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This concise and highly accessible book contains everything that parents and busy professionals need to know about ADHD.

The author describes the spectrum of ADHD, the co-occurring symptoms, and common difficulties that parents face. The rest of the book focuses on solutions, based around four rules. Rule number one is keeping it positive: punishments can change behavior, but only positive approaches can improve attitude. Rule number two is keeping it calm: it's difficult thinking clearly enough to solve problems logically if you are feeling overwhelmed. Rule number three is keeping it organized: this rule relates particularly to the child's school life. Rule number four is to keep doing rules one to three. Finally, Dr. Kutscher discusses the role of medication for treating ADHD. The concluding chapter summarizes the information covered and can also be read as a complete, freestanding text. Useful checklists and further reading recommendations are also included.

Realistic and optimistic, this book is the ideal source of information and advice for parents and professionals who are trying to keep up with children who are living without brakes.

More games to help kids ages 7 to 12 overcome dyslexia and build reading skills

With the right tools, kids with dyslexia can become avid readers. The follow-up to the bestselling Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia, this fun-filled choice in books for kids with dyslexia offers tons of new games that help kids overcome the challenges of dyslexia.

This dyslexia workbook for kids features:

• Educational play―Go beyond other dyslexia books with 125 games and activities, including coloring, word association, picture association, writing with sounds, and more.
• Expanded vocabulary―Packed with new words, this second volume helps kids with dyslexia understand even more of the vocabulary they'll encounter while reading.
• Science-based strategies―Discover games built around proven dyslexia tools for kids, like phonological awareness training, phonemic awareness training, and multisensory instruction.

Go beyond other dyslexia books with enjoyable and effective games that will help kids learn to love reading.

Molly and her friend showcase their problem-solving skills during a playdate that doesn't go exactly as planned.

Molly and Lexi (an imaginary character who represents being dyslexic) invite their friends Leeann and Izzy over to play. Together, they build a village with sticks and leaves and draw with chalk. When it starts raining, Molly and Leeann race to figure out how to save their village and drawing--and the playdate.

Everyday Adventures with Molly and Dyslexia
Molly and Lexi empower dyslexic children to embrace their strengths. Written by a dyslexic author who's an advocate for dyslexic kids, this three-book series follows the adventures of a young girl, Molly, and her personified dyslexia, Lexi. Together, they navigate the challenges of dyslexia with creativity and determination, touching on themes of self-advocacy, self-esteem, and personal strengths. The series helps dyslexic kids feel seen and understood and grows understanding and empathy in all children.

Many teens struggle with anxiety disorders, the symptoms of which include elevated stress hormone levels, depression, and heart problems. The prevalence of anxiety disorders among teens today makes this a timely, informative, and helpful book for readers. Readers will learn about the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of anxiety disorders as well as coping strategies and treatments. Resources for identifying, managing, and treating anxiety disorders are provided in the text.

HandleStress, Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, OCD, Trauma, Eating Disordersand other mental issues and unleash the power of dialectal behavior therapy to give you and your teen the tools for emotional success.Let's face it: Feelings of anger, sadness, fear, or irritation are acceptable and can frequently occur in life. There are times, though, when it might seem as your emotions are taking over and dragging you along with them. To make matters worse, these overwhelming emotions could impair your performance, cause issues in your relationships, prevent you from accomplishing your goals, and prevent you from having fun during teenage.The DBT Skills Workbook for Teens, however, provides all of the easyand useful skills!This helpful book, which has specially been created with a warm, heartfelt, and friendly tone, explores the benefits of dialectal behavior therapy that have been scientifically proven, as well as how we can best provide today's youth with the emotional tools they need to achieve emotional balance, stability, and wellness in their lives. Sounds good?A FUN and ENGAGING experience is what everyone needs to stay motivated to complete the DBT skills workbook assignments. To keep it extra fascinating and keep the reader's interest, we also put a lot of effort into keeping the worksheets and graphics pleasing to the eye.The workbook guides you and your teen through quests so they can master the four essential DBT skills. This book covers different mental issues to help you with all the information you need.This workbook will also assist you in developing your action plan for transformation, whether participating in self-destructive behaviors like self-harm or disordered eating.

Even if your child has never been interested in self-help books, this one is unique! To ensure it will be an enjoyable, interesting, and transforming experience for them, we have given the reader experience from a teenager's perspective a lot of attention.

Sensory, play-based and instructional - all in one! Jam-packed with creative theme-based group lessons, this resource follows a developmental sequence with seven activities related to each theme. For maximum flexibility, suggestions for adaptation and modification for individual students are included, along with instructions for how to develop additional lessons. These activities have been made even more fun and motivating by the integration of a balance of sensory and motor components into each of the themes. If you work with young children, you will love this resource.

