Books - Dr Robyn Silverman

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Good Girls Don’t Get Fat

Based on Dr. Robyn Silverman’s groundbreaking research at Tufts University, and filled with searingly honest young voices, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat:

– Decodes the ripple effects of actions that damage our girls—and provides tools to help stop them.

– Shines light on the positive influence of women who embrace body types of any size—and explains how to model the right behavior.

– Shows how girls, whatever their size, can own their strengths, trust their power and accomplish amazing things.

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BULLY: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis

A companion to the acclaimed film BULLY, this book brings the story and mission of the documentary beyond the closing credits, continuing the national conversation inspired by the film.

Description: On the heels of the incredibly successful and conversation-generating documentary film BULLY, Weinstein Books is proud to publish the companion book, BULLY: An Action Plan for Teachers, Parents and Communities to Combat the Bullying Crisis.

The critically acclaimed film BULLY touched hearts, inspired a national conversation, and won critical acclaim for its stark portrayal of the bullying of children and teens in our nation’s schools. It also left viewers with a question: Now what? This empowering companion book answers that question, bringing the story of the documentary beyond the closing credits and offering inspiring personal anecdotes from the families featured in the film. Edited by the award- winning producers of the film, the book includes contributions from a wide array of experts and advocates in the field, such as US Congressman Mike Honda and child development specialist Dr. Robyn Silverman. Perhaps most importantly it offers practical, step-by-step advice for parents, teacher and community leaders to combat the bullying epidemic.

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TXT ME L8R

TXT ME L8R features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls navigate the world of technology. Topics include safely managing online profiles, such as on Facebook and MySpace, cyber bullying, parents who don’t “get” technology, online shopping addiction, online gaming, online predators, texting etiquette, and obscene and dangerous web sites. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. TXT ME L8R will leave readers feeling confident to safely and effectively navigate all forms of technology. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Under Pressure: Handling the Stresses of Keeping Up

Under Pressure features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls successfully manage their busy lives. Topics include pressure from parents, friends, teammates, and teachers. Readers will learn ways to manage homework, tests, extracurricular activities, family responsibilities, and a social life. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Under Pressure will leave readers knowledgeable about prioritizing their obligations and knowing when enough is enough. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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What Makes Us a Family?: Living in a Nontraditional Family

What Makes Us a Family? features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls better understand and appreciate their nontraditional families. Topics include adoption, gay parents, grandparents as parents, foster families, stepparents, and mixed-race families. Readers will also learn how to cope with having a parent in prison, an alcoholic parent, or a parent in the military. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. What Makes Us a Family will leave readers with a new perspective of their nontraditional families. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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This Is Me: Facing Physical Challenges

This Is Me features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls handle physical challenges. Topics include obesity, diabetes, nut allergies, lactose intolerance, asthma, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and speech impediments. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. This Is Me will leave readers feeling confident to face physical limitations and inspired to reach for new heights. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Out of the Dark: Coping with Emotional Challenges

Out of the Dark features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls cope with difficult, life-changing circumstances. Topics include moving cross-country, ADHD, prescription medication addiction, depression, anxiety, emotional neglect, divorce, the death of a family pet, physical abuse, suicide, and the death of a parent. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Out of the Dark addresses heavy issues realistically and leaves readers knowledgeable about finding the support they need to overcome difficult situations. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Is This Really My Body?: Embracing Physical Changes

Is This Really My Body? features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls better understand and prepare for physical changes during adolescence. Topics include weight gain, body odor and personal hygiene, zits, birthmarks, braces, developing early versus developing late, and first periods. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Is This Really My Body will leave readers feeling prepared and knowledgeable about their changing bodies. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Frenemies: Dealing with Friend Drama

Frenemies features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls manage conflicts and recognize the qualities of a good friend. Topics include making new friends, trash talking, gossiping and spreading rumors, jealousy, and questioning feelings for a guy friend. Also covered are family situations such as strict versus loose parents, financial stress, and suspecting a friend is being abused. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Frenemies will leave readers feeling confident to make smart, healthy decisions when it comes to friendships and conflict. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Do You Love Me?: Making Healthy Dating Decisions

