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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm Publisher Comments Winner of an iParenting Media Award and Honorable Mention in the 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards! Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with both... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, and by Bruce Perry Publisher Comments Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has treated children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, witnesses, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence. Here he tells their stories of trauma and transformation.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood by Selma H Fraiberg Publisher Comments To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 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: $0.98 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 $15.00 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 $70.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 answerand 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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free by Emily Colson Publisher Comments Meet a remarkable young man.Max doesn't communicate like we do. But he communicates better than we do about the most important things. Max doesn't think like we do. But his actions reflect deep spiritual truths.With candor and wit, Emily Colson shares... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence by Robin Karr Morse Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 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: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Childhood and Society by Erik Erikson Publisher Comments The original and vastly influential ideas of Erik H. Erikson underlie much of our understanding of human development. His insights into the interdependence of the individuals' growth and historical change, his now-famous concepts of identity, growth, and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Horse Boy: A Memoir of Healing by Rupert Isaacson Publisher Comments When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 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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Autism Life Skills: From Communication and Safety to Self-Esteem and More - 10 Essential Abilities Every Child Needs and Deserves to Learn by Chantal Sicile Kira Publisher Comments Award-winning autism expert Chantal Sicile-Kira presents a positive and empowering ?bill of rights? for every person with autism. From an award-winning author and advocate, Autism Life Skills presents a positive and empowering "bill of rights" for every... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir Publisher Comments Revised and expanded seminal work on families, with over a million copies sold in 12 languages. The New Peoplemaking expresses Satir's most evolved thoughts on self-worth, communication, family systems, and the ways in which people relate to one another.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nobody Nowhere..Autistic by Donna Williams Publisher Comments "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) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Point to Happy: For Children on the Autism Spectrum by Miriam Smith Publisher Comments Conceived of, written, and designed for children on the autism spectrum, Point to Happy combines a picture book and a pointer to create a breakthrough in reaching children who communicate best through pictures. Ingenious in its simplicity, it was created... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Letters To Young Therapist (03 Edition) by Mary Pipher Publisher Comments Mary Pipher's groundbreaking investigation of America's "girl-poisoning culture," Reviving Ophelia, has sold nearly two million copies and established its author as one of the nation's foremost authorities on family issues.In Letters to a Young Therapist,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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