Download or read book The Elephant in the Playroom written by Denise Brodey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A view from within the whirlwind of parenting a child with special needs Four years ago, Denise Brodey’s young son was diagnosed with a combination of special needs. As she struggled to make sense of her new, chaotic world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other parents of kids with special needs, learning how they coped with the emotional, medical, and social challenges they faced. In The Elephant in the Playroom, Brodey introduces us to a community of intrepid moms and dads who eloquently share the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of parenting a child with ADD/ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, autism, and physical and learning disabilities, as well as kids who fall between diagnoses. Hailing from Florida to Alaska, with kids ages three to thirty-three, the parents in this collection address everything from deciding to medicate a child to how they’ve learned to take care of themselves, offering readers comfort, kinship, and much- needed perspective.
Download or read book An Elephant in the Living Room written by Jill M. Hastings and published by Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services. This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workbook for a course in self-discovery for children aged 7-14 who have alcoholics in their family.
Download or read book The Elephant in the Playroom written by Denise Brodey and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents share the highs and lows of parenting a child with ADD, ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, Asperger's syndrome, autism, and physical and learning disabilities.
Download or read book A New Kind of Wild written by Zara González Hoang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweet author-illustrator debut celebrates imagination, the magic of friendship, and all the different ways we make a new place feel like home. For Ren, home is his grandmother's little house, and the lush forest that surrounds it. Home is a place of magic and wonder, filled with all the fantastical friends that Ren dreams up. Home is where his imagination can run wild. For Ava, home is a brick and cement city, where there's always something to do or see or hear. Home is a place bursting with life, where people bustle in and out like a big parade. Home is where Ava is never lonely because there's always someone to share in her adventures. When Ren moves to Ava's city, he feels lost without his wild. How will he ever feel at home in a place with no green and no magic, where everything is exactly what it seems? Of course, not everything in the city is what meets the eye, and as Ren discovers, nothing makes you feel at home quite like a friend. Inspired by the stories her father told her about moving from Puerto Rico to New York as a child, Zara González Hoang's author-illustrator debut is an imaginative exploration of the true meaning of "home."
Download or read book The Wonderful Things You Will Be written by Emily Winfield Martin and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever. This is the perfect heartfelt gift for kids of all ages, plus a great choice for baby showers, birthdays, graduations, and other new beginnings! From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, lush illustrations, this is a book that families will love reading over and over. The Wonderful Things You Will Be has a loving and truthful message that will endure for lifetimes and makes a great gift to the ones you love for any occasion.
Download or read book There s an Elephant in My Bathtub written by Connie Bowman and published by Belle Isle Books. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's an ELEPHANT in the bathtub! And a CAMEL in the study--and a LION on the couch--and a GORILLA in the kitchen! When wild animals make themselves at home, what's a dad to do?
Download or read book The Saggy Baggy Elephant written by Kathryn Jackson and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a parrot makes fun of Sooki’s big ears, long nose, and wrinkled skin, the “saggy baggy” elephant isn’t too sure of himself. But once he meets some beautiful creatures who look just like him, Sooki celebrates with a joyful “one-two-three-kick.” For over 50 years, parents and children have treasured this tale, with gorgeous art by Gustaf Tenggren, the illustrator of The Poky Little Puppy.
Download or read book Back to School with Bigfoot written by Samantha Berger and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting a new school year can be hard, even if (especially if) you're seven feet tall. But there's plenty to look forward to! The first day of school is right around the corner! And everything is bigger for Bigfoot -- especially back to school problems like getting a haircut, trying on new clothes, and finding new shoes that fit! Told from a giant (and very hairy) point of view, Back to School with Bigfoot deftly tackles the worries kids face as that first day of school draws closer, and ends on a colossal high note!
Download or read book Where You Goi Go written by Beth Shoshan and published by Parragon. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby elephant is inquisitive, adventurous and devoted. Mommy elephant is wise, loving and dependable - and they are always together, wherever, however. This heart-warming story of unconditional love is the perfect book for story time.
Download or read book Bear Feels Sick written by Karma Wilson and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.
Download or read book Scary Scary Halloween written by Eve Bunting and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1986 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spooky story captures the eerie feeling of Halloween with a surprise ending. Full-color illustrations.
