Novedades

In With Love from a Children’s Therapist, Stacy Schaffer takes readers on a deeply personal and professional journey through trauma, resilience, and healing. As a survivor and a therapist with more than twenty years of experience, Schaffer weaves together her story with the lessons she’s learned from working with children, teens, and young adults.

Parents today are terrified on behalf of their kids, and for good reason. In the blink of an eye, our kids will be adults facing more serious threats than we ever did—climate change, gun violence, political polarization, and disinformation, to name a few. We're not going to be able to solve all the intractable problems of the world before our kids grow up—so how are we to prepare them for an impossibly complex and scary future? Award-winning science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer battled insomnia night after night, her thoughts spiraling around this exact question.

During the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, an estimated 20,000 children were forced to join the fighting. As villages were raided and youths rounded up, it was not uncommon for a child to be ordered to kill a friend, relative, or neighbor. The goal was to make it impossible for the captives to return home and be accepted back into their communities. Betancourt's study provides insight into the long-term psychological and developmental effects of family separation, war, and exposure to violence.

Overthinking can have a significant impact on our mental and physical health, leading to feelings of stress and anxiety. However, by incorporating mindfulness into our daily lives, we can learn to manage overthinking and improve overall well-being. The strategies and techniques outlined in this book, such as mindfulness and meditation, journaling, positive self-talk, exercise and movement, sleep and relaxation, mindful communication, distractions and diversions, building a support system, setting and achieving goals, and mindful parenting, relationships, travel, technology, work, and ...

Are you looking for ways to reach every student in your classroom, regardless of their abilities or learning styles? Do you want practical strategies to simplify differentiated instruction and make your teaching more effective? How can you create a learning environment where all students feel challenged and supported without overwhelming yourself?Differentiated Learnings Made Simple is your essential guide to transforming how you teach, ensuring that every student in your classroom thrives, regardless of their learning style or ability. Whether you're a new or experienced teacher, this book...

This book has received a Montaigne Medal Finalist Award. In Anita's Piano, Anita has a wonderful life where playing the piano and music surrounds her. She lives in Brno, Czechoslovakia with her family down from the town's castle. But when she is just short of nine, her town is invaded by German military forces. She sees her happy world slowly crumble. She is bullied on the street and her family is ostracized, displaced time and again until at age 15, she is an orphan and left to fend for herself. Book Reviews: "This book is history at its finest as you will gain the inside picture into both...