Showing results for title "The Gift" in Children's Health

High sensitivity is a personality trait that may not be common, but exists in 15 to 20 percent of our population. They are ordinary people, but highly sensitive people (HSP) or highly sensitive children (HSC) may just have some particular needs not shared by everyone. Having a highly sensitive child may be challenging for parents, and many have searched for resources on how to take care of them. This audiobook is the product of my own experience of taking care of a highly sensitive child.

If you have attention deficit disorder (ADD), you may act impulsively, daydream, and have trouble focusing, but clinical studies suggest that these same symptoms may make you exceptionally creative, intuitive, and energetic. In fact, many people with ADD claim to have become successful because of their ADD, not in spite of it.

On the Spectrum debunks myths with a realistic yet hope-filled deep dive into the heart, mind, and life of a Christian. Daniel Bowman, a novelist, poet, and professor, received an autism diagnosis at age thirty-five after experiencing crises in his personal and professional lives. The diagnosis shed light on his experience in a new, life-giving way. In this captivating book, Bowman reveals new insights into autism, relationships, faith, and the gift of neurodiversity.

For 30 years, On Becoming Babywise has been the de facto newborn parenting manual for naturally synchronizing your baby's feeding time, waketime, and nighttime sleep cycles, so the whole family can sleep through the night. In his fourth decade as a licensed pediatrician, Dr. Robert Bucknam, along with co-author Gary Ezzo, demonstrates how order and stability are mutual allies of every newborn's metabolism, and how parents can take advantage of these biological propensities.

Jillian Benfield was living life in the spotlight as a TV journalist, but after receiving a life-altering diagnosis for her unborn son, she realized no camera-ready outfit could dress up her grief. Overcoming this unexpected circumstance wasn't an option. She would have to undergo it instead. In doing so, she discovered who she was and who God wanted her to become.

If you're wondering, "How can I help my highly sensitive child turn her/his uniqueness into a competitive advantage and grow into happy human beings?", then keep reading. Every highly sensitive child is unique, but there are several characteristics that all HSC share, and understanding them is critical for managing easily your daily life. The insights I share in this audiobook are excellent resources for parents, educators, and anyone else interested in highly sensitive children and their special needs, based on my personal experience working with children.

Do you know what it takes to raise well a highly sensitive child? Are you confident that you can help your child reach their maximum potential, while also keeping them healthy and happy? If you are not quite sure about how to do so, then this book is the right choice for you. Highly sensitive children are often misunderstood not just by their peers, but also by their families, teachers, and caretakers.

Su hijo puede ser un niño altamente sensible. La alta sensibilidad es un rasgo de la personalidad que puede no ser común, pero que existe en el 15 o 20 por ciento de nuestra población. Son personas normales, pero las personas altamente sensibles pueden tener algunas necesidades particulares que no son compartidas por todos. Tener un hijo altamente sensible puede ser un reto para los padres y muchos han buscado recursos sobre cómo cuidarlos.

Challenging surprises often lead to unexpected joy. Amy Julia opens eyes and softens hearts as she brings listeners into her own story of disappointment turned to blessing. This is a journey of discovering strength through weakness, and the author learns to embrace the face that we are all dependent on God and one another. This books will inspire listeners who appreciate beautiful writing coupled with deep insights about life and faith.

In a world engineered for the verbal thinker, those of us with a visual brain can often be overlooked and underestimated. In this landmark book, international bestselling author and activist Temple Grandin transforms our understanding of how our brains are wired differently. Bringing together cutting-edge research and her own experience as a visual thinker, Grandin reveals a ground-breaking new approach to revolutionizing modern structures such as education, health and media so that they equally serve people with all kinds of minds.

2020 Edition: Everyone is learning able, some individuals just don’t learn the way they are taught. If you have just discovered you or your child might be dyslexic, or so-called learning disabled, I offer five R's: Realize what you are dealing with, what your choices are, and how to enjoy your full potential. Observe the road testing of my chosen method. Resonate with dyslexic challenges and talents, because I’m only telling you what you know already on some level. Recognize the reality, what you need to hold onto and what you can let go of.

Julia’s nine-year-old son George was autistic. Quiet and withdrawn, he appeared lost in his own world. Then one day a small black-and-white stray cat appeared in her garden and George’s face lit up. George bonded with Ben and began to open up to his mother as well. For three happy years, the trio was inseparable and George made remarkable progress. But then disaster struck—Ben went missing and George regressed. The weeks turned into months, and Christmas was fast approaching, but on December 21, Julia got a call from a family more than fifty miles away.

Have you reached the point where restful sleep just feels like a delusional fantasy, one that will never be attained? Are you the parent of a baby who struggles to fall asleep every night, not being able to fall into a natural feeding and sleeping schedule? Are you so sleep deprived, that you have trouble functioning and even the slightest of inconveniences send you straight to a mental breakdown? Do you worry about your baby’s health due to their extensive period of little sleep, believing that, sooner or later, it will take a toll on their overall well-being?

Gifts are special. They are unexpected and surprising and often times fill us with happiness and joy. In 2016, at the age of four, Nico was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Told from his mother's point of view, this memoir - comprised of true, short stories - documents some of the more astonishing experiences in Nico's life and the gifts given to others from those experiences.

If you are a parent struggling with a child with anxiety, you will recognize yourself in every word of this book and in many of the examples used. I wrote this book with you in mind to provide you with a framework you can easily follow and implement to move toward the family life you dreamed of and dictate the pace and route as your family see fit. Once families have listened to this chapter, they will begin to change how they view their child’s behavior and thus how they approach their solutions to meeting the needs being expressed.