Child Adolescent

This enormously fascinating and practical book shows parents and teachers how to help boys overcome their current classroom obstacles by helping to create the proper learning environment, understand how to help boys work with their unique natural gifts, nurture and expand every bit of their potential, and enabling them to succeed in life the way they ought to.

Most kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part of growing up, but how do parents help their kids navigate childhood and adolescence at a time when social media has the potential to magnify the consequences of those mistakes? Rather than spend all their time worrying about the worst-case scenario, listeners get a bigger-picture understanding of their kids' digital landscape.

Mes objectifs pour cette année : Apprendre à gérer mon anxiété (ça presse !!!). Travailler ma patience (ne pas lancer mon téléphone au bout de mes bras). Ne pas hésiter à parler à ma mamie « dans les étoiles » quand Ça ne va pas. Essayer de ne pas tout faire foirer dans ma vie avec mes amis, mes parents et Anthony). Commencer à aller voir la psy…? Bien hâte de voir où ça va nous mener tout ça. À nous deux, secondaire 2!!!

En la educación de sus hijos, los padres buscan enseñarles a vivir y a convivir, a prevenir situaciones de riesgo, agresivas y frustrantes. Pero, lamentablemente, esto no siempre es posible, de ahí que sean necesarios libros tan reales y eficaces como este del psicólogo Javier Urra, con larga experiencia en estos asuntos.

What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert Danah Boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, Boyd argues that society fails young people when paternalism and protectionism hinder teenagers' ability to become informed, thoughtful, and engaged citizens through their online interactions.

Individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance use disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. In this comprehensive guidebook, Ellis Amdur walks professionals working in healthcare and social services settings through a multitude of steps they can take to keep themselves, their colleagues, and their clientele safe. The focus of this book is behavior not diagnosis. The first sections of the book discuss specific behaviors ranging from such relatively minor irritants as reluctance to complete tasks and ...

« J’ai chaud, j’ai la tête qui tourne et je sens la fameuse petite boule se former dans ma poitrine. Aaaah !!! Pas encore ! Je sais que c’est ridicule, que c’est juste un party et que ce n’est pas la fin du monde, mais mon anxiété s’en fout, elle, de ce que je pense. Elle m’écrase tranquillement, sournoisement, juste assez pour que je sois obligée de m’asseoir sur un banc pour reprendre mon souffle.

Après une pause bien méritée, je reviens en force avec un caractère encore plus aiguisé, des parenthèses encore plus éclatées, mais surtout, une confiance à tout casser. C'est fini le temps où moi, Maya Filion, je m'excusais d'exister. A partir de maintenant, c'est moi qui ai le contrôle : pas mon anxiété. Es-tu prêt(e) ? Parce que moi oui !

Amour, anxiété, fous rires, larmes et jalousie : attache ta ceinture, car ce sont des montagnes russes d’émotions qui t’attendent dans ce tome-ci !

In Lost Boys, Dr. Garbarino addresses the wide range of issues that boys from every background and of every temperament may have to confront as they grow and develop. By outlining the steps parents, teachers, and public officials can take to keep all children safer, Dr. Garbarino holds out hope and solutions for turning children away from violence - before it is too late.

9 Ways to a Resilient Child will help parents enable their children to cope with the challenges that life throws at us all. Discover why winners aren't always grinners, the problems with common advice like 'toughen up, princess', the negative impact of helicopter parenting and how praise can harm instead of help. Understand both the protective and the risk factors affecting resilience for better or for worse.

A Modern Parent’s Guide to Health, Confidence, and Compassionate Change Is your teen or pre-teen struggling with weight, self-esteem, or body image? You’re not alone — and neither are they. In this newly updated and expanded guide, Dr. Richard L. Travis takes a fresh, inclusive, and deeply human approach to one of the most pressing issues facing today’s youth: how to build real health in a world obsessed with appearances. Gone are the days of calorie counting and shame-based advice. This book is about connection over control, nourishment over numbers, and helping your child build ...

Plongez dans les complexités de la santé mentale des jeunes. Cet ouvrage couvre un large éventail de sujets, des nuances du développement neuropsychologique aux dernières avancées dans le traitement des troubles anxieux et dépressifs chez les jeunes. Approfondissez les fondements théoriques et pratiques de la psychiatrie infanto-juvénile, avec une approche complète et didactique.Découvrez des stratégies innovantes pour l'évaluation diagnostique et les interventions thérapeutiques.

For parents, the onset of adolescence becomes an unexpected, even unwelcome surprise, often bringing bewilderment, confusion, and sadness. Harvard educated psychologist Carl Pickhardt offers his 30 years of experience illuminating this parental “We are not in Kansas anymore” moment. Dr. Pickhardt is a comforting and knowledgeable voice, guiding families through each stage of adolescence with effective practices to help their child achieve responsible independence.

Rain is keeping a big secret from everyone around her: She's sad. All the time. Rain struggles with her image and feels inferior to her best friend, Nara. Not even her all-star student-athlete big brother (and personal superhero), Xander, can help Rain with her dark thoughts and low self-esteem. And when Xander becomes the victim of violence at a predominantly white university, Rain’s life and mind take a turn for the worse. But when her favorite teacher, Miss Walia, invites her to an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.

Depression can greatly impact a young adult’s successful completion of college, leaving them and their parents overwhelmed and anxious about the future. As a Harvard-trained, board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with over 15 years of experience, Dr. Melissa Lopez-Larson has helped hundreds of parents and young adults overcome depression and successfully complete college.

Have you ever wondered how to improve a child's health and happiness? Nutrition and lifestyle are a powerful key. In this book, Ann P. Endal, M.S., explores food and lifestyle. The links between them and a child's wellness and happiness are explained.

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, often times it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle, three-time author, parenting coach, and sought-after speaker, offers a fresh, practical roadmap for achievable family - and marital - harmony and happiness.

Join us on this transformative journey and help young adults with ADHD build their skills and confidence to succeed. They can navigate life with newfound confidence and achieve their goals with support and practical strategies. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource that can make a difference in the lives of adolescents with ADHD.

Adolescents, especially those in their early teens, have daily anxiety-producing issues. Indeed, many youngsters are more prone to anxiety attacks than most adults. With the pressures of academic success, biological changes in the bodies, changes in their social life and the looming arrival of adulthood, adolescents often have a harder time dealing with many of the disturbing things presented to them in today’s world.