If you live or work with youth - must reads
Becoming Brilliant; What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children
By Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.
Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential and Endangered
By Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
By Daniel J Siegel
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
By Daniel Goleman
How Emotions are Made; The Secret Life of the Brain
By Lisa Feldman Barrett
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
By Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Let's Talk About Race
By Julius Lester
Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks & How We Can Help Them By Ross W. Greene
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body
By David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper
Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance: A Powerful New Approach to Overcoming Fear, Panic, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
By Stephanie McCurry
Quiet Power; The Secret Strength of Introverts. A Guide for Kids and Teens.
By Susan Cain
Raising Cain; Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
By Dan Kindlon
Raising Human Beings Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child.
By Ross W. Greene
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
By Jennifer Harvey
Spark; The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
By John J. Ratey
The Body Keeps Score; Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
By Bessel Van der Kolk
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
By Bruce D. Perry
The Courage to Teach; Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life
By Parker J. Palmer
The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook: A Guide To Gender
By Same Killermann
This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids
By Danielle Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
By Richard Davidson
The Explosive Child; A New Approach for Understanding & Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
By Ross W. Greene
The Invisible Classroom: Relationships, Neuroscience, and Mindfulness in School
By Kirke Olson
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids; Help for Children to Cope with Stress, Anxiety & Transitions
By Lawrence E Shapiro and Robin K. Sprague
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
By Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood
By Lisa D'Amour and Lisa Damour
Yoga Therapy for Children with Autism and Special Needs
By Louise Goldberg