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Books for Families

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The Motivation Mindset Workbook: 
Helping Teens and Tweens Discover What They Love to Do

Ellen Braaten & Hillary Bush (coming late 2025)
Preorder now: Amazon

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Bright Kids Who Couldn't Care Less:
How to Rekindle Your Child's Motivation

Ellen Braaten (2023); foreword by Sheryl Sandberg
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Guilford

Listen to the audiobook: Audible

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Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up: Help Your Child Overcome Slow Processing Speed and Succeed in a Fast-Paced World

Ellen B. Braaten & Brian Willoughby (2014)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Guilford

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How to Find Mental Health Care for Your Child

Ellen B. Braaten (2011)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, APA

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Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids

Ellen Braaten & Gretchen Felopulos (2003)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Guilford

Books for Professionals

 

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The Motivation Mindset Workbook: 
Helping Teens and Tweens Discover What They Love to Do

Ellen Braaten & Hillary Bush (2025)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Guilford

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The Child Clinician's Report-Writing Handbook, Second Edition

Ellen Braaten (2019)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Guilford

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The Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Learning Disabilities: Assessing Learning Needs of Children and Adolescents

Edited by H. Kent Wilson & Ellen B. Braaten (2018)
Buy the book: Amazon, Bookshop, Springer

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders

Edited by Ellen Braaten (2018)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N, SAGE

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The Child Clinician's Report-Writing Handbook, First Edition

Ellen Braaten (2007)
Buy the book: Amazon, B&N

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