The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: Choices & Changes in the Tween

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: Choices & Changes in the Tween Years

Hereâ€™s a book just for girls beginning a new phase of their lives! This appealing and easy-to-follow guide for girls with intellectual disabilities is an introduction to the physical and emotional changes theyâ€™ll encounter during puberty. Written on a third-grade reading level for preteens or young teenaged girls to read by themselves or with a parent, itâ€™s filled with age-appropriate facts, realistic illustrations and photos, icons, and a Q&A.

THE GIRLSâ€™ GUIDE TO GROWING UP advises girls about their changing bodies, privacy issues, and how to feel their best, including:

-What is puberty?
-Body changes (height & shape, breasts & bras, body hair, skin & blemishes, body odor)
-Emotional changes (moodiness & handling your feelings, sexual feelings & what to do about them, flirting doâ€™s & donâ€™tâ€™s)
-Periods (what to expect, using a pad)
-Hygiene (keeping face & body clean, showering, using deodorant)
-Privacy, safety & social appropriateness (private parts, rules for who can touch you & when, rules for touching others, what to do if you feel unsafe)

THE GIRLSâ€™ GUIDE TO GROWING UP is written by an experienced sex educator who specializes in working with people with intellectual disabilities and who is also the author of the companion book, THE BOYSâ€™ GUIDE TO GROWING UP, and the popular TEACHING CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME ABOUT THEIR BODIES, BOUNDARIES, AND SEXUALITY.

Parents, physicians, schools, and support groups will want to share this encouraging book with girls to help answer their questions about puberty and reassure them itâ€™s all part of growing up.

Country	USA
Author	Terri Couwenhoven
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781606130841
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Woodbine House
Manufacturer	Woodbine House
NumberOfPages	62
PublicationDate	2012-11-13
Publisher	Woodbine House
ReleaseDate	2012-11-13
Studio	Woodbine House

The Girls' Guide to Growing Up: Choices & Changes in the Tween Years

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