Books with author Richard Travis

**Completely Updated in December/2016**This book is for all of the exhausted and frustrated parents, relatives, and educators dealing with the behaviors that just absolutely don't make sense to you....How can this child not follow these simple directions? How can this child not learn this easy task? Why can't my child do chores or clean his room?This book is for you who have asked those questions and hundreds more. What exactly is ADHD? Is it contagious? Can it be fixed? Read on to learn how ADHD is diagnosed, and treated in the most effective ways. There is hope in these pages, and you do actually have the ability to survive a child with ADHD, and both of you grow.Approximately 4.4 million children, between the ages of 4 and 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD in the United States. ADHD is the abbreviation of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and is on of the most common psychiatric disorders among children. The major groups of symptoms are: 1) Impulsivity, 2) Inattention, and 3) Hyperactivity. This book describes these symptoms at great length. It also tells how the negative results of the symptoms are usually poor scholastic achievement, impaired emotional development, and impaired relationship skills.Treatment of this disorder is multi-factorial, often using medication and behavioral therapy. Without treatment however, most children with ADHD will have trouble adapting throughout their lives. Justin Timberlake, and other famous people listed at the end of this book have managed to overcome the negative effects of ADHD.

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Do you have to “walk on eggs” around your child? Is he/she easily agitated and aggravated by anything and everything? Does he or she have a constant attitude, and perhaps even an arrogant way of responding to you? You may have a child with misplaced anger, and who is in need of releasing that anger in appropriate ways, instead of punishing you and the world. We live in a complex, fast-paced world with lots of demands placed on us everyday. We often forget that our children are also faced with lots of demands everyday and live in this same fast-paced, complex world. This book explains why, as adults, and as parents, we should be paying closer attention to our children’s behavior. Many Teens and Pre-Teens are displaying symptoms of Anger, and we aren’t aware of it. This book is your eye-opener! If your child isolates, screams at you, hides, cuts himself, has poor scholastic results, fights with other children, is demanding, or has suffered traumas or losses, then this book will help you.This book states in clear, concise fashion the causes and symptoms of anger in children. It also explains how this anger untreated can cause health and mental health problems, as well as scholastic and relationship problems. As you read this book you should be able to use this information to get a sense of hope and control back in your life. This can only be done by developing an "Action Plan" using the information contained in this book to aggressively deal with your child's behavior. The various types of professional help, including various medications are also included in this book, as these interventions are often necessary.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**Teens are suffering under stressors and responsibilities most parents don't understand. They also have an unconscious need, just as most adults do to "medicate' that stress. They just don't have the maturity to know the danger of 'medicating" with drugs and alcohol.Are your teens or pre-teens acting differently? Are they pulling away from you and the rest of the family?This is the book you need to read to understand the powerful dynamic of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in young adults. It is very important to stop drug and alcohol use in your children before it develops into the abuse stage. If you or your parents have suffered from any addictions, then there is a great chance your child will too.Learn about Interventions. Learn about Prevention Methods. Learn about Treatment Methods. Learn how to be a better Parent. This is a must-have book filled with Resources and Knowledge to arm yourself to deal with Drug and Alcohol use in Teens and Pre-Teens. There are also several pages of Apps, Links, and YouTube Videos for your continued search for more knowledge on this very important issue.

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Everyone of us has had a day, a moment or perhaps even a lifetime of being critical of ourselves over something. Perhaps it was or is our nose that we don't like. Our height? Our weight? Our parents? Our grades? Our voice? Our clothes? Our lack of athletic talent? Our neighborhood?It just seems to be human nature to be critical of ourselves. This self-criticism coupled with the criticism that exists all around us at school, in the world, and at home can mold us into individuals with low self-esteem. While we occasionally see in the news where people are afraid there may be too much falsely inflated self-esteem in children today, there definitely needs to be more focus on those children and teens with low self-esteem.Remember: Every activity a child does which results in success helps improve his/her self-esteem. While depression, anxiety, ADHD and other disorders may cloud the child's view of success, it is still of utmost importance that adults find ways to produce success-building activities for children and teens. This book gives you a view of the many causes of self-esteem problems, the ways we can treat this complex issue, and the possible results of poor self-esteem left untreated. If you apply the skills learned in this book to your family life, with all of your children and even yourself, you will see amazing changes. Low Self-Esteem does not have to continue, if you have the tools to treat it.This book will open your eyes and hearts to what we need to do to help our children and ourselves with this difficult problem.

