This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. This second edition of "Bully Blocking" (originally published under the title "Bully Busting") is based on Evelyn...

Dr. Kaplan identifies common ASD symptoms such as hand-flapping, poor eye contact and tantrums as typical...

Edward R. Ritvo MD is an internationally recognized medical expert, researcher and pioneer in the field of autism and Asperger's disorder, and co-author of the official diagnostic criteria in the DSM ("Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"). Much of what is known about these disorders today is based on his...

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Part 1 discusses types and causes of seizures, and what to do during a seizure. The medical concepts and technical terminology as well as the available...

Teaching children to ‘think’ has now become an acceptable part of educational practice and the benefits of using activities to develop thinking skills are well researched. It is not, however, always possible to fit this into an already congested timetable and, along with drama and other creative subjects, it is often an occasional...

There was never such a thing as true freedom of speech. In order to speak freely you had to have access to a printing press, a newspaper, a radio or a TV station. And everywhere you had to get past the editors. Only an elite ever did - the articulate and well-behaved representatives of ordinary people. But those ordinary people hardly, if...

There still exists considerable uncertainty in many countries about the contribution of drinking water to sporadic cases of disease. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), led the Workshop on Molecular Technologies for Safe Drinking Water in 1998 to address...

The Rough Guide to Toronto tells you all there is to know about one of Canada’s most diverse and vibrant cities. From the heights of the CN Tower to catching a baseball game at the SkyDome, the 16-page full-colour introduction pinpoints all of the city’s highlights. In addition there are two, new full-colour, 4-page inserts on...