Author: Linda S. BuddPublisher:
ISBN: 9780943990880
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Defines the eleven characteristics of an active child and how to appreciate and parent these children.
Children's Active Transportation
Author: Richard LarouchePublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128119322
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Children's Active Transportation is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the current research and interventions on active transportation for children and youth. As the travel behaviors of these groups tend to be highly routinized, and their mobility faces unique constraints, such as parental restrictions, mandatory school attendance, and the inability to drive a motor vehicle before late adolescence, this book examines the key factors that influence travel behavior among children and youth, providing key insights into lessons learned from current interventions. Readers will find a resource that clearly demonstrates how critical it is for children to develop strong, active transportation habits that carry into adulthood. - Discusses the correlates that exist between children's active transportation using a social and ecological model - Summarizes active transportation interventions that show what works to increase non-motorized modes of travel in children - Describes the factors that influence the implementation and effectiveness of interventions
Author: Grounded for Life?!
Author: Louise Felton TracyPublisher: Parenting Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9780943990958
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The author takes a look at the way we have been parenting our children and suggests a better way. She helps us distinguish what is truly important for teenagers' growth and gives us tools to influence these important issues.
It's Your Fault!
Author: Rexford BrownPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807743798
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This is a personal, humourous, and often irreverent portrait of urban schooling by a prominent writer and policy analyst who quit his cushy job to create and teach in an inner city middle/high school. Rex Brown gets to the very heart of what it's really like inside urban schools in America.
The Myth of the A.D.D. Child
Author: Thomas ArmstrongPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452275474
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In this controversial and provocative book, Dr. Thomas Armstrong confronts America's obsession with Attention Deficit Disorder. With more than one million children diagnosed with ADD, the condition has gained national attention on talk shows, magazine covers and The New York Times bestseller list. Dr. Armstrong, well-known for his writings on parenting and education, presents the very real argument that ADD may, in fact, not exist. He believes that many behaviors labeled as ADD are simply a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences, and that by tackling the root causes of a child's attention and behavior problems—rather than masking the symptoms with medication and behavior-modification programs—parents can help their children begin to experience fundamentally positive changes in their lives. This groundbreaking book provides parents and professionals with 50 innovative and proven strategies they can use to help children overcome their attention and behavior problems. His checklist helps parents decide which strategies are most appropriate, and hundreds of resources, including books and organizations are included. The Myth of the A.D.D. Child offers much needed practical help to both parents and professionals.
Author: Elizabeth CraryPut Yourself in Their Shoes
Author: Barbara MeltzPublisher: Dell
ISBN: 0307788784
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Wouldn't parenting be easier if you could see into the mind of your child? Learn to hear what your child can't or won't tell you--and Understand Behavior Build Values Nurture Closeness Solve Problems In her popular Boston Globe column "Child Caring," Barbara Meltz has been writing about real-life parenting issues for more than a decade. She has found that instead of divorce or moving--the situations parents think of as stressful--children's concerns are often linked to commonplace events such as sleepovers or the first day of school. In this wise, compassionate book, Meltz offers parents a unique window into their child's inner life. She includes candid, illuminating observations from kids themselves and offers advice on what to ask, listen for, or observe to decode puzzling behavior. . . how to get a child to talk about his or her problems. . . and how to find the best way to solve conflicts. By focusing on developmental trouble spots, not age, her approach is as helpful to the parents of a two-year-old as to those of a twelve-year-old. From keeping secrets to going to camp to larger issues, such as stealing or death in the family, Put Yourself in Their Shoes offers a way to see inside a child's world--and help to make it safe and strong. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Time-in
Author: Jean Illsley ClarkePublisher: Parenting Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781884734281
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
This book will appeal to parents who have felt frustrated, helpless, or angry when traditional parenting tools didn't work. The Time-In process is an overall approach that teaches children to be competent, to think, and to succeed using four tools-ask, act, attend, and amend. Parents can use Time-In when they want children to listen and think (ask), change behaviour (act), pay attention to the needs of others (attend), or to right a wrong they have done (amend).
How Does Your Engine Run?
Author: Mary Sue WilliamsPublisher: TherapyWorks, Inc.
ISBN: 9780964304109
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This leader's guide introduces the Alert Program (AP) to occupational therapists, parents, teachers, and other professionals. AP promotes awareness of how we regulate our arousal states and encourages the use of sensorimotor strategies to manage our levels of alertness. Knowledge of self-regulation and a repertoire of strategies enhance our abilities to learn, interact with others, and work or play within our environment in addition to building self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-monitoring skills. It presents a strong awareness of sensory integration.
