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Letting Go of Perfect Empower Children to Overcome Perfectionism

Letting Go of Perfect Empower Children to Overcome Perfectionism

Letting Go of Perfect gives parents and teachers the guidance and support they need to help children break free of the anxieties and behaviors related to perfectionism. This second edition:Explores a state of mind that manifests in unhealthy ways among kids and teens today—the need to be perfect. Features updated research on perfectionism new strategies and resources. Delineates the major types of perfectionism and provides practical tips. Explains how students can use their perfectionistic behaviors in a healthy way. Shares advice and stories from real parents educators and students. For children who believe their best is never good enough perfectionism can lead to excessive guilt lack of motivation low self-esteem depression pessimism obsessive or compulsive behavior and a sense of rigidity. This engaging practical book is a must-have for parents and teachers wanting to help children overcome perfectionism raise self-confidence lessen guilt increase motivation and offer a future free of rigidity. | Letting Go of Perfect Empower Children to Overcome Perfectionism

GBP 16.99
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Postnatal and Neonatal Midwifery Skills

Postnatal and Neonatal Midwifery Skills

This pocket-sized book presented in an easy-to-follow format is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting providing a quick reference guide to supporting women and babies during the postnatal/neonatal period. Written in an accessible way this book provides step-by-step processes for students to follow and is ideal for professionals to share with the women and families in their care. | Postnatal and Neonatal Midwifery Skills

GBP 8.99
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Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

Whether you're a young adult who is stalled on the journey to independence-or a concerned parent still sharing the family nest-this compassionate book is for you. Providing a fresh perspective on the causes of failure to launch the expert authors present a 10-step plan that helps grown kids and parents work together to achieve liftoff. Learn why brain-based executive skills such as planning organization and time management are so important to success and what you can do to strengthen them. You get downloadable practical tools for figuring out what areas to target building skills identifying a desired career path and making a customized action plan. Vivid stories of other families navigating the same challenges (including father and son Richard and Colin Guare) reveal what kind of parental support is productive-and when to let go. | Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

GBP 14.99
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The Family Guide to Getting Over OCD Reclaim Your Life and Help Your Loved One

The Family Guide to Getting Over OCD Reclaim Your Life and Help Your Loved One

When a loved one has OCD it's a constant struggle. It hurts to see your spouse so anxious or your teen spending so much time alone. You've tried logic reassurance even accommodating endless rituals-but too often these well-meaning attempts actually make OCD worse. Psychologist Jonathan Abramowitz has worked with countless families affected by OCD and he understands the strain. He also knows you can turn things around. Grounded in state-of-the-art treatment research this compassionate guide helps you change your own behavior to support your loved one's recovery. By gently but firmly encouraging the person you care about to face their fears you can stop being controlled by the disorder disentangle yourself from unhealthy patterns and see your whole family grow more confident and hopeful. Vivid stories dos and don'ts and practical tools (which you can download and print for repeated use) help you follow the step-by-step strategies in this life-changing book. | The Family Guide to Getting Over OCD Reclaim Your Life and Help Your Loved One

GBP 14.99
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Child Development with the D-score

Child Development with the D-score

Children learn to walk speak and think at an astonishing pace. The D-score presents a unified framework that places children and their developmental milestones from different tools onto the same scale enabling comparisons in child development across populations groups and individuals. This pioneering text explains why we need the D-score how we construct it and how we calculate it. It will be of interest not just to professionals in child development but also to policymakers in international settings and to data scientists. Open Plus Books are published on an F1000-powered open research platform where they can be amended updated and extended in addition to being published as a print and open access ebook. The Open Plus Book version of this book available at gatesopenresearch. org/dscore and the Open Access version of this book available at www. taylorfrancis. com have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. For more information about Open Plus Books go to www. routledge. com and for F1000 go to f1000. com. | Child Development with the D-score

GBP 16.99
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Improving Father-Daughter Relationships A Guide for Women and their Dads

Improving Father-Daughter Relationships A Guide for Women and their Dads

Improving Father-Daughter Relationships: A Guide for Women and Their Dads is essential reading for daughters and their fathers as well as for their families and for therapists. This friendly no-nonsense book by father-daughter relationships expert Dr. Linda Nielsen offers women and their dads a step-by-step guide to improve their relationships and to understand the impact this will have on their well-being. Nielsen encourages us to get to the root of problems instead of dealing with fallout and helps us resolve the conflicts that commonly strain relationships from late adolescence throughout a daughter’s adult years. Showing how we can strengthen bonds by settling issues that divide us her book explores a range of difficult issues from conflicts over money to the daughter’s lifestyle or sexual orientation to her parents’ divorce and dad’s remarriage. With quizzes and real-life examples to encourage us to examine beliefs that are limiting or complicating the connection between fathers and daughters this guide helps us feel less isolated and enables us to create more joyful honest enriching relationships. | Improving Father-Daughter Relationships A Guide for Women and their Dads

