Boys and girls learn differently!

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Michael Gurian

A thoroughly revised edition of the classic resource for understanding gender differences in the classroom. In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a proven method to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts. Explores the inherent differences between the developmental neuroscience of boys and girls. Reveals how the brain learns. Explains when same sex classrooms are appropriate, and when they're not. This edition includes new information on a wealth of topics including how to design the ultimate classroom for kids in elementary, secondary, middle, and high school. - Publisher.

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Theo Cox

In this work contributors focus on the challenges to the educational system posed by children and young people who experience a variety of social and economic disadvantages. Suggestions are made for tackling exclusionary practice.

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Maxine B. Rosenberg

Eight young people talk about their experiences with alcohol and other drugs: how and why they started, factors influencing their decisions to stop, and their recovery from addiction.

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Terry Hunt and Karen Paine-Gernée

The pioneering therapists who wrote "Emotional Healing" present that book's long-awaited sequel. A challenge to today's popular "tell-all" psychotherapy programs, this important guide teaches readers how to discern which secrets to tell and which to keep for optimum emotional healing.