Children will learn linguistic, cognitive, and social/emotional skills at the same time sensory integration and motor skills are being worked on and refined.

Quiet your noisy mind--and find peace of mind--with fast-acting, on-the-spot relief for persistent, painful, and intrusive thoughts.

Do you have unwanted, repetitive, negative, or intrusive thoughts that are getting in the way of your life, keeping you up at night, or making you downright miserable? If so, you need quick tools you can use right now--whenever and wherever you are--to soothe the disruption of intrusive thoughts. This emergency toolkit has you covered.

Written by a team of mental health experts and grounded in evidence-based therapy, Intrusive Thoughts Toolkit provides fast-acting tools for soothing distressing thoughts in the moments when you need it most. With this take-anywhere guide, you'll learn proven techniques to get unstuck from negative thoughts and feelings, adopt healthier thinking habits, and increase overall well-being. You'll also find easy and doable ways to help you press pause on spiraling thinking, and in-the-moment interventions to help you quiet your mind before your thoughts get out of control.

If you're looking for quick solutions to help you move beyond intrusive thoughts and improve your mental health, this powerfully effective pocket guide has everything you need to find lasting peace of mind.

The Study Skills Curriculum was developed based on an identified need expressed by Resource Specialists and intervention teachers. Although, many of these teachers offered "Study Skills" classes to support students with work completion from a designated staff, the students' levels of organization and independence did not show significant improvement.

The Study Skills Curriculum is the answer to the expressed needs of teachers to systematically teach executive functioning skills, organizational skills, increased independence and improved overall student behavior. The long-term result of systematic instruction in these areas is greater success in school and as adults.

All of the lessons in this curriculum were derived from the concepts found in the popular book Learning the ROPES for Improved Executive Functioning Skills (Schetter 2003). Each of the seven units begins with an objective followed by lessons which are broken down into activities to build students executive functioning skills. Instructional forms and bonus forms are avaible to download. All other required materials are listed in each unit.

The Scope and Sequence section of this curriculum provides an overview of all the lessons and activities. A year long program may be developed from the Scope and Sequence making The Study Skills Curriculum easy to understand and to implement.

The debut nonfiction book from bestselling author and illustrator Chris Haughton that explores the story of information throughout human history.

We are used to technology improving all the time. Next year we will have better phones, cars, and technology. What is it that makes technology improve rather than stay static or even fall into decline? The answer is information. If we can record knowledge we can collect and share it. We can continue adding to it and it grows and grows.

It hasn't always been like this. For a long time, human progress was very slow or static. At some points it felt like our progress even ran backward! But the ability to record information in the form of writing and collecting data has caused an explosion of technological progress. This book tells the story of how we came to collect information, and what it means for us.

Molly gets diagnosed with dyslexia and learns it's okay to ask for help when she needs it.

Molly has a big imagination and loves to solve problems and learn new things. But Molly also struggles to spell, write, and read as quickly as her classmates. With the support of her friend Lexi (an imaginary character who represents being dyslexic), Molly summons the courage to ask her teacher Mr. Mitchell for help. Molly learns how to self-advocate and discovers that it's okay to be different.

Everyday Adventures with Molly and Dyslexia
Molly and Lexi empower dyslexic children to embrace their strengths. Written by a dyslexic author who's an advocate for dyslexic kids, this three-book series follows the adventures of a young girl, Molly, and her personified dyslexia, Lexi. Together, they navigate the challenges of dyslexia with creativity and determination, touching on themes of self-advocacy, self-esteem, and personal strengths. The series helps dyslexic kids feel seen and understood and grows understanding and empathy in all children.

Preparing Kids for the Real World and Their Best Selves

Parents, teachers, therapists, and anyone who cares about a child or teen on the autism spectrum need this essential roadmap to prepare our youth for being successful adults in today's world.

Since the first edition of The Loving Push, the prevalence rate of children diagnosed as autistic has only continued to rise. Greater numbers of kids are transitioning into adulthood with a spectrum label than ever before. Researchers around the world churn out studies, many aimed at learning more about the factors that help autistic children learn and gain skills. Community awareness of autism has risen, and companies and colleges are taking notice.

Best-selling author, autism advocate, and animal science professor Dr. Temple Grandin joins psychologist and autism specialist Dr. Debra Moore in spelling out which steps you can take to restore your child's hope and motivation―and what you must avoid. Eight life stories told by people on the autism spectrum, including chapters on subjects like how to get kids off their computers, how to build on their strengths and get back to caring about their lives, and how to find a path to a successful, meaningful life make this a "must read book!"

