School Development

Enhance your child's school readiness with Dr. Mary Duncan's comprehensive guide, Tools For Parenthood! This comprehensive resource is designed for parents offering practical strategies and engaging activities to nurture young minds and prepare them for academic success. Discover the secrets to fostering strong parent-child bonds, enhancing cognitive development, and igniting a passion for learning in children aged 0-5 years.

We medicate, discipline, suspend, and expel our boys from school at quadruple the rate of girls. We let double the number of boys drop out of high school than girls, and of those boys who do graduate, they are far more likely than their sisters to be illiterate, to fail to go to college, or to drop out of college if they do go. Swagger is a wakeup call for parents about the real world our boys inhabit right now, but it offers solutions as well. This audiobook is packed with research-proven, parent-tested, practical solutions.

Are you overwhelmed, or tired of feeling self-blame about not knowing how to best help your child deal with ADHD? You are not alone. Many parents need more tools in their toolbox in order to help their child navigate school, home and social life with a diagnosis of ADHD. This book gives you actionable strategies and supports you can use today to help stop the self-blame and build your child's self-esteem in the process.

Based on the latest figures from the CDC, millions of parents across the US are trying to figure out how to help their children conquer this disorder. Parenting a child with ADHD can be mentally and physically draining, not to mention the financial burden that a family incurs. In this book, Parenting ADHD Kids ReImAgInEd, you will discover that raising a child with ADHD doesn’t have to be stressful. It is just a matter of combining the right strategies, habits, and mindset to help you develop your child's independence while keeping things in your life under control.

Searching for academic and vocational programs for their post-high school autistic son, Lawson and Swearingen found a distinct lack of services. They soon realized that if they wanted an appropriate program for their son, they would have to build it themselves. In Share the Road they recount their personal experiences and the stories of their students as together they create a pioneering vocational training program that empowers autistic individuals. All proceeds from the sale of this book support the programs of Autistry Studios.

Are you overwhelmed with your child's never ending tantrums? Here’s how to break this cycle and connect deeply with your child, especially in those tough moments. More than just rehearsed parenting advice, this guide dives into the emotional baggage we unknowingly carry from our own upbringing and how it sneaks into our responses. You’ll dive deep into the world of empathic communication, understanding how your reactions, driven by your past, can shape a child's worldview.

Descubre todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el desarrollo de tu hijo entre 1 y 5 años en Entendiendo a tu hijo (Black & White edition). Escrito por el Dr. Tony Manrique Guzman y narrado por Valentino Gassmann, esta guía esencial abarca el crecimiento físico, desarrollo emocional y cognitivo de tu hijo, enfermedades comunes, nutrición, situaciones especiales, prevención de accidentes y esquemas de vacunación. Esta valiosa obra, presentada por Audiobook Publishing Services, se convierte en una herramienta indispensable para todos los padres.

Liebe Eltern, vertraut euren Kindern einfach! Denn das Zauberwort für eine erfolgreiche Schulzeit lautet: Eigenverantwortung. Winters innovativer Ansatz "Coaching statt Nachhilfe" verzichtet auf belastende Paukerei und setzt stattdessen eine positive Motivationsspirale in Gang: Die Schüler erkennen Sinn und Nutzen der geforderten Leistungen für das eigene Leben und entwickeln ein besseres Verhältnis zu Lehrern und Lernstoff.

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees is the audiobook that parents turn to when it comes to teaching their children about money. With 180,000 young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four declaring bankruptcy last year and college students graduating with an average of $28,000 in debt, Neale S. Godfrey is the definitive expert on the subject and her time-tested advice is more important than ever. Money Doesn't Grow on Trees offers exercises and concrete examples on everything from responsible budgeting to understanding the difference between "want" and "need" for children of every age.

En una época en la que los procesos de evaluación se estandarizan, las escuelas pasan por momentos difíciles y tanto estudiantes como educadores sufren una presión enorme, Robinson nos ofrece soluciones prácticas para terminar con el caduco sistema educativo actual heredado de la Revolución Industrial.

Many world changers who pursued life with passion lit those initial fires at home. Their parents framed their experience by providing in their living spaces a fertile environment for learning and exploring. Your child’s mind is a dynamic, living container that will be filled with something. Education begins on day one. If we as parents are too busy to step into our role as life mentors to our children, their little minds will learn from other sources.

To Stephanie, Andrew Simmons seemed like the perfect man. He was smart, handsome, tall, and athletic. And best of all, he was interested in her. As their romance begins to blossom, the truth about Andrew's past comes to light. A misguided choice made many years before hung over him. When they start a family together, Andrew tries to move on from the past and enjoy his family life, but the past still haunts him.

Betsy Brown Braun blends humor with her expertise as a child development specialist, popular parent educator, and mother of triplets. Whatever your dilemma or child's question - from "How did the baby get in your tummy?" to "What does 'dead' mean?" to "It's not fair!" - Betsy offers the tools and confidence you need to explain the world to your growing child.

For a young American boy in the 1950s, Fontainebleau was a sight both strange and majestic, home to a continual series of adventures: a different language to learn, weekend visits to nearby Paris, family road trips to Spain and Italy. Then there was the château itself: a sprawling palace once the residence of kings, its grounds the perfect place to play hide-and-seek. The curiosities of the small town left such an impression on him that 30 years later, Thad Carhart returned to France with his wife to raise their two children.

The latest research shows that children can be taught - at very early ages - the tools they need to become successful and connected to others. This new book offers parents and teachers the information they need to teach children the most effective ways to engage peers and make social interactions easier and more meaningful.

Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an 8-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we keep kids safe from digital harm?

Life spills out of books—giving you plenty to talk about! But Honey for a Teen’s Heart will do more than strengthen the bonds between you and your son or daughter. You’ll also learn how to help your teen catch the reading habit and become a lover of good books. Gladys Hunt’s insights on how to read a book, what to look for in a book, and how to question what you read will challenge you and your teenager alike. It’s training for life! And it’s fabulous preparation for teens entering college.

In this book, listeners will not only learn the “secrets” of serenity, contentment, healthy values, mission-focused aspirations, and healthy living, but they will also be empowered to learn the formula that these two boys used repeatedly to achieve success in all their endeavors through joyful determination, undefeatable motivation, and inspiration to better themselves.

You and your child are about to embark on a transformative journey of growth, learning, and strengthening your bond as a team. With the simple tools offered in this book, you’ll no longer worry about their education, doubt your parenting skills, make costly mistakes, or feel anxious about the upcoming chapter in your child’s life.

A quick-and-easy guide to core business and career concepts - no MBA required. The ability to negotiate a deal. Confidence to oversee staff. Complete, accurate monitoring of expenses. In today's business world, these are must-have skills. But all too often, comprehensive business books turn the important details of best practices into tedious listening that would put even a CEO to sleep. From hiring and firing to strategizing and calculating revenues, Negotiating 101 is an easy-to-understand road map of today's complex business world.