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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 handbook is designed to introduce women with special needs (for example, women with a developmental disability or learning disbility) to a variety of procedures which are collectively referred to as the GYN (or Pelvic) exam.
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A book aimed at helping parents of visually impaired babies by providing activities and play ideas.
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Illustrated book dealing with the many complicated feelings the well child experiences in a situation where a sibling is ill: guilt about having caused the illness, fear that the sibling will die, anger over being left out, anxiety about catching the sickness, and longing for life to return to the …
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A comforting story which helps children deal with the their own death, death of friends, a family member, or even pets. A loving and tender tale that addresses our feelings of sadness, love, disbelief, and anger.
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Accessories to accompany the Circles mat/wall chart. Circles involves categorizing social roles and designating each of six colour circle with its associated Three "T's", Touch, Talk, and Trust. The Circles mat/wall chart is intended to provide a reinforcement activity to the video program: "Circle…
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Divided into three parts, this program demonstrates how to present yourself in the first few minutes of meeting someone, and why your attitude is so important. Part 1 discusses how to properly meet office staff, particularly when applying for a new job. Parts 2 and 3 build on the information pre…
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Divided into two parts, this program demonstrates how to create a wardrobe for yourself, and why your personal appearance is so important. Included is information on items to choose in creating a basic wardrobe for men and for women, considerations in choosing clothing - their fit, condition, appro…
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Divided into two parts, this program demonstrates how to groom yourself if you are female, and why proper grooming is so important. Part 1 discusses what grooming means, and why, both socially and for the sake of good personal hygiene, grooming should be a part of your everyday routine. Part 2 in…
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This program demonstrates how to care for a woman's personal hygiene. The video begins by outlining why personal hygiene is important, and the consequences for poor personal hygiene in a humorous manner. Basic facts, concepts and skills relevant to the practice of good basic hygiene and cleanlines…
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This book was written by 10 to 13-year-old boys for 10 to 13-year-old kids. This book deals with: illegality of sexual abuse, consequences, personal responsibility, empathy, denial, and normal sexuality.
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Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.
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This training package looks at the delicate issue of touch and boundaries in providing personal care to people with developmental disabilities. Included in this package are two videos totaling almost three hours on "touch", "privacy" and "boundaries" by renowned trainer David Hingsburger. Along w…
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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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Set includes a child, youth and adult doll.
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Set includes a child, youth and adult doll.
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Nevermind always carries on whatever happens! Each time something horrible happens to him he just tucks his feelings away and carries on with life. Find out what happens to Nevermind and how he begins to understand that his feelings do matter, how he learns to express them and stand up for himself.…
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In plain language, the author addresses: diagnosis; basic symptoms and its effect on school, work, home and relationships; indicators to predict the future; as well as treatment, including counseling, school interventions, social skills training, behaviour management and medication. Of interest t…
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This book presents ideas to help teens recognize mourning as a natural process of loss, reassures them not be afraid of deep emotions, and shows them how to release grief in healthy, positive ways.
This book presents ideas to help teens recognize mourning as a natural process of loss, reassures them not be afraid of deep emotions, and shows them how to release grief in healthy, positive ways.
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Encourages young readers to explore the "long, winding tunnel" of the grieving process and to keep going in the face of terrible loss and sadness.
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Begins with what the child will see at the funeral home. Talks about the casket, what death is, and what the body will look like. Includes information about cremation and what the cemetery is like. "Later a monument or stone or plaque may be placed at the grave. It will tell the person's name and d…
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This book explains burial and cremation to children. Begins with the funeral or memorial service, talks about what death is and the different ways people care for their loved ones bodies. Talks about how the funeral director takes care of dead bodies, the burial and cremation. Gentle and honest exp…
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Use these picture-supported story lessons to teach your students important social skills related to attending secondary school. The instructional lessons teach what to say or do in social situations that are sometimes overwhelming to the student with autism and PDD. The behavioral lessons target sp…
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This book deals with childhood guilt in a positive way. It looks at feelings when there is a family fight, a divorce, illness, injury or death. The book gives kids support and understanding during a crisis and helps them understand that thoughts do not make bad things happen.
