School Development

A licensed psychologist and authority on dyslexia (who is also dyslexic herself) offers a practical guide to help parents and others support dyslexic learners throughout their school years. Fifteen million children in the United States have been diagnosed with dyslexia. This learning disability...

Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed and improved. We don’t have to stay where we are now: our responses to everyday challenges can dramatically alter. This is a book that patiently unpacks the causes of our greatest stresses and gives us a succession of arguments with which to defend ourselves against panic and fury.

Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. This audiobook helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face.

O otimismo é essencial para uma vida plena. No entanto, ele não é um dom natural nem uma qualidade do caráter, mas uma ferramenta preciosa que pode ser aperfeiçoada desde a infância. Depois de muitos anos de pesquisas, o autor e psicólogo Martin Seligman demonstra que crianças pessimistas correm um risco muito maior de ficarem deprimidas, e constata que o otimismo pode ser desenvolvido ao superar desafios, lidar com frustrações e experimentar conquistas individuais.

On an ordinary January afternoon, a disturbing revelation about his wife hurls one man into a maelstrom of public humiliation and heartbreak, and eventually on a spree of run-ins with lawyers, judges, therapists, and law enforcement. Land of July tells the true story of a teacher/student sex scandal that not only shocked an entire school and small suburban community, but made national news. It’s a story filled with countless anecdotes about marriage, trust, infidelity, grief, and the desperate search for hope and family in the face of ruin.

Providing dozens of activities that can be adapted to meet the needs of every family, The Learning Household is an essential guide to bringing curiosity back to the classroom and fostering an appreciation for the intrinsic value of learning.

En un contexto en que la crianza se ha vuelto cada vez más desafiante, encontrar el equilibrio entre la disciplina y la empatía puede parecer un verdadero reto. Sin embargo, Pamela Cassis nos demuestra que sí es posible criar hijos emocionalmente saludables y felices sin perder la autoridad. Padres conectados, hijos realizados ofrece un enfoque único, innovador y humano sobre la crianza.

In this indispensable handbook, discover the secrets to forging unbreakable bonds with your girls. Unravel the complexities of father-daughter relationships through emotional intelligence, trust, and open communication. Navigate the nuances of generational patterns, breaking free to cultivate healthier and more meaningful connections. This comprehensive guide offers a roadmap for Girl Dads, providing practical strategies, relatable anecdotes, and expert insights to steer you through the challenges of parenting.

In Family Unplugged, Grayson Cole delivers a raw, eye-opening guide for overwhelmed parents craving real connection in the digital age. With a powerful mix of personal stories, clinical insights, and practical strategies, this book empowers families to set screen-time boundaries that actually stick—without guilt or power struggles.

New York Times–bestselling authors Richard and Linda Eyre have spent the last twenty-five years helping parents nurture strong, healthy families. Now they’ve synthesized their vast experience into an essential blueprint for instilling children with a sense of ownership, responsibility, and self-sufficiency. At the heart of their plan is a “Family Economy”, complete with a family bank, checkbooks for the kids, and a system of responsibilities that teaches children to earn money for the things they want.

Finding and choosing a partner is one of the most consequential decisions we will ever make. This guide explains everything from why we have "types" and how our early lives inform our romantic decisions as adults. It sheds light on harmful and repetitive patterns and provides insight on how to break them. Drawing on in-depth analysis, How to Find Love explains our instinct for romantic self-sabotage and provides a crucial set of ideas to help us make safer, more imaginative and more effective choices in love.

Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists.

Pediatrician Nimali Fernando and feeding therapist Melanie Potock (aka Dr. Yum and Coach Mel) know the importance of giving your child the right start on their food journey-for good health, motor skills, and even cognitive and emotional development. In this updated, second edition of Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater, they explain how to expand your family's food horizons, avoid the picky eater trap, identify special feeding needs, and put joy back into mealtimes.

Children learn while they play (scree-free)! Ages baby to 8 yrs. Set up small easy learning areas and learn how to facilitate years of screen-free fun and discovery right at home! Children learn while they play! Transform your home into a screen-free home of learning by using these easy-to-follow instructions, lists of toys and equipment by age (0-8 yrs), and simple ways to promote play. What a child plays with and how matters during the different stages of his or her development.

The second book in The School of Life's 'Secrets' series, offering lessons on the emotional skills necessary to build and maintain friendships.

The Stepping Stone Approach to Puberty introduces a revolutionary alternative: just 3 minutes daily to develop your son's healthy masculine identity. Through the proven GUIDE framework (Ground, Understand, Illuminate, Develop, Encourage), you'll learn to transform potentially awkward moments into natural, meaningful conversations that build upon each other over time.

This book teaches you how to raise your gifted child from infancy. It is designed to meet you where you are, regardless of whether your child is a toddler, middle schooler, high schooler, college student, or adult. This book has a wealth of information. You will learn how to navigate the different stages of your child as they advance from infancy to adulthood. This book also contains tips and real-life scenarios that give you wisdom for handling other challenges with your child, including hyperlexia.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A deeply personal, authentic, and clear-eyed guide to navigating today’s complex world and building a meaningful, successful career and life—no matter where you start out—from the bestselling author and cofounder of Axios and Politico. Jim VandeHei’s high...

Completely revised and updated! Now in paperback. An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future...

A radical new approach to education for learners of any age How much information is forgotten almost immediately after it is taught? How many students graduate from high school unprepared for careers where lifelong learning is essential to succeed? These problems stem from an educational system...