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Talking To Adults
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Author : Shoshana Blum-Kulka
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002-04
Talking To Adults written by Shoshana Blum-Kulka and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The focus of this volume is on how language is used between adults and children. The results is a volume that will appeal to readers in language development and narrative discourse. Has the potential to become a classic graduate-level text/reference.
Your Turn
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Author : Julie Lythcott-Haims
language : en
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Release Date : 2022-04-05
Your Turn written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and has been published by Holt Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Family & Relationships categories.
"Having tackled a far-reaching parenting crisis with her New York Times bestselling How to Raise an Adult, Lythcott-Haims is back with an equally powerful and persuasive book for the adult children of those hovering parents--and for everyone who struggles to be a grown-up in these challenging times"--
Staying Connected To Your Teenager Revised Edition
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Author : Michael Riera
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-06-27
Staying Connected To Your Teenager Revised Edition written by Michael Riera and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-27 with Family & Relationships categories.
At last, a book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today's often-crazy world.The first step is simple: realizing that inside every teen resides two very different people-the regressed child and the emergent adult. The emergent adult is seen at school, on the playing field, in his first job, and in front of his friends' families. Unfortunately, his parents usually see only the regressed child-moody and defiant-and, if they're not on the lookout, they'll miss seeing the more agreeable, increasingly adult thinker in their midst.With ingenious strategies for coaxing the more attractive of the two teen personalities into the home, family psychologist Mike Riera gives new hope to beleaguered and harried parents. From moving from a "managing" to a "consulting" role in a teen's life, from working with a teen's uniquely exasperating sleep rhythms to having real conversations when only monosyllables have been previously possible, Staying Connected to Your Teenager demonstrates ways to bring out the best in a teen-and, consequently, in an entire family.
We Need To Talk
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Author : Celeste Headlee
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-09-05
We Need To Talk written by Celeste Headlee and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Take a moment to consider how many outcomes in your life may have been affected by poor communication skills. Could you have gotten a job you really wanted? Saved a relationship? What about that political conversation that got out of hand at a dinner party? How is it that we so often fail to say the right thing at the right time? In her career as an NPR host, journalist Celeste Headlee has interviewed hundreds of people from all walks of life, and if there's one thing she's learned, it's that it's hard to overestimate the power of conversation and its ability to both bridge gaps and deepen wounds. In We Need to Talk, she shares what she's learned on the job about how to have effective, meaningful, and respectful conversations in every area of our lives. Now more than ever, Headlee argues, we must begin to talk to and, more importantly, listen to one another - including those with whom we disagree. We Need to Talk gives readers ten simple tools to help facilitate better conversations, ranging from the errors we routinely make (put down the smart phone when you're face to face with someone) to the less obvious blind spots that can sabotage any conversation, including knowing when not to talk, being aware of our own bias, and avoiding putting yourself in the centre of the discussion. Whether you're gearing up for a big conversation with your boss, looking to deepen or improve your connection with a relative, or trying to express your child's needs to a teacher, We Need to Talk will arm you with the skills you need to create a productive dialogue.
Talking To Adults
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Author : Shoshana Blum-Kulka
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2002-04-01
Talking To Adults written by Shoshana Blum-Kulka and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the contribution of multiparty intergenerational talk in a variety of cultures to the development of children's communicative capacities. The book focuses on the complexity of the cultural and interactional contexts in which pragmatic learning occurs and re-examines certain assumptions implicit in research on language socialization to date, such as primacy of dyadic interactions in the early ages and the presupposition of a monolingual social matrix. One of the aims of the book is to demonstrate the degree of cultural diversity in paths of pragmatic development. Individual chapters present empirically grounded analyses of talk with children of all ages, in different participation structures and in a variety of cultures. In pursuing this theme the volume is meant to further enrich cross-cultural perspectives on language socialization by providing in each of its chapters an empirically grounded analysis of the development of one specific dimension of discursive skill. The nine invited chapters comprise new empirical work on the development of specific discourse dimensions. Authors have been asked also to adopt a reflexive stand on their line of research and to incorporate in the chapter a comprehensive and critical perspective on former work on the discursive dimension investigated. The discourse dimensions represented in the volume include narratives, explanations, the language of control in intergenerational and intragenerational talk, the language of humor and affect, and bilingual conversations. The volume offers a rich spectrum of cultural variety in pragmatic development, including studies of American, Greek, Japanese, Mayan, Norwegian, and Swedish children and families.
How To Raise An Adult
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Author : Julie Lythcott-Haims
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-07-24
How To Raise An Adult written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-24 with Psychology categories.
"For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time." -Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood. In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success. Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings-and of special value to parents of teens-this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.
Conversations On The Go
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Author : Mary Alice Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Search Inst
Release Date : 2004
Conversations On The Go written by Mary Alice Ackerman and has been published by Search Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Family & Relationships categories.
A collection of creative questions designed to spark conversations between parents and teens and encourage them to spend time talking with and getting to know one another.
