A go-to guide for families, a highly accessible resource for professionals, and an ideal supplemental text for tomorrow's practitioners, this book will be a great developmental primer and guide needed to take first steps toward resolving a child'sdevelopmental challenges.
A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Dispels the myths surrounding head impacts in youth sports and empowers parents to make informed decisions about sports participation "They're just little kids, they don't hit that hard or that much." "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) only happens to former NFL players." "Youth sports ......
Dispels the myths surrounding head impacts in youth sports and empowers parents to make informed decisions about sports participation. "Theyre just little kids, they dont hit that hard or that much." "Girls soccer is the most dangerous sport." "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy only happens to former NFL players.
How to Use Everyday Routines to Build Social and Communication Skills
Suspecting that your baby or toddler may have autism spectrum disorder or another developmental delay can be scary and overwhelming. But there is a lot you can do to help, even while waiting for an evaluation or early intervention. With the right tools, everyday tasks can be terrific opportunities for building critical social and communication ......
Your Guide to Connecting Children, Families, and Schools
This handbook includes methods to help schools and programmes make the transition to kindergarten happen smoothly. The guide is built around a model that has been adopted in many diverse schools and communities. It helps professionals develop a transition plan and implement the plan.
A Grief and Loss Collection for Children, Families and Communities
This book offers story medicine for children, families and communities at times of grieving, loss and separation. Stories and words have healing potential. They can strengthen us, help to reframe things, and help make meaning. Included are stories for: the loss of a loved one such as a death in the family of a baby, child, sibling, parent, ......
In this absorbing and candid book, Mary McHugh reveals what she experienced as the sister of a man with cerebral palsy and mental retardation--and shares what others have learned about being and having a ? oespecial sibling.? ? Weaving a lifetime of memories and reflections with relevant research and interviews with more than 100 other siblings ......
The tale of a family brought together through the power of storytelling. These seven storytelling secrets are the magical tools needed to connect families deeply with each other and resolve conflict in daily family life.
How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child's Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices
Even for today's most tech-savvy parents, managing kids' technology use is a huge challenge fraught with uncertainties. What kinds (and amounts) of screen time boost learning and development--and what kinds may be harmful? When is the right age for a game console or a smartphone? How can kids and teens be protected from cyberbullying and learn to ......
