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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 report examines whether child protection practices are living up to the principles set out in the CFCSA – the foundation of B.C.’s child protection system. This report looks at the child welfare system from a number of perspectives, including those of service providers, social workers, and law…
This is a story of a girl who has Attention Deficit Disorder. Dakota describes her passion for people and countries around the world. Dakota also shares the challenges she faces when she's daydreaming both at home and at school.
Ce livre est un ouvrage multidisciplinaire qui décrit l'ensemble des symptômes du TDAH (trouble de déficit de l'attention) et leur impact sur l'apprentissage, de même que sur les relations familiales et sociales.; -; This multidisciplinary book describes ADHD symptoms and their impacts on learning,…
Children with Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors in response to sensory stimulation. This book explains how to recognize these disorders, which are often misdiagnosed, and offers practical ways of helping children with regulation disorders.;…
This board book includes tips for parents and caregivers on helping their children face the important milestone of using the potty. Tips from a pediatrician offer parents and caregivers additional support.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, May 16, 2024 |
Tics are a fact of life for kids with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and related disorders. And for most kids, the symptoms of their disorder aren't even the most frustrating part-others' reactions can make children feel anxious and extremely self-conscious.; Coping with Tourette Syndrome includes forty ac…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |
The purpose of this curriculum and comic book is to provide an engaging teaching tool to help students learn more about their own social behavior and strategies on how to regulate it.; This kit includes:; - Superflex takes on Rock Brain and the team of Unthinkables; - Superfelx . . . A superhero th…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
This booklet describes the condition of hypopituitarism with chapters specific to each of five hormones. The emphasis is on practical details of home life, replacing hormones and making decisions about management. The booklet has been written with input from parents and youth affected by hypopituit…
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This book examines child and adolescent grief in a variety of situations. Parental loss, sibling loss, and loss of a friend are each addressed in their own chapters. Other chapters examine play therapy, protocols for schools, use of the Internet as a coping tool, and the recommendations for reading…
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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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Nourishing recipes for cancer patients, who often experience culinary ups and downs because of sudden dietary restrictions and poor appetite due to damaged taste buds from harsh treatments. Revised and updated with 10 new recipes, this second edition provides caretakers with a tangible way to nurtu…
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This book provides methods for teaching social thinking to students with high functioning autism, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD and others, diagnosed and undiagnosed, with social thinking challenges. Building upon Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME, the book sequences through eight chapters and 69 le…
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Designed for pre term mothers, Lactation Consultants and neonatal staff. Told mainly through the stories of mothers of premature babies, this DVD is a comprehensive guide to learning the benefits of breastmilk for the premature baby, hand expression and new techniques of breast pumping to increase …
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This book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioural techniques used to treat problems with anger. The book uses examples, illustrations and step-by-step instructions to teach children a set of 'anger-dousing' methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry a…
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A guide for parents of children and adolescents who have difficulty with executive functioning skills including; planning and organization, self-monitoring, impulse control, working memory, and initiating tasks. This book offers short-term strategies and ways to build skills needed for long-term, …
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This DVD tells the story of three young men living with permanent brain damage as the result of head injuries they suffered pursuing extreme sports. Through their stories, the documentary explores the science of thrill-seeking, and reveals how cultural forces and ignorance are propelling young men …
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This book is a systematic and comprehensive toilet training guidebook, that addresses the challenges associated with toilet training children with autism and related disorders. Understanding that typical strategies are frequently ineffective when used with children with special needs, this resource…
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Written by an Australian family therapist, this practical guide provides a supportive approach to parenting boys. Citing such gender specific risks facing boys as a higher percentage of learning disabilities to greater threats of violence and suicide, the author offers parenting strategies for thre…
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This illustrated book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with sleep. Using examples, illustrations and step-by-step activies, this interactive self-help book is a resource to help children learn the skills to fall asleep and stay asl…
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This illustrated easy-to-read book is a tool to explain Mitochondrial disease to the people in your community: in your child's classroom, with neighbors, extended family members and friends. About children with all degrees of abilities, it helps them understand the variable issues that children wit…
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This 11-session program uses Behavior Therapy to help your child become aware of his/her tics and the situations that make them worse. The program also includes relaxation techniques designed to help combat anxiety and stress, as well as relapse prevention strategies. Complete with psychoeducationa…
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This workbook outlines an 11-session program for adults with tic disorders. Designed to be used in conjunction with visits to a qualified mental health professional, this program involves becoming aware of your tics so that you can better manage your disorder.
