Aims to make parents aware of the kinds of experiences that cause children to become unhappy. This work helps parents protect their sons and daughters from entering a state of unhappiness that places them at risk for becoming depressed and possibly developing into depressed adults.
Illustrates the different forms that childhood anxiety can take and offers practical solutions specific to each. This book emphasizes strategies for preventing episodes before they begin, demonstrates how to intervene when one is in progress, and offers tips on how to keep anxiety from worsening as a child matures.
Is your child ready for their first year of school? Settling Your Child in School: A Parent's Guide is a comprehensive guide to help your child cross the gap between pre-school and school. Learn what schools expect of children so your child can enjoy their first school experience.
Emphasizes the importance of a father's presence in a child's life, and then concentrates on what society can do to reverse the dangerous trend toward absentee fathers. This work includes case studies, discussion questions at the end of each chapter, an appendix of father's organizations and websites, and numerous references for further reading.
This art therapy book helps children cherish their own unique qualities, respect other lifestyles and views, be sensitive of others' disabilities, overcome feelings of helplessness or isolation, and stand up for themselves and others.
A Companion for the First Year of Grieving and Beyond
This beautiful companion journal to the best-seller Remembering With Love provides the bereaved with a place to record and sort through their feelings and memories of the deceased, while offering insight via inspirational advice and quotations.
Parent's Survival Guide for Coping with Computers and TV
Children watch TV and use computers for five hours daily on average. But electronic media demands conflict with the needs of children. The result? Record levels of learning difficulties, obesity, eating disorders, sleep problems, language delay, aggressive behaviour, anxiety - and children on fast forward.However, Set Free Childhood shows how to ......
This is the Spanish edition of the world's best-selling art therapy book for grieving children. This book was designed to teach basic concepts of death and help children understand and express the many feelings they have when someone dies.
This workbook provides teens and professionals with guidance on adolescent depression. Counsellors can use it in their work with teens, who can use te surveys, checklists and activities to recognize depression in themselves, learn how they can feel better and build a safety plan.
