"When Pelly sees her best friend, who disappeared six years ago, in a coffee shop with a strange man, she's determined to discover the truth of her friend's disappearance and rescue her from her current captor"--Provided by publisher.
why ordinary childhood behavior is mistaken for ADHD, bipolar disorder, and autism spectrum disorder
Gnaulati, Enrico
2013
Discusses why doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnose healthy children with serious psychiatric conditions and how to distinguish normal childhood behaviors from those that require medical attention.
Sixth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.
Offers teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade more than one hundred effective strategies for helping hard-to-handle students find success and independence in the classroom.
"Early childhood professionals play a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. They are also the gateway to healing. In [this book], teachers and caregivers will find the tools and strategies to connect with harmed children and start them on the path to healing. Practical strategies equip caregivers to help these littlest victims"--Amazon.com.
"When a local bully upsets the senior community by throwing wild parties, an effort that is complicated by Aarons PTSD and Toms unrequited feelings for the bully's sister, misfit Tom and his friend Ed take matters into their own hands."--OCLC.
