As the COVID-19 crisis took our world under siege, essential workers worldwide kept their heads up and extended their hearts to keep us safe at home. From our neighborhood mail carriers and grocery store cashiers to the truck drivers, farmers and manufacturers who make essential goods available to the millions of us around the globe, we say THANK YOU! You've kept our bellies full and minds at ease. We love you for all that you've done and continue to do for us every day.
Young children can surprise us with tough questions. Tominey’s essential guide teaches us how to answer them and foster compassion along the way. If you had to choose one word to describe the world you want children to grow up in, what would it be? Safe? Understanding? Resilient? Compassionate? As parents and caregivers of young children, we know what we want for our children, but not always how to get there. Many children today are stressed by academic demands, anxious about relationships at school, confused by messages they hear in the media, and overwhelmed by challenges at home. Young children look to the adults in their lives for everything. Sometimes we’re prepared... sometimes we’re not. In this book, Shauna Tominey guides parents and caregivers through how to have conversations with young children about a range of topics-from what makes us who we are (e.g., race, gender) to tackling challenges (e.g., peer pressure, divorce, stress) to showing compassion (e.g., making friends, recognizing privilege, being a helper). Talking through these topics in an age-appropriate manner—rather than telling children they are too young to understand—helps children recognize how they feel and how they fit in with the world around them. This book provides sample conversations, discussion prompts, storybook recommendations, and family activities. Dr. Tominey's research-based strategies and practical advice creates dialogues that teach self-esteem, resilience, and empathy: the building blocks for a more compassionate world.
Parents all over the world have certain universal aspirations. They want their children to contribute meaningfully to society and to pursue their own dreams. But we appear to be missing the essentials. In this inspiring book, based on 30 years of research and practice, Dr. Stanley Greenspan redefines the qualities of an emotionally and intellectually healthy child and identifies the ways that parents can help their children develop each quality. The qualities that make us call a child a “great kid,” such as empathy, curiosity, and logical thinking, are fundamental and underlie all the academic, athletic, and social talents that a child might develop. We are not born with these traits, Greenspan demonstrates, they come from experience, which suggests that each and every parent can encourage them and that each and every child can strive to acquire them.
Guide kids of all ages on their path to independence and success! The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids is a wake-up call, a clear path for action, and a message of inspiration, providing a reality-based recipe for raising complex kids, while not making yourself (or your family) crazy in the process. Parenting expert Elaine Taylor-Klaus of ImpactADHD.com walks you through a proven coach-approach method that provides essential tools for clearly setting effective and realistic expectations for your kids to eliminate daily battles and constant upheaval. It doesn’t matter if your child has ADHD, anxiety, learning disabilities, autism, depression, ODD, or attachment issues—complex kids struggle with some aspects of life and learning, and they need your understanding and support. A coach-approach will help you communicate, collaborate, and guide kids of all ages on a path to independence and success. Here are some of the challenges, coach-approach messages, and strategies you will learn: Challenge: “This Kid Is Really Smart, but . . .” Coach’s Reframe: Parent from Inspiration --> Strategy: Shed the Shoulds Challenge: “I’ve Tried Everything, but Nothing Works” Coach’s Reframe: Start with You --> Strategy: Relationships over Tasks Challenge: “My Kid’s Just Not Motivated” Coach’s Reframe: Executive Function --> Strategy: Use Motivation Challenge: “Where Do I Start?” Coach’s Reframe: Take a Marathon View --> Strategy: Take Aim With The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More, your family can rediscover peace…and thrive.
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A toolbox of scripts for practicing a popular relaxation technique with child clients. Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that uses sensory visualizations to engage the mind and imagination for healing. It is a simple, versatile therapeutic tool that uses “scripts” to help clients focus and guide their imagination, and has been shown to alleviate a host of common emotional issues in kids, from anxiety and insecurity to stress, anger, and the effects of bullying. Easier to practice than meditation or hypnosis, guided imagery allows kids to quickly focus, integrate their thoughts, emotions, and feelings, and practice self-compassion, all without the need for extraordinary discipline or time investment. This concise book lays out all the essential guidelines for using this helpful healing practice in therapy, counseling, and any type of helping work with children. The opening chapters present the groundwork, explaining what guided imagery is, how it differs from mindfulness and hypnosis, how it works, and how to integrate it into therapy practice. The second half of the book offers dozens of detailed, ready-to-use guided imagery scripts for therapists to follow in their work with children. This rich collection of scripts is organized around the most common issues children present with in therapy, accompanied by helpful notes for working with particular age groups, and illustrated in practice through illuminating case vignettes. Issues addressed include: • Anxiety and tension • Stress management • Low self-esteem • Emotional health • Difficulty showing empathy • Social stress • Low energy and lack of motivation And much more. Readers will learn techniques to treat a range of child problems and encourage inner healing, happiness, and goal achievement. Small in format, therapists can consult this guide any time they want to use a script with a child during the therapy hour. It’s an adaptable tool for novice and experienced therapists alike to achieve maximum benefits in a minimum amount of time, even with no prior knowledge of guided imagery. Guided imagery scripts can be used in conjunction with any therapeutic approach, and are easily adapted to fit particular needs. With the scripts, skills, and essential principles in Guided Imagery Work with Kids, professionals will have everything they need to begin applying this effective method in their work with young clients.