Download or read book Your Kid s a Brat and It s All Your Fault written by Elaine Rose Glickman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wise and hilarious parenting book, Elaine Rose Glickman tells parents that—when it comes to their bratty kids—the buck stops with them! You’ve seen them—kids running wild through restaurants while the parents avert their gaze and order another cappuccino. You’ve heard them—kids telling their parents to “shut up” and “get me that.” You’ve met them—kids who dress inappropriately and roll their eyes and never say “thank you.” Maybe one of those kids belongs to you. Combining incisive commentary with grounded, practical advice, Your Kid’s a Brat and It’s All Your Fault will have you recognizing and laughing at yourself, your fellow parents, and a culture that seems determined to turn our precious angels into not-so-precious brats. Divided into three sections—”Your Budding Brat” for toddlers and preschoolers, “Your Bratty Child” for grade-schoolers, and “Your Bratty Tween”—this book is packed with wisdom and tips culled from the trenches of child-rearing. Your Kid’s a Brat and It’s All Your Fault will not only help you grow adept at responding to specific misbehaviors, but also will encourage and empower you to become the confident, respected parent you yearn to be.
Download or read book The Elephant in the Playroom written by Denise Brodey and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of personal accounts by parents of children with such developmental challenges as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, and autism, offering insight into the daily experiences of raising children with special needs.
Download or read book The Ecology of Childhood written by Barbara Bennett Woodhouse and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How globalization is undermining sustainable social environments for children This book uses the ecological model of child development together with ethnographic and comparative studies of two small villages, in Italy and the United States, as its framework for examining the well-being of children in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Global forces, far from being distant and abstract, are revealed as wreaking havoc in children’s environments even in economically advanced countries. Falling birth rates, deteriorating labor conditions, fraying safety nets, rising rates of child poverty, and a surge in racism and populism in Europe and the United States are explored in the petri dish of the village. Globalism’s discontents—unrestrained capitalism and technological change, rising inequality, mass migration, and the juggernaut of climate change—are rapidly destabilizing and degrading the social and physical environments necessary to our collective survival and well-being. This crisis demands a radical restructuring of our macrosystemic value systems. Woodhouse proposes an ecogenerist theory that asks whether our policies and politics foster environments in which children and families can flourish. It proposes, as a benchmark, the family-supportive human-rights principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The book closes by highlighting ways in which individuals can engage at the local and regional levels in creating more just and sustainable worlds that are truly fit for children.
Download or read book The Jeffrey Journey 2010 Edition written by Helen Baldwin and published by Milverstead Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-02-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Updated - 2010 with new resources and dedications. In May, 1997, Randy and Helen Baldwin eagerly welcomed their third child, Jeffrey, as did his older siblings, Matthew and Katie. Jeffrey's arrival, unplanned but greatly anticipated, sparked a few adjustments in this family long removed from diaper duty, but Jeffrey was obviously a special gift. Eight weeks later, life took a completely unexpected downward spiral into the depths of despair when Jeffrey was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare, progressive genetic neuromuscular disease with deadly ramifications. The neurologist handed over the utterly devastating news that Jeffrey had a severe case of the most destructive form without a morsel of hope that anything could be done to thwart the effects of the killer disease. Faced with the nightmare that their baby was expected to die within two years and that there was no treatment or cure, Randy and Helen took their faith in God to a higher level and embarked on a quest to defy SMA and its stranglehold on their precious baby's life. They sought the expertise of alternative practitioners and relentlessly relied on prayers for Jeffrey's health and for strength, courage, and wisdom for themselves and their family. The Jeffrey Journey is the story of how one family - with friends and family, prayer, and God's grace - rose to the challenge of caring for a dying child as they also realized the countless blessings left by their angel.
Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education written by Donna Couchenour and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 1567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general public often views early childhood education as either simply “babysitting” or as preparation for later learning. Of course, both viewpoints are simplistic. Deep understanding of child development, best educational practices based on development, emergent curriculum, cultural competence and applications of family systems are necessary for high-quality early education. Highly effective early childhood education is rare in that it requires collaboration and transitions among a variety of systems for children from birth through eight years of age. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education presents in three comprehensive volumes advanced research, accurate practical applications of research, historical foundations and key facts from the field of contemporary early childhood education. Through approximately 425 entries, this work includes all areas of child development – physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional, aesthetic – as well as comprehensive review of best educational practices with young children, effective preparation for early childhood professionals and policy making practices, and addresses such questions as: · How is the field of early childhood education defined? · What are the roots of this field of study? · How is the history of early childhood education similar to yet different from the study of public education? · What are the major influences on understandings of best practices in early childhood education?
Download or read book Medical Anthropology at the Intersections written by Marcia C. Inhorn and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers productive insight into the field of medical anthropology and its future, as viewed by some of the world's leading medical anthropologists.
