Special Needs category: 986 books
by Michael Joseph Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
This is the story of Michael Kennedy's life. Born in 1960 with significant disabilities, he describes his early experiences living in three different institutions for the mentally retarded and how he had to become his own advocate if he was going to survive. He soon realized that, unlike most of the...
Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum
Unexpected Lessons We Have Learned
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Maureen F. Morrell and Ann Palmer are raising two very different children: Justin, a whirlwind of activity and mood swings, who is supervised in a residential farm community, and Eric, quiet and passive, who lives independently at college. The authors give an account of the striking similarities as...
Making the Grade with ADD
A Student's Guide to Succeeding in College with Attention Deficit Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In college, independence, fun activities, and new friendships abound. But if you have attention deficit disorder (ADD), these new opportunities also present new challenges. To adjust to college life, you'll need to learn to harness your disorder in new ways in order to plan your time effectively,...
The Confident Mother
A collection of learnings with excerpts of interviews from the 2015 The Confident Mother online conference
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
You want to be a ‘good’ mother. You want to have confidence in your mothering skills and abilities. You wants to know you're doing the right thing, that your children will grow up to be happy, confident, with high self-esteem, and robustness of emotional resilience. The great news is that good...
by Susan E. James, Jacques E. Lauzon
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Born at 26 1/2 weeks and weighing only 2 LBS, This is the five month journal of Isla’s stay at the NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada
Isla’s Story is the daily log of what happened to Isla while she lay in the hospital initially fighting for her life...
Anxiety Relief for Kids
On-the-Spot Strategies to Help Your Child Overcome Worry, Panic, and Avoidance
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
“Just what the doctor ordered! A clear, concise, and practical guide to help parents help their children master their anxieties.”
—Laurel J. Schultz, MD, MPH, community pediatrician at Golden Gate Pediatrics
If you have a child with anxiety, you need quick, in-the-moment solutions you can...
My Child Has Asperger Syndrome
A Parent's Guide to Coping
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Written not only for parents of an Asperger's child but is also very useful for carer's, teachers and anyone wanting to know about this particular disability. All tips in the book have been tried and tested by the author and definately work. It explains what Asperger's Syndrome is as...
Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
A Guide to FASD for Parents, Carers and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a useful introduction to the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Written by two FASD experts, it describes how alcohol can harm the foetus and disrupt development, and explains...
Power to the Aspies
Empowered Parenting to Unlock the Potential of Your Aspergers / Autism Spectrum Child
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Power to the Aspies is exactly that... the blow-by-blow fight against autism, bringing her child from total despair to overcoming power. Becca, an American university student married to a German businessman, was suddenly shocked into the reality that she was the divorced mom of a son born with Aspergers...
by Maria Rachel Hooley
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Autism can be a formidable challenge to any family. It has a way of draining energy, causing chaos, and putting everyone involved in a tail spin. Anybody who has heard the word autism knows it’s a difficult disorder even if he or she doesn’t have any personal involvement with this condition....
Autism Causes, Prevention & Treatment
Vitamin D Deficiency and the Explosive Rise of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Autism researcher John Cannell, MD, provides the most comprehensive and compelling explanation to date regarding autism causes, prevention, and treatment.
The Sensory-Sensitive Child
Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child's daily struggles, Drs. Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Practicing child psychologists, and themselves...
Aspertools
The Practical Guide for Understanding and Embracing Asperger's, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Neurodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
If you ask Dr. Harold Reitman, labels are a lousy way to describe a unique human being, whether it's Asperger's, high functioning autism, ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette's or even the so-called neurotypical brain itself. One size does not fit all. Everyone's brain is different.
Helping others 'get...
Parenting Children: Learn How to be a Loving and Effective Parent
Parenting Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Would you like to understand the world from the mind and eyes of a child and a loving and experienced parent?
Would you like to read typical real-life dialogues between that parent and child?
Would it help to understand the psychology of a child who is just stepping out into a new...