Special Needs category: 986 books
Living Well with Mitochondrial Disease
A Handbook for Patients, Parents, and Families
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
LIVING WELL WITH MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE helps make sense of mitochondrial disease (Mito), an overwhelming and complex group of diagnoses that has grown exponentially in recent years. The most common metabolic disorder, thought to be more common than cystic fibrosis and broader-reaching than most genetic...
The ADHD Handbook
What every parent needs to know to get the best for their child
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is now one of the most common childhood disorders right across the world, with a wealth of conflicting advice available everywhere you look. But most parents want only one thing: to find out what is going on with their child and how they can help them....
The Golden Hat
Talking Back to Autism
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Thank you for taking this journey with us. We hope this book brings a new awareness of the opportunity we have to help those with autism learn to communicate and realize their ambitions. People with autism have the potential to achieve great things, but only when given the appropriate support and...
Your Soul's Plan eChapters - Chapter 3: Parenting Handicapped Children
Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Would you like to understand the deeper spiritual meaning of parenting children who have Asperger’s, bipolar disorder, severe autism, Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD, blindness, and other handicaps?
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Your Soul’s Plan eChapters: Parenting Handicapped Children contains the Preface, Introduction,...
Sensational Kids
Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Revised and updated—the authoritative bestseller that presents the latest research on Sensory Processing Disorder.
Sensory Processing Disorder is an increasingly common diagnosis, with a wide range of symptoms that can be difficult for parents and pediatricians to identify. In Sensational...
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
Updated and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
**A bestseller gets even better! ** Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book describes ten characteristics that help illuminate—not define—children with autism.
Ellen’s...
The ADD Answer
How to Help Your Child Now
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Every year, 17 million new cases of attention deficit disorder, or ADD, are diagnosed in
children. But medications designed to treat the disorder don’t work for many children and
often leave families frustrated and searching for more options.
In The ADD Answer, Dr. Frank Lawlis draws upon...
Coloring Outside Autism's Lines
50+ Activities, Adventures, and Celebrations for Families with Children with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Your Road Map to Rediscovering Joy, Fun, and Togetherness
Having a child with an autism spectrum disorder may mean that you have to change your life. It can seem as though there are so many things you just can't do. But there are adventures-large and small-that kids with autism love, and they...
The Dyslexic Advantage
Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Two neurolearning experts reveal the hidden benefits of having a dyslexic brain.
In this paradigm-shifting book, neurolearning experts Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide describe an exciting new brain science that reveals that dyslexic people have unique brain structure and organization. While the...
The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder
The Information and Treatment Options You Need to Help Your Child with SPD
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
If your child has been diagnosed with sensory processing disorder (SPD), you understand how simple, everyday tasks can become a struggle. With The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder, you can help your child learn how to reduce stress and minimize the symptoms of SPD. In this...
by Bonnie Keilty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Family–professional partnerships are essential to early intervention practice (birth–age 3). However, building and sustaining these partnerships is complex work. This book is about digging deeper and looking closer at what it takes to have successful relationships with each and every family....
Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students
Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Teaching children how to manage their intense emotions is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting or educating gifted children. Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings provides a much-needed resource for parents and educators for understanding of why...
The Bipolar Handbook for Children, Teens, and Families
Real-Life Questions with Up-to-Date Answers
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
The most practical and current resource for children and teens affected by bipolar disorder.
A practicing psychiatrist specializing in bipolar disorder for nearly twenty years, Dr. Burgess has helped countless children and teens navigate the minefield of mania and depression and lead successful,...
Raising and Educating a Deaf Child
A Comprehensive Guide to the Choices, Controversies, and Decisions Faced by Parents and Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Deaf children are not hearing children who can't hear, and having a deaf child is not analogous to having a hearing child who can't hear. Beyond any specific effects of hearing loss, deaf children are far more diverse than their hearing age-mates. A lack of access to language, limited incidental learning...