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Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and personal development coach shows you how to pay attention to the seemingly insignificant details of your life so that you can trade drifting, searching, and yearning for purposeful living, knowing both what's important to you and what you're working toward"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A 6-week Artist's Way Program from legendary author Julia Cameron. The newest book from beloved author Julia Cameron, The Listening Path is a transformational journey to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, readers will be given the tools to become better listeners--to their environment, the people around them, and themselves. The reward for learning to truly listen is immense. As we learn to listen, our attention is heightened...
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Self-help guide and resource for preteens with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Includes strategies to manage disorder and practical ways to improve organization, focus, studying, and homework skills. Also tips for making friends, controlling emotions, and being healthy.
6) Mommy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive fifteen year old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their unpredictable menage, the peculiar, new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.
7) Mindfulness
Author
Publisher
Perseus Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay reader. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless -- as opposed to the mindful -- develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the "attention economy" to spend time in quiet contemplation. But what if you don't have time to spend? In order to answer this seemingly simple question, Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. This is why our lives, even in leisure, have come to seem...
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 1
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: "They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it-I'm wired." Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey makes bad choices. He learns the hard way that he shouldn't stick his finger in the pencil sharpener, or swallow his house key, or run with scissors. Joey ends...
Author
Series
Bug Blonsky stories volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
If seven-year-old Benjamin (aka Bug) Blonsky were a superhero, he d be "Bug Boy with the Power to Annoy." That s what his big sister says. Mom says he s wiggly and can t sit still. Dad says he s easily distracted. On this day, Bug's "choices" drawing pictures of pig roller coasters during math time, making armpit noises when his teacher bends over have landed him in a heap of trouble, so now he s writing a list of what not to do: his list of don'ts....
Author
Series
Big Bear (Maureen Wright) volume 3
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Big bear has a pail of berries that his friends would like him to share. He doesn't pay attention well, so each time the tree tells him to share he does something different.
12) Wait
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
Author
Publisher
Fair Winds Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD offers a simple and effective long-term solution to get you back in control of your life. The method, created by professional organizer Susan Pinsky--who is also the mother of a child with ADHD--emphasizes a room-by-room approach for obtaining maximum efficiency and home harmony, plus practical maintenance techniques for sticking to your newly organized way of life." -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Magination Press/American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Featuring real-life advice, strategies, and tips, Learning to Plan and Be Organized is a practical guide that teaches kids with AD/HD how to enhance their executive function skills of planning and organization. This reader-friendly and easy-to-use book includes checklists, pointers, and activities. The book also includes illustrations that will help hold children's interest. Includes additional resources for parents."--Amazon.com.
16) Honestly Elliott
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
17) Hello, crow!
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Franny has a new friend--a crow who brings her presents in its beak. Like a red button! And a silver heart! Franny's dad doesn't believe her. He says crows and kids can't be friends. But Franny knows better. How will Franny prove her new playmate is real? And what will the crafty crow bring next?"--Amazon.
Author
Series
Joey Pigza books volume 3
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joey tries to keep his life from degenerating into total chaos when his mother sends him to be home-schooled with a hostile blind girl, his divorced parents cannot stop fighting, and his grandmother is dying of emphysema.
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Her mom thinks she is too messy; her teachers think she is too loud. But Grandma says that's nonsense. Mia Emilia Lucia Renata simply has too much wepa! Mia tries to bottle up her wepa, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't contain it. With a bit of inspiration from Grandma and her friends, Mia discovers the perfect place to release her wepa. A place where her wepa is celebrated and isn't too much" --
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"He keeps everything ordered. She's all over the place. Together they're in perfect focus. Tilly Twomley is desperate for change after her flawed executive functioning has left her burnt out. Interning for her perfect older sister's start up isn't exactly top of her list, but at least it means she gets to travel around Europe as she works out what she wants for her future. Oliver Clark knows exactly what he wants. His autism has made forming relationships...
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