Special Needs category: 986 books

For over 30 years, The Silent Garden has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children’s potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents navigate the complex and unique challenges they...

The Cankered Rose and Esther's Revenge begins the author's dramatic journey of adopting his teenage daughter with severe attachment issues in Seattle. The heartbreak of then seeing Cordelia "stolen" by the efforts of his former wife and the child-welfare legal complex in Los Angeles, alongside...

There are many books in the market about giving birth to children with Down syndrome and how to raise them, but Not Always Happy adds a new dimension to this topic by focusing on the adoption of a child in foster care with Down syndrome by parents who married later in life. One of only a few...

Despite repeated warnings to doctors at the mental health care facility where their special-needs daughter was being kept, Bob and Patty Begin received the late-night phone call they dreaded most: Cecilia had escaped and no one knew where she was. Arrogance and negligence in the medical community...

This book is a spin-off of a book that I wrote in 2008 entitled A Fragile Childs Cry. It will give you an in-depth look at how we deal with and have dealt with taking care of two sons with special needs that require a tremendous amount of love and care in order for them to survive and also how taking...

Odile Atthalin was a young woman from a prominent, bourgeois family in Paris when she decided to leave home in search of meaning. All she knew was that she wanted to go East; but once she had separated from France and committed to creating a new life for herself, opportunities fell into place. After...

James was desperately in need of a family. His life so far had been traumatic. Neglected and abused by his birth parents, separated from his brother and with a string of foster homes, institutional stays and a failed adoption, James had grown into an anti-social ten year old at war with the world. His...

My brother has autism. My mother told me so. In case youre not sure what that means, Ill tell you what I know So begins My Brother Autism And Me, one little boys story about the good and some not so good times of life in his family with his brother who has autism. With this picture book bound to delight...

This book is the story of single father and the enormous challenges endured while raising his mentally ill, adopted son. The content tells the story of this adoption and how behaviors exceeded the community's abilities, effectively rendering the family torn apart. Many common disorders found in foster...

Aubrey găsește telefonul mamei lui și ajunge în nenorocire, în miez de noapte. El învață o lecție importantă despre cum și când să folosească telefonul. Aceasta este o scurtă poveste plină de umor, care are un final fericit, dar, de asemenea, învață un copil ceea ce este un comportament...

Sue is an ordinary Christian mother who finds herself passing through the dark and devastating storms of baby bereavement twice in a single year. Through the events that follow and her encounters with the God of miracles, she eventually reaches a place of acceptance and discovers true peace, hope...

Turning Scars to Stars by Mary Morales Kirpes   As a parent of two autistic sons and as a teacher of special needs children, Mary Morales Kirpes was prompted to share her story. Her hope is to let other families know they are not alone in their struggles, and they can...

My Sweet Lady is the true story of a rescued dog and how she enhanced the lives of two special needs young adults. Lady was a German Shepherd mix who connected with the family in a unique and heartwarming way. It is about fleeing a wildfire, relocating to a ranch at the edge of a wilderness, interacting...

**Was your child born with a serious illness? ** Has your child recently been diagnosed with a severe and potential lifelong disease? Let's Ella's life inspire you to see purpose in the struggle. 30 Days of Hope for Joy through a Child’s Severe Illness offers hope to anyone...