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Depicts, step by step, children demonstrating various social skills. Each skill is formatted sequentially, similar to a cartoon strip, with digital pictures of actual children combined with text and cartoon bubbles to denote what the children are saying - and sometimes thinking - as they engage in …
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Fibromyalgia and Female Sexuality is the first book on fibromyalgia to explore how the various aspects of female sexuality can impact this baffling disorder. Understanding this impact can assist a woman in coping better with her fibromyalgia.; Entire chapters are devoted to intimacy, menstruation, …
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With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, it explains how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings of…
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The Highly Sensitive Child shows how HSCs are born deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle, and easily overwhelmed. These qualities can make for smart, conscientious, creative children, but with the wrong parenting or schooling, they can become unusually shy or timid, or begin acting out. In thi…
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In a school assignment, seven-year-old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, reflects that his neighbor's disabled iguana resembles him because they both have figured out how to get where they want to be in different ways than those around them.
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This book provides practical activity ideas to help young children who experience difficulties talking, using language and understanding what is said to them. Each activity has clear learning objectives and explains what special help might be required. Chapters include personal, social and emotiona…
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This book offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the reader through essential…
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Provides advice about hygiene and cleanliness and on how to avoid illness, nits, athlete's foot, warts, head lice, and more tips.
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This educational kit provides a straightforward and factual look at Tourette Syndrome from the perspective of teenagers. The video was filmed with the help of 10 teens with TS who not only developed the concept, but also star in the video. The accompanying facilitator's guide includes three suggest…
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Why is healthy skin important? -- Why should I care for my hair? -- Why should I take a shower or bath? -- Why should I wash my hair? -- Why does my head itch? -- Why should I brush my hair? -- Why should I wear sunscreen? -- Why do I get pimples? -- Why do I get a skin rash? -- How can I soothe so…
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Why should I wash my body? -- How are germs bad for me? -- How often should I wash my body? -- Why should I wear clean clothes? -- Why should I change my socks? -- Why shouldn't I bite my nails? -- Why should I blow my nose? -- Why should I wash my hands after going to the bathroom? -- Why should I…
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This board book suggests positive things children can do instead of biting. Ideal for reading aloud, accessible and durable, this book also includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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The focus of this book is on children taking personal responsibility for what they say, as well as thinking before speaking. Communication skills that promote friendship and other key social skills are encouraged. Bright, colorful illustrations convey the messages well via body language and facial …
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A book that aims at proving that training preschoolers with flash cards and attempting to hurry intellectual development doesn't pay off. In fact, the authors claim, kids who are pressured early on to join the academic rat race don't fair any better than children who are allowed to take their time.…
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Shows how to teach kids to protect themselves when parents aren't there to take care of them. Includes age-appropriate methods for overcoming fear, reducing vulnerability, and building self-protection instincts; courage coaching as a way to create a "family" defense system; life-saving skills, such…
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In simple words and colourful pictures, this book helps little ones learn how to use their feet for fun, not hurting others. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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Even very young children can learn to choose words that are helpful, not hurtful. This simple, charming book shows them how. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.; Todos los niños pueden aprender a escoger o utilizar palabras afectuosas o amables en lugar de palabras que lastimen o duel…
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Adolescence is tricky at the best of times, let alone for an individual with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia. Amanda Kirby, Medical Director of the Dyscovery Centre and the mother of a DCD child herself, addresses the main difficulties encountered by adolescents …
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A DVD which focuses on the parents of children with special needs. Parents share their stories, including finding out where to go, once there is a special needs designation.
When there's a child with a disability in the family, how are normally developing siblings affected? According to Kate Strohm, a counselor and health educator, siblings of people with disabilities face particular emotional challenges that are often overlooked. Able siblings commonly struggle with f…
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This book challenges the conventional belief that parents must get overweight children to eat less and exercise more. In the long run, she says, making them go hungry and forcing them to be active makes children preoccupied with food, prone to overeating, turned off to activity, and likely to gain …
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Today's media-saturated teenagers are bombarded with mixed messages that distort their self-image and lead many to overeat and others to starve themselves. When "I feel fat" becomes a teen's common refrain, how can worried parents respond constructively? With this book, Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer …
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Using simple words and colourful illustrations, this book encourages careful handling, awareness, and respect of animals. Includes helpful tips for parents and caregivers.
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A social skills program for elementary students to learn appropriate behaviours during a typical school day. Ideal for students with autism or behavioural disabilities. Includes 53 relevant skills with teacher guidelines and self-monitoring checklists for students. Example skills include getting re…
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Activities to enccourage speech development for children aged birth to 2, 2 to 4 years and 4 to 6 years.
Social Inferences Fun Deck with Super Duper Secret Decoder has 63 social story cards to help students improve their inference-making skills. Students listen to/read the stories and choose the answer that represents a logical inference. There are three social skills sections.
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