What does a mother do when her teenaged daughter is spinning out of control and nothing is bringing her back? Here is a searingly honest memoir of motherhood and a testament to the power of love and family.

A quick guide to the rules of the game of placing an expatriate child in the U.S. school system.

Aided by his frequent coauthor, Blau, family therapist Taffel describes modern teen life, the phenomenon of teens building relationships with friends--"second families"--that rival and sometimes supplant those with family members, and how parents can understand and deal with those peer relationships.

Widely known for his popular parenting guides, seasoned family therapist Ron Taffel now provides a commonsense handbook for child professionals working with challenging families.

A pediatrician examines both the positive and negative sides of temperament from infancy to adolescence, and shows parents how to work with, not against, these inborn traits.

You've seen how children's emotions affect their abilities to learn. Now, you can do something about it. The book explains how to work effectively with specific emotions in school and at home, in order to help children learn.

An exploration of the different ways children manifest their intelligence, and the different learning difficulties they may also have.

Written with humor and “reader-friendly” language, the handbook explains the complexity of learning disorders in terms all readers can understand. 

A college consultant and a certified family counselor profile the best 310 colleges for learning disabled students, offering information on the schools' learning disabled programs, admission criteria, and the phone numbers of program officials.

A comprehensive, understandable guide to recognizing and getting help for children with learning problems explains the physiology of such problems, tells how to get professional help, and offers coping strategies for parents under stress.

Discover the varied ways dyslexia manifests itself and suggests effective action for each stage of development. 

A practical, accessible guide to coping with a wide range of behavioral problems in children from birth to age eighteen.

A valuable book which shows parents and teachers how to improve children's nonverbal communication skills, offering the tools children need to communicate ideas and establish and maintain relationships.

A compendium of testimonials from young men and women who took productive time off either before or during college.

Understanding and Helping Children With Learning Problems at Home and in School.

Clinical psychologists Nowicki and Duke show parents and teachers how to simply assess the extent of a child's dyssemia, provide exercises for correcting their problems, and offer guidance for seeking professional assistance.

A book about wilderness programs and their value for troubled kids.

Learning disabilities at home and school. Easy to read but very thorough explanation of the symptoms and diagnosis of mild to moderate LD. Lots of helpful strategies for parents, teachers and students.

A basic “workbook” approach to the school search process, for parents and students starting from scratch. Outlines the types and sub-types of schools and walks the family through the process of searching, applying and choosing.

A mother's memoir about her child's dyslexia and about the family's search for help.

An excellent book about ADD/ADHD, written by people with firsthand knowledge of the condition and how to work successfully with it.

Further descriptions of methods that work with ADD/ADHD kids, at home and at school.

A series of stories and essays calling for our attention not to the learning problems, but to the children who may have them.

Primarily for the family new to the world of private schools, a good common sense guide to the search.

Written for the student new to the boarding experience, a series of anecdotes, advice and suggestions on making the best of it.

A compact reference guide with lots of useful cross-referenced lists, e.g. schools with lacrosse, small coed schools, junior boarding schools, etc.

A new and compelling look at "male myths" in our culture, and how boys struggle with them in families and in schools.

One of the clearest and most well written of the books on how girls have been held under in a male-dominated culture.

The ground-breaking study on the development of girls; one of the first books proposing a gender difference in psychological growth.

Maxym, a psychotherapist, and York, an educational consultant, have written a book that not only identifies the issues in today's teen problems but also offers parents options in dealing with them.

Provides a preview of clinical psychopharmacology. Includes general principles, depression, bipolar illness, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, miscellaneous disorders, nonresponse and 'breakthrough symptoms' algorithims, and case examples.

This essential book provides the up-to-date information that will enable readers to fully understand what their child's doctor is recommending, and what their options are.

This book is currently on backorder.

The author argues that rewards undermine "efforts to teach students, manage workers, and raise children."

The true story of a mother's struggle with her daughter's destructive behavior

Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are a force of politics--and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."

This book tackles your child's behavior from a no-nonsense approach in all areas: school, legal system, home, society.

Whether you are a first-time parent, or an expert, this book is a valuable guide to understanding your baby and toddler as he or she develops.

Designed to bring adults to the level of children, and children to the level of adults, so that this happy meeting ground can truly make for harmony in the home.

In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families.

I will be adding to this list regularly, and I welcome your suggestions. Email your recommendations to jpd@dobconsult.com.