Special Needs category: 986 books

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...

For decades, a well-to-do Baltimore family guarded a secret too painful to reveal, much less speak of among themselves. For one daughter, that secret would haunt her for years but ultimately compel her to take surprising risks and reap unbelievable rewards--the story of which forms the stunning narrative...

In a time of challenges and self-discovery, one young boy chooses to embrace them both. Dave and Kathy Coolman’s son, Eli, is born a normal, healthy child. But, as Eli grows up, he develops a very troubling disability-a speech impediment. Dave and Kathy become at a loss as to how they can...

BONUS: This edition contains a The Possibility of Everything discussion guide. In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in the larger world. Feeling vulnerable and isolated, she was primed for change. The Possibility of...

“A success story . . . proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain.”—Daily Beast Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the "dummy class" in school,...

Drawing from MacLeod’s experience working with mentally handicapped adults and children, this play celebrates the personal challenges of both self-destruction and self-affirmation so vital to the process of identity creation. At the play’s heart is Jhana, whose character begs the question whether the other characters, in their own ways, are any less handicapped. Cast of 2 women and 2 men.

A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism is a collection of inspiring true stories that relates the strength, love, and devotion families like yours draw on daily. These heartwarming tales will connect you to other devoted and courageous parents, while giving light to your blessing-your...

With this, his first collection of poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (author of the memoir Planet of the Blind) explores blindness and curiosity, loneliness and the found instruments of continuation. Exploiting the seeming contradiction of poetry’s reliance upon visual imagery with Kuusisto’s own sightlessness,...

An inspirational story about a mother’s fight for her son. In this inspiring true story of courage, hope, and resolve; Gamila discovers that life’s biggest challenges are the ones in the inside that no one can see. It’s the tormenting pain you must hide because you don’t have time to...

Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about parenting a gifted child with this straightforward guide. Giftedness is often viewed as a blessing, but in some ways it can also be a burden for gifted children and their parents. Indeed, gifted children face a range...

A unique and much-needed collection, The Smart Princess takes readers inside the fantasies, dreams and disappointments of young people who are Deaf. This book is written and illustrated by winners of a national competition, the Ladder Awards, organized by the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf....

Découvrez tous nos conseils et astuces pour accompagner votre enfant surdoué ! Être surdoué : voilà qui, en réalité, ne simplifie pas la vie des enfants concernés. Derrière ce concept se cachent parfois mal-être, exclusion, difficultés scolaires, voire dépression. En tant que...

Dieses Taschenbuch ist das Ergebnis des WPU-Kurses des Schuldorfes Bergstrasse in Seeheim-Jugenheim. Unter Leitung von Elke Hochapfel konnten 10 Schülerinnen und Schüler des Schreibkurses sowie einige weitere Deutschschüler ihrer schriftstellerischen Neigung nachgehen. Gedichte, Kurzgeschichten, Vorgaben...

There's nothing quite like a great quote book to help kids think differently or shed light in a difficult or confusing moment. But good words can provide more than just insight—they can actually move you to act. 15 Inspiring Quotes for Kids Quotes presents a unique and compelling collection of child-friendly...