Intended for any person with a learning disability, or for anyone who loves that person and seeks to understand.
A science book for teens that not only shows how the teen brain develops, how the brain circuits work, how genetic and environmental influences shape the development of the self, but also how to rewire the circuits.
Teenagers sent to international summer camp in Tibet have disappeared. Of two brothers, Peter and Michael, it is Michael who feels the deep mystical attraction of the high Himalayan mountains, the deserted, secret lamasery. Desperate parents launch an expedition to find their missing children. This work is suitable for ages 12+.
Todd and his friends, Diana and Johnny, are part of an expedition to study the mountain gorillas in Africa. Todd is drawn to a group of gorillas, one of whom speaks to him. He has discovered the human apes, humans who have spent 6,000 years camouflaging themselves behind gorilla-like characteristics. This work is suitable for ages 4-8.
Close, powerful relationships are based on communication. This book acts as a teen guide to dialogue and communication aimed at developing close and powerful relationships.
Suitable for ages 14 to 18 years, this book contains straight talk about teenage psychology, the mind, behaviours, feelings. It shows how to understand personality formation. It is suitable for parents, peers, drugs, sex, violence, gender discrimination, ethnic, religious and cultural groups.
Intended for ages 12-15, this title presents a talk about the way it is for a girl growing up, in school, with boys, in college, at work, in the arts, media, advertising. It looks at whether if something is wrong with your rights, relationships; and also at how we got this way from Adam and Eve to Freud.
Serves as a guide for general audiences who want to learn about disabilities. This book discusses medical conditions and rehabilitation, feelings and adaptive technology and responsible attitudes both on the part of people with disabilities and those temporarily without them, the emphasis being on common humanity.
The author tells the reader how to quiet the brain's noisy conflicts through a variety of meditation techniques designed to end psychological suffering, depression, anger, past and present hurts, anxiety, loneliness, marital and sexual stress, and tensions over relationships, work and money.
STOP THE PAIN: TEEN MEDITATION. Teens have their own physical and mental abilities to end psychological pain. Sitting, Walking, Dancing, Singing, Chanting, Prayer meditation, breathing, relaxation techniques, yoga. Carlson demystifies meditation using the mirror of sight. R.E. Mark Lee, Executive Director Krishnamurti Foundation America
This will not teach you to be a veterinarian, or a wildlife rehabilitator. What this book will teach you is not to be afraid to help an animal in need of rescue. It will give you basic first aid skills to care for wild birds and mammals until you can get them professional help.
COURAGE TO LEAD: START YOUR OWN SUPPORT GROUP FOR MENTAL ILLNESSES AND ADDICTIONS is a guide for starting support groups, including causes, diagnoses and screening tests for mental illnesses and addictions.
A graphic modern science guide that relates science to a teenager's world.
An instructional manual for the care of orphaned, distressed birds, rabbits, squirrels, opossums, raccoons, and more. It covers: examination, first aid, diet, housing, care, release, resources, habitat design, basic rehabilitation and release techniques.
A young adult guide to the physical, emotional, social, psychological disease of addiction. It explores addiction to substances, behaviours, and addiction to the self.