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1) Self esteem
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This book talks teens through why they may have lack of confidence and why they feel that way, what they can do to avoid the trap of self-doubt, and how they can work to build and maintain confidence. It provides some basic confidence building techniques designed to help empower teens through a friendly, reassuring tone.
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"Now a teen self-help classic, Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens has already helped more than 150,000 teen readers take charge of their emotions using proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. This fully revised and updated second edition offers teens even more strategies for managing difficult feelings, and includes new material on acceptance, overcoming shame, the role of values in emotion regulation, body-based practices...
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In this film, Dr. Marina Catallozzi discusses brain, emotional, and cognitive development during the teenage years; she highlights the importance of risk taking. From The American Academy of Pediatrics publication "Reaching Teens: Strength-Based Communication Strategies to Build Resilience and Support Healthy Adolescent Development.
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Dr. Michael Rich believes the most important function in communicating with teenagers is listening. In this film, he discusses understanding where teenagers are and working with them to find solutions. From The American Academy of Pediatrics publication "Reaching Teens: Strength-Based Communication Strategies to Build Resilience and Support Healthy Adolescent Development.
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"Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, both teetering on the edge, it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the 'natural wonders' of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another"--Provided by publisher.
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"This nonfiction book for teen readers is a guide to understanding mental health and coping with mental illness, trauma and recovery. It features real-life stories of resilient teens and highlights innovative approaches to mental-health challenges."-- Provided by publisher.
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Investigates the latest psychology and neuroscience findings in the unique features and architecture of the teenage and adolescent brain. Offers parents and educators advice on using this new information to develop strong communication and relationships with the teenagers in their lives through which teens can bee supported to develop, grow, and learn. Highlights particularly the nature of teen mental health and the importance of a growth mindset...
15) Gender identity
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Discusses when a child starts to form their gender identity, what it means to be transgender, and the process for changing genders.
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The transition from infant to toddler is a dramatic one. As physical, emotional, and social skills develop at this important time, parents and caregivers alike need to be aware of the important role that they play during the growth process. This video offers an easy-to-follow guided tour through a developing child's early years of life. Advice from experts in the childcare field provides additional insight into this formative period of human development....
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"Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity. In this adaptation of the [original bestseller The 5 Love Languages], Dr. Gary Chapman explores the world in which teenagers live, explains their developmental changes, and gives tools...
18) Turnaround tools for the teenage brain: helping underperforming students become lifelong learners
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With countless teens struggling in school, the stakes for educators are higher than ever before. Turnaround Tools for the Teenage Brain offers teachers research-based and classroom-tested strategies that prove every student (no matter their past experience) can learn and succeed.--"Back cover"
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Parents and caregivers not only need to nurture the physical and intellectual development of young children, but their emotional development as well. Each stage of emotional development provides children with opportunities to explore new feelings as they grow. This program focuses on the importance of emotional education during the various stages of childhood development and explains how caregivers and parents can monitor this vital growth.
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As the number of two-earner families continues to rise, the demand for daycare is increasing. Filmed at a nursery, this three-section program discusses some of the possible impacts of daycare on children's long-term development. Parents, caregivers, and psychology experts express their views about the effects of daycare on attachment; about children's emotional, cognitive, and social development; and about a growing understanding that time spent in...