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  • The Kristin Book: Update 2013

    This book tells, with the heartfelt power of a father's poetic prose, the story of the first sixteen years of the life of his daughter Kristin, an amazing human being who at birth was described as being a vegetable. It took Robert Nichols over ten years to write this little book telling the distress and delight of his years as the father of a child with Down syndrome. But, this is not a book about ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Just for Matt

    A Story About Life, Love, and Down syndrome

    The story of the Breitling family continues as Matthew Breitling has grown up! He is now 31 years old, some of his sisters have married, and he is Uncle Matthew to four nieces and nine nephews! It is the Breitling's wish to continue to share their very personal story to help others. Matthew was diagnosed with Achalasia in 2013, and again, they almost lost him. But Matthew is such a gentle spirit, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deaf-Blind Infants and Children

    A Developmental Guide

    Series series Heritage
    This is a comprehensive reference guide for teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals working or living with children who are both deaf and blind. It provides day-to-day guidance and suggestions about techniques and methods for assessing children with multi-sensory deprivation, and for devising programs to help them cope. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Count Us In

    Growing Up with Down Syndrome

    Award winner: “Hearing about Down syndrome directly from these young men has a good deal more impact than reading any guide from a professional.” —BooklistThis book is in Mitchell and Jason’s own words. . . . We wanted readers to have a true-to-life sense of their charm, their directness, their humor and warmth, and, yes, their intelligence.At ages nineteen and twenty-two, respectively, Jason ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living & Learning with a Child Who Stutters

    From a Parent's Point of View

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

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ADHD & Teens

    A Parent's Guide to Making it through the Tough Years

    ADHD and Teens is a manual of practical advice to help parents cope with the problems that can arise during these years. A crash course is offered on parenting styles that really work with teens with ADHD and how these styles allow the teen to safely move from dependence to independence. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Sandplay

    Therapy with Children and Families

    by Lois J. Carey ...
    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 have been able to go, Carey reveals her own very personal involvement with the process.She ... Read more

    $92.99 USD

  • Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating ADHD in Children and Adolescents

    An Integrative Approach

    When it comes to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, which is too often a cavalier diagnosis of first resort, clinicians can benefit from the range of responsible views on assessment and treatment proffered here. If doctors, therapists, and school personnel were to have only one resource to consult to fully understand AD/HD the problems and the solutions this collection of authoritative ... Read more

    $145.99 USD

  • In the Meantime

    Finding Yourself and the Love You Want

    “The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah WinfreyThe #1 national bestseller from the host of the show Iyanla: Fix My Life on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that answers the question: What’s love got to do with it in the meantime?You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know exactly what you want in life, but what you want is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • ADHD in the Young Child: Driven to Redirection

    A Guide for Parents and Teachers of Young Children with ADHD

    Divided into two sections, this resource provides solutions to common ADHD issues, such as behavior modification and medication control. The first section offers an overview of ADHD and helps clarify the common behaviors associated with it, while the second section provides one-page guides for specific problem areas both at home and in the classroom. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Guide to Planning and Support for Individuals Who Are Deafblind

    Edited by John McInnes ...
    Series series Heritage
    In this ground-breaking collection, leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been deafblind since birth or from a very early age.Individuals who are congenitally deafblind face the same challenges as those who become deafblind later in life, but they have not had the same opportunity to develop the communications ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Bringing Up a Challenging Child at Home

    When Love is Not Enough

    by Jane Gregory ...
    Chrissy is Jane Gregory's oldest child, an attractive girl with a tremendous sense of fun. She also exhibits behaviour which other people find challenging - screaming fits, stripping off her clothes, violent outbursts and self-mutilation. It was apparent from an early age that Chrissy had a learning disability, and subsequently as an adult she was diagnosed with a rare chromosome disorder and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home

    A Parent's Guide

    Do you know a child who is bright, charming and articulate, but has no friends? A child who showed early signs of intelligence, but is now floundering, academically and emotionally? Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) are an enigma. They're children with extraordinary gifts and heartbreaking challenges that go far beyond the classroom. Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Problem Solver Guide for Students with ADHD

    Ready-to-Use Interventions for Elementary and Secondary Students

    Parents and teachers need strategies for helping children with ADHD who have problems in organization, behavior, study habits, reading, written language, and socialization. The hundreds of solutions offered in this quick-reference guide offer nuts and bolts ideas that work with ADHD kids in both elementary and secondary school. Information is offered on how to help students with short attention ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Son, My Gentle Son

    Robert Greenwalds narrative is enveloping, rendered with honesty, compassion and emotional impact. This is the true story of his son, born with a congenital heart disease. At six weeks of age he went into heart/respiratory failure, suffering extensive brain damage that left him profoundly disabled both mentally and physically. The special relationship that develops between this father and his son ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Fit Kids

    Raising Physically and Emotionally Strong Kids with Real Food

    by Eileen Behan ...
    One child in five weighs at least twenty percent more than his or her ideal. However, nurturing physically and emotionally fit kids is easier than we think. Eileen Behan, a registrered dietitian for more than twenty-five years, has seen parents' worst mistakes concerning food and their kids, and has compiled all the advice we need to combat -- and undo -- damaging habits in this remarkable ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School

    Educating Students with NLD, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions

    Most teachers will at some point come across a child with nonverbal learning disabilities, and this practical and informative book will be invaluable in helping them to help such children to achieve their full potential in the classroom.Topics such as finding the right school, curriculum modifications, and social and emotional issues experienced by children with NLD are covered. However, the bulk ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Your Cleft-Affected Child

    The Complete Book of Information, Resources, and Hope

    Clefting is one of the most common birth defects and one of the most reparable. Yet parents of clefted newborns often initially respond with fear, shock, and despair. This first guide written specifically for parents explains what a cleft is, why it occurs, and what can be done about it. Topics include surgical procedures, financial assistance, emotional impact, and forming support groups. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Educating Deaf Students

    From Research to Practice

    Over the past decade there has been a significant increase in interest from educators and the general public about deafness, special education, and the development of children with special needs. The education of deaf children in the United States has been seen as a remarkable success story around the world, even while it continues to engender domestic debate. In Educating Deaf Students: From ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • An Asperger Marriage

    Chris and Gisela have been partners for twelve years. Four years ago Chris was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. For Chris, this was an explanation of why he had always regarded himself as `socially handicapped'. For Gisela, it meant coming to terms with a marriage in which there would never be an intuitive understanding despite Chris's good intentions. For the couple it was the beginning of a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Perfectly Normal

    A Mother's Memoir

    by Marcy Sheiner ...
    PERFECTLY NORMAL addresses with unprecedented honesty a mother's experience raising a child with a disability-hydrocephalus. This condition causes spinal fluid to accumulate in the head, making it grow, sometimes causing brain damage. A surgical procedure developed only a few years prior to Daryl's birth has kept him alive; he is now thirty-six and lives a fully independent life.The author was ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Like Sound Through Water

    A Mother's Journey Through The Auditory Processing Disorder

    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 the clinicians reported chilled her: Ben's speech and language were delayed by one to two years. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Bridging the Gap

    Raising A Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder

    “A special-needs guide that comes to the rescue” (Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child) of those who struggle with an increasingly common condition.Millions of children suffer from Nonverbal Learning Disorder, a neurological deficit that prevents them from understanding nonverbal cues like tone of voice and facial expressions. Though they can be exceptionally bright and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • When the Brain Can't Hear

    Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder

    Millions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language.They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD.APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to suffer socially and in their careers, but until now, there has been little information available ... Read more

    $13.99 USD