Child care and upbringing: advice for parents Books
Brookes Publishing Co Autism Intervention Every Day!: Embedding
Book SynopsisChildren with autism often don't get a diagnosis in their first few years of life - but if a very young child is exhibiting red flags, what should professionals and parents do in the meantime? This book has accessible, real-world solutions for use with children birth to three, with or without an autism diagnosis. A follow-up to the bestselling Early Intervention Every Day!, this practical guide is packed with simple, highly effective suggestions for strengthening critical skills during daily routines, from dressing in the morning to getting ready for bed. Early interventionists and other professionals will learn how to coach families in weaving these activities into everyday life with their child, so that intervention continues long after the professional goes home.Discover how to: Recognize red flags for autism spectrum disorder Help children build a foundation for learning to interact, communicate, and participate in routines Strengthen skills that are especially challenging for children with autism, such as regulation, flexibility, and social communication Support families on the journey from pursuing a diagnosis to accessing services Implement concepts and teaching strategies based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) Address common challenges that occur during daily routines and activities Monitor progress to ensure that the strategies are helping children reach their IFSP goals Promote children's participation across settings: in homes, preschools, and other community settings Practical Materials: A downloadable Reinforcer Survey that helps determine specific ways to motivate a young child, tables that assist with problem-solving in order to identify possible reasons for challenging behaviors, and vignettes and case stories that illustrate effective intervention techniques.
£28.01
The Experiment LLC Baby's First Months with Sophie la Girafe
Book SynopsisNew parents’ schedules necessarily revolve around tending to their infant’s essential needs day and night, whatever the hour. Here are hour-by-hour columns for breast and bottle feedings, nappy changes, sleep, and special notes – was baby fussing, and how are you feeling? - information that’s particularly helpful to record when babies are in their earliest months and on an every-three-hours feeding schedule. In addition to daily pages spanning baby’s first six months, the journal includes places to note important phone numbers and immunisations and to chart baby’s growth – ensuring that parents will have these essentials at hand for visits to the doctor.
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Information Age Publishing Contemporary Perspectives on Research on Child
Book SynopsisChild care environments have received extensive research attention by those interested in understanding how participating in nonparental child care might influence the children's development and learning. Throughout the United States (US Census Bureau, 2011) and Europe (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006) a large number of young children are cared for outside of the home by non-parental adults. Young children's nonparental care is commonly referred to as ""child care," and is provided to children whose ages range from birth to 12 years of age. The provision of child care services has become an increasingly important part of early childhood education. In fact, the United Nations Children's Fund (2019) states that a large majority of children worldwide spend at least some of their week in child care, such arrangements include center care, family child care, in-home child care, relative child care, and supplemental child care. Child care researchers have been conducting studies to understand how participating in nonparental child care might influence the children's development and learning outcomes. There are more than enough child care studies to make numerous major inferences. For example, research outcomes show that child care quality seems to be more influential than either the kind of child care or age of admission in determining the children's development and learning. The adults' child care affects the quality in child care. In the environment adults who are caring for the children have the opportunity to effectively assume both nurturing and instructional roles to help young children cultivate their social and cognitive abilities. The teachers' effectiveness is related to their individual characteristics, such as formal education, specialized training, and the classroom environment. However, the majority of the studies show that both family and quality of child care have the most significant effects on the children's development and learning. Therefore, the concept of child care has heavily influenced modern views. Researchers, scholars, and educators are beginning to understand the current foundations based on theoretical frameworks that contribute to the purposes of the child care in the United States and Europe. The contents of the child care volume reflect the major shifts in the views of these early childhood researchers, scholars, and educators in relation to research outcomes on child care, its historical roots, the role of child care in early childhood education, and its relationship to theory, research, and practice.Table of Contents Part I: Historical Foundations and Challenges of Child Care Part II: Structural and Process Quality in Child Care Part III: The Ecoculture of Child Care Part IV: Conclusion About the Contributors
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Information Age Publishing Contemporary Perspectives on Research on Child
Book SynopsisChild care environments have received extensive research attention by those interested in understanding how participating in nonparental child care might influence the children's development and learning. Throughout the United States (US Census Bureau, 2011) and Europe (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2006) a large number of young children are cared for outside of the home by non-parental adults. Young children's nonparental care is commonly referred to as ""child care," and is provided to children whose ages range from birth to 12 years of age. The provision of child care services has become an increasingly important part of early childhood education. In fact, the United Nations Children's Fund (2019) states that a large majority of children worldwide spend at least some of their week in child care, such arrangements include center care, family child care, in-home child care, relative child care, and supplemental child care. Child care researchers have been conducting studies to understand how participating in nonparental child care might influence the children's development and learning outcomes. There are more than enough child care studies to make numerous major inferences. For example, research outcomes show that child care quality seems to be more influential than either the kind of child care or age of admission in determining the children's development and learning. The adults' child care affects the quality in child care. In the environment adults who are caring for the children have the opportunity to effectively assume both nurturing and instructional roles to help young children cultivate their social and cognitive abilities. The teachers' effectiveness is related to their individual characteristics, such as formal education, specialized training, and the classroom environment. However, the majority of the studies show that both family and quality of child care have the most significant effects on the children's development and learning. Therefore, the concept of child care has heavily influenced modern views. Researchers, scholars, and educators are beginning to understand the current foundations based on theoretical frameworks that contribute to the purposes of the child care in the United States and Europe. The contents of the child care volume reflect the major shifts in the views of these early childhood researchers, scholars, and educators in relation to research outcomes on child care, its historical roots, the role of child care in early childhood education, and its relationship to theory, research, and practice.Table of Contents Part I: Historical Foundations and Challenges of Child Care Part II: Structural and Process Quality in Child Care Part III: The Ecoculture of Child Care Part IV: Conclusion About the Contributors
£82.80
WW Norton & Co Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While
