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In this book, we will put together four things: bipolar disorder, triggers, boundaries, and road blocks. These things intertwine to make complex issues. Remember, we are not bipolar - we have bipolar disorder. It is not who we are, it is something we have. Through the proper steps, we can get through the people, places, and things that trigger us. We can set boundaries to protect ourselves. In extreme cases, we can even set up a roadblock.

With 101 proven tips, this book covers many topics, including communication, behavior management, sensory integration, and fostering independence. By implementing these research-backed strategies, you will unlock your child's unique abilities and provide them with the support they need to succeed. From navigating the education system to promoting social connections and building resilience, this guide is your roadmap to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where your child can thrive.

50 Things to Know About Being an Elementary Teacher by author McKenna Johnsen offers an approach to the secrets behind elementary teaching. Most books on being a teacher tell you to pursue the career because of the positive aspects such as getting to work with kids all day, or having summer months off. Although there's nothing wrong with that, before pursuing an elementary teaching license you also need to examine the field through the honest lens of a public school teacher, and determine for yourself whether a teaching career is the best fit for you.

If you are a stepparent, you may know how challenging a role it can be. It takes more than the will to make it work. Stepparents must apply a range of skills to keep their families together, and they have to be prepared to be flexible in the process.

This book contains information about the grief that comes from losing a loved one. It has the necessary information that one may need to know to handle and manage the pain caused by the loss of a loved one. After listening to this book, you will be able to gain new knowledge that will be very helpful to you someday, when the need arises, or as you currently recover from your loss.

The eleven stories in this Gaskell collection illustrate the author’s mastery in capturing the innate drama that is present even in the most mundane situations.

Discover how to manage your high-functioning anxiety and enjoy a calmer mind, more relaxed body, and an overall happier life.

The Pocket Learner is an educational system that the author developed to help her child with special educational needs. The system became an international multi-award-winning innovation, and has been extended to families across the globe to help their children build vocabulary, learn to read, and count. The author realized that several factors needed to be in place for her child to thrive in contemporary society.

The 9-L model illustrated in Blended Families--Special Children explores the dynamics of stepfamilies caring for children with special needs and disabilities and presents the information in digestible nuggets ready for consumption by quintessential blended families juggling the demands of parenthood with caring for children with special needs.

A year spent with Ruffian, recounting through poetry the life of this amazing filly.

It may have appeared that the Sinkey family had tamed the twisted, but with a war disrupting their world as much as the tornado, there’s even more to unravel.

A collection of poems by Lyn Lifshin cataloguing the triumphant rise and tragic fall of the champion racehorse, Barbaro, whose career and life was cut short by a devastating injury.

This full arc of life—bigger than imagination in a raging fire—is set on paper by a poet obsessed with beauty, hooves, and the passion of flight.... In Lifshin’s language, spare yet metaphorically profound, we enter into that animal grace that only a true poet can convey, as we race on from poem to poem, joining Secretariat in triumph—'not for a win but a coronation'.

A Gallery of Children is A. A. Milne's first published book of prose. It was released after his poetry collection, When We Were Very Young, and prior to Winnie the Pooh. With his characteristic blend of nonsense, wit and warmth, Milne offers 12 short stories of childish endeavour and mishap. They will delight and amuse listeners both young and not-so-young.

Whether you have an established step family or are in the early stages of a blended family, you can find value in the information presented in this audiobook. Also included is a chapter of real-life case studies from stepparents caring for disabled children. The experiences they share hold valuable lessons on issues that may arise and how they handled them in their endeavor to maintain a happy stepfamily.

This novella comes from A Difficult Problem, a collection of six mystery stories by pioneer crime novelist, Anna Katharine Green. The plot is a curious reworking of the Bluebeard legend - a naive young woman becomes fascinted with a reclusive neighbour, and is led into a relationship with him. However, the neighbour has a dreadful secret....

In Your Caregiver Relationship Contract, Hallisey, discusses how caregiving changes the everyday lives of the caree, the caregiver, and their circle of loved ones. She uses examples from her own life, as well as many of her clients, to help you work through your elderly parents’ expectations, how to set caregiver boundaries, the need to structure hard conversations with mom and dad, and how to pull together a support network for caregiver self-care. Her book aims to bolster these ever-changing roles and provide guidance in navigating the caregiver contract.

Mental health is a very important topic for me, as I’ve been through it myself and I want to help others to overcome their anxieties and depression. For many people, it’s a very hard topic to talk about, and many people find it embarrassing. I know this because I was one of those people who did not like talking about it. I was afraid people will think I’m weak. If only I knew talking about it to someone will help me more than I can ever imagine.

Did you know that there are five million people in the US living with Alzheimer's and by 2050, there are projected to be 14 million? Spreading awareness of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia is desperately needed. There are many more people with these diseases than other diseases that get much more money approved for research from the government or from donations. This book was written to bring better awareness that people with dementia matter. Plus, the self-sacrificing hardworking caregivers who take care of spouses also matter.

A tongue-in-cheek rebalancing of the ADHD story to make it badass. The medical community would have you believe that ADHD is overridingly bad, but Rachel Knight, master of clinical research and prior servant to the pharma company publishing machines, is here to tell you otherwise. In this ground-breaking book, investigative journalist, Rachel Knight, shines a light on the "other" side of ADHD, after realising how successful ADHD entrepreneurs often are.