Future Horizons: 72 books
Sensory Parenting - The Elementary Years
School Years Are Easier when Your Child's Senses Are Happy!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
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,...
Hope for the Violently Aggressive Child
New Diagnoses and Treatments that Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Dr. Ralph Ankenman presents new diagnoses and treatment options for children who have severe disruptive meltdowns at home or school. Referred to as Immature Adrenaline Systems Overreactivity (IASO), this approach is based on the relationship between aggression and the body's adrenaline systems. Therefore,...
Exploring Feelings Anxiety Training Manual
A Guide For Group Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
The aim of the Exploring Feelings Training Manual by Helen McConachie based on Dr. Tony Attwood's Exploring Feelings: Anxiety book, is to guide people wishing to use the Exploring Feelings materials in group settings with young people who have Autism Spectrum Disorder and high anxiety. The Manual...
The Loving Push
How Parents and Professionals Can Help Spectrum Kids Become Successful Adults
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Parents, teachers, therapists, and anyone who cares about a child or teen on the autism spectrum needs this essential roadmap to prepare our youth for being successful adults in today’s world. Best-selling author, autism advocate, and animal science professor Dr. Temple Grandin joins psychologist...
There's a Boy in Here
Emerging from the Bonds of Autism
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This is a view from inside the mind of autism--a dual autobiography written in point-counterpoint style by Judy Barron and her son, Sean Barron. Together, they chronicle Sean's young life and the effects of autism on him and his family. As a youngster, Sean was confrontational, uncontrollable, isolated...
Autism-Asperger's & Sexuality
Puberty and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Many people on the spectrum never get “the talk” from their parents, and suffer from “information deficit.” This book goes a long way toward filling in the gaps in their knowledge. It takes a candid look at aspects of sex and relationships as they apply to people on the autism spectrum: building...
Behavior Solutions for the Home and Community
The Newest Companion in the Bestselling Series!
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Behavior Solutions for the Home is a tool for parents who have children whose behaviors are impeding their daily life. Once they see a particular behavior, they can quickly look up an in-the-moment solution, and then read more about what could be causing that behavior, and more importantly, how to overcome...
by Jennifer McIlwee Myers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills everyone else needs to be functional! It's true. No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be or may become, they function better as adults if they’ve had the chance to learn basic...
Different . . . Not Less
Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
This book is a compilation of success stories from adults with autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Each shares what helped them during their childhood and young lives that made them the independent adults they are today. One of the most important missions Temple Grandin has is making sure people with autism...
by Beth Fouse, Maria Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
A cornucopia of ideas, strategies, and concepts that will apply to virtually any situation! The authors address sensory, communication, and physical and social-emotional issues by increasing desired behaviors and decreasing unwanted behaviors. You will also learn how to build sensory diets into everyday...
Exploring Feelings: Anxiety
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to Manage Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Winner of a 2008 Teachers’ Choice Award! Anxiety can be debilitating for anyone, but it can be especially confusing for a child. Learning about emotions helps children recognize connections between thinking and feeling, and the physiological effects of anxiety on the body (sweating, increased heart...
Plan B
Empowering the Single Parent . . . to Benefit their Child with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
If, like many parents of children with autism, you are tackling the job of raising your child on your own, Plan B: Parenting Solo With a Child on the Autism Spectrum is the resource you need. Plan B will help you to make your own road map towards thriving while you solo parent. How will you explain...
We Said, They Said
50 Things Parents and Teachers of Students with Autism Want Each Other to Know
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
When parents and educators fight, our kids lose. So why are good, reasonable parents and skilled, compassionate educators locked in battle? After listening to hundreds of parents, teachers and school administrators, Cassie Zupke found the answer. Although the demands of educating a child with autism...
The Child with Autism at Home and in the Community
Over 600 Must-Have Tips for Making Home Life and Outings Easier for Everyone!
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This book epitomizes the value of the phrase been there, done that! In this amazingly helpful guide for family members, friends, and professionals, author and mom Kathy Labosh and special-educator LaNita Miller take on the issues and obstacles that parents and educators face every day. Hundreds of...