GBP 16.99
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Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

Originally published in 1997 this book puts information management in the context of technology transfer industrialization and national development. As well as showing the necessity for the efficient use of information resources the book also examines the costs of poor information management in undermining negotiation the preparation of contingencies and the ability to let go of 'dead projects'. The book includes case studies of two technology transfer projects in Kenya are included. | Information Resources and Technology Transfer Management in Developing Countries

GBP 8.99
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Take Control of OCD A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD

Take Control of OCD A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD

Take Control of OCD: A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD is a must-have guide for kids and teens ages 10-16 with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to help them take control and use their strengths to find success in school and in life. This fully updated second edition:Uses a cognitive-behavioral therapy and exposure/response prevention method to stress gradual exposure to obsessive thinking patterns. Provides a step-by-step ladder-based process to help readers conquer their fears and demolish their worries. Helps kids change their obsessive thoughts tolerate uncertainty and develop positive self-talk and stress management. Also helps kids advocate for their needs in school and build successful relaxation procedures. Includes workbook-style pages for readers to complete. By interviewing kids with OCD from across the country the author offers tons of advice information and ideas for students by students just like them. Readers will find themselves in this book as it normalizes and validates the often hidden and undisclosed thoughts urges and images and accompanying rituals and compulsions that so many children and teens with OCD struggle with. Ages 10-16 | Take Control of OCD A Kid's Guide to Conquering Anxiety and Managing OCD

GBP 16.99
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The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook A Proven Way to Accept Yourself Build Inner Strength and Thrive

The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook A Proven Way to Accept Yourself Build Inner Strength and Thrive

Are you kinder to others than you are to yourself? More than a thousand research studies show the benefits of being a supportive friend to yourself especially in times of need. This science-based workbook offers a step-by-step approach to breaking free of harsh self-judgments and impossible standards in order to cultivate emotional well-being. In a convenient large-size format the book is based on the authors' groundbreaking eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program which has helped tens of thousands of people worldwide. It is packed with guided meditations (with audio downloads); informal practices to do anytime anywhere; exercises; and vivid stories of people using the techniques to address relationship stress weight and body image issues health concerns anxiety and other common problems. The seeds of self-compassion already lie within you-learn how you can uncover this powerful inner resource and transform your life. See also Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff a thorough overview of conducting MSC (for professionals) and The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer which delves into mindful self-compassion and shares moving stories of how it can change lives. | The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook A Proven Way to Accept Yourself Build Inner Strength and Thrive

GBP 16.99
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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl! With a Hiiiiii-yaaaaa! she runs away saying Run! Run! So fast like a twirl … you can’t catch me I’m the Ninjabread Girl! Can the Ninjitsu Trainer catch her? What about the crocodile? Or the wolf? Can nothing stop her? On her journey the Ninjabread Girl writes the story with the assistance of the spirit fox Kitsune and Punctua the Fairy Godmother of Writing to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Year 1: The Ninjabread Girl is part of a short series of age-specific beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised resource containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book's age group. Areas covered include: formulating punctuation rules. the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors. teaching tips to provide a punctuation model. The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading understanding meaning and effect and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their ‘Writer’s Toolkit. ' These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators.

GBP 11.99
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Study Skills for Foundation Degrees

Study Skills for Foundation Degrees

Study Skills for Foundation Degrees offers a step-by-step guide to the skills needed to successfully complete a Foundation Degree. Filled with activities and useful tips it will help students to move from nervous novice to confident expert and provide them with the necessary tools to accomplish this. By reading this book students will be able to learn new skills and enhance existing ones. This third edition has been fully updated and features new chapters on e-learning and dissertations as well as expanded sections on ethics feedback and referencing. Each chapter includes practical guidance as well as student perspectives that will help students through their course of study. It includes advice on how to support learning boost motivation and enhance time management and covers all the essential skills required for successful study including: Effective reading and note-taking strategies Developing oral skills in a wide range of presentation settings including what makes a good presentation and how each stage of the process can be prepared for Carrying out well-planned methodologically sound and well-written research Preparing for examinations and other forms of assessment Producing a professional development portfolio or winning CV Highly accessible this new edition is an essential resource for all Foundation Degree students who want to get the most out of their course mature students or anyone with limited or no experience of academic study.

