Overview

Healthy Children, Healthy Minds: Helping Children Succeed NOW for a Brighter Future is an excellent resource for educators, parents, and anyone who is interested in and committed to fostering healthy patterns of behavior, thinking, and lifestyle choices in children. This book provides strategies on how to keep the brain and mind healthy, address challenges to brain and mind health, such as mental illness and substance abuse, and concrete strategies for building a healthy brain and mind.

Full Product Details

Author:   Marcel Lebrun ,  Kimberly Williams
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9781610489263

ISBN 10:   1610489268
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   09 May 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Preface Part I: Keeping the Brain and Mind Healthy Chapter 1: Exercise: The Mind on the Move Chapter 2: Nutrition: Healthy Fuel for the Mind Chapter 3: Arts: Stimulation for the Developing Mind Chapter 4: Language Development and Computing for Healthy Mind Development Part II: Challenges to Brain and Mind Health Chapter 5: Attention Issues and Problems Chapter 6: Brain Injuries and Brain Damage (Athletics, Accidents, Toxins) Chapter 7: Substance Abuse Chapter 8: Physical Illness and obesity Chapter 9: Mental Illness and Pathology Chapter 10: Violence and Abuse Part III Strategies for Building a Healthy Brain and Mind Chapter 11: Mindfulness and Meditation Chapter 12: Purposeful Teaching of Thinking/cognition and Identifying and Building Cognitive Strengths Chapter 13: Social Relationships and Healthy Emotions Chapter 14: Strategies for Well-Being (including programs and alternative therapies) Conclusion

Reviews

Believe this information! It will help the job seeker be prepared for the path to employment.--Doug Peden, AAEE, Executive Director

Author Information

Marcel Lebrun is a Distinguished Professor at Plymouth State University. He has 35 years of teaching experience in schools and at the university levels. He is the author of 10 books. Kimberly Williams is an independent consultant in New York, adjunct faculty member at Plymouth State University, and teaching support specialist at Cornell University with over 20 years of faculty teaching experience. She is the author of several books on child and adolescent safety, and she has worked closely with children and adolescents for over two decades.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions