Special Needs category: 986 books
Challenging The Myths Of Autism
Unlock New Possibilities and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
How many times have you heard that people with autism lack creativity? That they reject affection or suffer from mental retardation? As the number of children diagnosed with autism surges, researchers and educators are racing to define the amorphous nature of this spectrum disorder and its wide range...
Autism Solutions
How to Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life for Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
For twenty years Dr. Ricki Robinson has been providing hope and help for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her integrative, strengths-based approach to treatment includes a thorough evaluation of your child's medical, developmental, social, emotional, behavioral and educational issues to find...
Disconnected Kids
The Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The proven, drug-free program to treat the cause-not just the symptoms-of autism spectrum disorders and related conditions.
Each year, an estimated 1.5 million children-one out of every six-are diagnosed with autism, Asperger's syndrome, ADHD, dyslexia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr....
The Autism Mom's Survival Guide (for Dads, too!)
Creating a Balanced and Happy Life While Raising a Child with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Given the daily challenges of raising a child with autism, it’s easy for parents to lose themselves and for their overall quality of life to plummet. Susan Senator interweaves the voices of autism parents, researchers, and professionals to offer guidance and encouragement on how to find happiness...
Next Stop
An Autistic Son Grows Up
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The summer David Finland was twenty-one years old, he and his mother, Glen, navigated the Washington, D.C., Metro trains. Every day. David has autism, and the hope was that if he could learn the train lines, maybe he could get a job. And if he could get a job, then maybe he could move out on his own....
Living with Juvenile Arthritis
A Parent's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Parenting a child with a chronic illness is not simply a full-time job; it’s an all-time job.Quite unlike most other jobs in life, your first day as the parent of a child with juvenile arthritis usually begins with little or no training, no orientation, and no helpful coworkers or encouraging boss...
by Christina Stramacchia
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
When you are born with a congenital facial difference, you spend a lot of your life kicking over boxes and burning a few, too, all in the hope of proving yourself worthy of societal acceptance. The internal struggle of wanting to be “just like everyone” else is further complicated by not understanding...
The ADHD Parenting Handbook
Practical Advice for Parents from Parents
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Practical advice for parents from parents, and proven techniques for raising hyperactive children without losing your temper.
Why Can't My Daughter Read?
Success Strategies for Helping Girls with Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Specifically written for parents of girls who struggle with the reading process, "Why Can't My Daughter Read?" takes parents through the components of the reading process, then provides strategies, guidance, and real-life stories they can use to help their daughters succeed at (and learn...
The Un-Prescription for Autism
A Natural Approach for a Calmer, Happier, and More Focused Child
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
A safe and simple action plan for autism parents. Each year, more than 50,000 U.S. families receive an autism diagnosis. On top of turmoil and worry, they share the same urgent question: What can we do to help our child? The answers parents find can be contradictory...even dangerous. The conventional...
by Timothy Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
If you’re a parent of a child with Autism or Asperger's who is feeling overwhelmed and confused, then you’re about to discover how to embrace this part of your life and improve the life of your child!“FOR PARENTS OF A CHILD WITH AUTISM OR ASPERGER'S” – gives you 76 inspirational...
Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism
Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Often described as "social phobia's cousin" and misdiagnosed as autism, selective mutism is a debilitating fear of speaking in some situations experienced by some children. The disorder usually presents in children before the age of five, but it may not be recognized until the child starts...
by Kathryn Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The book offers readers ways to evaluate their child's strengths and weaknesses in areas such as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language skills, and interactive abilities. It offers specific strategies...
Quiet Kids
Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Being an introverted child is difficult, especially in an ever-increasingly noisy world. Often viewed as aloof, unmotivated or conceited, introverted children are deeply misunderstood by parents, educators and even their peers. That's where Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted...