Speaking Out: Partners in Advocacy; Tools and Resource SD 05

The purpose of this book is to provide advocates and potential advocates with a range of information and resources that will help make them more effective. The book focuses on resources needed for case advocacy, systems advocacy, and legislative advocacy.

Special Kids Make Special Friends C 25

Square Pegs Round Holes: The LD Child in the Classroom and at Home LD 14

A learning-disabled child has normal or superior intelligence, vision, and hearing; he is not psychologically disturbed; he comes from an environment that encourages learning. Yet he does not learn - a chemical imbalance prevents him. In this book Dr. Levy examines what a learning disabled child is - and what he isn't - how he can be recognized, and what you - as a parent, as a teacher, as a doctor - can do to help him. Refuting common misconceptions about the problems, he offers practical ways of working, teaching, treating, and playing with the child that can produce concrete results. Tests and a list of suggested readings are included.

SSI Helping Kids S/P V-03

State Mathematics & Science Curriculum Framework Development ED 39

This synthesis paper explores similarities and differences in Curriculum Framework (CF) development and implementation across 16 states and two U.S. possessions. It offers a broad array of approaches and compares contexts, resources, products, goals, and processes of CF development and implementation in the 18 cases. It is a resource to educators across the nation who are or will become involved in CF efforts. While the focus is on mathematics and science CFs, the information is pertinent to any subject area.

Stranger Dangers: Parent's Guide MSC V-04

This educational video with accompanying booklet and comic/activity book can empower your family with the knowledge you need to get street smart. Actress Cindy Williams and national radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger discuss critical information today's families need and can use to stay out of stranger danger. According to one U.S. Department of Justice study, non-family members abduct about twelve children every day, totaling up to 4,600 children in a single year. Fortunately, street smart children also thwart over 100,000 attempted kidnappings.

Stress and Your Child: Know the Signs and Prevent the Harm MH 26

For parents, grandparents, educators - anyone who is involved with children today - Dr. Archibald Hart has both bad news and good news: here's the bad news: Stress is taking its toll on today's kids. It's a difficult and often dangerous world out there. Expectations are high. Competition is fierce. Kids are growing up quicker than ever before. More and more children live in single parent or conflict-ridden homes and attend over-crowded schools. And most experience our high-pressure, high-crime, high decibel culture right in their living rooms - through the media. The result? Children are overstimulated, over-pressured, overanxious. Many are paying the price with headaches, stomachaches, depression, anxiety- even high cholesterol. And many others are on the tract to developing premature stress disease (including heart attacks) in early adulthood. But here's the good news: you can take action today to "stressproof" your kids. While you can't remove all the pressure from your children's lives, you can take positive steps to reduce the harmful stress they experience. More importantly, through your teaching and your example, you can help your children acquire healthy stress management sills that enhance their lives today and may save their lives tomorrow. This practical book is packed with up-to-date information and down-to-earth guidance (including nine "stress tests" and two worksheets) to help you.

Swimming with the Dolphins CP V-01

Tactics for Improving Parenting Skills P 05A

This book is a series of 99 one-page informational brochures. TIPS was designed as a resource for families to use in improving their skills in areas related to home and family involvement, school performance, social skills and self-esteem, discipline and motivation, personal health and safety, independent living, and bilingual/multicultural concerns. While the last section focuses on tips of special interest to multicultural, multiethnic, and bilingual families, additional suggestions for these families have been included throughout the series and are cross-referenced on the back cover of each relevant tactic.

Take Time To Be A Family--Holding Successful Family Meetings F V-01

This video demonstrates how a weekly get-together can help improve your family's communication and planning. It explains how to use these sessions to build your children's decision-making skills and enhance their sense of  responsibility. The accompanying viewer's guide allows parents to study the ideas presented.

Taking Charge: Handbook for Parents Whose Children Have Emotional Handicaps MH 23

This handbook was written to share the feelings, experiences, and knowledge of other parents of children with emotional disorders to let other parents know that they are not alone. There are other parents struggling with similar problems and who understand the feelings and frustrations. When you have finished reading the chapters and doing the exercises, you should know more about the impact of emotional disorders on a family, the legal bases for help, and the types of mental health services that are or should be available.

Talking Back to Prozac: What Doctors Aren't Telling You MH 29

Millions of Americans are on Prozac. And just about everyone else is wondering if they should be on it, too. The claims of the pro--Prozac chorus are enticing: that it can cure everything from depression (the only disorder for which Prozac was originally approved) to fear of public speaking, PMS, obesity, shyness, migraine, and back pain - with few or no side effects. But is the reality quite different? At what price do we buy Prozac-induced euphoria and a shiny new personality? Psychiatrist Peter Breggin, and co-author Ginger Ross Breggin answer these and other crucial questions. They explain what Prozac is and how it works. And they take a hard look at the real story behind today's most controversial drug.

Tall Tales & Lost Loot: A Kid's Guide to Honesty SE V-02

Grandpa's cracking the case! Grandpa (Dick van Patten) is in hot pursuit of the most famous Coin Collecting Thief of  all time, and Corny is right behind him! In fact, he's a little too close - once Grandpa gets the coins back, Corny accidentally steals some and finds himself in hot water with everyone, including his teacher, the police and even a Ghost! Vicki Lawrence, Taran Noah Smith (Home Improvement) and friends help Corny learn why kids have to be honest and why cheating in school only leads to problems. Learn with Corny how one lie leads to another and find out whether Grandpa can crack the case of the Mystery Coin Collector once and for all.

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