Adolescents Books

Sheila Kritzinger explains in laymans terms many of the causes of incessant crying in infants. As complex as this problem is, she makes it easy to understand which in turn helps one implement her ideas for handling the fussy baby.

I am an Occupational Therapist with an in-depth knowledge of the subject myself and have no hesitation in recommending this book.I am just devastated that this book is out of print as I've only been able to read a library's copy. This is a book every parent should have on their bookshelves.

CYBER RULES: WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNET is tailored for clinicians, parents and educators who wish to understand how the 'net is changing traditional theories of human developing, fostering new forms of interactions and new psychology about development. It sounds technical but in fact makes for easy reading, comes from a private practitioner who also teaches courses in health psychology and case management, and is packed with personal stories and advice on Internet management and interactions. A 'must' for any collection strong in psychology, Internet sociology or education.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Sixteen essays make a contribution to "cyborg anthropology" and "cyborg feminism." Volume considers human reproduction through the lens of an interrogation of the cyborg metaphor, its power, pleasure, promise, and threat. Section one essays discuss medico-technological interventions in conception and contraception including production of "technosemen." Section two includes essays by Emily Martin, Rayna Rapp and others, examining gestation and the use of medical imaging (ultrasound) and screening (amniocentesis) technologies to produce "normal" and "healthy" fetuses. Section three essays consider technobirth, focusing on the medical monitoring and management of the mother's body. Section four considers childrearing in a digital culture, including essay by Sherry Turkle on cyborg babies in a culture of "simulation." Exceptional introduction by David-Floyd and Dumit provides historical/theoretical overview of cyborg metaphor as quintessential postmodern myth and tool.

What would you say to a teenager who tells you that they have been thinking about killing themselves and their classmates? How do you handle information like that when you know you could stop another Columbine Shooting? Do you call the police to have them locked up or do you just sit and hug them and tell them that you care about them? This book has all the answers in plain and simple English.

This book should be mandatory reading for anyone who comes in contact with teenagers during the course of any week or month. It has some timeless insights into the mind of depressed teenager and positive tools that are essential for helping them.

The art in this book will always be looked upon as a valuable document to an unforgettable day in American history. The essays by a variety of mental health experts and notables from New York politics, journalists and religious leaders remind the reader that children have much to teach us.

Have you ever had the feeling that somehere in your home you still had an an unfinished cup of coffee ? It is present as an absence. I used to get that feeling so often after certain patients had left. They were not psychotic. Still, I could not shake off that same unfinished coffee somewhere .Perplexing when you have just seen a verbal and pleasant and sometimes very highly functioning patient.
The Dead Mother is so often behind those veils, and mirrors, and somehow empty cheer.
Thanks to this book, I no longer just FEEL the dead emptiness behind this silent fault in the earth around a patiently waiting human being. Like an experienced geologist "feels" the basic fault in the rock, I now consider
the presence of this absence in a life.I never knew what I was still trying to make up for in a seemingly "healed" and now functioning patient who is always there, like those last drops in that lost cup.
This was one of the most important and one of the most useful books I have read for my work. All clinicians should read this because I do not believe there are many who recognise the possibility of a sometime dead mother who is still alive, or a dead idealised mother who was perhaps dead when she was "alive". Or perhaps they do, but like me, it didn't click in. This is going to be endlessly fascinating for work. How I wish everyone could read it before they complacently close a file.

In Martha Sheridan's earlier book, Inner Lives of Deaf Children: Interviews and Analysis, the author and Gallaudet University professor examined the inner life of young deaf children. In her new book, she returns to interview those same seven children to see how their lives have changed. Now they are teenagers.

Sheridan examines the similiarities and the differences between deaf and hearing adolescents, how each views themselves and their world at identical life points. Research into disability at different life stages is a fairly new area in the fields of child development, psychology and sociology, as prior generations of researchers, educators and medical professionals didn't contemplate the deaf child as a teenager, or as a young adult. There is no doubt that as the Generation Xers graduate from college and begin their own careers, there will probably be more written on the subject of deafness at every life stage, from birth to the end of life.

240 pages, with tables, reference and an index.

The kindness and compassion that must fill the heart of author Peter Burwash overflow in this little volume focusing on teenagers. His concern for the plight of today's teens is obvious, and his offering of solutions and guidelines for them to live by is an act of generosity that goes above and beyond even what most parents are able to offer their children these days. Burwash stresses developing good character, having respect for others as well as yourself, and finding real happiness through service to others, among many other important topics. But he does so in a very easy-going, conversational manner so that it never becomes dry or preachy. Chapters are short---and the whole book is only 122 pages in 5 by 7 format---so it's easy to take it in small bites, easy for some to read in one sitting, easy to carry along on a trip. Teenagers will appreciate Burwash's honesty and his appreciation for what they are up against. His respect for them is also obvious, as he thanks them at the end for what he has learned from them. As the subtitle, "If You Only Knew" suggests, he seems to be just taking this opportunity to share his own experiences and realizations with teens so that they can avoid some of the pitfalls he fell into as a youth. As parents we all try to do that, but sometimes it goes down better when heard from someone else! I have given this book as a gift to relatives and friends---both teens and parents of teens, boyscout leaders, youth group leaders, etc.---and they tell me they have found it extremely helpful. A resounding THANK YOU to Peter Burwash for giving us this wonderful gift!

I went to the DeSisto School which was run by A. Michael DeSisto. I would recommend that any parent having trouble with their teenager read this book. Michael was like a father to me and I miss him dearly (he passed away in November 2003). He had some strange ways of getting us to listen and be more honest with each other but I can assure you that it showed me that honesty is the key to any relationship and I believe that I am a better person today because of the things that Michael taught me. I hope you enjoy reading Michael's insights as much as I have enjoyed living them.

This book was selected for inclusion in "Core Collection in Nursing and the Allied Health Sciences" from Oryx Press, 1990.