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Author
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is one of the most common developmental disorders, with an average of 9 per cent of children between the ages of five and seventeen diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most controversial. Since the 1950s, when hyperactivity in children was first diagnosed, psychiatrists, educators, parents and politicians have debated the causes, treatment and implications of the disorder. Why and how were...
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
Contains practical ways to improve organization, focus, study and homework skills, as well as information on making and keeping friends, dealing with emotions, improving self-esteem, overcoming sleep problems, understanding medication, and managing anxiety.
Author
Series
Wilmot sisters volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The course of true love is anything but smooth as childhood enemies discover the fine line between love and hate in this heartfelt reimagining of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Katerina Wilmot and Christopher Petruchio shared backyards as kids, but as adults they won't even share the same hemisphere. That is, until Kate makes a rare visit home, and their fiery animosity rekindles into a raging inferno. Despite their friends' and families'...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: psychology, creativity, and optimal experience, a clear and captivating presentations of Csikszentmihalyi's theory of Flow. For more than 30 years, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced CHICK-sent-me-high-ee) has studied states of "optimal experience"--those times when we report feelings of deep concetration and fulfillment--when we transcend our ordinary consciousness, and become so completely involved that we lose our...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comprehensive program that targets all four of the 4-A epidemics: autism, ADHD, asthma, and allergies
“An easy-to-read commonsense guide to beneficial biomedical treatments.”—Temple Grandin
Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders. For years the medical establishment has considered autism medically untreatable and utterly incurable, and has limited...
“An easy-to-read commonsense guide to beneficial biomedical treatments.”—Temple Grandin
Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders. For years the medical establishment has considered autism medically untreatable and utterly incurable, and has limited...
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"--
32) Now you see it: how the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light--as an innovative way to turn learning on its head.
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From his decades of research and work with thousands of families, leading authority Russell A. Barkley knows how overwhelming the everyday challenges of ADHD can be. This unique book guides parents to help their child or teen thrive and keep their loving connection strong, even in hot-button situations. Dr. Barkley presents 12 key parenting principles that address the most common problems that ADHD poses, such as family conflicts, difficult behavior,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Hyper: A Personal History of ADHD is Timothy Denevi's memoir of growing up as a hyperactive child, intertwined with his even-handed and thorough reporting on the history of the diagnosis and its treatment. Beginning with the moment he first started having severe emotional fits, his book traces his compelling and moving journey through fifteen years of diagnosis and treatment as he illuminates the medical and psychological theories and practices that...
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Written by experts, this book provides comprehensive information about available support for women and girls with ADHD and tips for clinicians and professionals who work with them. The symptoms of ADHD are no less impairing in females than males, but can be missed or misunderstood. This book arms professionals, parents, and women themselves as it maps out where to go for information, who can help and how to better understand ADHD. It explains routes...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
By sharing ways to practice mindfulness and use it to stay open to self and others, The Seeds of Love offers a path for nurturing the positive seeds within ourselves and transforming seeds of fear, anger, jealousy and doubt into compost for our soil. Drawing on a variety of faiths and traditions, the Seeds of Love fosters the practice of using simple actions to reach the best in ourselves and share it with those around us. --from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"A fearless guide to awakening your mind using simple visual language What do Einstein, Edison, Richard Feynman, Henry Ford, and JFK have in common? Like virtually all heavy-hitting thinkers, they looked beyond just words and numbers to get intellectual and creative insights. They actively applied a deceptively simple tool to think both smarter and faster: the doodle. And so can the rest of us-zero artistic talent required. Visual thinking expert...
Author
Publisher
Paidós
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Detente. ¿Estás aquí, ahora? ¿Estás concentrado en estas palabras o estás pensando en otra cosa? Lo cierto es que nuestra mente divaga y, a menudo, no está presente. Como consecuencia te estás perdiendo la mitad de tu vida, incluidos los momentos más importantes. No te preocupes: tu cerebro no está estropeado, y, aunque fue construido para distraerse, puedes entrenarlo para que preste atención de manera más efectiva. En la nueva ciencia...
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