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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller Publisher Comments Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (Library of Contemporary Thought) by Jonathan Kellerman Publisher Comments discusses the legal and psychological ramifications of treating such children as adult criminals. He explores the "nature v. nurture" theory and tackles, with surprising results, the popular idea that violence in the media is to blame. Kellerman then... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson Publisher Comments Friends broaden our childrens horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy by Rachel Simmons Publisher Comments "I know I can't erase the searing loneliness of being an odd girl out. Yet I hope this book will give girls a sense of community, an opportunity to share strategies and solace, and most of all, the knowledge that even the worst kind of heartbreak... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher Review "Serious and thoughtful material presented with the fluidity of good fiction — sure to appeal to parents, teachers, and anyone interested in modern American culture." Kirkus Reviews... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin Publisher Comments Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autismbecause Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Turning Points: Treating Families in Transition and Crisis by Frank Pittman Publisher Comments One of family therapy's wittiest and most sensible writers uses the family crisis as a launching point for discussing the entire range of events that can disrupt marriage and family life. A family crisis is heralded by symptomatic behavior, such as... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wolf Children & the Problem of Human Nature: With the Complete Text of the Wild Boy of Aveyron by Lucien Malson Publisher Comments The idea that man has no nature, Malson begins, is now beyond dispute. He has or rather is a history. In these provocative words, which form the theme of this essay, Malson carries one step further the assumption of behaviorists, structural... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Developmental Theory and Clinical Process by Fred Pine Publisher Comments ""This treasurehouse of a book glows with contributions to every fundamental aspect of psychoanalysis. Dr. Pine moves with grace and authority between the worlds of child development and clinical process, between abstract theory and the concrete methods... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution (Guilford Series on Social & Emotional Development) by E Mark Cummings Publisher Comments The effects of parental discord on children's development has long been debated, with research in the field increasing dramatically in the past decade. Integrating and systematizing these findings, this book provides up-to-date descriptions of the causes... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Roadmap by Linda Andron Publisher Comments For the families who have contributed to this book, living with autistic spectrum disorders has been a journey of self-discovery. With honesty and humor, they describe the ways autism has affected their daily lives, the challenges they have faced and the... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Autism Book: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions by S Jhoanna Robledo Publisher Comments Answers to the most pressing questions.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings by Clea Simon Publisher Comments In classic books such as Girl, Interrupted and When Rabbit Howls, the mentally ill depict their own harrowing worlds. In Mad House we have an account of the devastating effects of mental illness on the lives of those who share their world?the healthy... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Encountering the Self: Transformation and Destiny in the Ninth Year by Hermann Koepke Publisher Comments The author, a Waldorf teacher of many years' experience, provides a lucid explanation of the events happening in the life of a child between the ninth and tenth years. This is the time when the child's ego incarnates more deeply. As a result, children at... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Strange Son by Portia Iversen Publisher Comments Part memoir, part detective story, this is the powerful story of how two mothers from opposite sides of the world united in an effort to communicate with their severely autistic sons, discovering breakthroughs that challenged prevailing theories about... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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George & Sam: Two Boys, One Family, and Autism by Charlotte Moore Publisher Comments Providing a unique look into the life of an autistic child, the mother of two autistic children writes powerfully about her two sons and reveals the boys behind the label of autism. Photos.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia by Adolescent Mental He Publisher Comments During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Artful Scribbles by Howard Gardner Publisher Comments Psychologists have long understood that the art works of children relate to their intellectual and emotional development but this is the first book to describe the developmental process of drawing. Gardner explores the vital links between children’... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papolos Publisher Comments Since it first appeared on bookshelves, "The Bipolar Child "has made an indelible mark on the field of psychiatry and has become the resource that families rely upon. Now, with more than 200,000 copies sold, the first book about early-onset bipolar... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Divergent Realities: The Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, & Adolescents by Reed Larson About the Author Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi is professor of psychology and education at the University of Chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including the bestselling Flow, The Evolving Self, Creativity, and Being Adolescent.Reed Larson is assistant professor... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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