Books
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Parenting Young Children (S.T.E.P.)
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) of Children Under Six Based on the nationally successful STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) program, Parenting Young Children focuses on parents of children under six years of age, and offers guidance on building self-esteem, communicating with young children, and dealing with issues from tantrums to toilet training. Illustrations & charts. This book is part of the STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) series, the world's best selling parent education program.
$25.99
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Short-Term Play Therapy for Children (3rd Edition)
This volume presents a variety of play approaches that facilitate children's healing in a shorter time frame. Invaluable for any clinician seeking to optimize limited time with clients, the book provides effective methods for treating children struggling with such challenges as posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, disruptive behavior, mood disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and parental divorce. Individual, family, and group treatment models are described and illustrated with richly detailed case examples.
$44.95
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Don Dinkmeyer, Gary Mckay The Parent's Handbook: Systematic Training For Effective Parenting
The STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting) program has taught over two million parents more effective parenting techniques, encouraging mutual respect between parent and child, cooperation, responsibility, and self-reliance. The Parent's Handbook shows parents the best way to raise responsible children who will grow into responsible adults.
$25.99
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When a Family Member Has OCD
Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Skills to Help Families Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. If your loved one has OCD, you may be unsure of how to express your concerns in a compassionate, effective way. In When a Family Member Has OCD , you and your family will learn ways to better understand and communicate with each other when OCD becomes a major part of your household. In addition to proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques, you'll find comprehensive information on OCD and its symptoms, as well as advice for each affected family member.
$37.95
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Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love And Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
Recognized as the pioneering book on intimate human relationships, this updated edition explores the ways couples can keep passion alive and even reach the height of sexual and emotional fulfillment later in life.
$24.95
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My New Friend Is So Fun!
In this book, Piggie has found a new friend! But is Gerald ready to share? (One of the An Elephant and Piggie Book series).
$14.99
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Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU
A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identies, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or “the birds and the bees," Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy.
$34.95
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Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home
Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth: Bringing Justice Home, by Dr. Carolyn Boyes-Watson (the director of the Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University) explores how the Circle process is being used by a remarkably innovative youth center outside Boston. Nearly twenty years in operation, Roca, Inc., works with immigrant, gang, and street youth. Using Circles extensively not only with youth but also with the families and community as well as throughout the organization is integral to Roca''s effectiveness. "Peacemaking Circles and Urban Youth" tells a compelling and inspiring story for any organization or person who works with young people, particularly troubled youth who desperately need community-based support to change the trajectory of their lives.
$25.95
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No More Victims
Protecting those with Autism from Cyber Bullying, Internet Predators, and Scams. Trusting individuals with autism spectrum disorders, who are oftentimes socially isolated, are especially vulnerable to online predators. Finally, we have a resource to help prepare them for the minefields they may encounter on the Internet. In this much-needed book, Dr Baker presents three main areas of concern for our kids: Cyber bullying, Online sexual predators & Internet scams. Through Dr Baker's invaluable advice, kids will learn what to look out for, whom to avoid, and how to protect themselves when they're communicating online.
$20.95
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The Eagle Feather
When we look up to the sky and see a beautiful eagle soaring by, we may stop to appreciate its graceful sight, but, as Kevin Locke explains, eagles also have powerful teachings to offer. In this book Kevin shares with us that each feather on the eagle's wing represents a virtue that we can all learn from. Suggested for Ages 4-6
$11.95
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Pick Up Your Socks
...and Other Skills Growing Children Need! Responsibility is a skill you can teach. This book shows you how encouraging this skill will produce a youngster who becomes a competent adult. Questions about discipline, household chores, homework, and independent living skills are answered through examples and exercises. Learn how to— motivate kids to do chores and homework; build skills in decision making, problem solving, memory, and motivation; identify what are reasonable expectations for different ages, and more!
$16.95
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Jeffrey Brantley Calming Your Angry Mind
How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anger and Bring Peace to Your Life This book teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and compassion practices to help you better handle the anger, fear, and hostile emotions that can wreak havoc at home, work, and in relationships. Learn self-awareness skills to help you stop overreacting and improve communication with others. The book's focus is on three major meditative approaches to soothing anger: stabilizing mind and body through concentrating your attention mindfully; using compassionate attention and reflection to disarm your anger; and understanding the impermanent and "conditioned" nature of angry reactions in order to diminish your vulnerability to anger's power.
$26.95
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Picture's Worth
PECS And Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism. Most young children with autism have significant delays in acquiring communication skills, a hallmark characteristic of autism. But with intensive early intervention and Applied Behavior Analysis techniques, children can be taught how to communicate successfully, even before they acquire the ability to use speech. A Picture's Worth examines the value of non-verbal communication strategies for children with autism, and presents the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in detail. PECS is a communication system that allows a child to use a picture (or series of pictures) to express his needs and desires without a prompt or cue from another person.
$28.50
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I'm Proud
Crary's series helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way. I'm Proud demonstrates the importance of positive emotions like pride. It also reminds us how much children want their "small" accomplishments recognized, as Mandy does when she learns to tie her shoes.
