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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
by Mary Pipher
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"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)
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison
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New York Times Bestseller “As sweet and funny and sad and true and heartfelt a memoir as one could find.” —from the foreword by Augusten Burroughs Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the... ( read more)
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin
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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 autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and... ( read more)
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
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One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror.... ( read more)
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by Alice Miller
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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)
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Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
by Rachel Simmons
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The national bestseller Odd Girl Out exposed a hidden culture of cruelty that had always been quietly endured by American girls. As Rachel Simmons toured the country, these girls found their voices and spoke to her about their pain. They wanted to talk... ( read more)
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The Geography of Childhood (Concord Library)
by Stephen Trimble and Gary Paul Nabhan
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Why Children Need Wild Places In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that so many more children are denied exposure to wildness than at any other time in human history. "This thoughtful presentation, testifying to children... ( read more)
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Keys to Parenting the Child with Autism (Barron's Parenting Keys)
by Marlene Targ Brill
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Autism is a developmental disorder that affects a child's communication, behavior, and social skills. This new edition has been updated to reflect current trends and technologies used in diagnosing and treating autism. Parents will find balanced and up... ( read more)
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Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
by Michael Thompson
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Friends broaden our children’s 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... ( read more)
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Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
by Robin Karr Morse
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Although violent behavior has typically been traced to adolescence, "Ghosts from the Nursery" points to the cradle years as the genesis of this problem.... ( read more)
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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
by Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Dan Kindlon, Ph.D.
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In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a... ( read more)
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
by Daniel Tammet
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One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans... ( read more)
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Inscapes of the child's world :Jungian counseling in schools and clinics
by John Allan
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Takes a Jungian perspective on the use of art therapy with emotionally disturbed children.... ( read more)
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Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human
by Paul Bloom
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All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect objects to obey principles of physics, and they're startled when things disappear or defy gravity. Yet... ( read more)
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic
by Temple Grandin
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Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. An intelligent child with a thirst for knowledge, but unable to properly express herself or control her behaviour, Temple struggled through grade school. Eventually moved from a "normal... ( read more)
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Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy
by David Kirby
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In the 1990s reported autism cases among American children began spiking, from about 1 in 10,000 in 1987 to a shocking 1 in 166 today. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule... ( read more)
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Thou Shalt Not Be Aware: Society's Betrayal of the Child
by Alice Miller
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This groundbreaking classic of child-rearing, originally published in 1984, exploded Freud's notions of "infantile sexuality" and helped bring to the world's attention the brutal reality of child abuse.... ( read more)
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
by Rachel Simmons
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Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of female bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully. Simmons elevates the nation's consciousness and shows girls, parents, counselors, and teachers how to deal... ( read more)
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The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Hurtful Parenting
by Alice Miller
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Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia... ( read more)
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Nobody Nowhere..Autistic
by Donna Williams
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"This is a story of two battles, a battle to keep out 'the world' and a battle to join it." She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times... ( read more)
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