties. But do working fathers experience the same kind of stress? Absolutely, say the authors of this tong-overdue examination ... More
Your Child has Diabetes: A parents guide for managing diabetes in children
by Pritchett & Hull Associates
A parents guide for managing diabetes in children. Includes both Type 1 and Type 2. More
by Schmitt, Barton
This one-stop guide to symptoms, emergencies, common illnesses, behavior problems, and healthy development provides parents with a wealth of information, proven strategies, and step-by-step instructions. More
Your Child's Unique Temperament: Insights and Strategies for Responsive Parenting
by Sandee Graham McClowry
When we welcome a child into a family, we begin an incredible journey of discovering the essence of that child. Yet children don't come with manuals, and parents end up using ... More
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