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Neurodiversity Playbook: How Neurodivergent People Can Crack the Code of Living in a Neurotypical World
Matthew Zakreski Psy.D.This book represents a summation of a decade’s worth of therapy, research, workshops, and presentations around the unique aspects of social-emotional development in the neurodivergent community. The book grounds its approach in neuroscience and then applies those data to how our brains impact our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. As a child psychologist who specializes in working with this population, I pride myself on identifying the challenging aspects of having a different brain and empowering kids to manage those differences. As such, this book will contain sections that directly address the parts of being gifted that have traditionally been emphasized less: making friends, maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, communicating your feelings and needs appropriately, and being able to identify contextual factors to understand why people are acting the way they are. Naming the issues is one thing, but each section will contain case examples, clinical advice, and tangible skills that will help students grow in the areas of social-emotional learning (SEL). These skills are deliverable, generalizable, and appropriate for school, home, and the community. Most importantly, they work. I often say that I want my clients to have a little “pocket Dr. Matt” to help them navigate the world; this book is my attempt at creating that kind of external support.
Working with Older Adults Textbook
The Society of Certified Senior Advisors6 easy-to-read practical booklets covering the core competencies for serving older adults. With content designed specifically to help professionals better serve seniors.
Understanding with Compassion: Help for Loved Ones and Caregivers of a Brain Illness Patient
Joni James AldrichThis book candidly discusses the challenges of living with the personality and behavior changes that a brain illness brings. When a family member or friend is diagnosed with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or a stroke, life as you know it has ended.
Social Forces and Aging
Robert C. AtchleyCovering the physical problems, inner experiences, and instrumental needs of the aging, the text examines aging on both an individual and societal level.
Sexuality and Long-Term Care
Gayle Doll M.S. Ph.DThis ground-breaking resource addresses the question of how long-term care facilities can respond to the sexual desires of older adults while balancing individual resident rights against the needs and concerns of the community as a whole.
The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life
Dr. Robert N. ButlerPulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term “ageism” and made “Alzheimer’s” a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society had not yet adapted to this change.
The HAINES SystemTM - The Blueprint for Organizing Your Personal Documents
Tanya P. RobertsThis is a workbook to help guide people through the process of gathering, organizing and maintaining all your personal documents.
Gerontology: The Basics
Harry R. Moody, Jennifer R. SasserHuman aging is a complex, multi-faceted experience that unfolds over an entire lifetime. While human aging is universal, it is also wildly variable, shaped by individual, social, cultural, political, geographic and historical contexts. Gerontology: The basics explores the field of research, education and practice which takes on the complex and multi-faceted questions, issues and problems of adult aging and old age.
Ethics in an Aging Society
Harry R. MoodyAdvances in medical technology have created dilemmas for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals over such questions as the allocation of resources and a patient’s “right to die.”
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