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This is a comprehensive guide to ADHD's symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in children and adults, including information including basic symptoms and their effects on school, work, home, and personal relationships; the differences in ADHD between boys and girls; counseling, school interventions, be…
This graphic novel explains how to be safe around dogs. Dog bites are a real problem in some rural communities. Knowing what to do, but maybe more importantly what not to do, could help avoid a painful bite. It?s up to all of us to respect our relationship with dogs.
This document lists out the calls to action made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation.; Recommendations 18-24 address health and health-care.
A practical guide on how to live with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for adolescents and adults.; ADHD first manifests in childhood with symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The strategies to attenuate; the symptoms act like ?glasses for the brain?, helping with concent…
Join Vincent on his journey to learn more about how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder works in the brain and how ADHD is treated.
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Help your child understand and manage their ADHD with engaging activities for kids ages 7 to 12; "I always advise starting treatment with behavioral interventions. Some parents struggle to find the right book to help them develop a behavioral parenting plan, but now they have the perfect book!" - D…
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This guide discusses how baby blues and depression may affect women's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and what to do if that occurs.; Part 1 - Basic Aboriginal Teachings; Part 2 - Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the first year of being a parent; Part 3 - Feelings during Pregnancy an…
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Honouring our Babies: Safe Sleep Cards & Guide will help service providers discuss safe sleep practices with First Nations and Aboriginal families and help reduce the risk of SIDS.; The toolkit is interactive, evidence-informed, and incorporates cultural beliefs, practices, and issues specific to F…
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For individuals with Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, pervasive developmental disorder, nonverbal learning disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other social cognitive learning challenges.
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A game to encourage social thinking and social problem solving. Appropriate for pre-teens, teens, and young adults with and without autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, nonverbal learning disorder, and other social learning challenges.
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Quels sont les signes qui permettent de détecter le TDA/H ? À qui doit-on s'adresser pour que notre enfant soit évalué et quelles sont les démarches à faire dans ce sens? Une fois le diagnostic confirmé, comment prendre une décision éclairée concernant la médication ? Pour ou contre ? Est-ce que mo…
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Ponctué de données instructives et de trucs efficaces, le journal imaginaire de Tom permet aux jeunes, aux parents et aux intervenants d'apprivoiser le trouble du déficit de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité. Amusant et imaginatif, Mon cerveau a besoin de lunettes est un livre indispensable po…
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« Fred » est un guide pratique qui permet aux ados de mieux comprendre ce que sont le TDA ele TDAt H, de se sentir moins seuls et, surtout, de trouver une foule de trucs concrets et d?exercices simples conçus pour les aider à mieux vivre avec ce trouble au quotidien.
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Il est parfois difficile de te préparer pour aller à l?école le matin ? Tu as du mal à te concentrer en classe ? Tu as souvent la bougeotte ou de la difficulté à demeurer assis ? Tu contrôles difficilement tes émotions ? Tu vis avec un TDAH (trouble déficitaire de l?attention avec ou sans hyperacti…
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Écrit par une femme qui a eu une césarienne, puis un accouchement par voie vaginale, ce livre décrit le contexte entourant de nos jours l?accouchement. Il explique quels sont les avantages et les risques de la césarienne et de l?AVAC (accouchement vaginal après césarienne), que faire avec les émoti…
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A courageous and intimate memoir, The Education of Augie Merasty is the story of a child who faced the dark heart of humanity, let loose by the cruel policies of a bigoted nation.; A retired fisherman and trapper who sometimes lived rough on the streets, Augie Merasty was one of an estimated 150,00…
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A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting trauma, and the spirit he rediscovered within himself and his community through traditional spirituality and knowledge. Foreword by Joseph Boyd…
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In this important graphic novel, two Aboriginal brothers surrounded by poverty, drug abuse, and gang violence, try to overcome centuries of historic trauma in very different ways to bring about positive change in their lives.; Pete, a young Aboriginal man wrapped up in gang violence, lives with his…
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Fifteen years after the publication of the first edition of this book, girls with ADHD continue to be misdiagnosed and misunderstood. Research conducted in these intervening years has clearly validated the clinical observations contained in the first edition and established the need for accurate di…
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Thinksheets for Tweens and Teens focuses on the social issues and challenges faced by pre-adolescents and adolescents and introduces social concepts and strategies that can help individuals navigate these tricky years. Social rules and expectations change with age; thinking and behavior that was ap…
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