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Doing Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Iclinically met my fi rst children with Asperger’s and High-Functioning Autism in 1981 at Camp Wediko here in New England. Like many college students before us, my newlywed wife and I had driven north to New Hampshire to spend an intensive summer learning more about the careers we were about to enter: she, special education, and myself,...

Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide to Safe Computing

Apress, 2004

Dan Appleman's career is typical of someone who, unable to choose what he wants to do for a living, decides to do everything. From founding a software company (Desaware), to cofounding a publishing company (Apress), to programming, to writing books (this is his seventh), he's a Brm believer that the question 'What do...

Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent...

Game Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2008

Hey, reader. Thanks for reading and/or buying my book. I am really thankful for it.

What is programming? Programming, according to Dictionary.com, is ‘‘a set of coded instructions that enables a machine, especially a computer, to perform a desired sequence of operations.’’ In other words, programming allows...

Visual C# Game Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2011

Imagine this scenario: You create a hunter character with random stats and hit points and enter the dungeon to begin exploring for treasure. You stumble upon a zombie pacing near a pile of gear and gold! You attack the zombie and it strikes back! You roll 1D20 and score a critical hit! The 20 point die plus dexterity, against the...

Scratch Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2008

Welcome to Scratch Programming for Teens! Scratch is a programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab for the purpose of teaching programming to teens and other first-time programmers. Scratch is a new programming language, initially released in May 2007. Scratch supports the development of computer games, interactive stories, graphic artwork...

Visual Basic Game Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2010

Visual Basic Game Programming for Teens, Third Edition teaches teens and other beginners how to create their own 2D role-playing game (RPG) using the free to download and easy to use Visual Basic 2008 Express. The game is built step-by-step throughout the book as readers learn new skills and build upon them. This new edition features almost...

3D Game Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2006

"3D Game Programming for Teens" is a comprehensive, step-by-step introduction to 3D game programming for both teenagers and non-programmers. Organized into three parts, the book begins with an introduction to the game development industry, the game development process, and game engines including WildTangent. Part two covers JavaScript and...

Facebook: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

Pogue Press, 2011

Facebook's spreading about as far and fast as the Web itself: 500 million members and counting. But there's a world of fun packed into the site that most folks miss. With this bestselling guide, learn how to unlock Facebook's talents as personal website creator, souped-up address book, and bustling community forum....

Game Character Animation All in One

Course Technology PTR, 2006

Within the world of video games, characters become almost living entities. Through the use of logic and artificial intelligence, the video-game character is able to act and react to each situation. As the designer, you hold the character's creative expression in your control. Game Character Animation All in One is a comprehensive guide to the...

The Book of Knowing: Know How You Think, Change How You Feel

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2020

A little book for big feelings.

Informative and accessible, The Book of Knowing is a friendly, therapeutic guide for teens to understand and control their feelings. In 2015, clinical psychologist Gwendoline Smith began a Tumblr blog under the pseudonym Dr. Know. Her Gen Z-friendly approach to CBT (cognitive...

PSP Game Creation for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2010

Games have come a long way since their inception far in our past. The tools we have used in our game play have changed, as well, from knuckle bones to cards to board games to early arcade games to today’s spiffy video game consoles. The progression has been a lengthy one. Now hardware advances are even changing the way we...

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