So many writing and formatting guides are written for adults and are too complex for students. They don't communicate the basics of good writing in a way that kids can easily grasp and integrate into their own writing. The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide offers the perfect solution. Filled with straightforward language, lots of easy-to-understand examples, and straight-to-the-point guidance, this handbook was designed from the ground up to meet the needs of your students. This fantastic guide covers all of the basics of good writing, including: essential elements of writing and editing; definitions of terms used in prose writing; definitions of types of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; helpful references; common usage errors and how to avoid them; and information about writing sentences, paragraphs, and essays. The compact dictionary format makes information easy to find. Reference pages provide quick access to commonly asked questions. From writing strategies, to literary and composition terms, students will find what they need to support their writing in The Absolutely Essential Writing Guide. This extensive text includes the essential elements of prose and poetry. With definitions and terminology, common errors, sample formats, and helpful guidelines, this book will be a reference that writers will refer to again and again. For additional guidance in grammar, see The Absolutely Essential Grammar Guide. Grades 5–12
There’s more to student success than standards and test scores… Integrating Social and Emotional Learning into a curriculum has been shown to increase personal and school-wide growth. With lifelong success the goal over simply meeting academic thresholds, Teaching Kids to Thrive presents strategies, activities, and stories in an approachable way to develop responsible, self-motivated learners. Uniting social, academic, and self-skills this instrumental resource offers benefits to students such as: Using mindfulness strategies to help students tap their inner strengths Learning to self-regulate and control other executive brain functions Developing growth mindsets along with perseverance and resilience Cultivating a sense of responsibility, honesty, and integrity Encouraging a capacity for empathy and gratitude
Corporate trainer and mentor Maralee McKee turns her attention to the home and shares the simple, savvy, and sincere skills kids need in order to flourish in today's culture. Skills for each stage of life make this the go-to book for moms with children of any age. Readers will learn how to impart the basic tools that empower kids to relate to others well, as well as... gain self-confidence by learning to make conversation pleasant, not painful overcome self-doubt by mastering new etiquette for today's on-the-go, casual, techno-savvy families develop the interpersonal skills that will help them become the best version of themselves they can be in any setting Fun, practical, and thoroughly up-to-date, this manual offers everything moms need to equip their kids to flourish in their relationships.
Have Happy, Healthy Children Lately, there has been an upsurge in the number of people resorting to natural care and beauty treatments. Parents are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of using non-organic synthetic products on their children’s health. Essential oils are simply essences made from plant concentrates. They provide lots of healing, cleansing and soothing benefits when used correctly. Many essential oils can safely be used on your children as medicines, cleansers and beauty products when mixed as oils, powder and wipes. They can help to heal minor ailment, ensure that your child's skin is healthy and maintain general health. Isn’t it wonderful to know that you can soothe your crying child with nature's gift of essential oils? Consider this book as a guide to the correct use of essential oil for your child. From infancy to their growing age, you can now say good bye to synthetic products that contain harmful chemicals by using essential oils for their natural care. For parents interested in learning how to relieve your child of tummy aches, diaper rash, minor burns, cuts and scrapes, this book is for you. You will also learn how to use essential oils as massage oils and lotions, in their baths and all-round hygiene. Here's A Peek Of What's Inside: * The Relationship Between Essential Oils, Aromatherapy And Your Kid * Why You Need To Use Essential Oils For Your Kid * How To Use Essential Oils Safely * The Correct Dilution And Dosage For Your Child's Age * How To Make Your Child Sleep Well At Night. * Knowing The Essential Oils That Are Good For Your Child's Age * Over 24 Common Remedies That You Can Treat Easily With Essential Oils * Over 35 Recipes On Baby Wipes, Oils, Powders, Sunscreen Lotions, Bath Lotions * And A Whole Lots More! Take Action Today! Scroll Up And Download Now!
