Anxiety

• Anxiety Beast: A Kid's Guide to Defeating Anxiety — Dr. Deisy Boscán & Anne Marie Brown

• The Invisible String — Patrice Karst

• Anxiety Relief for Kids — Bridget Flynn Walker, Ph.D. & Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D.

• Your Anxious Child — John Dacey, Ph.D. & Lisa Fiore, Ph.D.

• My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic — Michael A. Tompkins, Ph.D. & Katherine Martinez

Additional Resources

• Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)

Anger & Emotional Regulation

• A Volcano in My Tummy — Eliane Whitehouse & Warwick Pudney

• What to Do When Your Temper Flares — Dawn Huebner, Ph.D.

• Temper Tamers in a Jar — Free Spirit Publishing

• How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids — Tom Rath & Mary Reckmeyer

• The Survival Guide for Kids with Anger Issues — Laurie Wright

Divorce & Family Transitions

• Two Homes — Claire Masurel

• When Mom and Dad Separate — Marge Heegaard

• Dinosaurs Divorce — Marc Brown & Laurie Krasny Brown

• Was It the Chocolate Pudding? — Sandra Levins

• Standing on My Own Two Feet — Tamara Schmitz

Grief & Loss

• A Bunch of Balloons — Dorothy Ferguson

• The Invisible String — Patrice Karst

• The Fall of Freddie the Leaf — Leo Buscaglia

• Ida, Always — Caron Levis

• The Memory Box — Joanna Rowland

Dyslexia & Learning Differences

• The Dyslexic Advantage — Brock Eide, M.D. & Fernette Eide, M.D.

• Dyslexia Is My Superpower (Most of the Time) — Margaret Rooke

• Overcoming Dyslexia — Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

• Fish in a Tree — Lynda Mullaly Hunt

• The Alphabet War — Diane Burton Robb

Self-Esteem & Confidence

• The Care and Keeping of You — Valorie Schaefer

• Nobody's Perfect — Ellen Flanagan Burns

• The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens — Lisa Schab, LCSW

• What to Do When You Worry Too Much — Dawn Huebner, Ph.D.

• Big Life Journal (for Kids & Teens)

Autism

• The Reason I Jump — Naoki Higashida

• Uniquely Human — Barry Prizant, Ph.D.

• An Early Start for Your Child with Autism — Sally Rogers, Ph.D.

• NeuroTribes — Steve Silberman

• The Loving Push — Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Additional Resource

• TED Talk: Glass Children — Jamie Guterman

Racism, Diversity & Inclusion

• Something Happened in Our Town — Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano & Marietta Collins

• Our Skin — Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli

• The ABCs of Inclusion — Beth Leipholtz

• Antiracist Baby — Ibram X. Kendi

• A Kids Book About Racism — Jelani Memory

Puberty & Growing Up (Girls)

• The Care and Keeping of You — Valorie Schaefer

• Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!) — Sonya Renee Taylor

• A Girl's Guide to Puberty & Periods — Marni Sommer

• Celebrate Your Feelings — Sonya Renee Taylor

• The Every Body Book — Rachel E. Simon

Healthy Sexual Development

• It's Not the Stork! — Robie H. Harris

• It's So Amazing! — Robie H. Harris

• Sex Is a Funny Word — Cory Silverberg

• HealthyChildren.org – Sexual Behaviors in Young Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Healthy Sexual Development

Parenting

• Parenting from the Inside Out — Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.

• The Whole-Brain Child — Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. & Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.

• The Gardener and the Carpenter — Alison Gopnik

• The Awakened Family — Dr. Shefali Tsabary

• Why Is My Child in Charge? — Claire Lerner

Adolescents & Teen Development

• Untangled — Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

• The Emotional Lives of Teenagers — Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

• Brainstorm — Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

• Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall — Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

• The Self-Confidence Workbook — Barbara Markway, Ph.D.

ADHD & Executive Functioning

• Taking Charge of ADHD — Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.

• Smart but Scattered — Peg Dawson & Richard Guare

• The Explosive Child — Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

• Thriving with Adult ADHD — Phil Boissiere, MFT

• Driven to Distraction — Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Uniquely Human — Barry Prizant, Ph.D.

• The Reason I Jump — Naoki Higashida

• NeuroTribes — Steve Silberman

• An Early Start for Your Child with Autism — Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson & Laurie Vismara

• Children with High-Functioning Autism: A Parent's Guide — Claire Hughes-Lynch

Twice-Exceptional (2e) Children

• Bright Not Broken — Diane Kennedy & Rebecca Banks

• Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults — James Webb et al.

• Different Minds — Deirdre Lovecky

• Helping Gifted Children Soar — Carol Strip & Gretchen Hirsch

• Gifted Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders — Temple Grandin, Susan Baum, et al.

Sensory Processing

• The Out-of-Sync Child — Carol Stock Kranowitz

• The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun — Carol Stock Kranowitz

• Sensational Kids — Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D.

• Raising a Sensory Smart Child — Lindsey Biel

• Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight — Sharon Heller, Ph.D.

Adult Relationships

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work — John Gottman, Ph.D.

• Attached — Amir Levine, M.D. & Rachel Heller

• The Will to Change — bell hooks

• It Didn't Start With You — Mark Wolynn

• Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson, Psy.D.

Trauma & Family Healing

• The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

• It Didn't Start With You — Mark Wolynn

• What Happened to You? — Bruce Perry, M.D. & Oprah Winfrey

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson, Psy.D.

• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog — Bruce Perry, M.D.

Anxiety

• Anxiety Beast: A Kid's Guide to Defeating Anxiety — Deisy C. Boscán & Anne Marie Brown

• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook — Edmund Bourne

• Freeing Your Child from Anxiety — Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.

• Don't Feed the Monkey Mind — Jennifer Shannon, LMFT

• The Worry Cure — Robert Leahy, Ph.D.

Helpful Websites

• CHADD (ADHD)

• Understood.org

• Circle of Security International

• Child Mind Institute

• Harvard Center on the Developing Child

• Learning Disabilities Association of America

• Cortica (Autism)

ADHD & Executive Functioning

• Driven to Distraction — Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.

• Smart but Scattered — Peg Dawson, Ed.D. & Richard Guare, Ph.D.

• Understanding Girls with ADHD — Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Littman & Patricia Quinn

• Late, Lost, and Unprepared — Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D. & Laurie Dietzel, Ph.D.

• Thriving with Adult ADHD — Phil Boissiere, MFT

Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia

• Overcoming Dyslexia — Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

• A Mind at a Time — Mel Levine, M.D.

• The Dyslexic Advantage — Brock Eide, M.D. & Fernette Eide, M.D.

• Learning Outside the Lines — Jonathan Mooney & David Cole

• Fish in a Tree — Lynda Mullaly Hunt (especially valuable for older teens and young adults reflecting on their learning experiences)

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