**Completely Updated in December/2016** Sexuality is one of the most important and defining aspects of our lives. The human experience of sexuality not only involves the aim of procreation, but has several other functions as well. Sexuality can strengthen and deepen a relationship; can serve as a method to relieve tension; is widely seen as a way of self-expression; and not to minimize it, it is usually a joyful activity. Humans have a far more complex sexuality than any other species. This kind of complexity broadens the opportunities to have more fun and derive more pleasure from sexual activities, but it is also a source of problems associated with desires, wishes and actions associated with sex. In this book, we examine a less positive aspect of human sexuality; the sexual problems, pain, and confusion of teenagers. This age is traditionally the time for building identity in human development, and sexuality is seen as an integral part of this process. Although the available sources of information seem to be almost infinite, finding the appropriate way for any individual is probably harder than ever. This book, however provides many links and Youtube video links for adding to your knowledge base on how to manage your confusion.In this book you will find some interesting input from men and women who have suffered and/endured the process of sexual confusion and share their stories. There is no need for any teenager to feel alone and isolated in today's technological and socially connected world. So while there may be pain in adolescence, there is hope and wisdom from your peers and your elders readily available to you.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**Everyone of us has had a day, a moment or perhaps even a lifetime of being critical of ourselves over something. Perhaps it was or is our nose that we don't like. Our height? Our weight? Our parents? Our grades? Our voice? Our clothes? Our lack of athletic talent? Our neighborhood?It just seems to be human nature to be critical of ourselves. This self-criticism coupled with the criticism that exists all around us at school, in the world, and at home can mold us into individuals with low self-esteem. While we occasionally see in the news where people are afraid there may be too much falsely inflated self-esteem in children today, there definitely needs to be more focus on those children and teens with low self-esteem.This book gives you a view of the many causes of self-esteem problems, the ways we can treat this complex issue, and the possible results of poor self-esteem left untreated. If you apply the skills learned in this book to your family life, with all of your children and even yourself, you will see amazing changes. Low Self-Esteem does not have to continue, if you have the tools to treat it. This book will open your eyes and hearts to what we need to do to help our children and ourselves with this difficult problem.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**We live in a complex, fast-paced world with lots of demands placed on us everyday. We often forget that our children are also faced with lots of demands everyday and live in this same fast-paced, complex world. This book explains why, as adults, and as parents, we should be paying closer attention to our children’s behavior. Many Teens and Pre-Teens are displaying symptoms of Anger, and we aren’t aware of it. This book is your eye-opener! If your child isolates, screams at you, hides, cuts himself, has poor scholastic results, fights with other children, is demanding, or has suffered traumas or losses, then this book will help you.This book states in clear, concise fashion the causes and symptoms of anger in children. It also explains how this anger untreated can cause health and mental health problems, as well as scholastic and relationship problems. As you read this book you should be able to use this information to get a sense of hope and control back in your life. This can only be done by developing an "Action Plan" using the information contained in this book to aggressively deal with your child's behavior. The various types of professional help, including various medications are also included in this book, as these interventions are often necessary.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**This book explains the kinds of tragedies, traumas, and losses that our children experience. It also spells out the effects these losses have on our children, whether physical, emotional, social, or academic. Tragedy, trauma and loss that are experienced by children, and are not treated when experienced, can cripple a child’s ability to develop healthy relationships. This untreated trauma can also lead to anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and abandonment and trust issues. When a child undergoes a traumatic experience, his/her sense of security and safety is shattered to create a new and potentially frightening world around him/her. These traumatic experiences can negatively affect the behavior of the child and often disrupts their mental and physical development. This handbook will provide a guideline for parents to spot the common symptoms of a child suffering from trauma. It will also give the basic classifications of