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List of contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
Almost All "A"s
CHAPTER TWO
What's for Dinner?
CHAPTER THREE
The Stash Drawer
CHAPTER FOUR
Trouble
CHAPTER FIVE
There's a New Kid in Town
CHAPTER SIX
If It's Not One Thing, It's Another
CHAPTER SEVEN
Meet the Armstrongs
CHAPTER EIGHT
Yesterday and Today
CHAPTER NINE
Busted
CHAPTER TEN
The Day of the Big Exam
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Thank You Ms. Diaz
Epilogue
Activity Guide and Discussion Questions
Things You Can Do to Stay Healthy
Resources for Kids and Parents
Movies that Address Overweight Children, Low Self-Esteem, or Feeling Different from Other Children
About the author
Gary Solomon: Gary Solomon, MPH, MSW, PhD is a professor of psychology at the College of Southern Nevada. He received his bachelor's degree and MPH (Master of Public Health) from UCLA; MSW from Tennessee State University; and his PhD in psychology from Pacific Western University. Dr. Solomon is a dynamic speaker and has lectured all over the US. Dr. Solomon is also known as The Movie Doctor and was the first to write on the topic of using movies as therapy. He coined the term 'Cinematherapy.' His first book, The Motion Picture Prescription: Watch This Movie and Call Me in the Morning, was written as a therapeutic tool for therapists to use for treating clients and groups. His other books include Reel Therapy and Cinemaparenting.
Lynne Adamson: Lynne Adamson has worked in the graphics field including television graphics, advertising, and publishing all of her adult life. A forty-year resident of Las Vegas, NV, Lynne worked as Art Director for TV8 and TV3 in Las Vegas, as well as Art Director for several Las Vegas advertising agencies. She was Advertising Creative Director for the Greenspun Media Group, that publishes the alternative paper Las Vegas Weekly, InBusiness Las Vegas, and several magazine publications. Lynne also spent two years as a Graphic Specialist for the Las Vegas Review Journal.
