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Destiny's Twins (T.Witches #10)
by H. B. Gilmour Randi ReisfeldIt's the moment they've been waiting for. Cam and Alex are about to be initiated as full fledged witches. But first the twins must complete a series of challenges that tests their magick. This is Cam and Alex's final.
Destiny, Rewritten
by Kathryn FitzmauriceEleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has been told for her entire life that her destiny is to become a poet, just like her famous namesake, Emily Dickinson. But Emily doesn't even really like poetry, and she has a secret career ambition that she suspects her English-professor mother will frown on. Then, just after discovering that it contains an important family secret, she loses the special volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry that was given to her at birth. As Emily and her friends search for the lost book in used bookstores and thrift shops all across town, Emily's understanding of destiny begins to unravel and then rewrite itself in a marvelous new way. In her third novel, Kathryn Fitzmaurice again weaves a richly textured story about unexpected connections, about the stories that shape our lives, and about the most perfect kinds of happy endings: those that happen just on time.
Destiny: A Heartwarming Story about Family, Love and Friendship (The Destiny Series #5)
by Patricia DixonThe author of the popular Destiny novels returns to French wine country for a heartwarming, life-changing Christmas in this delightful story collection. Fans of Patricia Dixon&’s Destiny series are once again carried off to the Loire Valley, this time for the holiday season, where we learn what life has in store for Anna and Daniel, Grace and Max, and Ruby and Rosie. Then, as a special holiday treat, Patricia Dixon introduces a brand new family in the final story, A Christmas Tale. Barbara and Ned are spending the festivities away from their children and rather unruly grandchildren, relaxing in their wintry countryside home whilst avoiding the hustle and bustle of Christmas in England. Despite escaping to France, both know they have a special task to perform, keeping a solemn promise and saying goodbye to loved ones, once and for all. This magical tale recaptures the innocence of childhood Christmases, embracing the spirit of the season and the precious gift of abiding love.Destiny was previously published under the title Return Journeys.
Destiny: Light In My Transgender Illusion
by Genny KwaningThis book is usable to teaching the adult service, teen church and children service as well. A book that is written in simple English standard in order for all to be able to read.
Destiny: Serendipity Book 2 (Serendipity)
by Carly PhillipsThe New York Times bestselling author of the Dare to Love series welcomes you to Serendipity, where love, fate and fortune intertwine... Fans of Bella Andre, Rachel Gibson, Julie James and Jill Shalvis, will fall head over heels with Carly Phillips' special town and her unforgettable characters.Nash Barron may be cynical about love, but when he meets Kelly Moss he can't help admire her confidence and beauty. Except he's forced to keep his distance as getting involved with Kelly could destroy his relationship with his newly discovered teenage half-sister Tess. Kelly doesn't want to upset Tess's life by pushing for a fling with Nash, even though the more she sees the kindness beneath his gruff exterior, the less she's able to resist. But Kelly has other reasons for keeping her distance. Like the secret from her past she knows Nash will never forgive... Return to Serendipity for more sexy romance with the other books in the series, Serendipity, Karma, Fated, Perfect Fit, Perfect Fling and Perfect Together.
Destroy All Monsters
by Sam J. MillerA crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship.Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve.Ash lost all memory of that event when she fell from Solomon’s treehouse. Since then, Solomon has retreated further and further into a world he seems to have created in his own mind. One that insulates him from reality, but crawls with foes and monsters . . . in both animal and human form. As Solomon slips further into the place he calls Darkside, Ash realizes her only chance to free her best friend from his pain is to recall exactly what happened that day in his backyard and face the truth—together. Fearless and profound, Sam J. Miller’s follow up to his award-winning debut novel, The Art of Starving, spins an intimate and impactful tale that will linger with readers.
Destructive Myths in Family Therapy
by Michael Moore Daniela Kramer-MooreExposes destructive patterns of communication within family cultures and provides strategies for promoting more open dialogue among family members. Equips family therapists to help clients see the barriers they place in the way of healthy communication, and adopt more constructive alternatives Provides activities designed to spark open dialogue between therapist and clients, strengthening the therapeutic relationship and facilitating family interaction Includes communication strategies for reversing disengagement, defusing power struggles, overcoming sibling rivalry, disentangling marital problems and more Offers a new understanding of family dynamics, an area in which many family therapists want to improve their skills but have struggled to find a text to guide them in doing so
Detachment: An Adoption Memoir
by Maurice MierauIn 2005, Maurice Mierau and his wife, Betsy, travelled to Ukraine to adopt two small boys, age three and five. After weeks of delays while navigating a tangled bureaucracy, they returned to Canada as a proud new family of four. Now what? Does fatherhood begin the moment that the adoption papers are signed? Is family something that is created in an instant? And what happens when everything seems to be on the verge of falling apart? In Detachment, Maurice Mierau probes not only the process of adoption but what comes after—the challenges of becoming a family, the strain on his marriage. While his son acts out and gets in trouble at school, Maurice feels removed, detached, thinking instead about his own emotionally distant father. Also born in Ukraine, Maurice’s father has a traumatic and mysterious past of his own. If Maurice can come to understand his father’s life, perhaps he can start to make sense of his new sons… Detachment is a moving, darkly funny, and searingly unsentimental memoir about learning to become a father and a son.