Book SynopsisFidget spinners, slime, and other sensory toys have spiked in popularity for their ability to calm anxieties and improve concentration. In an age where children have ample amounts of screen time, gooey, stretchy, and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses. From fake snow and edible finger paint, to sensory balloons and rainbow foam, these anti-fidget DIYs will keep kids entertained and learning by working with their hands. Parenting expert Donna Bozzo also includes suggestions for buying and using ready-made fidget busters and toys. Keep kids busy with: Unicorn Kinetic Sand Crunchy Slime Lava Lamps Stress balls and more! Trade Review"Beat the end of summer restlessness with Donna Bozzo’s Fidget Busters… It is full of easy-peasy DIY sensory play including fidget spinners, slime, and other sensory fun to help calm anxieties, improve concentration and keep kids happily occupied. In an age where children have ample amounts of screen time—gooey, stretchy, and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses." -- Sheridan Road"Donna Bozzo shares how children can have fun even when their parents are busy getting things done! Bozzo believes wholeheartedly that childhood is all about having some old-fashioned fun and in an age where children have ample amounts of screen time, gooey, stretchy and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses. And she says engaging your children with creative activities goes hand in hand with making them calmer, better students. " -- NS Modern Luxury
£9.67
Collective Ink Toxic World, Toxic People – The Essential Guide
Book SynopsisHow do you take control of your own life, happiness and health when you dont know where to begin? Anna shares with you her own personal experience, from a life with many health and mental well being setbacks from severe depression, suicidal episodes, and chronic fatigue, all brought on by toxic exposure and an unhappy childhood. This guide will give you deeply inspiring tips to take charge of your health and of those around you. From the way we parent and educate our children, how we need to improve our relationships with one another, what you eat and drink, how we can heal and detox ourselves naturally, finding our own happiness and higher purpose as well as appreciating nature and using the healing powers of the Sun. You will find out how you can make a great impact for yourself and your loved ones by making simple choices, as well as having a new respect for the Earth. Anna shares logical and powerful advice on where we are going wrong in the world with our health and happiness and how we can fix it.
£20.89
Collective Ink Parenting Steps – Understanding Your Child – An
Book SynopsisParenthood can be the most pleasurable and worthwhile task in the world. But how can we be sure we are doing it right? 'Understanding Your Child' is an A-Z guide to the psychology of parenting. It covers over 175 key topics, from adolescence and working mums to thumbsucking, dyslexia and discipline, in an easily accessible and reassuring way. Also included are overviews of the important issues for each developmental stage: birth to six months, six months to a year, one to three years, three to six, six to twelve, twelve to sixteen and over.
£11.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Costs of Children: Parenting and Democracy in
Book SynopsisFinally, here is a book that provides a long-overdue holistic analysis of childcare. Written in a clear style, The Costs of Children breaks new ground in demonstrating how political choices about childcare have different impacts on equality of opportunity in Europe. After reading this book, one never again will view childcare as a private concern. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the realities of European integration, democratic policy-making and the gendered consequences of bearing and rearing children.'- Yvonne Galligan, Queen s University Belfast, UKThis informative book explores the fair allocation of the costs of childcare in European countries and suggests that better choice is required to reduce the current tendency to discriminate against mothers.The expert contributors provide an assessment of how countries can handle the fair allocation of the costs of childcare. They look at the experience within Europe in recent years and show in particular how these interrelate with the objectives of improving income, employment and social inclusion. The study's conclusion reveals that choice is the key ingredient as families have different views and different degrees of support available from their relatives. Income and social inclusion can provide choice but ironically employment does not always. An employment-based model can sometimes narrow people's choices, particularly for people on low wages. The major concern is that most existing systems effectively discriminate against mothers.This is the first book to consider the democratic implications of social welfare systems. It provides an up-to-date assessment of the pressures on parents in deciding how to raise their children under restricted incomes. For many families, practical decisions about childcare are found at a local level. These will depend on the immediate factors that affect them, such as the availability of local nurseries or a family's ability to draw on voluntary networks of support. What is clear, however, is that many of these arrangements discriminate against women. Researchers and practitioners in the field of social policy and childcare in particular will find this book insightful. Graduate students of social policy will also find some practical examples to make their courses more relevant.Contributors include: I. Casier, M. De Metsenaere, R. Dennison, A.L. Ellingsæter, S. Kanji, A. Leira, K. Majamaa, D.G. Mayes, M. McHugh, J. Plantenga, K. Scheiwe, N. Smith, M. Thomson, R. Vajda, E. Van den Brandt, A. WoodwardTrade Review'Finally, here is a book that provides a long-overdue holistic analysis of childcare. Written in a clear style, The Costs of Children breaks new ground in demonstrating how political choices about childcare have different impacts on equality of opportunity in Europe. After reading this book, one never again will view childcare as a private concern. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the realities of European integration, democratic policy-making and the gendered consequences of bearing and rearing children.' --- Yvonne Galligan, Queen's University Belfast, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Childcare and Democracy in the EU David G. Mayes and Mark Thomson 2. Social Regimes and Gender Equality: Childcare in the EU Mark Thomson 3. Valuation of Children and Childcare Arnlaug Leira 4. Childcare Politics and the Norwegian Fertility ‘Machine’ Anne Lise Ellingsæter 5. A Market for Childcare Services? Private Provision and Public Finance in the Dutch Childcare Sector Janneke Plantenga 6. The Impact of Childcare Costs for Northern Irish Females Rachel Dennison and Nora Smith 7. What Stops Lone Mothers from Working? Insights from the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study Shireen Kanji 8. The Costs of Caring for Children Before and After Divorce: Contradictory Legal Messages and their Gendered Effects Kirsten Scheiwe 9. Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire: Hungarian Parental Leave Policies from a Gender Equality Perspective Róza Vajda 10. Childcare as Intergenerational Support Karoliina Majamaa 11. Costs and Consequences for Carers of Vulnerable Children in Australia Marilyn McHugh 12. High-qualified Women and the Gendered Division of Domestic Labour: An Exploratory Analysis from the Field of Photonics Ineke Casier, Alison Woodward, Machteld De Metsenaere and Elke Van den Brandt 13. Redistributing the Costs of Childcare and its Democratic Implications David G. Mayes and Mark Thomson Index
£111.00
AAPC Publishing The Potty Journey: Guide to Toilet Training
Book Synopsisoilet training children with autism and related disorders is fraught with countless challenges stemming from the very core of their unique characteristics. The communication and sensory issues alone can create formidable barriers. As a result, typical strategies are frequently ineffective when used with children with special needs. Using a no-nonsense, often humorous approach, Judith Coucouvanis, MA, APRN, BC, shares strategies that have produced remarkable results for parents of children with autism and related disorders nationwide. Promising no "quick fixes," The Potty Journey systematically guides you through the entire toileting journey, step-by-step, to the ultimate destination - dry pants.
