Showing titles in Children's Health

We all want our kids to grow into happy, healthy adults and the first ten years count more than any other time in our lives. So what should we be doing to give them the best chance? Most books on childhood stop at age five and start again in adolescence. They miss the critical primary school age...

This program is read by the author. One woman’s decades-long journey to a diagnosis of autism, and the barriers that keep too many neurodivergent people from knowing their true selves Marian Schembari was thirty-four years old when she learned she was autistic. By then, she’d spent decades...

With a new wave of adult ADHD diagnoses sweeping the world, many are beginning to discover what it is that sets them apart, but few have learnt what it takes to thrive... What does ADHD tell us about how we think and act? Can it limit opportunities and connection? Does it offer cerebral...

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has sold more than a million copies. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to ADD, and the news is great. Drug therapies...

A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be “disabilities,” revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths. In The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling...

At the age of five Jessica Fein’s daughter Dalia was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease that would claim her life at 17. Before that moment came, and inspired by Dalia’s own insuppressible zest for life, Fein and her family would discover how to live in the present when the future can’t be fixed. In this heartfelt yet clear-eyed memoir, Fein maps both her journey to becoming an adoptive mom and the roller coaster ride of loving and caring for a terminally ill child, persevering when the simple act of taking a breath can become an act of courage.

Join Colin Black on his journey from accidental medical student to HSE and NHS trainee and, finally, consultant paediatric anaesthetist at the largest children’s hospital in Ireland, where any given day could end in laughter or tears—and that’s just the staff. Razor-sharp and forthright, Gas Man is a disarming and frequently hilarious account of life in one of the most fascinating and thrilling professions at medicine’s frontline, where every day is a heady cocktail of severe pressure, poignancy and profound social awkwardness.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Millions of adults are living with attention problems they cannot explain. They lose things, forget conversations, struggle to start tasks, and cannot focus on anything that does not provide immediate stimulation. Many have been told this is ADHD. Some...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Hannah lost her car keys six times before nine o'clock on a Tuesday morning. She was forty-six, ran a department of forty people, and had built her whole life on a brain that worked. That morning, the brain was gone. What followed was not a breakdown...

Tag et skvæt svær barndom, tilsæt ex-narkokriminel, add some Mr. James, humor og viljestyrke, og du har opskriften på Jim Latrache. Toppet med ADHD. I NEUROSPICY tager Jim Latrache et opgør med vores syn på ADHD. Han mener, at ADHD er en stigmatiserende betegnelse, at medicinen kan være...

Hvert år oplever 20.000 danske kvinder et graviditetstab. Alligevel taler vi næsten ikke om det. Sorgen bliver ofte båret i stilhed, omgivet af skam, skyld og følelsen af at stå helt alene. I I stedet for blomster deler Matilde Trobeck sine egne erfaringer fra et årti med gentagne...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most people with ADHD know about the focus problems. Most people with anxiety know about the racing mind at night. What almost nobody has been told is that these two things are not separate problems running in parallel — they are the same problem, and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Millions of adults receive an ADHD diagnosis every year and leave the doctor's office with the same answer: a pill, and the hope that it is enough. For most people, it is not. Not because the pill does not work — it does. But because nobody mentioned...

Los niños con necesidades complejas —TDAH, ansiedad, autismo, depresión, dificultades de aprendizaje, síndrome de Tourette y otros— se enfrentan a una serie de dificultades comunes en algunos aspectos de la vida y el aprendizaje. Elaine Taylor-Klaus, experta y madre de tres jóvenes con...

Los niños con necesidades complejas —TDAH, ansiedad, autismo, depresión, dificultades de aprendizaje, síndrome de Tourette y otros— se enfrentan a una serie de dificultades comunes en algunos aspectos de la vida y el aprendizaje. Elaine Taylor-Klaus, experta y madre de tres jóvenes con...

Entdecke neue Wege, deinen Jungen bei ADHS bestmöglich zu fördern - und erlebe, wie er stressfrei die Hausaufgaben macht und wieder gern zur Schule geht. In diesem Hörbuch lernst du, das Verhalten deines Sohns richtig einzuordnen, seine Motivation zu stärken und dafür zu sorgen, dass beim Lernen endlich mehr hängen bleibt - ohne dein Kind zu überfordern. 64 bewährte Tipps verwandeln Lern- und Hausaufgaben-Stress in Erfolgserlebnisse.

A polyvagal-informed pathway to your most joyful, easeful autist experience. What if you could embrace your autist identity while working with your nervous system to deepen your relationships and expand your experience? In this revolutionary self-care book, autist clinician Sean Inderbitzen...

Menopause and ADHD is your ultimate guide to understanding how your hormones may influence your ADHD – and it’s a two-way street: how your ADHD impacts how your perimenopause lands for you. This book will arm you with the facts, and help you to confidently advocate for your own health and...

The funny and inspiring memoir about late diagnosed autism and parenting, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Raising the SEN-Betweeners. So now it all makes sense. I am to blame for the ’tisms in this household, and the poor hubby is just stuck here in the middle of all of us, with...

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) at aged 12 and writing this memoir at age 37, Julia Daunt depicts the ins and out of PDA and its symptoms, while maintaining a positive outlook on what is possible to achieve. Co-written with professional specialist Ruth Fidler, it covers how...