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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Why are doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnosing healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions? Gnaulati examines the factors that have led to our current crisis, provides parents with information about symptoms that to a casual or untrained eye can mimic a psychiatric disorder, and gives parents of struggling children hope, perspective, and direction.
A veteran clinical psychologist exposes why doctors, teachers, and...
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"A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory. "Richard Powers, whose novels combine the wonders of science with the marvels of art, astonishes us in different ways with each new book." -Heller McAlpin, NPR Books. The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife....
3) The babadook
Pub. Date
2015
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Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep seated fear of a monster. Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Welcome to my downside up life! My name is Ariana and I have something called Pathological Demand Avoidance, which is a profile on the autism spectrum. Most people just think I'm naughty and misbehaved, but I want to show you why that's not true by telling you about what my life is like from inside my head. Come join me in understanding why I feel like I have to be in control all the time, and why it's just not as simple as doing as I'm told"--Page...
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Publisher
Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Dr. Melillo designed a home-based program for resolving children's behavioral problems without medication or strife. The approach helps parents differentiate neurological problems, interpret a child's behavior and response to the program, and modify family relations.
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Publisher
Althea Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Everybody has things that make them extra special. For you--and millions of other kids across the world--one of those things is ADHD. Though ADHD is very common, your symptoms might make you feel frustrated, alone, or even powerless. The good news is that with the right skills and knowledge, it's possible to become the boss of your ADHD, not the the other way around. ADHD isn't in charge of your life--you are! Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The completely updated and expanded new edition of this well-established text incorporates DSM-5 changes as well as other new developments. The all-in-one guide covers the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children - from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety, to autism spectrum disorders, nonverbal learning disabilities, Tourette's, sensory integration problems, and...
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When he was growing up, Brad started making funny noises - all the time. Only Brad and his supportive mother knew he could not control it. He was teased, misunderstood and punished for disrupting class. By the time he is diagnoes with Tourette Syndrome, Brad had learned to hate school. When an understanding school principal offers encouragement, Brad decides to become a teacher. Now he has to find a school where someone's with Tourette's in front...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Now updated with the latest developments in this field, this guide for parents of easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children lays out a practical approach to helping children at home and school, and shows parents how to handle their child's difficulties competently and with compassion.
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