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy (Detective Gordon #4)
by Ulf NilssonThe final story in this big-hearted series takes on the most important case ever investigated in Detective Gordon's forest—where is Buffy's mother? Gordon faces his old nemesis, the fox, in an investigation that leads to the edges of the forest.
Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case (Detective Gordon #3)
by Ulf NilssonGordon is on vacation, and Buffy is the sole detective at the small police station in the forest. It is not easy for a police officer to be alone. Especially when there are strange noises outside the station at night. Buffy decides to seek out Gordon in his little cottage by the lake to ask for help. After all, two police think twice as well as one. Two police are twice as brave!
Detective Gordon: The First Case (Detective Gordon #1)
by Ulf NilssonAn award-winning illustrated detective story set in a friendly forest and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers. Detective Gordon – a mystery-solving toad who loves cake – has his very first case. Someone’s stealing nuts from the forest, and it’s up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant – someone small, fast, and clever – to help solve this terrible case. Then Detective Gordon would be able to go back to doing what he’s best at: thinking, eating cakes, drinking tea, and stamping important papers. A perfect first chapter book for children aged five and up by one of Sweden’s top children’s writers. This much-loved junior fiction series is illustrated in full color throughout and packed full of character and humor. Winner of multiple awards and accolades, Detective Gordon is a fun whodunnit mystery series to read alone or aloud. Ulf Nilsson is a celebrated children’s writer in Sweden. He has written more than 20 books for all ages, including All the Dear Little Animals. He is a winner of the August Award and the American Batchelder Award. Gitte Spee is a renowned artist from the academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands. She now works in Amsterdam as a children’s book illustrator. Translated from the Swedish edition by Julia Marshall. Read all the Detective Gordon series: Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy Praise for Detective Gordon: The First Case: “KLA-DUNK! Another winner.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review “A must-have for chapter book collections.” School Library Journal, starred review “Full of warm humour and wisdom…with a feather-light touch.” Best Books of 2015, Horn Book “A wonderful choice for independent reading.” Booklist, starred review
Determining Legal Parentage: Between Family Law and Contract Law
by Yehezkel MargalitThe last few decades have witnessed dramatic changes affecting the institutions of family and parenthood. If, in the past, the classic family was defined sociologically as a pair of heterosexual parents living together under one roof along with their children, different sociological changes have led to a rapid and extreme transformation in the definitions of family, marital relations, parenthood, and the relationship between parents and children. Dr Yehezkel Margalit explores whether and to what extent there is room, legally and ethically, for the use of modern contractual devices and doctrines to privately regulate the establishment of legal parentage. This book offers intentional parenthood as the most appropriate and flexible normative doctrine for resolving the dilemmas which have surfaced in the field of determining legal parentage. By using the certainty of contract law, determining the legal status of parenthood will be seen as the best method to sort out ambiguities and assure both parental and children rights.
Detour for Emmy (True-to-Life Series from Hamilton High)
by Marilyn ReynoldsEmmy, who once had a bright future, struggles with being a teen mother without support from her boyfriend or family.
Detox Before You're Expecting: A Cleansing Program to Prepare Your Body for Pregnancy
by Rea FreyTHE FIRST EVER CLEANSE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GET A WOMAN'S BODY TO AN IDEAL STATE FOR MOTHERHOOD Being pregnant is an amazing experience, but before you conceive, you&’ll want to do everything possible to minimize risk and maximize the well-being of mother and child. This book&’s step-by-step detox will help you cleanse your system and reach optimal health for carrying a baby. Detox Before You&’re Expecting provides: •Gentle, whole-foods cleanse program •Delicious, nutrient-packed recipes •Natural, non-toxic product guide •Fertility-boosting plan Don&’t wait! Your baby&’s healthy beginning starts with you getting healthy first, even before you see the plus sign.
Detransition, Baby
by Torrey PetersLonglisted for the Women's Prize 2021'A voraciously knowing, compulsively readable novel' Chris Kraus'Tremendously funny and sexy as hell' Juliet Jacques'Emotionally generous, richly textured, and deeply intelligent' Claire LombardoReese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York, a job she didn't hate. She'd scraped together a life previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Theneverything fell apart and three years on Reese is still in self-destruct mode, avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men.When her ex calls to ask if she wants to be a mother, Reese finds herself intrigued. After being attacked in the street, Amy de-transitioned to become Ames, changed jobs and, thinking he was infertile, started an affair with his boss Katrina. Now Katrina's pregnant. Could the three of them form an unconventional family - and raise the baby together?
