Author: Mia Takada Dill Year Published: 2016 Category: Parenting Review: This book is a guidebook that breaks down the vast spectrum that is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) into different segments to help parents understand where exactly their child is and what their child’s needs are. This book also sheds light on the benefits of art
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Authors: Sally M. Winston and Martin N. Seif Year Published: 2017 Category: Anxiety, OCD Review: We all deal with unwanted intrusive thoughts; for some people, they are just fleeing thoughts that come and go. However, some people get stuck in the thoughts and they become distressing for the individual. The authors help to shed light
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Author: Valorie Lee Schaefer (Cara Natterson, M.D., Medical Consultant) Year Published: 2012, Revised; 1998, Original Publication Category: Human Development, Puberty Review: The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer is a wonderful aid for parents (or other caregivers) seeking to introduce their daughters to changes associated with puberty. As with many books published by
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A summer camp unlike any other! Your child will learn more about what makes them feel the way they do and what to do when those feelings come. Let trained mental health counselors teach your 3rd-5th graders about their feelings. Kids will learn what causes their feelings to get so intense, and what to do
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One minute your daughter is taking her first steps and the next minute she is asking for your car keys. As parents, we aren’t sure where the time goes but it sure does go fast! Your teen is experiencing a lot of new emotions and changes as they grow up and sometimes it can be
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Through my personal and professional experiences, I have found that many of us are in the pursuit of happiness. However, this pursuit can seemingly be a bottomless pit, because when we finally get the “thing” that makes us happy, we start believing there is something else that would make us more happy. Thus, the pursuit
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Author: Gary Chapman Year Published: 2005 Category: Marriage, Couples, Christianity Review: ‘The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted’ looks at the key issues that will help you get just what the title says. It answers real-life questions such as, ‘Why won’t they change? Why do we always fight about tasks and responsibilities? Why should we have to
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Author: Mark Bertin, MD Year Published: 2015 Category: Parenting Review: This book breaks down what a child with ADHD is experiencing in easy-to-understand terms, while providing the parents with information to make informed decisions when it comes to choices about evaluation, medication, and treatment. This book also takes a mindfulness approach with activities and techniques
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Author: Paul David Tripp Year Published: 2014 Category: Parenting Review: Parenting teenagers often times is seen as something to get through or even as an interruption to parents’ lives. Author Paul Tripp offers another viewpoint to the generally dreaded, tumultuous teenage years. Tripp identifies the teenage years as significant opportunities to connect with your teen,
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Authors: Henry Cloud John Townsend Year Published: 1996 Category: Personal Growth Review: Cloud and Townsend observe that it is from mothers that we learn our emotional and relational patterns. Successes and challenges in how we connect with others are largely determined by how we were mothered and how we responded to that mothering (p. 11).
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