£22.46
Future Horizons Incorporated The Last Bedtime Story: That We Read Each Night
Book SynopsisEvery child begs for “one more story” before bed. Finally, social skills expert Carol Gray has provided a solution with the book The Last Bedtime Story: That We Read Each Night.Short, sweet, reassuring, and to-the-point, this instant classic helps children go to sleep quickly and calmly. According to parents, this book has ended bedtime arguments after just one night!When parents clearly and warmly state that this is “The Last Bedtime Story,” children relax their bodies and minds as it is being read to them. They know there are no more stories to be begged for. Plus, Carol carefully wrote this book so it can be read in less than one minute!The only question that remains is - why didn’t anyone think of it sooner?
£14.18
Sensory World Sensory Yoga for Kids: Therapeutic Movement for
Book SynopsisIllustrates how to use yoga to bring calm and focus (and exercise!) to children with special needs. Childhood is a time filled with new motor challenges and hurdles; and this is doubly true for kids with autism and other special needs. The motor challenges children face require strength, coordination, and the ability to focus and attend. Yoga can help children with these challenges as it can strengthen their bodies while calming. This book demonstrates how to get children started with the discipline that so many of us use in our daily lives. Occupational therapist Britt Collins tells how to use yoga to support special needs, increasing body awareness and fine tune coordination skills.Trade ReviewSensory Yoga for Kids is an excellent resource that will help all who are trying to make the lives of children better now and for the future."- Friendshipcircle.org, 5 Books for Those Supporting Individuals with Autism and Sensory Issues"Sensory Yoga for Kids offers suggestions for bringing calm and movement to children with SEN. It has chapters for different common disabilities with ideas to support the child to access yoga."- Sensory Integration Network
£14.95
Future Horizons Incorporated The Special Needs SCHOOL Survival Guide: Handbook
Book SynopsisThe Special Needs SCHOOL Survival Guide is the handbook that will answer your questions about school accommodations, how to work with school personnel for government assisted programs, autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) in the classroom, learning disabilities, handwriting, ADHD, Individual Education Programs (IEPs), behavior, dysgraphia, and more! Cara's knowledge is quite in-depth as to how to acquire the necessities for your child's success by utilizing various government or school-based programs. This book contains easy to follow school activities. The Q & A format makes the book easy to read and understand. This book will prove to be a resource you will use frequently as your student with special needs progresses through school.Trade ReviewThis is one of those books that I wish I’d had seven years ago at the beginning of my autism journey. […] Chapters include information on IEPs, therapy, handwriting, fine motor skills, autism, sensory issues, behavior, attention/organizing, and learning disorders. […] I usually like to mention both pros and cons, but I honestly don’t have cons about this book. Even the price is reasonable. When considering price, I often like to compare the price to something else I could buy with that money, or what I would have to pay for services or classes to learn about that topic/get the help I need. Fifteen dollars is not much to spend to get an incredible amount of help for your child with special needs."— Jenny Herman, Encouraging Others in the Special Needs Trenches"Packed with ideas for all things school-related, this is the handbook that will answer your questions about school accommodations, working with school personnel for government-assisted programs, autism, sensory processing disorder (SPD), learning disabilities, ADHD, individual education programs (IEPs), behavioral concerns, fine motor delays, trouble with transitions, homework concerns, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and more.In her introduction, Koscinski explains that she hopes this book give readers a feeling of empowerment. She provides up-to-date and comprehensive information and a lot of strategies, always explaining the why behind each technique. This book is a resource you will refer to frequently as your student with special needs progresses through school or as new needs arise or behavior issues crop up."-FriendshipCircle.org, 5 Books for Those Supporting Individuals with Autism and Sensory IssuesTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: IEP 101— What You Need to Know Chapter 2: Therapy in School Chapter 3: Handwriting Chapter 4: Fine Motor in the Classroom Chapter 5: Autism Spectrum Disorders Chapter 6: Sensory Processing Disorder in School Chapter 7: Behavior and Transitions Chapter 8: Attention Disorder and Organizing Chapter 9: Learning Disorders References
£14.20
Future Horizons Incorporated You Can’t Make Me!: Pro-Active Strategies for
Book SynopsisA unique look at behavior through the child’s perspective!Behavior isn’t an isolated event. All behavior is communication, and when it comes to figuring out what your child is trying to say, Dr. Jim Ball has the answers. This book walks the reader through a variety of scenarios that will explore why a child may engage in a specific behavior, and help you build your “behavior-investigator” skills to develop a behavior plan that works.You’ll find: Short, quick-to-read, and easy-to-understand chapters about behavior and behavior change. Stories that illustrate six main functions of behavior. An on-the-spot behavior assessment tool to help you figure out the situation and why it’s getting out of control. A worksheet to create a behavior plan to reduce problematic behaviors. In-the-moment strategies adults can use when problems occur, and longer-term strategies to implement over time. As the adult, behavior change starts with you. This book applies a whole-person perspective toward behavior management and will help you address the unwanted behavior in the moment, as well as provide strategies to prevent the behavior from recurring again in the future. Shaping and changing behavior is a journey—and it starts here.Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Barbara Becker-Cottrill (former Executive Director of the West Virginia Autism Training Center at Marshall University) Preface Introduction Part 1: Why Does My Child Do That? Chapter 1: Behavior Basics Chapter 2: Here's Where I'm At! Chapter 3: Positive Strategies for Behavior Change Chapter 4: Creating the Behavior Plan Part 2: The Six Functions of Behavior Explained Chapter 5: Leave Me Alone! Escape/Avoiding a Person Chapter 6: Get Me Out of Here! Escape/Avoiding an Environment Chapter 7: You Can't Make Me! Escape/Avoiding a Situation Chapter 8: Hey! Hey You! Look at Me! Attention-Seeking Behavior Chapter 9: It Feels Sooo Good! Sensory-Seeking Behavior Chapter 10: I Want What I Want and I Want It NOW! Satisfying a Tangible Need Part 3: Final Thoughts Chapter 11: Let's Be Honest: Whose Behavior are We Really Changing? Chapter 12: ASD and Behavior Change Glossary Appendix A. Behavior Plan Worksheet Appendix B. The Crisis Plan
