Winking, Deborah
Summary: "A guide for parents to raising children who have been diagnosed as 'different' - written by a parent and expert in educational psychology, with guidance on how to understand your child's strengths and challenges, set realistic and ambitious expectations and support and challenge them when needed"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 WINAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: The book gives parents practical tools to help children of all ages go from behaviors like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being responsible, confident, kind, resilient, prepared to make good decisions, focused and motivated, and equipped to develop healthy relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Refresh 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 AMEDelahooke, Mona
Summary: From a leading child psychologist comes this groundbreaking new understanding of children's behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women's athletics, offering parents and coaches urgently needed advice and support and showing how female athletes can find joy in whatever sport they choose, at whatever level they compete. No matter the sport, the message to girls and women is the same: Be aggressive, but not too aggressive. Win at all costs, but be polite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.082 STEYeager, David S.
Summary: "Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager--who has worked alongside Angela Duckworth (Grit), Carol Dweck (Mindset), and Paul Tough (How Children Succeed)--reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twenty-five in an illuminating and practical book that is a must-read for managers, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors everywhere. Imagine a world in which Gen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLELehrhaupt, Adam
Summary: Lily imagines her sadness as a hole, which is getting bigger and swallowing up her life--until a friend shows her how to patch her hole and make it managable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEHStevens, Laura J.
Summary: "As children grow, some of the terms listed on this book's front cover may be used to describe them on occasion. When there seems to be a recurrent pattern of one or more of these types of behavior, however, something may be wrong. As a parent, if you have noticed something "off" about the way your child has been acting, perhaps it's time to take a closer look at what might actually going...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square One Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 STEKapit, Sarah
Summary: "Rachel is not one for rules, but when a meet-and-greet with her favorite gymnast is at risk, she must be on her best behavior, especially at synagogue"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KAPGuida-Richards, Melissa
Summary: "A guide for white parents of transracially or transnationally adopted children"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.734 GUIPeete, Holly Robinson
Summary: Charlie, a boy with autism, describes what his life is like with his twin sister Callie, who does not have autism, and explains how water--whether in a pool, a tub, or in the aquarium--is like a warm hug, which settles him down and calms his mind, allowing him to focus and cope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEEGros-Daillon, Fritzi
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging Gros-DaillonGalinsky, Ellen
Summary: "Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, The Breakthrough Years offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence. Almost every adolescent has said to parents, "You JUST don't understand." In The Breakthrough Years, child development expert Ellen Galinsky explains why that is so often true. Galinsky's seven-year inquiry into the adolescent brain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 GALLeaf, Caroline
Summary: "Bestselling author and neuroscientist offers simple, scientifically proven steps to help parents show their children how to overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts, so they can replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: In April 2018, Nikki and Doug Mark's perfectly healthy twelve-year-old-son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. They're still not exactly sure why. Devastated, Nikki embarked on an unconventional journey to create a legacy for Tommy and to heal her heart. She created a plan to transform neglected land in a Los Angeles public park into a state-of-the-art athletic field, honoring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square & Co. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MARPerry, Bruce D. (Bruce Duncan)
Summary: Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking what happened to a person, rather than what's wrong with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills. Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S.Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.422 RAJMartin, Pedro
Summary: "Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MARCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction MartinMaguire, Caroline
Summary: Every parent wants their child to have friends, to be successful, to feel comfortable in his or her own skin. But many children lack important social and executive functioning skills that allow them to navigate through the world with ease. Maguire has worked with thousands of families dealing with chronic social dilemmas, ranging from shyness to aggression to ADHD, and more. Here she shares The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 MAGWebb, Jonice
Summary: "This book is not about what happened to you as a child; it's about what failed to happen for you as a child. It's an extremely subtle, almost invisible factor called emotional neglect, and it disrupts one's life in untold ways. Psychologist Jonice Webb, PhD shows how emotional neglect in childhood has an insidious effect on us as adults, causing us to struggle with self-discipline and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2019
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Summary: In 2012, Dr. Jonice Webb introduced the invaluable concept of Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) to the world. In this book, Dr. Webb applies the tools to the effects that CEN has on marriages, parenting, and relationships with emotionally neglectful parents. Sometimes, talking directly about CEN with your partner, parents, or children can be remarkably healing, and Dr. Webb covers exactly how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan James Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 WEBNakazawa, Donna Jackson
Summary: "Anyone on the front lines of caring for girls today-parents, school nurses, guidance counselors-knows that girls are more anxious and more prone to depression and self-harming than ever before. New science confirms this a biologically-rooted phenomenon, set in motion by the earlier onset of puberty, the evolutionary predisposition of the female brain to react to perceived threats, and the many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.23082 NAKBryson, Tina Payne
Summary: "What the Science Says About Your Biggest Questions and Concerns"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 BRYKurcinka, Mary Sheedy
Summary: "From the beloved bestselling author whose books have sold more than 1 million copies, comes Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's newest addition to her award-winning parenting books, this time turning the focus to babies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 KURMeddour, Wendy
Summary: Henry loves talking with Grandpa, but Grandpa has stopped listening. Mom says to just give him time. But Henry wants to talk to Grandpa now. So Henry tries his favorite game--Top Threes. And something amazing happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019