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Author Fonseca, Christine, 1966-

Title Quiet kids : help your introverted child succeed in an extroverted world / Christine Fonseca.

Publication Info. Waco, Texas : Prufrock Press Inc., [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  155.4182 Fon    ---  Available
Description xvi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190).
Summary Being an introverted child is difficult, especially in an ever-increasingly noisy world. Fonseca provides strategies to teach children how to thrive in a world that may not understand them, and shows parents and educators how to help children develop resiliency and enhance the positive qualities of being an introvert.
Contents The science of temperament -- A wallflower? Or not? -- Soaring with strengths -- In their own words : a matter of temperament -- Setting the foundation -- Nurturing resiliency -- Building a stronger village -- In their own words : introverts and extroverts, Oh my! -- How introverts learn -- Leveling the playing field -- Coping with failure -- In their own words: the pressure to succeed : high school introverts speak out -- Surviving the social scene -- Navigating through the mine fields -- Creativity, technology and building on strengths -- In their own words : moving from shame to empowerment.
Source NBK 12/13 PPL
Subject Introversion in children.
Child rearing.
ISBN 9781618210821 (pbk.)
1618210823 (pbk.)

 
    
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