£19.76
Random House USA Inc Growing Up: A Modern Memory Book for the School
Book SynopsisGrowing Up- A Modern Memory Book for School Years features gender-neutral artwork and space to record precious memories from each year of your child's schooling so you can one day gift to your grown child. Growing Up includes- Space to record moments for each grade level from kindergarten through high school Prompts to capture your child's personality, traits, and growth at each special stage Space for special photos, including the first day of school and class photos Pockets to save special mementos like report cards, awards, and programs
£29.65
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El principio de la vida: La trascendencia de los
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Leche con galletas / Milk With Cookies
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Obelisco Manos Que Cuentan
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£14.89
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Con 2 dientes y a bocados With 2 Teeth and By
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£20.90
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Ser bebé Guía de cuidados del bebé con evidencia
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£24.02
Edaf Antillas Gran Libro de Baby Sign
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£16.29
Ocano mbar, S.A. El hogar de mi beb
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£19.22
Ediciones Medici, S.L. EDUCAR AL NIÑO EN EDAD ESCOLAR
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£27.96
Obelisco No Hay Niños Malos
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Taylor & Francis Navigating the ReturntoWork Experience for New Parents Maintaining WorkFamily WellBeing
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Taylor & Francis Navigating the ReturntoWork Experience for New
Book SynopsisParenthood can be one of the most fulfilling, altering, and challenging life events. This book is set within the background of the reality of many parentsâ return-to-work experience, the task of re-engaging with work and maintaining a job or a career, and the difficulties that parenthood poses for balancing the demands of a new family with the demands of work. It helps us understand this reality, give voice to new parents, and offer relief in the knowledge that we know a lot about these challenges and, most importantly, how we can start to address them. The book brings together a number of internationally recognized experts from research, practice, and policy to explore the issues and offer evidence-based solutions around return-to-work after having children. It takes a balanced approach to theory and practice to cover topics such as equality, stereotypes, work-family conflict, training and development, and workplace culture, among others, whilst integrating research and policy, and illustrating learnings with case studies from parents and examples from countries that lead the way. It will appeal to parents, researchers, and employers in any sector or economy across the world. Ultimately, it will help develop ways for new parents to re-engage with work successfully while maintaining their work-family well-being.Trade Review"What a fascinating book! As both a researcher and campaigner in this area, I welcome the way that the authors have pulled together a terrific mix of contributors from research, practice and policy, to tackle the issues faced by both mothers and fathers in returning to work after childbirth. We have so much to learn from the countries represented here." - Sue Vinnicombe, CBE, Professor of Women and Leadership, Cranfield University, UK"Men and women participate more equally in the labor market than ever before in many parts of the world. This is probably one of the biggest societal changes to come about in the 20th century. Surprisingly, however, the realities and practicalities of such emancipated labor participation are not well studied, nor are they well understood. One of those realities and practicalities concerns having and raising children. Specifically, parents returning to work are an overlooked group. Fortunately, this book charts the territory and gives important pointers as to where to look, what to understand better, and what we can do. This edited collection of 12 chapters by a range of important scholars provides a wide overview of the issues involved. There is attention for stereotype threats, strategies that parents use, the special case of fathers, the career issues involved, and practices that organizations can offer, just to name a few of the topics addressed. The editors, Maria Karanika-Murray and Cary Cooper, expertly organized the materials and provided an inspiring introduction of the issue. They also added a final chapter that is rich in lessons learned and personal reflections. The bottom line appears to be that the issue requires a lot of maturity from parents, organizations, and governments alike: we all can and need to do our part. On a personal level, when reading this book, it is intriguing to see academics trying to get to grips with the challenge of parenting themselves within the current timeframe and context. I wish this book had been around when I first became a parent." - Marc van Veldhoven, Professor of Work, Health & Well-being, Tilburg University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsList of ContributorsForeword Ann Francke, Chartered Management Institute, LondonForewordLaura Addati, International Labour Organization, GenevaChapter 1. Introduction—Understanding the return-to-work experience for parents: what is and what could beMaria Karanika-Murray & Cary CooperChapter 2. New Parents Navigating the Workplace: Pregnancy, Stereotype Threat, and Work-Family ConflictLindsey M. Lavaysse, Erica L. Bettac, & Tahira M. ProbstChapter 3. Building the support network of new parents at work and outsideHelen Pluut & Sara De HauwChapter 4. Practical strategies for work-family resources management in the return-to-work experiences of new parentsAngela Martin, Sarah Dawkins, Vanessa Miles, Sarah Cotton & Justine AlterChapter 5. Return to work for fathers: A group with specific needs?Marc Grau-GrauChapter 6. Fathers and leave for parenting: how can we increase uptake?Adrienne Burgess & Jeremy DaviesChapter 7. Work-family integration and gender equality: How Nordic countries lead the wayGayle KaufmanChapter 8. Career Progression: Left out of the Game?Nina M. Junker, Alina S. Hernandez Bark & Jamie L. GloorChapter 9. Career development after parenthood: choices, challenges and opportunitiesJulia YatesChapter 10. Training and development for employees returning to work after parental leaveJoanna Yarker, Hans-Joachim Wolfram & Nina Mareen JunkerChapter 11. Childcare options in France: Beyond the hypothetic free choicesDanielle Boyer & Claude MartinChapter 12. What can employers do? Creating an inclusive workplace that fosters work-family wellbeingHans van Dijk & Loes MeeussenChapter 13. Going beyond policies to ease parents back into work and rebalance roles: The importance of individualized-dealsInés Martínez-Corts & J. Pablo Moreno-BeltránChapter 14. What we have leanred and what we can do to support parents' return-to-workCary Cooper & Maria Karanika-MurrayIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Development of Childrens Happiness and
