This text provides teachers with tried and tested methods to cope with the growing problem of bullying. In its 3rd edition, the text contains new sections on the following areas: peer monitoring; classroom activities; school non-attendance; teachers holding the key to change; children in care; long-term effects of bullying; and practical ways for teachers & staff to deal with this issue. The author is Director of the children's charity, Kidscape, which deals with the prevention of child abuse. She has also chaired the UN's World Health Organization working group about child abuse.

Child and Adolescent Development: An Advanced Course offers students explorations of issues at the forefront of this field. Unique both in the depth of its coverage and in the timeliness of the research that it presents, this comprehensive text conveys the field of child and adolescent development through the voices of scientists who themselves are now shaping the field. Their voices add a lively energy to the important topics discuss.

Taken together, the book's chapters cover development in the biological, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, moral, personality, emotional, and aesthetic domains.

These newly collected essays talk parents through child care issues, sleep and bed chances, illnesses, nutrition, and much more.

* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read?
* Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading?
* Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms?
* Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school?
* Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong?
SRAs DISTAR® is the most successful beginning reading program available to schools across the country. Research has proven that children taught by the DISTAR® method outperform their peers who receive instruction from other programs. Now for the first time, this program has been adapted for parent and child to use at home. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a complete, step-by-step program that shows patents simply and clearly how to teach their children to read.
Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level. It's a sensible, easy-to-follow, and enjoyable way to help your child gain the essential skills of reading. Everything you need is here -- no paste, no scissors, no flash cards, no complicated directions -- just you and your child learning together. One hundred lessons, fully illustrated and color-coded for clarity, give your child the basic and more advanced skills needed to become a good reader.
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons will bring you and your child closer together, while giving your child the reading skills needed now, for a better chance at tomorrow,

An extensive guide to managing  children for caregivers. For many hours each day we take the place of the child's parents. We influence the child in many ways.

 

The early years of the child are very important and to have the positive and right influence will help in the child benefiting the fullest.

 

The book contains games, crafts and food among other activities.