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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.
Binnie is an energetic baboon, who bounces around the lush green mountains of Rwanda in East Africa. But like many of us, Binnie often feels worried and stressed, and these worries can get in her way! What if she gets lost in the jungle, or her family gets sick? What if no one likes her? Sometimes …
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A story for children who have had bad dreams. Helps the child develop and draw on their own resources for conquering nightmares.
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A magical horse comes one night to show a child how to deal with bad dreams through imagining different endings. This empowering story reminds children of their ability to imagine and of their ability to change how they feel by choosing different thoughts.
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This book includes tools for children to cope with stress in various areas of their lives:; On the playground with the school bully; At home with siblings; In the classroom with difficult tasks; After school with peer pressures; Easily adaptable to multiple scenarios, scripts and activities lead na…
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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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From bedtime tantrums to bed-wetting, sleep problems can be one of the biggest sources of worry and frustration for parents of children with special needs. Help is here in this newly revised edition of this down-to-earth, nonjudgmental guide, packed with widely tested, easy-to-use techniques that w…
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This illustrated book is about a boy who is receiving treatment for encopresis, or soiling. Helps children understand the causes and cure. Includes note to parents from clinical psychologist.
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This photocopiable activity book helps teens and tweens who are feeling voiceless, ineffective or fearful in response to events at a world, community or individual level. It incorporates exercises using art and craft, nutrition, mindfulness, yoga and other movement based activities.; This book offe…
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The screen-free playtime activity book is bursting with puzzles and games guaranteed to chase the boredom away. Inside you'll find dozens of on-the-page adventures including dot-to-dots, wordfinds, crosswords, coloring pages, drawing pages, find-the-differences, mazes, and more!; Part of the Live-5…
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First-person accounts of teenagers who overcame major life obstacles with insight, independence, relationships, initiative, creativity, humor, and morality. This inspiring book uses teens' stories to discuss "asking tough questions", "being your own person", connecting with people and "doing the r…
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This activity book is a helpful and creative tool for children aged 4-8 to learn and understand their emotions to help reduce anxiety. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the 10 Steps to Reducing Your Child's Anxiety on the Autism Spectrum: The CBT-Based 'Fun with Feelings' Parent Manual.…
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In Meet the Overs and the Unders, your child will be introduced to two different families, the Overs and the Unders, as they explore the eight different sensory systems and their over- or under-reactions to different sensory input.; Beautiful illustrations paired with just the right questions, this…
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This illustreated book is for children who hold in their bowel movements and have fears about using the potty. Includes a note to parents by the author.
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The ABC?s of Anger leads children to discovery! It contains easy-to-read stories involving some aspect of the theme ?anger.? It provides children with an awareness of differing degrees of anger and helps them explore choices for responding when they are anger.; [...]; Each story begins with a lette…
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This book provides a model of care for traumatized children, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, drawing on psychodynamic, attachment and neurobiological trauma theories.
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With cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques, The Sleep Solution will help anyone achieve healthy sleep and eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue.; If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren?t going to do it for you. You need to really understand what?s going o…
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Like all dogs, Presley the Pug loves to play, run, and snuggle up under his warm blanket. But sometimes, Presley gets gets so excited that his feelings take over.; Sometimes it's anger, sometimes stress, sometimes worry. He doesn't know how to calm down! What can Presley do when he feels like this?…
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In a magical underwater forest lived a colourful and loveable Octopus called Ollie, who loved swimming with his friends and spending time with his mum and dad, Orla and Orson the Octopuses.; Until one day, Orla started to get very sick. The doctors did everything they could to help her, but very sa…
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Even though Gilly the Giraffe has many wonderful things in her life, she sometimes lacks confidence. Why does she have to stand out so much with her long neck, her long black tongue and her mosaic patches? Why do some of the other animals point and laugh at her? Can it be possible to be different a…
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