Book SynopsisThis engaging book is a comprehensive exploration of children''s happiness and success covering a wide range of factors influencing positive functioning. It offers a holistic view of children's well-being, identifying both threats and catalysts to happiness and success, as well as evidence-based strategies that promote optimal functioning. The first section of the book delves into the science of happiness, discussing the role of early social relationships, the importance of experiencing positive emotions and flow, spirituality, and physical health. The second section focuses on the science of success, exploring topics such as mindsets, self-control, and executive functions. Finally, the book explores individual and contextual factors explaining why character matters, the influence of media and technology, and the critical role of disadvantaged environments. Presenting happiness as an ongoing journey, intertwined with the pursuit and achievement of personal goals, the bTrade Review"Applying science to everyday life can be a challenge, especially when it comes to child development. But Maria’s presentation of the literature helps to consolidate key insights and offer clear research-backed guidance."Lara Aknin, Distinguished Professor, Simon Fraser University"Maria Kalpidou takes a fresh approach in brilliantly weaving together theory, research evidence, and the voices of children and adolescents themselves to deepen understanding of the development of happiness and success. Each chapter begins with an illustrative vignette or quote and ends with practical suggestions for parents and other caregivers."Paula Fitzpatrick, PhD, Director of the Center for Well-Being at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Certified Koru Mindfulness Teacher, Professor of PsychologyTable of Contents0. Introduction to Happiness and Success Part 1: The Science of Happiness 1. Relationships 2. Feeling Good 3. Solitude and Flow 4. Spirituality 5. Sound Body, Sound Mind Part 2: The Science of Success 6. The Power of Thinking Right 7. Self-Control 8. Cognitive Control Part 3: The Individual and the Context 9. Individual Differences Matter 10. Character Matters 11. Consumerism, Materialism, and Digital Media 12. Poverty, Physical Environment, and Discrimination Part 4: Conclusions 13. Pillars of Happiness and Success: The INSPIRE Model
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Development of Childrens Happiness and Success
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Infancy
Book SynopsisInfancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development. This book takes the reader from before birth through the moment infants come into the world seemingly unable to do much but eat, eliminate, and sleep, and across the few short, incredible years, to when infants are walking, talking, thinking humans with clear preferences, wishes, and dreams, having already forged strong long-lasting relationships. Dispelling common myths and misconceptions about how infantsâ perception, cognition, language, and personalities develop, this accessible evidence-based book takes a novel whole-child approach and provides insight into the joint roles of nature (biology) and nurture (experiences) in infant development, how to care for babies to give them the best start in life, and what it means for infants to become thinking communicating social partners. Topics in this book are covered with an eye firmly fixed on how infantsâ first years set the stage for the rest of their lives. By helping us understand infants, experts Marc H. Bornstein and Martha E. Arterberry give us the opportunity to learn about the resiliency of our species and the many different contexts in which families rear infants. They cover key topics, including how babies are studied scientifically, prenatal development and the newborn period, how infants explore and understand the world around them, how infants begin to communicate, how infants develop an emotional life, personality, and temperament, how infants build relationships, and how parents succeed in bringing up babies in challenging circumstances. This concise clear guide to the years from before birth to 3 is for students of developmental psychology, pediatric medicine and nursing, education, and social work. It also for all parents and professionals caring for infants, who want to understand the secret world of infancy.Table of Contents1. Infancy 2. Growing 3. Thinking 4. Communicating 5. Feeling 6. Relating 7. Coda: Appreciating the Whole Child
£18.99
Cambridge University Press Attachment and ParentOffspring Conflict
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Cambridge University Press Attachment and ParentOffspring Conflict
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Cambridge University Press A World of Babies
Book SynopsisThis second edition of A World of Babies brings alive childcare practices in eight contemporary societies, examining the effects that immigration, globalization, war and poverty have on parenting. The book is fully revised and updated, and presented in a unique and creative format of imagined advice manuals to parents.Trade Review'Gottlieb and DeLoache's first edition of A World of Babies earned the right to be called a classic of anthropology. Although one might expect the second volume … to be a simple update of the same studies, Gottlieb and DeLoache have instead done the unexpected - they present an entirely new volume with seven new studies of parenting practices. Taken together, these books set the example of how anthropology, when done well, can open minds to the possibility that there is more than one way to do just about anything, including parenting. I can think of no better way to become a more thoughtful, insightful, and therefore better parent than reading both editions of A World of Babies.' Meredith F. Small, Cornell University, and author of Our Babies, Ourselves'I cannot effuse enough about the second, fully revised edition of A World of Babies! The first edition has been a mainstay in my classroom for over a decade, and I have frequently given it as a gift to new parents. The creative, innovative, quasi-fictional design of both editions - 'imagined childcare guides' authored by ethnographers studying in a broad range of cultures, writing as if they are imparting knowledge to new parents as a childcare expert, such as a grandmother, midwife, or diviner - makes A World of Babies an enjoyable and impactful read for students and new parents alike. At a time when it may seem like there is no 'right' way to raise a child … it is refreshing to read a book which concludes that, in fact, there are many 'right' ways to raise children.' Christa Craven, College of Wooster, and