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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.
A practical cookbook containing over 100 recipes to help people living with cancer to manage eating difficulties (loss of appetitie, nausea, taste changes, swallowing difficulties, diarrhea) during cancer treatment. The final chapter contains information on healthy eating after treatment.
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This activity book was written by a former 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 6 to 12, to help them learn, creative ways of coping when a family member is living with can…
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This cookbook contains step-by-step picture instructions to help young children and individuals with special needs, or "special chefs", develop independence in the kitchen. It is for those who have little or no cooking experience and a limited ability to recognize and compensate for dangers in the …
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In this book, author Cara Hobday proposes healthy, quick recipes for packed lunches kids can take to school each morning. The nutrients provided by each lunch are listed in easy-to-read boxes that ensure children get the needed fuel to keep them fit and strong.
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A dairy-free cookbook for people of all ages who suffer from lactose intolerance.
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Provides high-fibre recipes and nutritional analysis, including a detailed introduction explaining what a high-fibre diet is and its benefits. Recipes for a family's everyday eating and special events, including a desserts and baking section.
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This sixth title in Hagman's "Gluten-free" series follows up on volumes covering bread and dessert with recipes for everything from Fruited Dressing for Pork and Chicken and Four-Star Chili to Biscuits and Gravy, Microwave Chicken and Dumplings and Chocolate Pecan Cupcakes.
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This book uses Family-Based Treatment based on the Maudsley approach to recommend a feeding strategy to parents of anorexic teenagers. It offers practical ideas as well as a large range of recipes.
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Intended for individuals and families who have members who are gluten intolerant. The recipes are intended for enjoyment by the entire family. In addition to the 150 recipes, there is extensive information about various gluten-free flours, legumes and rices. Also included are tips and techniques f…
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Written for teenagers, this book covers the entire range of situations in which youth may find themselves grieving a death, whether the cause was old age, terminal illness, school violence, or suicide. The author helps youth address the gamut of strong and difficult emotions they will experience an…
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A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say?or what not to say?to someone they know who is mourning; this series teaches th…
A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say?or what not to say?to someone they know who is mourning; this series teaches th…
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Babies and toddlers need a healthy diet for their bodies and brains to develop properly and to give them the best chance of a long and healthy life. This easy-to-use guide is filled with nutritional information, recipe ideas, tips, techniques, and tactics to get children to eat well from birth, dur…
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Join Hopkins, Alex, and Leah as they learn everyday signs such as friends, emotions, fruits, vegetables, opposites, and many more. Songs include Can you feel it?, Toy box, Show me a sign, and That tastes good.
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When Baby Bird says good-bye to his mama at school each morning, he feels sad. Mama Bird feels sad, too. Sometimes it's hard to be apart. But as Mama Bird says, the love they share is with them always, keeping them close until the best part of the day--when they are together again
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A guide to overcoming food aversions and eating challenges, particularly common among children on the autism spectrum. Topics include: 1. Who Are Resistant Eaters? 2. Oral-Motor Development. 3. Environmental and Behavioural Factors. Contributing to Problems with Eating. 4. Sensory-Based and Motor-B…
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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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A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers. This book addresses what to expect from grieving young people, and how to provide safe outlets for teens to express emotion. Included in each book are tested, sensitive ideas for ?carpe diem? actions tha…
Thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research and methodologies, the fourth edition of the classic guide written specifically for parents, friends, and caregivers of individuals with eating disorders.; For more than thirty years, this classic guide has been an essential resource for the ?…
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This illustrated book is a guide for children undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Written from the perspective of a child, it helps them understand why they need a bone marrow transplant, how it works and and some of the things that they can expect will happen.
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From fifth grade through high school, Blanco was teased, shunned, and, at times, physically assaulted by her classmates because she was different. This memoir provides an unflinching look at what it means to be the outcast, how even the most loving parents can get it all wrong, why schools are ofte…
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Diet is a huge priority for anyone living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. The authors provide crucial guidance for families, friends and caregivers too in helping to manage IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) symptoms.; This updated second edition, in a very informative and easy-to-underst…
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A selection of favourite gluten-free recipes from the Canadian Celiac Association Halifax Chapter. Suitable for those diagnosed with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis.
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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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In addition to food recipes, this book has tips for cooking substitution, entertaining, a list of resources, as well as a detailed trouble-shooting chart for the gluten-free baker. The author also offers advice on how to deal with situations outside the home that may compromise a child’s diet, such…
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This research-based book provides tools to meet the needs of second language learners. Topics include:; Understanding the process of learning a second-language; Using current research; Using assessment techniques for children's first and second language; Improving literacy instruction; The book in…
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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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A young boy named Charlie describes the activities he shares with his friend Isabelle, a girl with Down Syndrome.
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Teaches children how to sign what they want long before they can speak, with songs and activities that are both easy and fun. Encourages signing, speaking, dancing, and more.
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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, they explain how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings o…
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, they explain how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings o…
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Information on how to keep your child safe while s/he is having a seizure including: generalized tonic-clonic seizures; complex-partial seizures; simple partial seizures; absence seizures. Also discusses seizure safety in the water, in the bathroom, during sports or activities, while driving.
Millions of people will suffer from depression at some stage in their life. The Black Dog affects all relationships be it loved one, work place relations and even on a community level. Many may not have the tools to help support the sufferer and negate looking after their own wellbeing in the proce…
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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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Directed toward children who have met a child with autism, the author explains how the person with autism is looking for the same understanding and acceptance as others. The book encourages interactive awareness to help increase understanding and awareness.
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This book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal health complications. This book contains 46 personal stories, each one from a woman who decided to interrupt a much-wanted and oftentimes much-planned pregnancy. Th…
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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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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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Presenting simple yet highly effective methods for coping and healing, this book provides answers and relief to parents trying to deal with the loss of a child. It offers 100 practical, action-oriented tips for embracing grief, such as writing a letter to the child who has died; spending time with …
A book that contains ideas which can help a grieving mother to heal in a loving, healthy way. It discusses the stages of grief, how to cope, nurturing oneself, and nutrition.
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Kids learn ways to manage and relieve the pain of common headaches and stomachaches, as well as pain related to injuries and illness. Self-care skills include belly breathing, positive self-talk, aromatherapy, and acupressure.
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Every year, some two million parents in the US suffer the death of a son or daughter. The unnatural sequence of the child's preceding the parent in death creates a wrenching loss and overwhelming emotional and spiritual disorientation. Most of these bereaved parents find relief from their isolation…
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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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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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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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Information on how men and women grieve differently and how to strengthen the relationship after the loss of a baby.
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In everyday language accompanied by illustrations, this book discusses how pain responses are produced by the brain: how responses to injury from the autonomic motor and immune systems in your body contribute to pain, and why pain can persist after tissues have had plenty of time to heal. It aims t…
A book that describes the author's journey through sorrow after experiencing thre miscarriages and the death of an infant son. It is a devotional collection to help others grieve and invities to presents hurts before God and to recieve over time the healing that He alone can provide.
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A collection of writing from a dozen parents and those dually diagnosed with developmental and mental health problems. Covers autism, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as developmental disabilities.
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