GBP 16.99
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Pocket Tutor Surface Anatomy

Pocket Tutor Surface Anatomy

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance at a highly-affordable price on subjects that medical students foundation doctors and a range of other practitioners need help with ‘on the go’. The highly-structured bite-size content helps novices combat the fear factor associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a handy reference that students and junior doctors can carry with them at all times. Pocket Tutor Surface Anatomy is an indispensable guide to a subject that is increasingly important on today’s medical courses and a crucial preamble to the study of clinical skills and procedures indeed to the study of all medicine and surgery.

GBP 16.45
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Pocket Tutor Otolaryngology

Pocket Tutor Otolaryngology

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’ at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations Investigation options (e. g. ECG imaging) Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e. g. examinations history taking). The highly-structured bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. | Pocket Tutor Otolaryngology

GBP 16.45
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Parent's Quick Start Guide to Autism

Parent's Quick Start Guide to Autism

Parent’s Quick Start Guide to Autism provides parents and caregivers with an immediate overview of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and steps they can take to support and encourage their child. Each chapter is packed with detailed and helpful information covering what to do at home and at school how to avoid common mistakes and how (and when) to seek professional help. Summary and resource sections at the end of each chapter give quick guidance to busy readers. Topics include occupational therapy applied behavior analysis (ABA) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions and more. Offering straightforward easy to understand and evidence-based information this book is a go-to resource for caregivers parenting a child with autism. | Parent's Quick Start Guide to Autism

GBP 16.99
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Pocket Tutor Paediatric Clinical Examination Second Edition

Pocket Tutor Paediatric Clinical Examination Second Edition

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance at a highly-affordable price on subjects that medical students foundation doctors and a range of other practitioners need help with ‘on the go’. The highly-structured bite-size content helps novices combat the fear factor associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a handy reference that students and junior doctors can carry with them at all times. Pocket Tutor Paediatric Clinical Examination is an indispensable guide to the examination of children a challenging part of clinical practice for medical students and junior doctors as it involves dealing with newborn babies through to teenagers (often also the child’s parents or guardians) and requires different communication skills and knowledge. | Pocket Tutor Paediatric Clinical Examination Second Edition

GBP 16.45
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Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

When your child struggles with learning to read it can feel overwhelming. What causes reading difficulties? How can you support your child on the road to a rich and rewarding literacy life? Drawing on her dual expertise as a literacy specialist and a psychotherapist Diane Tracey takes a unique and holistic approach to supporting children's health and emotional well-being along with their reading skills. In this straightforward knowledgeable guide she explains exactly how the reading process works and what you can do to foster literacy development every step of the way. Filled with checklists fun activities to do with kids and insightful stories this compassionate resource gives you tools to help a struggling reader of any age become an avid book lover. | Helping Your Child Overcome Reading Challenges

GBP 12.99
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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

The only cure for a deadly plague sweeping the country is the crystal fang of a dragon that has terrorised the surrounding countryside for many years. Until now the location of its den on Dragon Ridge Mountain has remained a mystery. In a race against time Jack battles through a storm to reach the top of Dragon Ridge Mountain. With Merlin to guide him Jack enters the dragon’s den and comes face to face with the monstrous beast. This is a story of courage magic and one boy’s brave quest to fulfil a destiny foretold by the legends of long ago. Join Jack on his journey as he writes the story with the assistance of the magician Merlin and Punctua the Fairy Godmother of Writing to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4–6: Jack and the Crystal Fang is part of a short series of age-specific beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised resource containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book’s age group. Areas covered include: formulating punctuation rules. the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors. teaching tips to provide a punctuation model. The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading understanding meaning and effect and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their ‘Writer’s Toolkit. ’ These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators. | Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

GBP 11.99
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If Only... Finding Freedom from Regret

If Only... Finding Freedom from Regret

It’s hard to envision a life without some regrets. You imagine what might have been if you had taken a different path at some key juncture whether about a past relationship a missed job opportunity or choosing where to live. Regret can be immobilizing filling us with disappointment and shame-but it also can be a powerful tool for self-knowledge and change. In this uplifting guide renowned psychologist Robert Leahy demonstrates how to make regret work to your advantage. Using cutting-edge skills based on cognitive-behavioral therapy Dr. Leahy shows how to get unstuck from regret and make decisions with more clarity and confidence. Downloadable practical tools help you implement the strategies in the book. You are the author of your life so go out and write the next chapter-and then live it. | If Only… Finding Freedom from Regret

