Teenage goth and occasional rebel Jenna Kelly can read anyone’s mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he’s her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it’s like to have a proper parent, the gifted class have their concerns, but will Jenna listen?
Handbook of Parent Training: Helping Parents Prevent and Solve Problem Behaviors
A guide to the latest tools for teaching effective and positive parenting skills In the last three decades, parent training has established itself as an empirically sound, highly successful, and cost-effective intervention strategy for both pre-venting and treating behavior disorders in children. Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition offers a unique opportunity to learn about the latest research findings and clinical developments in parent training from leading innovators in the field. Featuring new chapters, this thoroughly revised and updated edition covers issues that have emerged in recent years.
A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties: How to Help Your Child
"A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties" will help you help your child to learn. It provides parents with a clear explanation of the many causes of children's problems in learning, and contains jargon-free and practical advice for helping children with reading, writing and mathematics. It also explains how previously proven and effective methods can be implemented in home-tutoring situations, as well as in school.
Draw Write Now Book 7 - Animals of the World, Part I
Beginning drawing and writing lessons for children ages five to ten. BOOK 7 focuses on forest animals of the world -- tropical and temperate. The books are simple enough for a young child to do independently, but a teacher or parent may present the lessons. Each drawing lesson includes a colorful picture and step-by-step instructions, while the writing lesson includes four simple handwritten sentences. The teacher or parent may introduce letter formation or have the children copy the sentences for handwriting practice, or use the lessons as a springboard for creative writing or report writing.
Book 6 focuses on animal habitats - land, freshwater, and saltwater. Children use the books independently, or a teacher or parent may present the lessons. Each drawing lesson includes a colorful picture and step-by-step drawing instructions, while the writing lesson includes four simple handwritten sentences with handwriting guidelines. The teacher or parent may introduce letter formation or have the children copy the sentences for handwriting practice, using any alphabet style.
