This informative and approachable book tackles and answers the questions young adults sometimes don't even know to ask.Adulting Made Easy puts at the forefront things young adults are thinking about. It's adulting 101 without having to take the class!Money and Jobs: guidance from budgeting to sample job interview questionsCommunication: Scripts for making phone calls, plus how to navigate social mediaSelf-Care: Health insurance, basic grocery staples, and ...

Who says learning can't be fun?Using the word "educational" can be the quickest way to lose a child's interest. But the games, projects, and experiments in The Everything Kids' Learning Activities Book are so much fun, your kids won't even know they're learning! Not only will your kids be entertained and have fun, they'll learn skills in the key areas of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.With 145 indoor and outdoor activities incl...

Empowers educators to help neurodivergent students thrive!Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools is a guide for K-12 educators to better understand neurodivergence and help neurodivergent students thrive. Inside, you’ll find the background information and concrete practices you need to create a school or classroom culture where neurodivergent students feel safe, valued, and understood. You’ll also find clear explanations of behaviors common in neurodivergent lea...

Are you looking for effective strategies for cooperating with your 'difficult' students? Are you struggling to find motivational tools for students that appear to be angry, rude, cruel, erratic, or stubborn?This book is an essential guide for school staff supporting students with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). Written by the author of The Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Your Questions Answered, this book debunks myths about ODD by providing psychiatr...

**Be your child's best advocate!Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates.** It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate, prepare, organize, and get quality services, no matter what your child's disability.This valuable handbook gives you the tools you need to navigate the complex world of special education and...

Two sides to every story—helping kids learn compassion and understandingTeach children ages 5 to 7 about empathy and putting themselves in someone else's shoes. In this entry into bullying books for kids, they'll read about how best friends Ava and Sofia handle a problem with bullying.The story is told twice—first from Sofia's point of view, and then from Ava's, so kids can experience how their feelings change when they see things from a different perspecti...

Does drawing ability seem restricted to the 'gifted' where others would appear afflicted with picture dyslexia or a crippling lack of confidence in drawing? This book (now with large images for tablets) might help those wishing to learn to draw.Designed to help build confidence in drawing, this book begins at the beginning, not with an exercise on how to draw a potted plant. Preliminary chapters explore the underlying causes of picture dyslexia with questionnaires into handedness a...

MAGIC TRICKS FOR BEGINNERSHave you ever been keen to learn a few secrets of magic?Would you like to be the life and highlight at the next party?How about creating that air of mystery about you and making others believe you have special powers?Grandparents: Do you want to amaze and then teach your grandchildren some cool tricks?With Easy Magic Tricks by Wolfgang Riebe, you can master 42 easy-to-do magic tricks with ev...

All the forms, handouts, and records mental health professionals need to meet documentation requirements–fully revised and updatedThe paperwork required when providing mental health services continues to mount. Keeping records for managed care reimbursement, accreditation agencies, protection in the event of lawsuits, and to help streamline patient care in solo and group practices, inpatient facilities, and hospitals has become increasingly important. Now fully upd...

Anyone can learn to paint with this step-by-step, transformational painting method.This is a unique, how-to art instruction book, taught by masterful artist Dan Carrel. Using Dan's original method of painting, readers with little or no painting experience will easily learn to create realistic renderings of any subject. Through a simple process of layering and learning how to create light and shadow with paint, a complex and sophisticated image emerges. What begins a...

Fun and Effective Home Learning Activities for Every SubjectAs a homeschooling parent, you're always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! Inside this innovative helper, you'll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family's homeschooling needs. And even if you don't homeschool, you'll find this book a great teaching t...

A must-have resource for educational professionals implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) programs in their schoolsRTI in Practice: A Practical Guide to Implementing Effective Evidence-Based Interventions in Your School is an innovative and timely guide that presents concrete, balanced perspectives and directions for implementing an effective RTI model in your school.Built upon the three tiers of effective general education and universal scree...