"In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself. Now, in 'The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage...

" In their critically acclaimed bestseller, Zoobiquity, the authors revealed the essential connection between human and animal health. In Wildhood, they turn the same eye-opening, species-spanning lens to adolescent young adult life. Traveling around the world and drawing from their latest research, they find that the same four universal challenges are faced by every adolescent human and animal on earth: how to be safe, how to navigate hierarchy;...

"Verónica Berenstein recaba, en este libro, su elaboración como psicoanalista haciendo frente a las paradojas de la condición contemporánea de la civilización en la que vivimos. Esta perspectiva aborda el nuevo orden simbólico y el real propio de la contemporaneidad, mostrando los puntos de discontinuidad con respecto al mundo en el que el psicoanálisis surgió y prosperó en la primera parte del siglo XX. De una civilización como la del...

¿Quiere un desarrollo emocional sano para los más pequeños? Acrecentar las capacidades emocionales es imprescindible para llegar a ser una persona segura y feliz, adaptada a un mundo adulto que cada vez es más difícil y exigente. Con este libro aprenderá cómo asegurar a los niños y niñas los buenos tratos imprescindibles para que crezcan plenamente, sin necesidad de realizar actividades complejas. Las explicaciones teóricas se presentan...

Stress and anxiety in children and teenagers are just as prevalent as in adults. Stressful and negligent parents, high expectations in academic or other performances, abused or deprived childhood, growing up tensions and demand for familial responsibilities are the main causes of childhood and teenage stress. Parents, who are not emotionally available for their children or lack of positive coping mechanisms themselves, often spur stress in their offspring....

Este libro presenta los resultados de investigación de varios estudios que corresponden a proyectos de investigación desarrollados en los programas de la Maestría en Educación y la Maestría en Dificultades del Aprendizaje, de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Todas las estrategias propuestas fueron vivencias y experiencias pedagógicas en el aula que se convierten en marco de referencia sobre la línea objeto de estudio. El primer capítulo...

Get the Summary of Jennifer Breheny Wallace's Never Enough in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In Never Enough, award-winning reporter Jennifer Breheny Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture, and finds out what we must do to fight back. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and an original survey of nearly 6,000 parents, she exposes how the pressure...

Les contes de fées au service de la (re)construction de soi Ce livre, on pourrait – ou plutt, on devrait – le mettre entre toutes les mains. À travers l'analyse des contes de fées, sous la forme de dialogues vrais avec de jeunes ados de 13 ans, il nous fait entrer, par une porte dérobée, dans le monde des vies cassées et reconstruites. Le recours à des acteurs imaginaires donne naissance à une œuvre à la fois légère et profonde, simple...

FROM GROUP: Written out as responses to questionsWhat did your aunt do that first night? Write honestly about it. Try to remember everything that went on, how you felt, anything else you think is pertinent.It was the first night we were there. I don't know why we were there. She came into the bedroom I was in and had me get out of bed. She undressed me and told me she was getting me ready for bed properly, but all she did was undress me. She knelt...

Written by three psychologists with more than 50 years of collective experience in the field of diabetes and youth, Teens with Diabetes provides evidence-based techniques for clinicians to treat the psychological needs of children with diabetes and help them transition into their teenage years. The authors have provided care to thousands of diabetic teens and their families from initial diagnosis to leaving home for college. Any professional working...