traumatic experiences, the psychological and physical long term effects if childhood trauma is left untreated, and a closer examination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).The long term negative effects of trauma on the brain, the body and the emotional or mental health of an individual is quite shocking as we read the research. A child or teen who suffers from a trauma or loss may not be easily identified unless the family becomes aware or conscious of the child’s behavior.It is a sad fact that we can’t prevent trauma and loss in everyday life. We can however help our children thrive as adults by using the information in this book to help heal the wounds of loss and trauma early in life. Take some time and go through the many Links, YouTube Videos and Apps listed at the end of this book. You can never have too much information.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**Anxiety is defined as a feeling of extreme fear, nervousness, uneasiness or worry of impending doom, or an event of undetermined outcome. However, anxiety is not always a pathological process. The same feeling occurs naturally in association with an intense desire to do something. Every child or teenager experiences some degree of anxiety as part of their normal social and emotional development. Anxiety only becomes a problem when it is prolonged and starts to interfere with the normal expected daily activities of the child or teenager. Normal anxiety responds to comfort and reassurance; this is not true with clinical anxiety.This book is dedicated to all of those parents who have suffered through temper tantrums, mood swings, shouting matches, pouting, and arguments with their children. You have not failed if your child is depressed or anxious. You have just been given a challenge to create an environment which will help your child conquer this anxiety and grow into healthy adults.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**Sexuality is one of the most important and defining aspects of our lives. The human experience of sexuality not only involves the aim of procreation, but has several other functions as well. Sexuality can strengthen and deepen a relationship; can serve as a method to relieve tension; is widely seen as a way of self-expression; and not to minimize it, it is usually a joyful activity. Humans have a far more complex sexuality than any other species. This kind of complexity broadens the opportunities to have more fun and derive more pleasure from sexual activities, but it is also a source of problems associated with desires, wishes and actions associated with sex. In this book, we examine a less positive aspect of human sexuality; the sexual problems, pain, and confusion of teenagers. This age is traditionally the time for building identity in human development, and sexuality is seen as an integral part of this process. Although the available sources of information seem to be almost infinite, finding the appropriate way for any individual is probably harder than ever. In this book you will find some interesting input from men and women who have suffered and/endured the process of sexual confusion and share their stories. There is no need for any teenager to feel alone and isolated in today's technological and socially connected world. So while there may be pain in adolescence, there is hope and wisdom from your peers and your elders readily available to you.

**Completely Updated in December/2016**This book explains the kinds of tragedies, traumas, and losses that our children experience. It also spells out the effects these losses have on our children, whether physical, emotional, social, or academic. Tragedy, trauma and loss that are experienced by children, and are not treated when experienced, can cripple a child’s ability to develop healthy relationships. This untreated trauma can also lead to anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and abandonment and trust issues. When a child undergoes a traumatic experience, his/her sense of security and safety is shattered to create a new and potentially frightening world around him/her. These traumatic experiences can negatively affect the behavior of the child and often disrupts their mental and physical development. This handbook will provide a guideline for parents to spot the common symptoms of a child suffering from trauma. It will also give the basic classifications of traumatic experiences, the psychological and physical long term effects if childhood trauma is left untreated, and a closer examination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).The long term negative effects of trauma on the brain, the body and the emotional or mental health of an individual is quite shocking as we read the research. A child or teen who suffers from a trauma or loss may not be easily identified unless the family becomes aware or conscious of the child’s behavior.It is a sad fact that we can’t prevent trauma and loss in everyday life. We can however help our children thrive as adults by using the information in this book to help heal the wounds of loss and trauma early in life. Take some time and go through the many Links, YouTube Videos and Apps listed at the end of this book. You can never have too much information.