Marianne Celano – författare

A Minneapolis Children amp rsquo s Theatre Company Original World Premiere ProductionA NEW YORK TIMES and  INDIEBOUND BEST SELLERAmerican Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom's Top Most Challenged Books A Little Free Library Action Book Club SelectionNational Parenting Product Award Winner (NAPPA)Emma and Josh heard that something happened in their town. A Black man was shot by the police.amp quot Why did the police shoot that man? amp quot amp quot Can police go to jail? amp quot Something Happened in Our Town follows two families - one White, one Black - as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives.Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers with guidelines for discussing race and racism with children, child-friendly definitions, and sample dialogues. Free, downloadable educator materials (including discussion questions) are available at www.apa.org.From the Note to Parents and Caregivers:There are many benefits of beginning to discuss racial bias and injustice with young children of all races and ethnicities:Research has shown that children even as young as three years of age notice and comment on differences in skin color.Humans of all ages tend to ascribe positive qualities to the group that they belong to and negative qualities to other groups.Despite some parents amp rsquo attempts to protect their children from frightening media content, children often become aware of incidents of community violence, including police shootings.Parents who don amp rsquo t proactively talk about racial issues with their children are inadvertently teaching their children that race is a taboo topic. Parents who want to raise children to accept individuals from diverse cultures need to counter negative attitudes that their children develop from exposure to the negative racial stereotypes that persist in our society.Order the companion books, Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence and Something Happened to My Dad: A Story About Immigration and Family Separation.

Edited and authored by leaders in the field, this comprehensive three-volume set lays a solid foundation for integrating theory, research, practice, and policy in contemporary family psychology. Volume describes the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the discipline, including an overview of traditional theories influential contemporary theories and complex research designs, statistical modeling, and experience sampling, among other topics. The volume presents a lifespan approach to family psychology, recognizing the importance of addressing how families change over time, and it discusses different forms of contemporary families. Volume 2 focuses on the application of family psychology to an array of mental and physical health conditions, societal issues, and shared systems such as schools and health care. Volume 3 addresses contemporary couple, family, and parenting interventions grounded in family psychology theory and science, as well as issues related to family psychology training. The vast scope of the handbook argues that family psychology has evolved to have a major impact not only on the practice of psychology, but also on how researchers in the field investigate the complexities of the human condition.

Join the Earth Patrol! Written to help parents begin conversations with their children about a challenging and important topic, Something Happened to Our Planet describes the narrator amp rsquo s efforts to help the planet with her friends, by advocating for re-usable plates at her school.  This book will inspire kids to make a difference in their own schools and communities. Includes a Reader's Note with more information about the impact of climate change, child-friendly definitions, sample dialogues, and guidance for discussing climate change with children. This book is printed with vegetable-based inks on responsibly sourced paper.

Claire’s life turns upside down when her mom is in a car accident. Although Mom’s body heals in time, she doesn’t seem like herself. Sometimes she doesn’t go to work, and Claire has to take care of her younger brother, Emmett, more and more. When things take a turn for the worse, Mom tells the kids what’s going on: She’s become addicted to pain medication. In this much-needed resource for families coping with addiction, the story aims to answer questions children may have about substance use disorders and help them manage. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers with child-friendly language to help start difficult conversations.