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Are you more distant from your spouse than you'd like to be? Do you sometimes get into big struggles over what amount to mere administrative details? Do you or your spouse waste time "screensucking"-mindlessly viewing email or surfing the Web? Welcome to the club!Modern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments. Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of the hugely popular Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples' therapist, to explain the subtle but dangerous toll today's overstretched, undernurtured lifestyle takes on our most intimate relationship. The good news is that there are straightforward and effective ways to maneuver your marriage out of the destructive roadblocks created by the avalanche of busy living. Just thirty minutes of effort a day for thirty days can restore and repair communication and connection, resurrect long-buried happiness and romance, and strengthen-even save-a marriage.

We deal with overload by tuning it out, but the repercussions on couples and commitment are serious. Without attention, there is no intimacy. And without intimacy, there is no connection. So how do couples find their way back?
 
• Observe the natural sequence of sustaining love: attention, time, connection, and play.
• Develop and nurture empathy-the essential building block to healthy communication.
• Carve out small moments of uninterrupted attention for each other.
• Identify the pressures that our crazybusy lifestyles put on love and marriage, and fight back with tenderness and appreciation.
 
    All of us who have been part of a couple for more than a few years will recognize ourselves in this reassuring book. Complete with scripts, tips, specific communication and interaction techniques, and a detailed 30-day reconnection plan, as well as inspiring real-life stories from relationships that were brought back from the brink, Married to Distraction will set couples on a course of understanding, healing, and love.

The book that answers your questions about ADD-now revised and updated 
 
After decades of being unfairly diagnosed, children and adults with attention deficit disorder are now recognized as having a common and treatable neurological condition. Drs. Hallowell and Ratey answer the questions most frequently asked at their nationwide workshops and seminars, resulting in an easy-to-read reference that covers every aspect of the disorder: from identifying symptoms and diagnosis, to the latest treatment options, as well as practical day-to-day advice on how you or a loved one can live a normal life with ADD. 
 
Whether you are a patient, parent, teacher, or health-care professional, Answers to Distraction will help those whose ADD has caused persistent problems in school, at work, and in relationships.  
 
Q&As include:

• What is the single most important scientific finding about ADD in the last decade?
• How early can ADD be diagnosed?
• Where can a parent get support for dealing with a child who has ADD?
• What advances in the field of medication have taken place since the original version of this book was published?

The poignant, funny, and truly unique observations of a young writer diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

"Please be forewarned that you are about to read the observations and life lessons of someone who entertains himself by farting in public and conversing in gibberish with his cats."

Thus begins the charming, insightful, and memorable story of Jesse Saperstein. Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism, Jesse has struggled since childhood with many of the hallmark challenges of his condition-from social awkwardness and self-doubt to extreme difficulty with change and managing his emotions.

He has also worked hard to understand and make the most of his AS- developing his keen curiosity and sense of humor, closely observing the world around him, and most of all, helping others with AS to better cope and even thrive. Told with endearing and unflinching honesty, Jesse brings his unique perspective to the circumstances of his life and his condition.

FROM THE FOREWORD BY ANDREW WEIL, MD ~ For 20 years, Dr. Sandy Newmark has specialized in successfully treating children diagnosed as having ADHD usingmethods other than psychostimulant medications. Now he has put his best advice into this book for all parents, educators and other physicians to read.He explains how to treat the whole child, not just the symptoms of ADHD, using safe and natural methods. For any child diagnosed with ADHD, even those already taking medication, this book will prove invaluable for their health, happiness, and success. I strongly recommend this book to all parents, relatives, and friends of children with ADHD, as well as the teachers, doctors, and other professionals who work with them. Before going to the pharmacy, we can use an integrative approach to help these children succeed and fulfill their true potential. Dr. Newmark tells us just how to do that. ~ Excerpted from book's foreword by the renowned Dr. Andrew Weil.

When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersected?

THE HORSE BOY is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. In Mongolia, the family found undreamed of landscapes and people, unbearable setbacks, and advances beyond their wildest dreams. This is a deeply moving, truly one-of-a-kind story--of a family willing to go to the ends of the earth to help their son, and of a boy learning to connect with the world for the first time.

Translated by one of the authors from their excellent book in English, Los Trastornos del Espectro de Autismo de la A a la Z is the most extensive and detailed book available in Spanish about ASD. The book presents the combined perspectives of two sisters with more than 50 years of experience between them, one an educational advocate the mother of a young man with an ASD, and the other a professional in special education for more than 32 years. This book contains the information and resources that parents and professional need to help their children and students of any age. Many ways that parents and professionals can collaborate are suggested to achieve the best possible outcome for the person with Autism, Asperger Syndrome or Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Traducido por una de las autoras del exitoso libro Autism Spectrum Disorders From A to Z éste es el mejor libro tan extensiva y detallada de salir del tema en español. Presenta la perspectiva combinada de dos hermanas con 50 años de experiencia entre ellas, una la madre de un joven con un Trastorno del Espectro de Autismo y abogado educacional, y la otra un profesional de educación especial para más que 32 años. Está lleno de toda la información y recursos que los padres necesitan saber y tener para ayudar a sus hijos. Contiene muchas sugerencias de cómo los padres y los profesionales pueden trabajar juntos para lograr la vida más exitosa posible para las personas con los Trastornos del Espectro de Autismo. Con más que 500 páginas, explica todos los temas importantes en lenguaje que se puede entender facilmente y presentan muchos ejemplos. Ofrecen pasos prácticos y estratégias de cómo collaborar para ayudar a una persona con un Trastorno del Espectro de Autismo (TEA), de cualquier edad durante toda la vida. Entender a las características y las definiciones de los TEA Cómo mejorar el proceso de la evaluación y el diagnóstico El impacto del diagnóstico a la familia y otros Los apoyos que las familias necesitan y cómo consegiurlos Lo que los profesionales pueden hacer para ayudar a las familias Cómo escoger los metas del plan individuo en todas las áreas del funcionamiento Cómo explicar sobre TEA a la persona misma, a la familia y otros que necesitan saber Las causas posibles de los TEA y una explicación de varios curas o tratamientos

Hardly a week goes by without a story in the national media about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Record numbers of children-even preschoolers-are being diagnosed as ADD and prescribed powerful medicines. For those who suffer from ADD or hyperactivity, there are effective natural and alternative treatments. Dealing with a child who is inattentive, overly talkative, impulsive and excessively irritable can be difficult and often times they are misdiagnosed. In this new book, Dr. Colbert discusses the importance of nutrition and diet for prevention of ADD, and new medical breakthroughs that give hope to all who are afflicted and for family members.

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A Note From the Author: I wrote this book about my learning disability, but this is for anyone who has his or her own special challenge. In this book I tell you about my struggles and accomplishments as a child and an adult with Dyslexia, with the hope that it will give you the strength and encouragement to help yourself or a loved one. I strongly urge you to read this book and apply it to your life. Don't ever give up on your dreams and always believe in yourself.

Provides much needed help for desperate parents trying to raise rebellious teens. Shows different ways to effectively "treat" disobedience while offering effective healing and wholeness for struggling families.