Detrás de la máscara
by Andrea FerrariAndrea Ferrari abre el juego al tiempo adolescente de las preguntas, las inseguridades y las decisiones. ¿Qué mostramos de nosotros mismos? ¿Qué queremos ocultar? ¿Cómo enfrentamos la mirada de los otros? Yo tengo vergüenza de muchas cosas: mis brazos demasiado largos, mis pies enormes, mi cuerpo tan desgarbado que no logro disimular ni con buzos extragrandes. También de que mi mamá esté embarazada (porque ¿quién tiene un hermano a los 14 años?). Pero sobre todo me avergüenza mi cara: una constelación de infinitos granos. Por eso, fue genial cuando el mundo se detuvo con la pandemia y llegaron los barbijos tapa-todo. Con la cara oculta me convertí en otra persona, alguien capaz de hacer cosas que nunca hubiera imaginado. Además, conocí a Liz. Y a Melina: eso fue lo mejor de todo. En época de pandemia las cosas se complicaron para todos. Y Roberto, por pedido expreso de su mamá, tuvo que ayudar a sus vecinos mayores con las compras y los mandados. Lo mejor de todo ese tiempo fue la imposición del barbijo. Porque cuando uno es adolescente y las dudas le llenan la existencia, nada mejor que ir cubierto de pies a cabeza para enfrentar los días y pasar desapercibido. O mejor dicho, solo llamar la atención de quienes sí queremos que nos vean. Un amor que hay atreverse a jugar, una pandemia que ahoga, una madre embarazada que ya tiene un hijo adolescente y una pareja nueva, una vecina muy mayor que ilumina con sus ocurrencias. Un acto de valentía extrema puso a Roberto en el foco de todos los comentarios. Algunas máscaras que ocultan lo que prefiere no mostrar, y varios dibujos que darán inicio a una excelente historia.
Developing Caring Relationships among Parents, Children, Schools, and Communities
by Dana R. McdermottThis book focuses on parents and teachers as adult learners, who should be growing and learning along with the children in their care. It lays out a theory of what parents and teachers need to care for children and themselves and then it shows how the author has assisted parents and teachers to put these theories into practice. McDermott relies on stories and listening to the voices of parents, teachers and children to make her case. She weaves together the latest theories and research with these stories. She uses narratives of actual school meetings, workshops, parent planning and discussion groups, testimonies, newsletters, and research of others in the field, to demonstrate applications of theory and research. She fills a gap by focusing on parents from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Key Features: o Focuses on parents and teachers as adult learners o Focuses on the dynamic process of parenting and teaching o Provides a theory to practice model to support parents, families and teachers o Provides a tool or guide for thinking through problems and finding solutions that take into consideration the needs of all involved.
Developing College Skills in Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
by Sarita FreedmanGoing to college can be a daunting prospect for any young person, but for teenagers on the autism spectrum this is especially true. This book describes the unique needs that ASD students entering further or higher education are likely to have. The author identifies the key skill-sets they will need to develop in order to be successful in college and in life, and shows how they can be helped to develop these. She outlines the skills required for success in further and higher education in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of individuals with ASDs, and explains how those weaknesses can be ameliorated to enable success at college. Describing the unique accommodations and support that students with ASD will need, and the skills for which they will need particular help, she provides effective intervention strategies that can be implemented throughout the period leading up to college entrance. This book is essential reading for psychologists, special educators, educational therapists, high school teachers/career counselors, and other professionals supporting high school and college students on the autism spectrum. Parents of such students will also benefit from the ideas presented in this book.
Developing Differently: A Guide for Parents of Young Children with Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, or Autism
by Joshua MuggletonParenting isn't easy, and parenting a child with a Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, or Autism can be challenging. However, a lot of parenting strategies are straightforward once you get your head around them. With the right knowledge, environment, interactions, responses and understanding, you can help reduce your child's anxiety, build their confidence, and help them develop learning and communication skills.Based on his work as a Clinical Psychologist working with children developing differently, Dr Joshua Muggleton provides a comprehensive, step-by-step parenting plan that will support you to embed good practice at home from day one. The book outlines how to provide the right environment for your child to learn and grow, how to model and encourage new skills, how to organise routines, and how to make these strategies work in family life. By getting things right for your child early on, you can help prevent emotional and behavioural challenges before they arise, and will be better able to understand and support your child when they do. These strategies are designed to work across all neurodevelopmental conditions, and take into account co-occurring conditions such as ADHD, meaning none of the advice in the book requires your child to have a specific diagnosis. It also includes downloadable examples of charts, how-to guides for creating visual resources tailored to your child's individual needs, and downloadable chapters on sleep and siblings.
Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence (Tenth Edition)
by Kathleen Stassen BergerExceptional in its currency, global in its cultural reach, Kathleen Berger's portrait of the scientific investigation of childhood and adolescent development helps bring an evolving field into the evolving classroom. Guided by Berger's clear, inviting authorial voice, and page after page of fascinating examples from cultures around the world, students see how classic and current research, and the lives of real people, shape the field's core theories and concepts. In addition to Kathleen Berger's exhaustive updating of the research, this edition is notable for its thorough integration of assessment throughout (learning objectives, assessments after each section, expanded end-of-chapter quizzes) all aligned with national standards.
Developing Resilience in Young People with Autism using Social Stories™
by Siobhan TimminsYoung people with autism can be particularly susceptible to setbacks, often leading to depression and a sense of hopelessness. Using Social Stories™, this book introduces a different way of looking at common life setbacks, and offer tools to overcome these obstacles, build resilience and develop coping strategies for the future. Based on Carol Gray's highly effective Social Stories™ model, this new guide shows how to help individuals with autism deal with challenges specific to them, and how to bounce back from the negative experiences that they encounter. This book is an invaluable guide for learning to create personalised Social Stories™ that can be used to develop resilience in people with autism and help them to cope better with adversity.
Developing a Foundation for Learning with Internationally Adopted Children: Family-Based Activities for Remedial Learning and Attachment (Routledge Research in Psychology)
by Boris Gindis Carol S. LidzThis practice-focused guide introduces The SmartStart Toolbox as a remedial program to help mental health professionals and adoptive parents promote the educational and social development of internationally adopted children aged 4–8. Recognizing the cultural, emotional, and cognitive needs of children who have experienced a fundamental change in their social situation of development following international adoption, The SmartStart Toolbox provides a range of family-based remedial activities which stimulate children’s thinking and learning while creating scaffolded attachment opportunities during early interactions with their adoptive families. The volume details the notions of "psychological tools" (Vygotsky) and "mediated learning experience" (Feuerstein) which form the theoretical foundations for The SmartStart Toolbox and offers step-by-step guidance on conducting activities and adapting them to the individual child. The SmartStart methodology can also be used by professionals for diagnostic purposes. This text will benefit researchers in child psychology, as well as clinicians, family therapists, social workers, and educators with an interest in child development, cognitive and language enhancement, and adoption and fostering more broadly. Adoptive parents will also benefit from this book and its focus on themes of attachment, parenting, and the development of social cognition.
Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional: A Thematic Approach (Early Years)
by Carol Hayes Ruth Hudson Jayne Daly Mandy DuncanHelps early years students and practitioners to get to grips with the key issues, through a critical and thematic approach which focuses on reflective practice.Theories and research into the nature of reflection are examined, how they can be used, and how they can improve practice, producing a more responsive and thoughtful, research-based workforce for young children and their families.In this third edition there is greater emphasis on issues related to inclusion and diversity, mental health and communication with parents. New pedagogic features include Team Talk designed to get all members of a work-based team to pool their expertise and knowledge, and to think critically and reflectively upon aspects that may directly affect their settings. There is also a new Evidence Informed Research Practice and Reflection feature which offers questions that emphasise the importance of up-to-date research material informing practice within a setting.
Development Across The Life Span (Eighth Edition)
by Robert S. FeldmanA compelling blend of lifespan development research and applications Development Across the Life Span provides a chronological overview of human development from the moment of conception through death, examining both the traditional areas of the field and more recent innovations. Author Robert Feldman focuses on how developmental findings can be can be applied meaningfully and practically, helping students to recognize the relevance of the discipline to their own lives. Thoroughly updated with the latest data and contemporary examples, the Eighth Edition better engages students in key concepts via recent news items, timely world events, and contemporary uses of lifespan development. Personalize learning with MyPsychLab MyPsychLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.
Development of the Person
by Byron Egeland L. Alan SroufeThe definitive work on a groundbreaking study, this essential volume provides a coherent picture of the complexity of development from birth to adulthood. Explicated are both the methodology of the Minnesota study and its far-reaching contributions to understanding how we become who we are. The book marshals a vast body of data on the ways in which individuals' strengths and vulnerabilities are shaped by myriad influences, including early experiences, family and peer relationships throughout childhood and adolescence, variations in child characteristics and abilities, and socioeconomic conditions. Implications for clinical intervention and prevention are also addressed. Rigorously documented and clearly presented, the study's findings elucidate the twists and turns of individual pathways, illustrating as never before the ongoing interplay between developing children and their environments.