author of Pushing for Midwives: Homebirth Mothers and the Reproductive Rights Movement'This is a fantastic book! I am going to use it right away with both my large undergraduate class and advanced graduate seminar … It [has] an impressive array of authors, each with deep knowledge of the culture for which they are preparing their 'advice'.' Patricia Greenfield, University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Mind and Media: The Effects of Television, Video Games, and Computers'A World of Babies provides terrific and vivid personal examples reminding us of the importance of family, culture, history and context in children's lives in today's globalizing world.' Thomas S. Weisner, University of California, Los Angeles, and co-author of Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children'This very accessible yet soundly scholarly book reads like a novel describing the same event from different perspectives, thereby shedding light on the socio-culturally constructed nature of what we might think of as 'objective' and self-evident 'truths' about early child development. A 'must-read' for students and researchers in the area of developmental psychology as well as a great read for anyone interested in the world of babies.' Alexandra M. Freund, University of Zurich, and co-editor of The Handbook of Life-Span Development: Social and Emotional Development'Starting with a most captivating and comprehensive overview of the worldwide challenges facing twenty-first-century parenting, alongside their seven, fictitious, 'composite person' community authors, who could (if real persons) appropriately dispense 'how to' infant care advice, yet again, Professors Gottlieb and DeLoache manage to spin their baby-care magic for both students and professionals alike … the seven new (and one updated) chapters provide, as did the first edition, a sparkling set of 'manuals' but with an even greater degree of wit, clarity, and intimate cultural knowledge, spreading cross-cultural insights that at times shock, amuse, and entertain, but always shed further light on the diverse … ways both biology and culture find expression in how we care for our babies.' James J. McKenna, University of Notre Dame, and author of Sleeping with Your Baby'[A] clever, refreshing, indeed witty way to engage readers … not only in the study of children, childhoods and socialization, but also in the conduct of ethnographic field research and the ways in which we present our work.' Myra Bluebond-Langner, University College London, and author of The Private Worlds of Dying Children'The editors, in the second edition of A World of Babies, have made a great book out of a very good one. The work is unique in combining perspectives not normally found in a single case study … we learn much about the enormous diversity in cultural practices vis-à-vis babies and about the contemporary forces that provoke change and resistance to change.' David F. Lancy, Utah State University, and author of The Anthropology of Childhood'This lively, well-written book is authoritative, but not in the usual way. It's not going to tell you how to give birth or raise your child. Instead, it will tell you many ways to do it, each blending a deep cultural tradition with the modern world. It's the perfect antidote to the worst parenting myth: 'there is one right way, and if I don't find it my child will suffer'. Treat yourself instead to A World of Babies, and encounter a wide world of ways.' Melvin Konner, Emory University, and author of The Evolution of Childhood'They had me at page 1: encountering a few of the differences in beliefs held around the world about raising babies made me eagerly read for more. Students of child development at all levels of education need this book to help them gain perspective on their own culture's child-rearing practices. Practices that appear 'natural' and unquestionable are in fact deeply rooted in physical, cultural and economic realities … The book is brilliant. I can see this book generating extensive discussion and provoking endless consideration of the role of nature and nurture in child development.' Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, University of Delaware, and author of How Babies Talk'This thoughtful and engaging book should be read not only by anthropologists and psychologists but by all expectant mothers. It makes American child-rearing seem distinctly exotic. At the same time, it shows how much all mothers share. The effect is both liberating and moving.' Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University, and author of When God Talks BackReview of previous edition: 'If you ever find yourself assuming that there's just one right way - your way - to bring up babies, read this book. It's highly enjoyable and such a good idea that I only wish I'd thought of it myself.' Penelope Leach, author of Your Baby and Child, From Birth to Age FiveReview of previous edition: 'Every American parent should reflect on these cultural essays.' Jerome Kagan, Harvard University, and author of The Nature of the ChildReview of previous edition: 'Having a baby is a life-enhancing and mind-extending trip into new lands, much like the marvelous anthropology of child-rearing in this book. Take its expedition and it may help clarify the values and contexts of your own parenting, and bring the world's children into the clearer focus of our knowledge and concern.' Catherine Lutz, Brown University, and author of Schooled: Ordinary, Extraordinary Teaching in an Age of ChangeReview of previous edition: 'Read these pages. This is a very moving book, and a revealing one.' Jerome Bruner, New York University, and author of Child's TalkTable of Contents1. Introduction: raising a world of babies, parenting in the twenty-first century Alma Gottlieb and Judy S. DeLoache; 2. Never forget where you're from: raising Guinean Muslim babies in Portugal Michelle Johnson; 3. From cultural revolution to childcare revolution: conflicting advice on childrearing in contemporary China Erin Raffety; 4. A baby to tie you to place: childrearing advice from a Palestinian mother living under occupation Bree Akesson; 5. Childrearing in the New Country: advice for immigrant mothers in Israel Deborah Golden; 6. Luring your child into this life of troubled times: a Beng path for infant care in post-civil war Côte d'Ivoire Alma Gottlieb; 7. From Mogadishu to Minneapolis: raising Somali children in an age of displacement Sirad Shirdon; 8. Quechua or Spanish? Farm or school? New paths for Andean children in post-civil war Peru Kate Grim-Feinberg; 9. 'Equal children play best': raising independent children in a Nordic welfare state Mariah Schug.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Speaking of Race
