Sheila Stewart
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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"Emotions can be tricky things. Sometimes, a person has lots of negative emotions, and he doesn't know what to do with them. Kids with emotional disturbance often don't know how to deal with the overwhelming emotions they experience, and sometimes they react in inappropriate ways, disrupting their own lives and the lives of people around them. This can be scary for both the person dealing with emotional disturbance and for the other people. For all...
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Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2010
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"Everybody makes mistakes and sometimes we make bad choices that gets us in trouble. But what about when those mistakes are really serious and the bad choices were very bad? Kids who have been arrested and find themselves in the juvenile court system are often scared and worried about what will happen to them. They are sudden pulled out of their familiar world and knowing they are responsible for that doesn't make things any easier. Fortunately, the...
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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"People who can see with their eyes find it hard to imagine what life must be like for those with blindness or visual impairment. For thousands of kids, though, this is a reality. While some are born with blindness or some type of visual impairment, others lose their sight later on because of a disease, infection, or injury. For kids with blindness or visual impairment, life presents a unique set of challenges. Overcoming these challenges is easier...
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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"A parent drinking too much alcohol can be really scary. Your mom starts acting differently and you don't know what to expect anymore. You might worry that your mom is going to do something dangerous while she is drinking, that she might hurt somebody or herself accidentally. You might not know who you can talk to about how you feel. Even though the situation is scary, there are people who can help you and your mom get through it, so don't feel you...
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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Discusses unemployment and its effects on the family, including reasons why people lose their jobs and cannot find another, the emotional and economic effects of unemployment, and coping strategies, and provides a story about a girl whose father loses his job.
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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"Kids with physical challenges have some kind of difficulty using their bodies that might make it harder to do things like get around or use their hands to write or draw. Sometimes, the physical challenge is something a person is born with and sometimes it's something that happens later. Some people with physical challenges use wheelchairs, some use crutches, and some have an artificial limb. There are many different types of physical challenges and...
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"Kids who are deaf or hard of hearing might not be able [to] hear what's going on around them, but their eyes give them a lot of information about the world. Some people who are deaf or hard of hearing might wear hearing aids or have surgery to help their ears better, while others rely even more on their eyes for help. People who can't hear understand a lot by watching people's actions and looking at the expressions on their faces. They might also...
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Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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"Sometimes, parents aren't able to look after their own kids, for a variety of reasons. When this happens, the kids might live with relatives, or they might enter the foster care system. Kids in the foster care system face a number of unique challenges, and their lives aren't always very easy. Sometimes they are separated from their brothers and sisters, and sometimes they move through many foster homes in a short amount of time. The foster care system...