Special Needs category: 986 books
by Sara Elliott Price
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Discover How To Communicate And Have A Better Relationship With Someone Who Has Asperger's Syndrome!
This book is full of tips, techniques and stories that will give you an inside look at what it means to have Asperger's. You will come away inspired and with a new understanding of how to communicate...
Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
Characteristics, Diagnosis and Treatment within an Educational Setting
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2002
This is an accessible introduction to Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD), a syndrome which was first recognized in the 1970s. Since this time, the number of children diagnosed with NLD, a condition that combines both behavioural and coordination problems, has been slowly rising.
Marieke...
Being Happy, Raising Happy
The Empowered Mom’s Guide to Helping Her Spirited Child Bloom
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Maureen Lake teaches moms:
The reason why parenting a spirited child can cause more stress and anxiety than parenting children who don’t have the same challenges
The importance of cherishing themselves and setting clear boundaries so they can nurture their child
How to uncover...
The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Asperger's Syndrome
The sound advice and reliable answers you need to help your child succeed
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
The clinical diagnosis of Asperger's can be intimidating for parents. Often the focus is on their child's "disabilities" rather than his "abilities," and parents may be left wondering what they should expect as their child journeys through life. This guide helps you take the first steps toward understanding...
Talking Teenagers
Information and Inspiration for Parents of Teenagers with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Ann Boushéy's teenage son Jon was diagnosed with high-functioning autism in kindergarten. Having mastered the day-to-day challenges that parenting a young child with autism or Asperger's Syndrome pose, Talking Teenagers considers questions surrounding parenting across the spectrum during the teenage...
by James Barber, Paul Delfabbro, Robyn Gilbertson
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Researchers, practitioners, journalists and politicians increasingly recognise that foster care throughout the world is in a state of crisis. There are more and more children needing care and, as residential alternatives dry up, more of these children are being assigned to foster families. This book...
by Seth Hix
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2016
After losing her husband to the war, Cristin shuts down when her daughter Kenna is diagnosed with a rare and uncurable cancer. Hope returns to the two when Cristin decides its time to make the best of the situation at hand. After an operation goes wrong, Kenna wakes up in a train station, unaware...
Disability and Child Sexual Abuse
Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how – as evidenced in the survivors' narratives – patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.
Based...
Boyfriends & Girlfriends
A Guide to Dating for People with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Everyone knows that dipping your toe in the dating pond can be a little intimidating without first seeking some expert advice! And that's exactly what Terri Couwenhoven delivers in her new book written expressly for teens and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Boyfriends & Girlfriends...
Parent Guide
ADD/ADHD Breakthrough - How to increase concentration, focused attention, build self-esteem and achieve success at school and in life
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
ADD / ADHD Breakthrough is about transforming children struggling with learning challenges to succeed at school and in life. Clearly you can see these children are intelligent, just stuck. Enza Lyons shares her insights of over 20 years of experience assisting parents and educators to help their children...
by zaid qassim
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
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Dumbstruck
Book 4
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Ten-year-old Aldo lives with his family in Colorado. He's not athletic like his older brother; he's not a rock hound like his best friend; and he is none too fond of the outdoors-but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a passion. Aldo is passionate about bacon. Back at school adjusting to life in the 5th...
In My World
Down Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Mika is a nine-year-old girl that sees the world differently than anyone else. Even though she is going through what every girl may one-day face, fighting with her best friend and feeling like an outcast, she is not like every other girl. Her mother, Ava and brother, Javi stand by her side while Mika...
by Annalise Grey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Carleigh is a 14 year-old girl trying to carve her own place in this world. Her younger brother's mental illness is slowly invading every aspect of her life.
Her family is troubled. Friendships are unbearable. And just when calm begins to seem possible, one night will change Carleigh, and her family, forever.