Book Synopsis“Simply the best book I’ve read on how to have those conversations. Unflinchingly honest, exceptionally well-reasoned and researched, there is so much to admire about Speaking of Race.”—Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and New York Times bestselling author of GritA Boston Globe Most Anticipated Fall BookIn this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.A self-described “light-skinned Black Jew,” Celeste Headlee has been forced to speak about race—including having to defend or define her own—since childhood. In her career as a journalist for public media, she’s made it a priority to talk about race proactively. She’s discovered, however, that those exchanges have rarely been productive. While many people say they want to talk about race, the reality is, they want to talk about race with people who agree with them. The subject makes us uncomfortable; it’s often not considered polite or appropriate. To avoid these painful discussions, we stay in our bubbles, reinforcing our own sense of righteousness as well as our division.Yet we gain nothing by not engaging with those we disagree with; empathy does not develop in a vacuum and racism won’t just fade away. If we are to effect meaningful change as a society, Headlee argues, we have to be able to talk about what that change looks like without fear of losing friends and jobs, or being ostracized. In Speaking of Race, Headlee draws from her experiences as a journalist, and the latest research on bias, communication, and neuroscience to provide practical advice and insight for talking about race that will facilitate better conversations that can actually bring us closer together. This is the book for people who have tried to debate and educate and argue and got nowhere; it is the book for those who have stopped talking to a neighbor or dread Thanksgiving dinner. It is an essential and timely book for all of us.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Finding Fontainebleau
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Penguin Putnam Inc Ready Set Go
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Penguin Random House Group The Dolphin Parent
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Penguin Random House Australia Everyday Play
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Zondervan You Can Stay Home with Your Kids
Book SynopsisInvesting your life in your family brings you joy, and doing it on a single income doesn’t need to stress you out! Join Erin Odom as she shows you how you can live frugally---and thrive---while you raise your kids at home in You Can Stay Home with Your Kids!
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Little, Brown & Company The New Dads Survival Guide
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc To Our Childrens Children Preserving Family
Book SynopsisA warm, accessible, step-by-step guide to creating precious personal histories from the memories of older people, by the best-selling author of Hang Time and his sister, journalist D. G. Fulford.
£19.96
WW Norton & Co Making Babies Stumbling into Motherhood
Book Synopsis“One of the best books ever on the experience of being a mother.”—Boston Sunday GlobeTrade Review"An oddly sweet-and-sour but loving memoir about becoming a mother." -- Dwight Garner - New York Times"To write well in the mother-child arena, a person must understand that the essential condition of motherhood . . . is absurdity. Samuel Beckett could have come up with a great book on babies. Anne Enright has." -- Judith Newman - New York Times Book Review"Equal parts wryly analytical and wholeheartedly emotional. She is honest, funny and scandalously frank." -- Dallas Morning News - Merritt Tierce"[A] field guide to both the romance and reality of what it means to create and care for other humans, delivered by narration that evinces deep sincerity and the purest happiness." -- The Dallas Morning News"Anne Enright’s style is as sharp and brilliant as Joan Didion’s; the scope of her understanding is as wide as Alice Munro’s; her sympathy for her characters is as tender and subtle as Alice McDermott’s; her vision of Ireland is as brave and original as Edna O’Brien’s." -- Colm Tóibín"At once a memoir, a reference manual and a cautionary tale about the conflicting emotions of parenthood…. For those who’ve grown weary of hyped-up superparents and their relentless positivity, [Enright’s] candor is welcome." -- More"[Enright’s] first work of nonfiction, Making Babies is a collection of short essays, some of them stream of consciousness, that move chronologically through the landmarks of motherhood. She writes with brutal candor and irreverence about the things that the feel-good baby books don’t tell you…." -- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal"Winning and witty." -- Kirkus Reviews"Keenly observed and gorgeously written… one of the best books ever on the experience of being a mother. Because it’s an experience so many of us share, Enright’s fearless and funny inquiry into why motherhood feels the way it does is not only entertaining, it’s deeply consoling." -- Boston Sunday Globe
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Happy Sleeper
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Happy Kids Handbook
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Penguin Putnam Inc Reconnected Kids
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Random House USA Inc Caring for Your SchoolAge Child 3rd Edition
Book SynopsisFrom the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date advice for mothers, fathers, and caregivers of school-age children You’ve outgrown the baby books—but your school-age child needs your guidance and support more than ever. During the ages of 5 to 12, children continue to grow and develop skills and habits that will impact their future health and well-being. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the trusted organization that represents the nation’s top pediatricians, presents this revised and updated age-specific guide to help your children thrive during these formative years. A child’s school years, while exciting, bring new transitions. A comprehensive resource, Caring for Your School-Age Child includes advice on: • Your child’s emotional, physical, behavioral, and social development • The best ways to encourage good nutrition and physical fitness • Gender-specific issues facing boys and girls as they approach adolescence, including the stages of puberty • Your child’s media use, including screen time, electronic devices, and internet use and safety • Effective discipline, behavior problems, temper tantrums, and optimal nurturing • Promoting independence and fostering resilience through balanced expectations • Safety and injury prevention, plus handling emergency situations • School issues including promoting good homework skills and social dynamics, and dealing with school problems and learning disabilities • Talking to your child about self-esteem, puberty, being shy, and dealing with prejudice • Family matters, including divorce, stepfamilies, adoption, sibling rivalry, working-parent households, and childcare • Understanding your child’s inborn temperament—and how it affects the child-parent relationship • And much more, including a complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and chronic medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes Caring for Your School-Age Child is an essential childcare resource—recommended by pediatricians and trusted by parents.