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This picture book tells the story of the first day of school for a child with mild OI. It is designed to be read to children in the early elementary grades. The book includes resources for educators to make the transition to school easier for children whose disability is often a hidden one.
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This skills manual, based on the curriculum taught to parents in the Parent Training Program at Duke Eating Disorders Program, is designed to give parents tools to manage their children's illness when their child is struggling with an eating disorder. It provides information on managing the disorde…
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Written in braille and text. It is very hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. This award-winning book endeavors to convey the experience of a person who can only see through his or her sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing. Raised black line drawings on black paper acc…
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Scaredy Squirrel would rather stay in his safe and familiar tree, following his carefully planned routine, than risk venturing out into the unknown. Until one day, something happens that is not part of his plan...
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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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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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Alex, Leah, and Hopkins join Rachel Coleman to teach the signs for nature, weather, directions, and more. Songs include A new day, I'm a bug, Starry night, and Tiny hands.
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Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows... Unfortunately, when Bailey's awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary: "You're a BOY!"; Mother and Father tell Bailey. "Yo…
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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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The author invites readers into his life of living with FASD through stories of laughter, joy and pain. Then with the help of other young adults with FASD he shares ideas to encourage a full and happy adulthood
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Il reste en moi beaucoup de mots jamais écrits; Des mots rudes comme la musique de mon coeur; Des mots qui coulent dans mes veines; Essayant de se rendre jusqu'à ma main; Ensemble, engagées dans la voie de l'expression, grâce à la magie de l'écriture et au pouvoir de la création, ces adolescentes d…
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Cette encyclopédie en quatre volumes se propose d'aborder de la manière la plus large et la plus objective les problèmes de la sexualité, sous leur double aspect scientifique et relationnel. Racontée sous forme d'histoire dans les tomes 4-6 ans et 7-9 ans, la vie sexuelle est mise en scène sans pré…
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Ellyn Satter's Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family takes a leadership role in the grassroots movement back to the family table. More a cooking primer than a cookbook, this book encourages singles, couples, and families with children to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well. Satter uses simpl…
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This fully updated second edition of Grief in Children explains children's understanding of death at different ages and provides information on how the adults around them can best help them cope.; Whether a child experiences the death or loss of a friend, family member, classmate or teacher, it is …
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In a strangely heart-warming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death.
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The purpose of this curriculum and comic book is to provide an engaging teaching tool to help students learn more about their own social behavior and strategies on how to regulate it.
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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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Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from 'a peach is not a funny-looking apple' to 'keep your pants on in public' - in ord…
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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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Many people experience depression at one time or another in their lives, but during the adolescent years, the vast number of physical, emotional, and mental changes that occur make teens even more susceptible to feelings of confusion or sadness. However your depression originates, you must to learn…
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Establish a 400-word vocabulary in nonverbal children and lay the foundation for communicating with pictures and signs. Children learn the new vocabulary in a variety of formats so they truly comprehend the words.; The teaching methods are what most nonverbal children need: rote, systematic, and fa…
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Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health if we let it, even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Now, based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this groundbreaking audiobook shows yo…
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Superflex (R), our Social Thinking superhero, helps teach elementary shcool studens how they can use strategies to conquer their own, not-quite-so-flexible 'Team of Unthinkables.' Through this humorous and delightful illustrated story book, students are encouraged to think about thinking and what t…
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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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Having a brother with autism can sometimes be hard, especially when he freaks out in front of other kids at school. It can be so embarrassing! Maybe if the kids knew more about autism they'd stop teasing and making fun of Billy and just be nice.; This book tells the story of a boy whose brother Bil…
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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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Both congenital and acquired hypothyroidism are explained in this booklet. The effect of thyroid deficiency on the infant and on the growing child is outlined in detail. Diagnostic tests are reviewed in the context of the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid feedback system. The last section discusses th…
Written in Chinese, this booklet begins with an explanation of the common forms of hyperthyroidism in children and youth. Diagnostic tests are reviewed in the context of the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid feedback system. The diagnostic approach to this condition and the various modes of treatment …
