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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.
Inspired by the picture book The Invisible String, this workbook is a comforting project guide for those working with children or any population dealing with separation issues, including:; first days of school, day care, camp, or other life milestones; friendship and other relationship challenges; …
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A child's picture book that provides a very simple lesson to help overcome the fear of loneliness or separation from parents.
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This book prompts a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the connections children make with others. It teaches about building relationships, fostering empathy and encouraging respect between peers, starting with our littlest citi…
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A touching tribute to baby's early milestones - those unforgettable moments that will always be cherished. From first smiles to first cuddles and even to that first kiss, here's a loving ode to every child's and parent's momentous firsts.; May be helpful for siblings of new babies.
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What to Do When You Feel Too Shy guides children and their parents through the emotions underlying social anxiety using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to …
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What to Do When You Don't Want to Be Apart guides children and their parents through the emotions underlying separation anxiety using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowerin…
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In this graphic novel, Jenny returns to her community after living in the city with her aunt and uncle. While visiting family, she has a series of painful flashbacks to when she was a little girl. Jenny?s story is one girl?s struggle. But many youth will be able to relate to events in her young lif…
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In this sweet and lyrical picture book, gentle rhythmic text captures the wonder new parents feel as they welcome baby into the world.
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Après 20 ans de recherche et d'expérimentation, Louise Reid découvre le déclencheur unique de toute anxiété. À partir d'une combinaison alliant une expérience personnelle de troubles anxieux, des études universitaires en psychologie, une longue recherche accompagnée d'expérimentations et la certitu…
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A young boy becomes fascinated with his mother's bindi, and asks her to explain what it is and why she wears it. She tells him that the red dot is commonly worn by Hindu women to indicate the point at which creation begins. When he wishes to have one of his own, she agrees to it, and teaches him ab…
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Talittuq is excited to start his first day of grade two. He is looking forward to the new school year, but as he meets his friends again for the first time after summer vacation, he notices that a lot of his friends? families are very different from his own. Some have one mom and one dad, and some …
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Focusing on the treatment of childhood anxiety, both in one-on-one therapist to child treatment and within the family, Treating Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety: A Guide for Caregivers adopts an integrated approach presenting novel strategies to help mental health professionals and families create …
This book includes assessment and treatment information, case examples, easy-to-implement workbook sheets, and informative handouts for Selective Mutism. The author is an advocate of team treatment, where parents, schools, and mental health professionals work together. This book provides interventi…
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Overcoming Selective Mutism is a comprehensive guidebook offering parents the knowledge and guidance they need to move their child beyond silence. The authors offer a creative and motivating Journey theme to introduce tools that help parents and children plan and conquer some of the most common cha…
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A delightful counting book that honors families and can be used to praise your little ones as they learn to count. Ten kisses from your sweet baby might not be enough to get you through this adorable book, so you'll just have to read it over and over!
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Approximately 4,500 children and teens are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States and Canada each year. The illness and its treatment can have a devastating effect on family, friends, classmates, and the larger community. This newly updated edition of Childhood Leukemia contains the informati…
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This journal is an activity book developed by an Art Therapist with the Patient and Family Counselling Program and an Oncology Nursing Practice Leader with the BC Cancer Agency. It is designed for children, ages 5 to 9, to help them learn creative ways of coping when a family member is living with …
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This journal is an activity book developed by an Art Therapist with the Patient and Family Counselling Program and an Oncology Nursing Practice Leader with the BC Cancer Agency. It is designed for older children, ages 10 and up, to help them learn creative ways of coping when a family member is liv…
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When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl's room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of life that didn't fit anymore, and he settle…
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