$13.95
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Play Therapy Interventions to Enhance Resilience
This unique volume brings together experts on resilience, trauma, and play therapy to describe effective treatment approaches in this key area. The book begins by providing guiding principles for intervention and describing the specific properties of play that promote resilience. Subsequent chapters delve into clinical applications, including such strategies as storytelling and metaphors, sand play, art therapy, play therapy adaptations for school settings, group interventions, and the use of therapeutic writing. Rich case studies and vignettes demonstrate creative ways to bolster at-risk children's strengths and enhance their natural capacity to thrive.
$65.95
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Please Tell : A Child's Story About Sexual Abuse
Written and illustrated by a young girl who was sexually molested by a family member, this book reaches out to other children in a way that no adult can. Jessie's words carry the message, "It's o.k. to tell; help can come when you tell." This book is an excellent tool for therapists, counselors, child protection workers, teachers, and parents dealing with children affected by sexual abuse. Jessie's story adds a sense of hope for what should be, and the knowledge that the child protection system can work for children. Simple, direct, and from the heart, Jessie gives children the permission and the courage to deal with sexual abuse.
$17.95
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Positive Discipline
The key to positive discipline is not punishment, Nelsen tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any child–from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager–can learn creative cooperation and self-discipline with no loss of dignity. Inside you’ll discover how to: • bridge communication gaps, • defuse power struggles, • avoid the dangers of praise, • enforce your message of love, • build on strengths, not weaknesses, and more!
$27.99
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Positive Discipline A-Z 3RD ED
1001 Solutions to Everyday Parenting Problems In this completely updated edition of Positive Discipline A-Z, you will learn how to use methods to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You'll find practical solutions to such parenting challenges as: - Sibling Rivalry - Bedtime Hassles - School Problems - Getting Chores Done - ADHD - Eating Problems - Procrastination, and more! This newly revised and expanded third edition contains up-to-the-minute information on sleeping through the night, back talk, and lack of motivation as well as tips on diet, exercise, and obesity prevention, and new approaches to parenting in the age of computers and cell phones.
$25.99
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Positive Discipline For Single Parents
Nurturing Cooperation, Respect, and Joy in Your Single-Parent Family In this completely revised and updated edition of Positive Discipline for Single Parents you'll learn how to succeed as a single parent in the most important job of your life: raising a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. Inside this reassuring book, you'll discover how to: ·Identify potential problems and develop skills to prevent them ·Budget time each week for family activities ·Create a respectful coparenting relationship with your former spouse ·Use no punitive methods to help your children make wise decisions about their behavior ·And much, much more!
$22.00
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Positive Discipline For Teenagers
Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting This revised and updated edition shows parents how to build stronger bridges of communication with their children, break the destructive cycles of guilt and blame that occur in parent-teen power struggles, and work toward greater mutual respect with their adolescents. This book is filled with proven, effective methods for coping with such parenting challenges as: -Fostering truly honest discussions with your teen -Helping your teen handle the online world -Turning mistakes into opportunities -Teaching your teen how to pursue the goal that make them happy…and a few that make you happy too (like encouraging them to do chores), and more!
$20.00
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Drawing Together to Manage Anger
This art therapy book helps children understand anger and the proper way to express unhappiness, develop effective conflict resolution skills, and learn how to better cope with disappointment and frustration.
$15.95
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Potty Journey
Guide To Toilet Training Children With Special Needs, Including Autism And Related Disorders. Using a no-nonsense, often humorous approach, Judith Coucouvanis shares strategies that have produced remarkable results for parents of children with autism and related disorders nationwide. Promising no quick fixes, The Potty Journey systematically guides you through the entire toileting journey, step-by-step, to the ultimate destination - dry pants. Learn how to tell if the child is "ready", the importance of, and how to develop, effective routines, the impact of a consistent schedule, using rewards effectively, the hidden curriculum of public restrooms, and last, but not least, the importance of being patient and keeping a sense of humor.
$26.95
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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
What People On The Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity Autistic voices highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated. Sincerely, This anthology tackles the everyday joys and challenges of growing up autistic. Contributors reflect on what they have learned while growing up on the autism spectrum and how parents can avoid common mistakes and overcome challenges while raising their child. Part memoir, part guide, and part love letter, this indispensable collection invites parents and allies into the unique and often unheard experiences of autistic children and teens.
$22.95
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Donald Altman 101 Mindful Ways to Build Resilience
Cultivate Calm, Clarity, Optimism & Happiness Each Day Did you ever wish you knew the secret to bouncing back from life's toughest roadblocks, wounds, and obstacles? According to psychotherapist, international mindfulness teacher, and former Buddhist monk Donald Altman, there is no secret. There is simply the skill of applying mindfulness to whatever new problem knocks on your door each day. It works because mindfulness rewires your brain and dramatically changes your relationship to the problem. The 101 mindfulness 'tools' in this book will give you newfound hope, optimism, and strength. These are simple, yet powerful mindfulness practices that you can apply in just a minute or two -- whether you're facing something extremely annoying or seemingly insurmountable.
$23.95
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