Do You Love Me? features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls make healthy decisions about dating and relationships. Topics include peer pressure, crushes, teen pregnancy, sexuality, and first dates. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Do You Love Me will leave readers feeling confident to make smart, healthy decisions when it comes to dating. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Essential Health: Strong, Beautiful Girls Set 1

The Strong, Beautiful Girls series covers issues that preteen and teen girls deal with every day. Fictional narratives combine with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to inspire readers. Chapters include Talk About It questions to encourage discussion. Books conclude with Pay It Forward, which offers helpful tips to use and pass on. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Strong, Beautiful Girls is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Essential Health: Strong, Beautiful Girls Set 2

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Essential Health: Strong, Beautiful Girls Series

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Who Are These People?: Coping with Family Dynamics

Who Are These People? features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys better understand and appreciate their families. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Surviving School: Managing School and Career Paths

Surviving School features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys learn how to handle challenging situations at school, both academically and socially. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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R U In?: Using Technology Responsibly

R U In? features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys navigate all forms of technology. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Just Chill: Navigating Social Norms and Expectations

Just Chill features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys learn how to handle pressure and expectations they face at home and at school. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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I Luv U 2: Understanding Relationships and Dating

I Luv U 2 features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys make smart, healthy decisions about dating and relationships. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Got Your Back: Dealing with Friends and Enemies

Got Your Back features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys learn how to be a friend and resolve conflicts along the way. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Game Face: Handling Sports On and Off the Field

Game Face features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys learn the ethics and rules of sportsmanship. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Body Double: Understanding Physical Changes

Body Double features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen boys feel prepared for physical changes during adolescence. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Essential Health: A Guy’s Guide Series

A complement to Strong, Beautiful Girls, A Guy’s Guide presents common scenarios for middle school and high school boys, including family issues, physical changes, academic pressure, and dating. Fictional narratives are written in an honest, realistic way and combine with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to inspire guys to make healthy, positive choices. A table of contents, additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. A Guy’s Guide is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006

“The most comprehensive, one-stop source for the latest in applied developmental science.”
—Don Floyd, President and CEO, National 4-H Council

The Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science is an important and timely contribution to this burgeoning field. This four-volume set is the authoritative source that encompasses the entire range of concepts and topics involved in the study of applied developmental science. Its contents and levels have broad appeal for those interested in how the application of knowledge about human development can be used to enhance the lives of individuals, families, and communities.

The breadth of activity in applied developmental science makes adequate representation of its concepts and topics a daunting challenge. To this end, the encyclopedia seeks to answer the following questions:

How may information about this field be integrated in a manner accessible, meaningful, and useful to the next generation of the leaders of our nation and world?
How may we best convey the knowledge necessary for them to understand the nature of their development and the way that they may contribute positively to their own lives, to their families and communities, and to the designed and natural environments of which they will be stewards?

The Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science provides the most effective way to address these questions. It includes entries written in an authoritative but not overly technical manner by the broad range of scholars and practitioners involved in applied developmental science. In addition to an alphabetical table of contents, there is a readers’ guide that organizes the entries into 30 content categories to help the reader locate similarly themed entries with ease.

The encyclopedia is ideal for libraries serving those with interests in psychology, human development/human ecology, education, sociology, family and consumer sciences, and nursing, as well as social work and other human services disciplines. The entries are written to be accessible to not only professionals, but also to policy makers and other potential consumers of applied developmental science scholarship. This includes young people and their parents, teachers, and counselors.

Topics Covered

Adolescent Development
ADS Training and Education
Adult Development
Biographies of Applied Developmental Scientists
Child Development
Civic Engagement
Culture and Diversity
Development Promoting Interventions
Developmental Assessment
Developmental Disorders
Developmental Processes
Developmental Risks
Ecology of Human Development
Emotional and Social Development
Ethics
Families
Foundations
Health
Historical Influences
Infant Development
Organizations
Parenting
Personality Development
Religiosity and Spirituality
Research Methodology
Schools
Social Issues
Theory
Universities
Youth Programs