Healthy Children, Healthy Minds

Marcel Lebrun is a Distinguished Professor at Plymouth State University. He has 35 years of teaching experience in schools and at the university levels. He is the author of 10 books.Kimberly Williams is an independent consultant in New York, adjunct faculty member at Plymouth State University, and teaching support specialist at Cornell University with over 20 years of faculty teaching experience. She is the author of several books on child and adolescent safety, and she has worked closely with children and adolescents for over two decades.

• PrefacePart I: Keeping the Brain and Mind HealthyChapter 1: Exercise: The Mind on the MoveChapter 2: Nutrition: Healthy Fuel for the MindChapter 3: Arts: Stimulation for the Developing MindChapter 4: Language Development and Computing for Healthy Mind DevelopmentPart II: Challenges to Brain and Mind HealthChapter 5: Attention Issues and ProblemsChapter 6: Brain Injuries and Brain Damage (Athletics, Accidents, Toxins)Chapter 7: Substance AbuseChapter 8: Physical Illness and obesityChapter 9: Mental Illness and PathologyChapter 10: Violence and AbusePart III Strategies for Building a Healthy Brain and MindChapter 11: Mindfulness and MeditationChapter 12: Purposeful Teaching of Thinking/cognition and Identifying and Building Cognitive StrengthsChapter 13: Social Relationships and Healthy EmotionsChapter 14: Strategies for Well-Being (including programs and alternative therapies)Conclusion