Special Needs category: 986 books
Toddler Potty Training: Incredibly Simple 2-Day Potty Training that Works
Toddler Care Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Learn Potty Training for your Child in 2 Days Or Less!
Here's an Effective Way How to Potty Train your Child over the Weekend: Find out the best way to potty train your toddler today to help yourself save money, boost your child's confidence, and get the child using the toilet sooner.
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by The Organization for Autism Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
No parental instinct is as intense and fundamental as protecting one’s child from harm. For parents of children with autism, safety risks become magnified because of challenges resulting from fixations with narrow interests, limited situational awareness, and sensory and communication issues. So...
Getting from Me to We
How to Help Young Children Fit In and Make Friends
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...
Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability
Stories and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2004
Most people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD) or Asperger Syndrome (AS) are underemployed. This book sets out to change this. With practical and technical advice on everything from job hunting to interview techniques, from 'fitting in' in the workplace to whether or not to disclose a diagnosis,...
Alphabet Kids - From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome
A Guide to Developmental, Neurobiological and Psychological Disorders for Parents and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
From ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome)-there seems to be an alphabet disorder for almost every behavior, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress. Alphabet Kids have disorders...
by D. M. Kalten
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Born into a large family in the Appalachian Mountains, Susie Que eventually moved to the big city. Her life turned around in varied directions with many ups and downs, not following a normal path as she developed two major illnesses, ones her siblings did not have.
This story tells how one person...
by Susan Lord
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
Gluten-free casein-free diets are widely used to improve cognitive function, speech patterns, behavior, and general well-being in children on the autistic spectrum. Written by a registered dietician and mother of a child who is thriving on a gluten-free casein-free diet, this practical guide covers...
Mikey and Me
Life with My Exceptional Sister
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
When Mikey is young, the Sullivans are a closely knit unit, all of them devoted to caring for her. But as Mikey grows older, she also grows increasingly violent. By the time she’s twelve, institutionalization is the only available option—and without the shared purpose of caring for Mikey, the...
Like Sound Through Water
A Mother's Journey Through The Auditory Processing Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2002
Ben was a bright, happy little boy. Yet he was easily distracted, he wouldn't make eye contact, and he couldn't comprehend the simplest things said to him. At age three he still hadn't started talking. Finally, Karen Foli knew she had to act, and she took her son to a speech and hearing clinic.
What...
by The Organization for Autism Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
An Educator’s Guide to Autism, the second book in our Life Journey Through Autism series of resource guides, provides parents, teachers and education professionals with a plan for teaching a child with autism in the general elementary classroom setting.
The heart of An Educator’s Guide...
Unreasonable Hope
Finding Faith in the God Who Brings Purpose to Your Pain
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
“Where was God when ____? How could God allow ____? Why?”
These are the questions that flood our hearts and minds when the unimaginable happens. When things go horribly wrong and the world seems to be unraveling, how do you believe in God’s goodness? How do you cling to hope?
Chad...
by Mark Selikowitz
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
Down syndrome is a genetic condition which causes varying degrees of learning disability as well as other health problems. Nearly one baby in every 1000 born in the UK has the condition. Parents are often frightened and confused by the birth of a baby with Down syndrome, and they need reassurance...
Tics and Tourette Syndrome
A Handbook for Parents and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2004
This essential guide to tic disorders and Tourette Syndrome tackles problems faced both at home and at school, such as adjusting to the diagnosis, the effect on siblings and classroom difficulties. Dr Chowdhury offers advice on how to manage symptoms, describing practical techniques such as habit...
by Gail Landsman
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail.