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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
This guide, intended for children aged five through twelve years, has been developed using children’s ideas, artwork and play. It shares children’s worries and feelings about living in violent homes.
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What do you do when the one you love hurts you? If you are wondering about whether you are experiencing abuse from a partner or unsure if your damaged relationship can be fixed, finding answers can seem daunting--or even impossible. This book can help answer your questions, using exercises and reso…
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This resource provides information about violence and BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Girls Speak Out program, its curriculum and some recommended websites about this topic. It's aimed to support women with experiences of violence.
This pamphlet provides information and suggestions for how to support a woman who's currently in or has been in an abusive relationship.
LEADS stands for:; Look & Listen; Explore points of view; Act; Did it work?; Seek Help; *The purpose of the WITS LEADerS program to help teachers of intermediate elementary students to:; - learn problem-solving skills needed to handle interpersonal conflicts and to; - support the school-wide applic…
Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research …
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This resource, for parents and professionals, is written by a parent of a child with down syndrome who is also a sexual educator. It provides information about how to educate children and youth with intellectual disabilities about human sexuality, including such topics as: private body parts; expre…
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The authors use a dance metaphor to capture the complexities and possibilities of building strong partnerships between professionals and parents of children with disabilities. This revised edition is rich with real-world stories and examples, refreshing insights, and practical strategies.
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This booklet was written to assist professionals and caregivers of children 12 and younger who are experiencing difficulties in the area of sexual behavior.
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This volume is designed to help pediatric health professionals gain a true understanding of childhood pain. Pain is the most common reason for children to seek a medical consultation and sometimes is the most common reason for avoiding it. Unaddressed fears and anxiety complicate pain management an…
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Set includes a child, youth and adult doll.
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Set includes a child, youth and adult doll.
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This book explains the best practices and procedures for helping children master the finger and hand skills needed for home and school activities..
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This book, in Chinese, is written by a Clinical Professor in the Pediatric Department of the University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, focuses on pediatric pain management. It is designed to help health professionals of all disciplines who work with children, gain understanding and…
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Children with Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors in response to sensory stimulation. This book explains how to recognize these disorders, which are often misdiagnosed, and offers practical ways of helping children with regulation disorders.;…
The sexual, physical, mental, and spiritual safety of our children should be a top priority for everyone, This book was written to support children ages 3-10. The goal is to provide activities and discussions that will help increase abuse resistance.
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The Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls offers healing, real-life stories from survivors and powerful, evidence-based tools to help you reclaim your life after sexual abuse or trauma.
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Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) is a developmental disorder that is being increasingly recognized as part of the autism spectrum. The main characteristic is a continued resistance to the ordinary demands of life through strategies of social manipulation, which originates from an anxiet…
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This book is designed for parents, therapists, and other caregivers to help young children with gross motor delays learn and practice motor skills outside of therapy sessions. Written by an experienced physical therapist who is also the mother of a child with cerebral palsy, this comprehensive guid…
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Parents always want to know how they can teach their children about personal safety without instilling fear and yet still get the important message across. Pattie Fitzgerald has taken her highly regarded children's curriculum and created Super Duper Safety School to do just that.; Written with empo…
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