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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
