Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention
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Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages : 72
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ISBN-10 : 0945354797
ISBN-13 : 9780945354796
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention by : Kathleen G. Nadeau

Written especially for kids, this fun, friendly workbook is packed with cartoons and activity pages, offering children a wealth of helpful tips for every situation--at home, at school, and among friends. Illustrations.

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 95
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ISBN-10 : 1591471494
ISBN-13 : 9781591471493
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention by : Kathleen G. Nadeau

Offers guidelines for children with ADHD to help them improve their coping skills, and includes tips and resources for parents.

Putting on the Brakes

Putting on the Brakes
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Publisher : Magination Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1433803860
ISBN-13 : 9781433803864
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Putting on the Brakes by : Patricia O. Quinn

Offers tips and techniques to manage attention disorders including improving organisational skills, strategies for making friends, controlling emotions and being healthy. Aimed at kids and parents.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 511
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ISBN-10 : 9781429969352
ISBN-13 : 1429969350
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Thinking, Fast and Slow by : Daniel Kahneman

*Major New York Times Bestseller *More than 2.6 million copies sold *One of The New York Times Book Review's ten best books of the year *Selected by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best nonfiction books of the year *Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient *Daniel Kahneman's work with Amos Tversky is the subject of Michael Lewis's best-selling The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Topping bestseller lists for almost ten years, Thinking, Fast and Slow is a contemporary classic, an essential book that has changed the lives of millions of readers.

Slow Looking

Slow Looking
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 166
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ISBN-10 : 9781315283791
ISBN-13 : 1315283794
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Slow Looking by : Shari Tishman

Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide educational benefits, slow looking contends that patient, immersive attention to content can produce active cognitive opportunities for meaning-making and critical thinking that may not be possible though high-speed means of information delivery. Addressing the multi-disciplinary applications of this purposeful behavioral practice, this book draws examples from the visual arts, literature, science, and everyday life, using original, real-world scenarios to illustrate the complexities and rewards of slow looking.

Putting on the Brakes

Putting on the Brakes
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : 1557988323
ISBN-13 : 9781557988324
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Putting on the Brakes by : Patricia O. Quinn

Explains what attention deficit disorder is and how to treat it, discussing the cognitive and emotional aspects, what the medication options are, how to maintain positive relations with friends, and how to do well at school.

Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up

Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up
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Publisher : Guilford Publications
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781462515882
ISBN-13 : 1462515886
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up by : Ellen Braaten

Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed," and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated. Filled with vivid stories and examples, this crucial resource demystifies processing speed and shows how to help kids (ages 5 to 18) catch up in this key area of development. Helpful practical tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Learn how to obtain needed support at school, what to expect from a professional evaluation, and how you can make daily routines more efficient--while promoting your child's social and emotional well-being.

Learning to Feel Good and Stay Cool

Learning to Feel Good and Stay Cool
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Publisher : Magination Press
Total Pages : 127
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1433813432
ISBN-13 : 9781433813436
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning to Feel Good and Stay Cool by : Judith M. Glasser

Explains the causes of different feelings and offers practical advice and activities for regulating emotions, staying out of the "upset zone," and problem solving to counter negative emotions.

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention
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Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages : 84
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1883030021
ISBN-13 : 9781883030025
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention by : Kathleen G. Nadeau

Discusses ADHD in children.

The Heart of the Photograph

The Heart of the Photograph
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Publisher : Rocky Nook, Inc.
Total Pages : 291
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781681985473
ISBN-13 : 1681985470
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis The Heart of the Photograph by : David Duchemin

Learn to ask better, more helpful questions of your work so that you can create stronger and more powerful photographs.

Photographers often look at an image—one they’ve either already created or are in the process of making—and ask themselves a simple question: “Is this a good photograph?” It’s an understandable question, but it’s really not very helpful. How are you supposed to answer that? What does “good” even mean? Is it the same for everyone?

What if you were equipped to ask better, more constructive questions of your work so that you could think more intentionally and creatively, and in doing so, bring more specific action and vision to the act of creating photographs? What if asking stronger questions allowed you to establish a more effective approach to your image-making? In The Heart of the Photograph: 100 Questions for Making Stronger, More Expressive Photographs, photographer and author David duChemin helps you learn to ask better questions of your work in order to craft more successful photographs—photographs that express and connect, photographs that are strong and, above all, photographs that are truly yours.

From the big-picture questions—What do I want this image to accomplish?—to the more detail-oriented questions that help you get there—What is the light doing? Where do the lines lead? What can I do about it?—David walks you through his thought process so that you can establish your own. Along the way, he discusses the building blocks from which compelling photographs are made, such as gesture, balance, scale, contrast, perspective, story, memory, symbolism, and much more. The Heart of the Photograph is not a theoretical book. It is a practical and useful book that equips you to think more intentionally as a photographer and empowers you to ask more helpful questions of you and your work, so that you can produce images that are not only better than “good,” but as powerful and authentic as you hope them to be.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Better Questions

PART ONE: A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH?
Is It Good?
The Audience's Good
The Photographer's Good

PART TWO: BETTER THAN GOOD
Better Subjects

PART THREE: BETTER EXPRESSION
Exploration and Expression
What Is the Light Doing?
What Does Colour Contribute?
What Role Do the Lines and Shapes Play?
What's Your Point of View?
What Is the Quality of the Moment?
Where Is the Story?
Where Is the Contrast?
What About Balance and Tension?
What Is the Energy?
How Can I Use Space and Scale?
Can I Go Deeper?
What About the Frame?
Do the Elements Repeat?
Harmony
Can I Exclude More?
Where Does the Eye Go?
How Does It Feel?
Where's the Mystery?
Remember When?
Can I Use Symbols?
Am I Being Too Literal?

PART FOUR: BETTER PHOTOGRAPHS
The Heart of the Photograph
Index