Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Children's Health

First published in 1989, this book is about integrating or mainstreaming policies, looking specifically at how to improve circumstances for schoolchildren with disabilities or handicaps, and their teachers.

The author draws on her experiences, both within and outside the academic institution, to conceptualise and theorise policy, so as to place this policy in a political framework and locate it in a wider model of social life. This model is then used to disentangle the nature and effects of policy practices surrounding integration and mainstreaming, looking at practice in various parts...

Teething can be a terrible time for babies and parents alike. Most babies experience discomfort, pain, and other difficulties that prevent both parent and child from sleeping and functioning as they would like.

Parents who would like a natural alternative to teething gels and pain relievers have options available to them. Julie Cottle, a naturopath and natural parenting advocate, has pulled together a remarkable collection of facts and solutions for teething trouble that gives tools to the health-minded modern parent.

Fact: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns against using...

This timely work provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific breakthrough known as vaccination and the controversy surrounding its opposition. A timeline of discoveries trace the medical and societal progression of vaccines from the early development of this medical preventive to the eradication of epidemics and the present-day discussion about its role in autism. The content presents compelling parallels across different time periods to reflect the ongoing concerns that have persisted throughout history regarding vaccination.

Author Lisa Rosner provides a sweeping overview of...

Foreword by Gordon Neufeld, PhD

Based on the work of one of the world's foremost child development experts, Rest, Play, Grow offers a road map to making sense of young children, and is what every toddler, preschooler, and kindergartner wishes we understood about them.

Baffling and beloved, with the capacity to go from joy to frustration in seconds, young children are some of the most misunderstood people on the planet. Parents and caregivers struggle with these little ones, who are known for their extreme behaviour, from tantrums,...

As organized youth sports occupy an ever-greater role in the lives of American families, critics have begun to question whether some programs and participants have lost their way. This timely book examines the state of youth sports in America today, analyzing how organized sports influence communities, discussing the potential emotional and physical benefits as well as drawbacks of youth sports, and profiling the industry's key participants, ranging from parent coaches to club sports owners to personal trainers.

The work begins with a look at the evolution of youth sports in...

How Do You Doo? Everybody Pees & Poops A delightfully informative entertaining, and colorfully illustrated volume with valuable practical insights on toilet training. Tasteful color photographs of animals answering the call of nature allows the child to understand that every body does it Additional informative relevant content to entertain the adult while the child is 'on the potty' is included.

Part one covers topical issues in pre-adult nutrition and...

"An empathetic, personal and practical approach for parents craving relief from the wide-ranging childhood impact of ADHD."
-Mark Bertin, M.D., author of Mindful Parenting for ADHD

Parents: This book is for you.

Most of us need help to overcome the challenges of parenting a child with ADHD. Watching your bright, vibrant child struggle with ADHD can make you feel helpless, especially when you don't have the tools to help them succeed. There is a great deal of help available for children with ADHD, but there simply aren't enough...

Understand Asthma & Breathing Difficulties. Stop Fighting Against Them Say "Goodbye" to breathing problems This book will help asthma sufferers to establish natural and wholesome breathing patterns. It will provide you with the information you need to tame your or your child's breathing difficulties naturally by improving the function of the respiratory system. It contains comprehensive instructions on the Breathing Normalization method based on the discovery by Dr. Buteyko in 1952 in Russia. Since then, this commonly called Buteyko technique has undergone many trials,...

Understand Asthma & Breathing Difficulties. Stop Fighting Against Them Say "Goodbye" to breathing problems This book will help asthma sufferers to establish natural and wholesome breathing patterns. It will provide you with the information you need to tame your or your child's breathing difficulties naturally by improving the function of the respiratory system. It contains comprehensive instructions on the Breathing Normalization method based on the discovery by Dr. Buteyko in 1952 in Russia. Since then, this commonly called Buteyko technique has undergone many trials,...

First published in 1985, this book considers the financial consequences of parents and other relatives caring for severely disabled children at home. At the time of publication little reliable information was available on the costs incurred by informal carers, which this book set to rectify.

The volume interweaves hard statistical material about money with the detailed personal responses of parents. It examines the claim that disablement in a child reduces parents earnings while simultaneously creating an extra expense. The author compares the incomes and expenditure patterns of...