Special Needs category: 986 books

What happens when you take the strategies of the most successful learners and make those simple, successful strategies available for everyone? You get “Teaching Excellence”. Teaching Excellence gets right to the heart of learning and teaching for successful learning. No matter the subject,...

Set between the summers of 1998 and 2005, Blue Sky July follows the story of Nia Wyn, a mother who battled against impossible odds to heal her son Joe, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy soon after he was born. Told by doctors that he would never walk, talk, see, or even recognize her, Wyn devoted...

Unseen Arms Can you imagine being born without arms or legs? What would be the quality of your life? How would you cope? What would your attitude or personality be like? How about the depth of your humor, the level of your faith, or your compassion for others? Meet the lovely Miss Amy Brooks. Amy was...

Held Back by Nothing is possibly one of the greatest inspirational books ever written to help parents of children with a disability. The story and the message is timeless. It is based on the life of his youngest son born with cerebral palsy. The book offers tips and real life situations to help give...

“This is a must-read for any parent with a child on the autism spectrum as well as caregivers, siblings, and extended family” (Library Journal, starred review). One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. From raising her own...

A child's sensory system affects their ability to learn, play, socialize, and function. Maybe a child isn't able to sit still in class because his shirt tag is bothering him, or isn't able to play with other children because his balance is off and other kids make him feel dizzy. Britt Collins,...

Kelly Harland's stories explore her son's life to the age of 14, and the new and unexpected universe she and her husband - both professional musicians - must learn to navigate with him. Will's fears, anxieties, and obsessions can dominate daily life, making a trip to the grocery store seem...

Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties: Overcoming Obstacles and Realizing Potential is an engaging must-read for any parent, educator, or counselor of smart kids who face learning difficulties. The authors, who have more than 20 years experience working with and advocating for gifted and learning-disabled...

I Can Get Through It is the story of a woman whose life is suddenly disturbed by an act of abuse. It shows how with the help of friends and counselling, the memory of the abuse slowly fades.

Living & Learning with a Child Who Stutters from a parent’s point of view.

New hope for parents raising a child with autism spectrum disorders In Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, noted psychologists and bestselling authors Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Brooks teach you the strategies and mindset necessary to help your child develop strength, hope,...

Family therapy that doesn't actively and intentionally engage children is not family therapy, notes Daniel Sweeney's extended introduction in support of Lois Carey's creative synthesis of sandplay therapy with a family systems orientation. Reminding us that we can only take clients as far as we ourselves...

What’s the One Thing You can Do to Help your Children Become Successful? Teach Resilience! A "How To" book on helping your children learn the language of effort, success and happiness. Resilience is being able to bounce back after a set back and define one’s self as a winner who...

Often, the most difficult and unpleasant tasks in life are the ones that teach us most about ourselves and help us develop a personal relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ, and his Father who sent him. This short and touching message shares a real life and death experience that changed the heart of the author. Hopefully, it will change many more hearts.