Teen Talk Insight On Issues That Matter To Teens And The Adults Who Care About Them
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Author : Maria Susan Proulx
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-11-22
Teen Talk Insight On Issues That Matter To Teens And The Adults Who Care About Them written by Maria Susan Proulx and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-22 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
When Maria Susan Proulx started writing her Teen Talk column for a local newspaper, she was just twelve years old. Her parents teased her, saying that teens didn't read the paper; she was communicating with her peers in a medium read by forty-year-olds. But that didn't stop Maria. Soon, she learned that teens and parents were discussing each of her columns over dinner, instead of sitting in silence, absorbed by their phones. Fellow students came up to her in the hallway at school, telling her that her column on mental health gave them the courage to face their own struggles. Teachers told her that they cut her column out of the paper and posted it in their classrooms, to encourage conversations with students about tough topics. Emboldened, Maria kept writing-and five years later, her columns have become this book. Teen Talk: Insight on Issues that Matter to Teens and the Adults Who Care About Them is a collection of essays on activism, college acceptance, gender identity, body positivity, immigration, blended families, rejection, dating, illness, homework, and addiction-but it's also so much more. It's a bridge between teens and the adults in their lives, a way of tearing down barriers and building common understanding. Through humor, honesty, and insight, Teen Talk offers a space for conversation, reflection, and-above all-the knowledge that no matter how overwhelming their challenges might seem, teens are not alone.
Talkabout For Adults
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Author : Alex Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Talkabout For Adults written by Alex Kelly and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Education categories.
alkabout Adults is a practical resource to help therapists or support staff to develop self-awareness and self-esteem in adults. It has been particularly aimed at adults with an intellectual disability (learning disability) or older children with special needs. It has been adapted from the Talkabout for Children: developing self-awareness and self-esteem book to be suitable for an older audience. This means that some of the activities are almost identical but a number of them have been adapted to be more appropriate. There are also some new activities such as the 'A book about me.' which enables the adults to make up a book over the course of the sessions that will summarise some keys personal facts. This can work well as an addition to a communication passport or equivalent, or can stand alone as an alternative. Talkabout for Adults is a stand-alone resource with approximately a year's worth of activities to develop self-awareness and self-esteem. It has 50 activities to do with adults and it has been successfully piloted at Speaking Space. It includes: a short assessment of self-awareness and self-esteem; a year's worth of work on self-awareness and self-esteem including 50 activities and some worksheets; practical suggestions to make your group work successful including 25 group cohesion activities, a plan for intervention, and forms for monitoring and evaluation. This resource continues to use the Talkabout hierarchical approach to teaching skills, that is, basic self-awareness skills are taught prior to more complex skills such as social skills and friendship skills. This also means that this resource is designed to be used logically from topic 1 through to topic 8. Most of the activities are more suited to working in a group setting but some of them can be adapted for one-to-one work. Alex Kelly is a speech and language therapist who specialises in working with children who have low self esteem, and difficulty with their social skills and friendship skills. She spent 23 years working as a speech and language therapist in the NNHS but now runs her own company - Alex Kelly Ltd. She provides social skills training and consultancy to schools and organisations across the UK and overseas. Her company also provides speech and language therapy in a number of special schools in eh south of England.
Listen To Young Adults
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Author : Ayshi Ganguly
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-08-16
Listen To Young Adults written by Ayshi Ganguly and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-16 with categories.
"Who understands me?" - The mind of a young adult. Who listens to young adults? Who feels young adults? Do you think you understand teenagers? When was the last time you understood someone or someone really understood you? In the new age when technology has made communication unconditionally easier and faster than ever before to talk with someone, we have become paradoxically worse at listening and communicating. One person talks and the other listens, but this is too simple to be true. We often feel that we understand better than we actually do! "I understand your pain," is easier said than done. There might not be any manual stating "Understand Teenagers", but deep down, every teenager, adolescent, young adult wishes their parents and others around to enhance understanding. If you are that the emotionally immature parent or the emotionally immature adult child who wishes to be understood, then you are just one step away from the very unapologetic practical influence which might serve as a bible for enhancing and sculpting the art of understanding young adults. This book is itself a voice talking about surprising skills that teaches one the ways to communicate effectively with someone without even talking, mastering the lost art of listening, and establishing harmony in relationships than ever before, on initiating a never-happened-before-conversation. The myths of adulthood, and understanding teenagers in the new age, have been busted. Before you go ahead, Stop. Listen and Communicate. Listen and Understand. Here's what the book has to offer you: Listening and communicating skills in need. Learn what they want, to be empathized or sympathized, or none. Understand abuse; emotional, physical, or sexual. Parenting modern teens with love and logic. Understanding that comparisons are not motivations for adult children. Fostering sensitivity to the wide spectrum of the LGBTQ community. Deal with the teen sex life. Understanding that growing up in the new digital age isn't easy either. The list of DO's and DON'Ts, listen and communicate before understanding someone. Depression is not a choice, it requires ample importance. Craft to listen and understand, deepen and develop understanding, think like a hare but speak like a tortoise. Understanding that different is not wrong. For you to be right, the other person might not be wrong, they are just different. Practical ways of building harmony in relationships after skills of developed understanding. Understanding people mastery, understanding strangers. ....And many more. In an era dominated by incessant broadcasting and attention-seeking in social media; to listen and understand- would serve as both a salve and a solution. So this practical guide is for becoming a better listener--and making yourself heard and understood.