Woodbine House: 24 books

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Visual Supports for People with Autism

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Marlene Cohen, Peter Gerhardt
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016

Visual supports—any pictorial, graphic, or scheduling aid—are excellent tools for teaching academic, daily living, and self-help skills to people with autism. This reader-friendly and practical book shows teachers, parents, and service providers how to make low-tech visual supports, and offers strategies...
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Down Syndrome Parenting 101

Must-Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier

by Natalie Hale
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012

Down Syndrome Parenting 101 is a savvy book for parents, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who shares life with a person with Down syndrome! It's full of uplifting advice and best practices gleaned from the author's personal and professional experiences raising a son, now an adult, and teaching educators...
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Babies with Down Syndrome

A New Parents' Guide

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Babies with Down Syndrome, the trustworthy guide which has benefited thousands of families since it was first published in 1985, is completely revised and updated in a new, third edition. Covering the best practices for raising and caring for children with Down syndrome through age five, this book is...
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A Picture's Worth

PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism

by Andy Bondy Ph.D., Lori Frost
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

A Picture's Worth, the PECS primer written by the developers of the Picture Exchange Communication System, is now available in a second edition. This user-friendly guide introduces PECS, a simple and empowering communication tool in which partners exchange cards with photos or line drawings representing...
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The Girls' Guide to Growing Up

Choices & Changes in the Tween Years

by Terri Couwenhoven
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012

Here'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 they'll encounter during puberty. Written on a third-grade reading level for preteens or young teenaged...
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Activity Schedules, 2rd Ed.

Teaching Independent Behavior, Second Edition

by Lynn E. McClannahan Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Like the bestselling first edition, this new edition of Activity Schedules will show thousands of parents and service providers how to use this teaching tool to help children and adults successfully engage in self-directed and purposeful activities. Activity schedules are a set of pictures or words that...
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Managing Anxiety in People with Autism

A Treatment Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Mental Health Professionals

by Anne M. Chalfant Psy.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Anxiety is one of the biggest challenges facing people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families. They can experience anxiety in all areas of their lives--school, family, and social life--and it compounds the difficulties they already may have with communicating, interacting socially, and...
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Living Well with Mitochondrial Disease

A Handbook for Patients, Parents, and Families

by Cristy Balcells
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...
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The Boy's Guide to Growing Up

Choices & Changes during Puberty

by Terri Couwenhoven
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012

Written at a third-grade reading level for boys ages 9-16 with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, fragile X, or other special needs. The author, a certified sexuality educator, draws on more than 20 years experience conducting workshops on puberty and sexuality issues with boys,...
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Late, Lost, and Unprepared

A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning

by Joyce Cooper-Kahn Ph.D., Laurie Dietzel Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait until the last minute to start a project, lose things, or have a room that looks like...
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Getting from Me to We

How to Help Young Children Fit In and Make Friends

by Shonna Tuck
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016

Many children age seven and under struggle with social skills and often find themselves perpetually on the sidelines, in time-out, or ignored by their peers in school and on the playground. It's incredibly painful and worrisome for their parents to witness, but fortunately, they are not powerless to...
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Functional Behavior Assessment for People with Autism

Making Sense of Seemingly Senseless Behavior

by Glasberg, LaRue
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016

Parents and professionals caring for people with autism sometimes encounter baffling, challenging behavior—noncompliance, aggression, or repetitive actions—which they don’t know how to stop. The key to resolving problem behavior is to first determine its purpose by conducting a functional behavior...
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Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior!

FBA-based Interventions for People with Autism

by Beth A. Glasberg
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012

Once you’ve determined the purpose of a child’s or student’s seemingly senseless behavior by doing a functional behavior assessment (FBA), the next step is to work on changing or modifying the behavior. Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior! outlines an educational approach for parents, teachers,...
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When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect

A Guide to DS-ASD for Parents and Professionals

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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013

While it's well known that the incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is skyrocketing in the general population, it's less well known that ASD is even more common in people with Down syndrome. When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect offers a thorough examination of the unique profile of a Down...
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