Resources

Web Resources

On Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario

Imagine the difference it could make if we focused on the strengths of people with learning disabilities instead of their weaknesses? Help stop the stigma and realize the ABILITIES!
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Learning Disabilities Association of Toronto

District Programs, events, membership, volunteer, donation opportunities, news, media, resource and supporter information for the Learning Disabilities Association of Toronto District.
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On Anxiety

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

CHEO is a pediatric health and research center providing outstanding family-centered patient care, pioneering breakthrough research, and training the healthcare professionals of tomorrow.
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AnxietyBC Youth

A Canadian leader in developing online, self-help, and evidence-based resources on anxiety and anxiety disorders. It promotes understanding about anxiety through general information sessions, professional seminars, and workshops offered throughout the year.
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On ADHD

TeachADHD

The mission of TeachADHD is to provide teachers and education professionals with resources and materials specifically developed to bridge the gap between current neuroscientific understanding of ADHD and classroom practice.
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Book Resources

On Parenting & Child Development

Connected Parenting: How to Raise a Great Kid

How you respond to your child is how your child learns to respond to you. Focus on control when the child is oppositional or upset, and power struggles are likely to ensue.
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Drop the Worry Ball

Drop the Worry Ball is full of common-sense strategies for parents worn out from worrying about their kids. One of the smartest parenting books on the shelf. A must-read.
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Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood

Lisa Damour discusses seven transition phases that girls experience as they progress from childhood to adulthood.
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Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic The spirited child-often called “difficult” or “strong-willed”-possesses traits we value in adults yet find challenging in children.
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You're Ruining My Life: Surviving The Teenage Years With Connected Parenting

A clear-minded view of how to create and continue an open, attuned relationship with our children while they move through the important and at times tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood called adolescence.
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Keys to Parenting Your Anxious Child

A practical, step-by-step guide to help parents better understand and support children dealing with anxiety.
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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving The Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Arguing that there is a growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men. Five factors are identified to account for this proposed decline.
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On Mind-Body Connection

The Brain that Changes Itself

It is a plastic, living organ that can actually change its own structure and function, even into old age.
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How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk

The ultimate ‘parenting bible’ (The Boston Globe) with a new Foreword—a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child.
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When the Body Says No

The Cost of Hidden Stress; exploring the stress-disease connection.
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