GBP 14.99
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Eating Disorders: The Basics

Eating Disorders: The Basics

Eating disorders affect people from all backgrounds and often go untreated for years. This book offers an accessible and evidence-based overview. Chapters explore some of the most common risk factors that can predispose precipitate and perpetuate an eating disorder as well as understanding the typical way they are diagnosed and treated. Interwoven with real life stories and written by authors with diverse experiences they provide the tools necessary to understand eating disorders better. Topics include anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa binge eating disorder treatment diversity in eating disorders and how to support someone living through these conditions. A glossary of useful key terms is included along with chapter summaries and up-to-date research. This book is essential for all health care professionals and students as well as those suffering with an eating disorder and their families and friends. | Eating Disorders: The Basics

GBP 16.99
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Smart Kid Terminology 25 Terms to Help Gifted Learners See Themselves and Find Success

Smart Kid Terminology 25 Terms to Help Gifted Learners See Themselves and Find Success

Smart Kid Terminology is your go-to resource for helping gifted and advanced learners identify and work through their feelings thoughts and experiences in relevant accessible terms. The illustrations and descriptive definitions in this book demystify educational terminology that can often be dense and difficult to understand. Each section features a description example of the term in action and a solution with recommendations for practice. Light-hearted and encouraging this book covers terms like perfectionist procrastinator bored in school isolation by choice and more! For young learners this book is a guide for identifying and expressing their feelings. For parents it provides a tool to help them develop coping strategies together and for teachers and counselors it’s an essential starting point for understanding the needs and emotions of their most advanced students. | Smart Kid Terminology 25 Terms to Help Gifted Learners See Themselves and Find Success

GBP 16.99
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How to Become a Counselling Psychologist

How to Become a Counselling Psychologist

Counselling psychologists can play a fundamental and inspiring role in people’s lives. Their aim is to address a range of psychological and emotional issues helping people to live more skilful effective and meaningful lives. But how do you qualify and what is being a counselling psychologist really like? How to Become a Counselling Psychologist is the first book to provide a clear practical guide to the pathway to qualifying as a counselling psychologist. Written by an experienced practitioner and incorporating testimonials from trainees trainers and qualified counselling psychologists it explains every step of the journey including advice on a suitable degree course making the most of a training placement how to prepare for the job interview and the challenges of making the transition from training to qualification. Written for anyone from current students to those interested in a change of career How to Become a Counselling Psychologist is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in this rich and varied branch of psychology.

GBP 16.99
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Self-Compassion for Parents Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself

Self-Compassion for Parents Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself

I yelled at the kids again-and feel so ashamed. I barely have time to shower let alone exercise; no wonder I’m so out of shape. I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be. Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathic resource mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids. Simple yet powerful guided meditation techniques (most under three minutes long) are easy to practice while doing the dishes driving to work or soothing a fussy baby. Learn to respond to your own imperfections like a supportive friend not a harsh critic. You will find yourself happier and more energized-and will discover new reserves of patience and appreciation for your kids. | Self-Compassion for Parents Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself

GBP 12.99
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How to Become an Educational Psychologist

How to Become an Educational Psychologist

Educational psychologists can play a fundamental and inspiring role in people’s lives. A vibrant and expanding profession educational psychology is becoming more influential in the lives of children and in its influence in government policy. But how do you qualify and what is being an educational psychologist really like? How to Become an Educational Psychologist is the first book to provide a clear practical guide to the pathway to qualifying as an educational psychologist. Written by two educational psychologists with a wealth of experience in both education and training and incorporating testimonials from trainees trainers and qualified educational psychologists it explains every step of the journey including advice on a suitable degree course making the most of a training placement how to prepare for the job interview and the challenges of making the transition from training to qualification. Written for anyone from current students to those interested in a change of career How to Become an Educational Psychologist is the perfect companion for anyone interested in this varied rewarding and popular profession.

GBP 16.99
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She Took Justice The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969

She Took Justice The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969

She Took Justice: The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm. In She Took Justice we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer leader activist lawyer and judge – a fighter in her own advancement. These engaging true stories show that for most of American history the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance tenacity intelligence and faith she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination a prestigious occupation and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader. | She Took Justice The Black Woman Law and Power – 1619 to 1969

GBP 14.99
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