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Your OneYearOld The FunLoving Fussy 12To
Book SynopsisThe child from twelve to twenty-four months of age is a joy to have around—some of the time, that is. This child is growing at an incredible rate, learning to walk, learning to touch, learning to love, and learning to say “No!” for the first time. All of this can be quite a handful for the new parent. In this first book in the series from the renowned Gesell Institute, which includes Your One-Year-Old through Your Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Old, the authors discuss all important questions that concern the twelve- to twenty-four-month-old child. They examine the various stages of development between infancy and toddlerhood: what new things the child can do; how the child acts with parents and other people; what the child thinks and feels. Included in this book: • Sleeping and feeding routines • A one-year-old’s view of the world—and herself • Accomplishments and abilities • Th
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale I Did My Homework in My Head and Other Wacky
Book SynopsisBased on the hit Instagram @LivefromSnackTime, here are irresistible quotes from the elementary school classroom that prove kids really do say the darndest things--and even more so when their parents aren't around.NYC school teacher Alyssa Cowit was so surprised by the funny things her students would say that she started an Instagram account to chronicle them. From friends, siblings, and pets to lying, love, and homework, the wisdom and witticisms on Live from Snack Time have been picked up by Today, Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, Buzzfeed, and more. Now, Cowit collects her favorites plus never-before-seen ones in a sweet gift that celebrates the innocent (and sometimes not-so-innocent) revelations of children.
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Penguin Publishing Group Teaching Montessori in the Home PreSchool Years
Book SynopsisThe bestselling educational book helping parents connect with their child''s learning potential.The great, pioneering achievement of Maria Montessori was to recognize the crucial importance of a child’s first six years of development. During this time, a child’s power of absorption are at their highest, and lifelong attitudes and patterns of learning are formed. It is for this very sensitive period that the Montessori system of education can provide you, as a parent, with a unique opportunity to help your child develop into a responsible, thinking individual. This bestselling book has already helped thousands of parents connect with their children by introducing them at home to the dynamic Montessori method of education. The techniques, exercises, and easy-to-make Montessori materials presented here instill a sense of discovery and awareness in your child, and serve as an essential foundation for future learning. Covering the pre-school years from ages two to five, the lessons focus on reading and writing, mathematics, sensory awareness, and practical life skills. Updated and revised, this acclaimed guide puts the entire range of the Montessori system within your reach, so you can make the most of your child’s vital years.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Kindergarten Success
Book SynopsisPart of the Knowledge Essentials series, this title shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your kindergarten's education by exploring: what your child is learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Getting the Most for Your Kindergartner. Getting the Most from Your School System. Getting the Most from Your Homeschool Curriculum. Using Supplemental Materials. 2. Kindergarten Development. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development. Developmental Goals for Five-Year-Olds. Developmental Goals for Six-Year-Olds. 3. Kindergarten Learning. Learning Styles. Cognitive Learning. 4. The Standards. Types of Learning Standards. Learning Standards Resources. 5. Kindergarten Reading. Beginning of Kindergarten Reading Checklist. Phonemic Awareness. Comprehension. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Reading Checklist. 6. Kindergarten Writing. Beginning of Kindergarten Writing Checklist. Writing Readiness. Mechanics ofWriting. Grammar. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Writing Checklist. 7. Kindergarten Math. Beginning of Kindergarten Math Checklist. Number Sense and Patterns. Geometry and Measurement. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Math Checklist. 8. Kindergarten Science. Beginning of Kindergarten Science Checklist. Science Processes. Physical Science. Life Science. Earth and Space Science. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Science Checklist. 9. Kindergarten Social Studies. Beginning of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist. Holidays. Neighborhoods and Community Helpers. Rules and Safety. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist. 10. Teaching Your Kindergartner Thinking Skills. Beginning of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist. Problem Solving. Concentration. Comprehension. Reasoning. Logic. Environmental Learning. End of Kindergarten Thinking Skills Checklist. 11. Assessment. Assessing Individual Student Abilities and Knowledge. Measuring and Comparing School, School District, Statewide, and National Performance for Broad Public Accountability. 12. Kindergarten Society. Tommy, Can you Hear Me? Teacher’s Helper. Let’s Get Physical. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. 13. Moving On to First Grade. Ready to Go. Anxieties. Minimizing “Brain Drain”. Appendix A: Literature for Kindergartners. Appendix B: Software for Kindergartners. Appendix C: Kindergarten Topical Calendar. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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