Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect -- by Cynthia Crosson-Tower (Author) (Book - Parent)
"A single-authored textbook (Tower is at Fitchburg State College) presenting all aspects of child maltreatment--symptoms and signs, parental motivations, the social service system." -- Book News, Inc.
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative -- by Elizabeth Bartholet (Author) (Book - Parent)
"The book's jacket calls this an "intense look at child welfare policies on abuse and neglect." Precisely. Bartholet's subject is too weighty for casual reading and cannot be easily digested, but it...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
500 Tips for Coping With Chronic Illness -- by Pamela Jacobs (Author) (Book - Parent)
"This "survival guide" offers positive lifestyle changes for healing the mind, body, heart and soul. It contains ideas and resources for carers and families to support and nurture anyone dealing with...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Damaged Parents: An Anatomy of Child Neglect -- by Norman Polansky (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"This book contains the distillation of fifteen years of the study of child neglect. It seeks to answer a series of interlocking questions: What does neglect typically look like? How widespread a...
All Ages
Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Rebuilding Attachments With Traumatized Children: Healing From Losses, Violence, Abuse, and Neglect -- by Richard Kagan (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Learn to build the trust you need to help children in crisis! - a therapeutic guide to helping troubled children move beyond the traumatic experiences that haunt them. Author Dr. Richard Kagan,...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness -- by Jerome Groopman (Author) (Book - Parent)
"In this provocative book, New Yorker staff writer and Harvard Medical School professor Groopman explores the way hope affects one's capacity to cope with serious illness. Drawing on his 30-year...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Living with Life-Threatening Illness: A Guide for Patients, Their Families, and Caregivers -- by Kenneth Doka (Author) (Book - Parent)
"A valuable resource for families faced with severe illness, either their own or that of a loved one. Emphasizing the experience of living with illness, rather than simply focusing on its terminal...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Success With Heart Failure: Help and Hope for Those with Congestive Heart Failure -- by Marc Silver (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Silver has written a compassionate, positive book for patients with heart failure on the challenges of living a quality lifestyle. He avoids technical jargon in this fairly basic explanation of what...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide -- by Gregory Everson, Hedy Weinberg (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"This comprehensive guide to hepatitis C (there are types A through G) informs us that almost four million Americans (including country singer Naomi Judd) carry this little-known disease, that its...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Coping with Crohn's Disease: Manage Your Physical Symptoms and Overcome the Emotional Challenges -- by Amy Trachter, Henry Wodnicki (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Based on the author's research, Coping with Crohn's Disease offers strategies to help readers make informed medical decisions, improve their relationship with medical professionals, and gain the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)