Parenting kids with OCD: A guide to understanding and supporting your child with obsessive-compulsive disorder “provides parents with a comprehensive understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder, its symptoms, types, and presentation in children and teens. The treatment of OCD is explained, and guidelines on how to both find appropriate help and best support one’s child is… Read more »
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Home from Purgatory: Freedom, Choice and Life After Christmas in Purgatory
“Home from Purgatory: Freedom, Choice and Life after Christmas in Purgatory is a deeply felt and moving account of the history of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as illustrated by stories from in and around Ohio. “Home from Purgatory also weaves together some of the national movements in the changing approaches… Read more »
What’s New?
Mother Nature’s April Fools Day joke was less than humorous for those who just can’t wait to see the colorful blooms of spring. Luckily, B-town just got a light snowfall that melted on the roadways. That’s my kind of snow–pretty trees but clear streets! While Spring in Indiana seems to be a bit delayed,… Read more »
Help for Billy
“Help for Billy: A beyond consequences approach to helping challenging children in the classroom is a pragmatic manual to help guide families and educators who are struggling with traumatized children. Based on the concept of the neuroscience of emotions and behavior, Heather Forbes provides detailed, comprehensive, and logical strategies for teachers and parents. This easy to… Read more »
Accelerating literacy for diverse learners
Accelerating literacy for diverse learners: Classroom strategies that integrate social/emotional engagement and academic achievement, K-8 is a “bestselling resource [that] speaks to the social-emotional needs of learners and helps teachers support each child’s development of a positive self-concept. The authors present best practices, aligned with reading and content standards, and tools for developing academic talk… Read more »