A Special Kind of Brain or Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook

A Special Kind of Brain: Living with Nonverbal Learning Disability

Author: Nancy Russell Burger

Sharing the experience of bringing up a child with nonverbal learning disability (NLD), this book offers advice on subjects ranging across diagnosis and therapy, children's interaction with each other, suitable activities for a child with NLD and how to discuss NLD with children. This book will reassure, advise and inform parents and professionals who work with children with NLD.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	9
1	What's the matter with Jimmy?	15
2	The diagnosis an dealing with it	29
3	At home : parenting the NLD child	44
4	Managing inflow : the kid in the candy store	58
5	Persever-what?	71
6	Socialization : it's a jungle out there	86
7	Teaching social skills	98
8	Activities for the NLD child	112
9	NLD at school : working with the system	124
10	Discussing NLD with your child	144
11	Living with NLD every day	156
12	Changes in routine and moving - a four-letter word	170
13	Getting involved	187
14	Seeking outside help for your NLD child	196
15	Looking ahead	208

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Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook

Author: Bonnie Sanders Polin PhD

In response to a major movement in diabetes treatment, recipes low in animal protein and saturated fat that give you the nutrition you need to stay healthy and energetic

During the last decade, major changes in the approach to dietary treatment of diabetes have occurred. Today it is widely recognized that people with diabetes can enjoy a high-carbohydrate meal plan low in animal proteins and saturated fat and get the nutrition they need to stay healthy and energetic. Now The Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook offers tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes that provide necessary protein in the form of beans, lentils, and tofu and take full advantage of the bounty of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and spices available year-round. Dishes such as Vietnamese Imperial Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce, Belgian Endive and Watercress Salad with Blue Cheese Toasts, Pumpkin Ravioli with Mushroom Ragout, and Star Fruit Upside-Down Cake prove that living with diabetes does not mean eating bland, tasteless foods.

The Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook features:

• 175 delicious and healthful recipes for appetizers; soups and stews; salads; sandwiches and pizzas; pasta, grains, and tofu; and desserts
• A complete guide to stocking your healthy pantry
• Informative sidebars on a variety of topics, including tips for perfect risotto, how to buy and prepare tofu, a primer on lettuce and greens, and cooking with artificial sweeteners
• Nutritional analysis and Joslin Choice information for every recipe
• A three-week menu plan that takes the guesswork out of preparing meals

Whether you are living with diabetes or are simply in search offlavorsome, nourishing food for yourself and your family, the creative and fresh-tasting recipes and helpful information in this book will make The Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook an invaluable companion in your kitchen.

Publishers Weekly

Psychologist Bonnie Sanders Polin and food consultant Frances Towner Giedt worked with the staff of Boston's Joslin Diabetes Center to produce The Joslin Diabetes Healthy Carbohydrate Cookbook. They show that it is possible to follow a low-fat and high-carbohydrate diet and maintain proper nutrition for a healthy active life. Their 175 recipes among them, Japanese Seaweed Salad, Bean and Pasta Soup, Curried Couscous with Walnuts, and Chocolate Mousse are all part of the three-week plan of menus. ( Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.