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352. Adapting to American Culture

Maryanne Kearny Datesman, ESL Teacher and Administrator; co-author (with JoAnn Crandall and Edward N. Kearny), American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture, Third Ed..

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Resources

American Ways website

The Center for Applied Linguistics

The Pluralism Project at Harvard University


351. Teens Online Part II

Kent Norman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Cognitive Area, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland

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Resources

Cybersmart Kids Online

NetSmartz Kids

i-SAFE

SafeKids.com


350. Teens Online Part I

Kent Norman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Cognitive Area, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland

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Resources

Cybersmart Kids Online

NetSmartz Kids

i-SAFE

SafeKids.com


349. Materialistic Kids

Tim Kasser, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at Knox College; author, the High Price of Materialism and Psychology and Consumer Culture.

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Resources

The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

The Center for a New American Dream

Share, Save, Spend

The Price of Privilege, Madeline Levine

Born to Buy, Juliet Schor

Consuming Kids, Susan Linn


348. Eco-Savvy Kids

Dave Honchalk, Trustee, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education; recently retired Supervisor of Outdoor Education, Montgomery County, MD schools

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Resources

Environmental Protection Agency Kids Site

Children and Nature Network

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv


347. Very Special Education

Jillian Copeland, founder and director of The Diener School; Educational consultant to special needs community

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Resources

Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head, Carla Hannaford

How the Special Needs Brain Learns, David Soussa

The Out-of-Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz

All Kinds of Minds, Melvin Levine


346. Children’s Medical Emergencies

The MommyDocs, Rachel Schreiber, M.D., Allergist; Jamie Freishtat, M.D., Pediatrician; podcasters of pediatric medical information (www.mommydocs.com)

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345. Bipolar Disorder in Children

Melissa DelBello, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Director, Research Education and Training, Division of Child Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Vice-Chair, Clinical Research, University of Cincinnati Department of Psychiatry

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344. Eating Disorders

Gary Litovitz, M.D., psychiatrist, Medical Director, Dominion Psychiatric Hospital (Falls Church, VA)
Rebecca Berman, licensed social worker, Dominion Hospital

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Resources

Bulimia Nervosa Support Group


343. Children with Autism

Griffin Doyle, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, child & adult psychotherapy

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