The greatest gifts we can give a child are those that help them grow into their best self. Parents and professionals alike strive to guide young people in developing a sense of self-worth and functioning in line with their highest capabilities. No matter what specific challenges a child may face, success is reaching the level of independence and engagement in the world they are realistically capable of achieving is the top priority. This book is our guide.

This book provides busy teachers with an adaptable toolbox of strategies for challenging gifted students that they can immediately put into practice in their classroom, school, or program. Chapters cover everything from makerspaces and project-based learning, to enrichment clubs, mentorships, creative thinking, and more. Each strategy includes an overview, resource guide, description of how it looks in the classroom, and all the information you need to put it into practice. With templates, charts, and links to videos illustrating the tools in action, A Teacher's Toolbox for Gifted Education is your go-to guide for creative ways to support advanced learners.

Filled with actionable strategies proven to improve focus, increase productivity, and promote well-being, Brain Hacks will help you transform the way you work, live, and feel by tapping into the power of your executive functioning skills.

Modern life requires a lot of our brains. We need to stay organized, manage our time wisely, and make important decisions. These essential skills-known as executive functioning-affect every aspect of our lives, from how we function at work and home to how we manage stress.

Written by clinical psychologist and author of The Gift of ADHD book series, Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, Brain Hacks offers powerful guidance and strategies that will improve your executive functioning and help you work smarter, feel better, and achieve more of your goals.

With chapter-by-chapter concentration on the main areas of executive functioning-focus and attention, planning and organization, cognitive flexibility, emotional regulation, and impulse control-Brain Hacks: Life-Changing Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning offers:

• An overview of executive functioning and self-assessments to identify which executive functioning areas pose your greatest challenges.
• Explorations of the 5 core skills of executive functioning, including summaries, techniques, and brain hacks to make them stronger.
• Real-world strategies and exercises to strengthen your executive functioning skills and apply them to everyday challenges.

Using the proven, life-changing strategies in Brain Hacks, anyone can significantly enhance their executive functioning skills. Even those who have struggled with executive functioning in the past can transform from being controlled by their brain to being in control of it.

Lucas the lion cub loves playing with his friends, snacking on his favorite foods, watching his favorite shows on TV just like everyone else. But Lucas is different because he doesn't talk. This makes things harder for Lucas, and frustrating, because people don't understand what he wants and he can't find a way to tell them.

Then one day, Lucas's mom brings him The Tiny Talker(TM) to help when he can't find the words he needs. The Tiny Talker Method helps children with communicative disabilities learn to use an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device in a more natural way.

By pairing the device with a storybook, children are able to see the symbols in the story, touch the corresponding sound buttons on their Tiny Talker(TM) device, and hear the device's response. This reinforces children's understanding by appealing to visual, kinesthetic, and auditory learning styles all at once. Lucas the Lion Loves The Tiny Talker(TM) is a fun and intuitive way to help children find their voice!

This picture book is dedicated to children diagnosed with Autism, also known as ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Explore the day in the life of a young girl and boy with autism through bright, colourful illustrations and text. Perfect for teachers, parents and children alike, this book will bring awareness of the condition and teach children how to be supportive and be kind. This is the third book released from The abilities in me book series. Our collection of books show how each child can celebrate their abilities within their disability, find acceptance and create awareness to those around them. This picture book is aimed for children between the ages of 3-8 years. The book is dedicated to the Walker-Parker family.

Recognize and support twice-exceptional (2e) learners to help them succeed in school--and beyond.

Twice-exceptional (2e) learners have often been misunderstood, disciplined, unchallenged, and left behind. Even as awareness of 2e learners has grown, educators are still in need of practical tools to recognize and support their twice-exceptional students. This book answers that need, providing teachers with accessible information about twice-exceptional diagnoses and suggested accommodations, modifications, and collaboration with other educational professionals.

Dedicated to the needs of all 2e learners, the first part of the book covers identifying and understanding 2e students, strength-based instruction, motivation and self-regulation, and executive functioning skills. The second part details how gifted students are affected by another diagnosis, including:

• Specific learning disabilities
• ADHD
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Processing difficulties
• Anxiety-based diagnoses
• Depression and other mood disorders

This book equips educators with information that will make it easier for them to advocate for their 2e students, including what they need to know about the individualized education plan (IEP) and Section 504 plan process. Special topics, such as gifted students with physical disabilities, students experiencing trauma, and gifted learners from diverse backgrounds, are also included.

With Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today's Classroom, educators can better identify, support, and meet the needs of their 2e students.