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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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Understanding Children's Drawings by Cathy A Malchiodi Publisher Comments Illustrated with over 100 children's drawings, this practical resource demonstrates how all clinicians can broaden and enhance their work with young people by integrating drawing into therapy. Topics covered include how to assist children in making art... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison Publisher Comments Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits — an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 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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From Neurons To Neighborhoods : the Science of Early Childhood Development (00 Edition) by Jack P. (ed.) Shonkoff Publisher Comments How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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Family Therapy Techniques by Salvador Minuchin Publisher Comments A master of family therapy, Salvador Minuchin, traces for the first time the minute operations of day-to-day practice. Dr. Minuchin has achieved renown for his theoretical breakthroughs and his success at treatment. Now he explains in close detail those... (read more) List Price $54.50 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy by Seth Mnookin Publisher Comments Now in paperback—the myth-shattering book about the vaccine-autism controversy, “a book that should be required reading at every medical school in the world…a brilliant piece of reportage and science writing” ( The Wall... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood Synopsis The definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's Syndrome, this work brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the condition for children as well as adults.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Autism Prophecies: How an Evolution of Healers and Intuitives Is Influencing Our Spiritual Future by William Stillman Publisher Comments aIn The Autism Prophecies, William Stillman reveals more startling truths about evolution, the future of our planet, and what the rapidly growing community of (autistic) individuals is really here to teach us.a Sandra Sedgbeer, editor in chief, Inspired... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet Publisher Comments The first-ever memoir by an autistic savant, a man who can speak ten languages, who sees numbers with color and texture, who broke a record by memorizing over 22,000 digits of pi—and can write about it all with inspiring and heartbreaking... (read more) List Price $15.00 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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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Staff Pick 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) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Publisher Comments The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs. In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.98 Used - Hardcover
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The Child with Autism at Home and in the Community: Over 600 Must-Have Tips for Making Home Life and Outings Easier for Everyone! by Kathy Labosh Publisher Comments This book epitomizes the value of the phrase "been there, done that!" In this amazingly helpful guide for family members, friends, and professionals, author and mom Kathy Labosh and special-educator LaNita Miller take on the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Emerging Adulthood : Winding Road From the Late Teens Through the Twenties (04 Edition) by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Publisher Comments Recently the lives of people from age 18 to 29 have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed, emerging adulthood, that is distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it and the young adulthood that comes in its wake. Rather... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $17.00 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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