Lawrence E. Shapiro – författare

Children pay close attention to their parents' moods. When parents feel upset, their kids may become anxious, and when parents wind down, children also get the chance to relax. When you feel overwhelmed and stressed, it can be hard to help your child feel balanced. The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids, written by two child therapists, offers more than fifty activities you can do together as a family to help you and your child replace stressful and anxious feelings with feelings of optimism, confidence, and joy.You'll learn proven relaxation techniques, including deep breathing, guided imagery, mindfulness, and yoga, and then receive guidance for teaching them to your child. Your child will also discover how taking time to do art and creative projects can create a sense of fulfillment and calm. By completing just one ten-minute activity from this workbook each day, you'll make relaxation a family habit that will stay with both you and your child for a lifetime.

This comprehensive workbook helps teens who self-injure explore the reasons behind their need to hurt themselves and sets forth positive ways to deal with the issues of stress and control. The activities in this workbook provide teens with safe, effective alternatives to self-injury and help them develop a plan to stay healthy.If you're cutting or hurting yourself you're not alone. Thousands of teens across the country think that hurting themselves is the only way they can feel better, even though they continue to feel alone and out of control.There are a lot of reasons why teens hurt themselves. None of them are your fault. You can't change your past, but there is a lot you can do, right now, to make your future a place you'd like to spend some time, a place free from the pain, loneliness and isolation of cutting. This workbook offers a great way for you to make it happen.The exercises in Stopping the Pain will help you explore why you self-injure and give you lots of ideas how you can stop. The book will help you learn new skills for dealing with issues in your life, reduce your stress, and reach out to others when you need to. Work through the book, or just check out the sections that speak to you the most. This is your own personal and private road map to regaining control of your life.

All kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) want to manage their symptoms in order to get along better with others, build confidence, and succeed in school, but most don't have the skills they need to get their impulsive behavior under control. The ADHD Workbook for Kids offers a simple way to help children with ADHD learn these critical skills in just ten minutes a day.This workbook includes more than forty activities for kids developed by child psychologist Lawrence Shapiro that can help your child with ADHD handle everyday tasks, make friends, and build self-esteem while he or she learns to overcome the most challenging aspects of the disorder. Alone or with your help, your child can complete one ten-minute activity each day to learn how to make good decisions and discover easy techniques for staying focused when it's time to pay attention.Includes activities to help your child: Become a good listener and a good friendMake school easier and more funRecognize his or her special gifts and build self-esteemPractice planning ahead and learn responsibility

Now in its second edition, The ADHD Workbook for Kids provides the emotional, psychological, and behavioral support kids need to stay focused, build confidence, and thrive!

If your child has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), they may struggle in school—despite being bright. They may lack focus, have difficulty making friends, or suffer from low self-esteem. Many kids with ADHD want to get along better with others and succeed in school, but they lack the skills needed to improve executive functioning, curb impulsive behavior, and manage intense emotions. The ADHD Workbook for Kids offers simple tools to help children with ADHD learn all of these essential skills—in just ten minutes a day!

Now fully revised and updated, this engaging kid-friendly workbook provides tons of fun activities, games, and illustrations to help kids with ADHD thrive—at home, at school, and with friends. Developed by renowned child psychologist Lawrence E. Shapiro, the adaptive learning skills outlined in this workbook will not only help kids handle everyday tasks, but also make friends, improve communication, curb impulsive behavior, and build self-esteem. Alone or with your help, your child can complete one ten-minute activity each day to learn how to make good decisions and discover easy techniques for staying focused when it’s time to pay attention.

Includes new activities to help your child:

Become a good listener and a good friend Make school easier and more fun Recognize their special gifts and build self-esteem Plan ahead and be responsible  

In these increasingly challenging times, kids and teens need mental health resources more than ever. With more than 3 million copies sold worldwide and translated into 260 languages, Instant Help Books are easy to use, proven-effective, and recommended by therapists.