Marcel Lebrun, Kimberly Williams

Healthy Children, Healthy Minds

Helping Children Succeed NOW for a Brighter Future

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781610489263
• ISBN-10: 1610489268
• Artikelnr.: 40453201

Autorenporträt

Marcel Lebrun is a professor of education at Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, and teaches classes in special education, counseling, learning disabilities, and emotional behavior disorders. He has worked with teachers, students, and school communities for many years.

Inhaltsangabe

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