ADHD

Baxter Turns Down His Buzz

Baxter the bunny learns how to slow down his thoughts, be more aware of what is happening ​around him and relax his body. This book includes a note to parents and caregivers with ​additional suggestions for helping children with ADHD be more mindful of their surroundings ​and manage their behavior.

Managing ADHD in School

Managing ADHD in School details more than 100 evidence-based recommendations to help ​teachers and clinicians increase the success of children and teens with ADHD. This manual ​goes beyond the "what" to explain "why" the problems are likely occurring, followed up with ​the most effective interventions.

Taking Charge of ADHD

This resource gives the science-based information you need about ADHD and its treatments. ​It also presents a proven eight-step behavioral management plan specifically designed for ​6-18 year olds with ADHD.

Asperger’s Syndrome

Asperger's in Pink

Congratulations! It’s a girl … with Asperger’s! Join author and mom Julie Clark as she guides ​you through her family’s adventures raising a young child with Asperger’s Syndrome, a mild ​form of autism. Whether you have a boy or a girl with Asperger’s in your life, you’ll nod and ​smile as you turn each invaluable page of real-life challenges and solutions.

On the way, you’ll be delighted and intrigued by candid commentary from her daughter ​Kristina, whose spirit and perseverance outweigh any obstacle she may face. Teeming with ​wisdom and wit, this book has much to offer parents as well as educators and professionals.

How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's

In the real world, people on the autism spectrum need the same kinds of day-to-day skills ​everyone else needs to be functional! The author will show you how to create opportunities ​for children to learn in natural settings and situations, teach vital skills such as everyday ​domestic tasks, choosing appropriate attire, and being polite, help individuals on the ​spectrum develop good habits that will help them be more fit and healthy and improve time ​management skills such as punctuality and task-switching

More Than Little Professors

There are countless books with information about children with Asperger Syndrome, but very ​few offer a personal look into the inner lives of these children. In this unique collection of ​children s essays, poems and discussions recounted by parents, readers have a rare ​opportunity to gain insight into the world of children with Asperger Syndrome. Instead of ​being talked about, children here have the opportunity to share their world their passions and ​fears, their awesome sense of wonder and quirky sense of humor, their distinguishing talents ​and much more.

Au​tism

Autism Reaching for a Brighter Future

This document was developed through the efforts of the Autism Task Force, a group ​comprised of parents and professionals. The purpose of the initial document was to provide ​guidelines in assisting families and professionals in assessing, treating, and developing ​educational programs for young children who exhibited characteristics of Autism Spectrum ​Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

A Work in Progress

The key to parenting is teaching your child the skills they need to successfully negotiate the ​path to adulthood. This book helps any parent do this by helping you identify the functions of ​your child's disruptive behaviors, encouraging you to help your child find new ways of ​meeting that function, and defining techniques to help teach your child new skills in all areas ​of development. Consistency is especially important for autistic children but can seem ​overwhelming to implement. This book teaches you how to be consistent in a firm but loving ​manner. A must-read for any parent, but especially for parents of autistic children.

Facing Autism

Discover ten things you can do to begin battling your child's autism right now.

See why Applied Behavior Analysis has become parents' treatment of choice, and examine ​its impressive results. Get information on cutting-edge biomedical treatments such as ​secretin and immunotherapy. Learn how dietary intervention can positively impact your ​child's behavior. Find out what additional therapies can offer - including sensory and ​auditory integration.

Explore loving ways to keep your family together when your world is torn apart. Children ​with autism do have the possibility to improve greatly, and some even overcome the effects ​of autism, if appropriate therapies are begun early enough. Discover the steps you can take ​today to begin the fight for your child's future in Facing Autism.

My Friend with Autism

This book’s vivid illustrations and charming storyline will foster tolerance and understanding ​among peers, while the printable coloring pages will enlighten and engage learners!

My Friend with Autism is the exceptional result of parent Beverly Bishop’s determination to ​educate her son’s classmates about autism, thus helping her son fit in at school. A peer ​narrator explains that his friend with autism is good at some things and not so good at others​—just like everyone else! In an informative, positive tone, he addresses issues such as: ​sensory senstivity, communication differences, unique ways of playing and insistence on ​routine.

Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders

This guide was developed and written by parents of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. ​The examples are from their experiences. The information included in the manual is a result of their ​answer to the question:

When your child was first diagnosed, what information did you need most?

TalkAbility

By Fern Sussman

People skills for verbal children on the autism spectrum – A guide for parents

TalkAbility contains a wealth of valuable material for parents and caregivers of young ​children who may have a diagnosis on the autistic spectrum or simply have social difficulties. ​Beautifully written, clear and immediately usable, there are few books that parents will find as ​accessible and full of useful tips as this one.

The Autism Acceptance Book

By Ellen Sabin

The Autism Acceptance Book will help you learn about autism and some of the different ​qualities of people with autism.

You will see that, like you, people with autism have their own special skills and challenges. ​And, like you, they want to be accepted and understood.

People with autism may not always act the ways that you expect, but if you take time to ​understand them, you will get to learn new things and make new friends.

The Official Autism 101 Manual

The Official Autism 101 Manual is your ultimate resource for understanding and responding to ​autism as a parent or a professional. For parents: Whether you’re starting to explore the ​world of autism because of a recent diagnosis or whether you’re at a point where you’ve ​done the research, read the articles, consulted the books, and would now like to access the ​world’s leading autism spectrum experts all in one convenient resource this book will ​become your constant companion as you confidently find your way. For professionals: Use ​this book to enhance your practice, your body of knowledge, your own expertise, and your ​resources. Share with clients, patients, students, and parents to help them find the ​community of support they’re looking for as well.

The Verbal Behavior Approach

By Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera

Step-by-step guide on how to help children develop language and speaking skills. Mary ​Lynch Barbera, PhD, RN, BCBA-D offers a unique perspective as both a parent of a child with ​autism as well as a professional. Mary's "fell into the autism world" when her first-born son, ​Lucas, was diagnosed with autism one day before his third birthday in 1999. Mary went on to ​become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2003 and until 2010 worked as the Lead ​Behavior Analyst for the Pennsylvania Verbal Behavior Project. Mary is an International ​Speaker and has had the privilege of working with hundreds of children on the autism ​spectrum and has assisted in providing training to thousands of professionals and parents. In ​2007 she published The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children with Autism and ​Related Disorders. In 2011, Mary graduated with a Ph.D. in Leadership.

The Way I See It

By Temple Grandin

In the revised and expanded version of this innovative book, Dr. Temple Grandin gets down to ​the REAL issues of autism. Temple offers helpful do’s and don’ts, practical strategies, and try-​it-now tips, all based on her “insider” perspective and a great deal of research. This revised ​and expanded edition contains revisions based on her most current autism research, as well ​as 12 additional articles including: Improving Time Management and Organizational Skills ​Which School is best for this Child? Teaching Turn Taking and the Ability to Wait And many ​more!

Thinking in Pictures

By Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the ​livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because ​Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that ​are incomprehensible to the rest of us. In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report ​from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic ​person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed ​to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What emerges in Thinking in ​Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly ​bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common ​identity.

Be​havior

Lost At School

Here, Dr. Ross W. Greene presents an enlightened, clear-cut, and practical alternative. Relying ​on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Greene offers a new conceptual framework for ​understanding the difficulties of kids with behavioral challenges and explains why traditional ​discipline isn't effective at addressing these difficulties. When adults recognize the true ​factors underlying difficult behavior and teach kids the skills in increments they can handle, ​the results are astounding: The kids overcome their obstacles; the frustration of teachers, ​parents, and classmates diminishes; and the well-being and learning of all students are ​enhanced.

The Storm in My Brain

The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Federation and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance ​(DBSA) have collaborated on a new publication entitled Storm in my Brain to teach children ​about mood disorders in children. The illustrations throughout the booklet were done by ​children who have mental illness. Included are tips for parents and teachers.

No More Meltdowns

It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are ​stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and ​teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-​follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your ​life: 1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations, 2) Learning strategies to ​calm a meltdown in the moment, 3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and 4) Creating ​plans to prevent future meltdowns. Helpful chapters include: Meltdowns: When rewards and ​punishments are not enough What are meltdowns made of? Accepting and appreciating our ​children and more.

A Treasure Chest of Behavior Strategies

The author’s purpose in writing this book was to provide a resource manual that applies ​theory and best practices in behavior management to individuals with autism. The goal was ​to write a book parents and educators would find as an easy reference for using behavioral ​interventions with individuals with autism.

The Chameleon Kid

In this captivating and clever storybook, the Chameleon Kid shows young readers ho to pay ​attention to the signs that Meltdown is coming and take action to prevent it from becoming ​full-blown. The dramatic and colorful page spreads literally show readers how the Chameleon ​Kid reduced Meltdown in size and power in front of their eyes. Using a kid-friendly cartoon-​like style, The Chameleon Kid appeals to the visual learning style of children on the autism ​spectrum and is equally engaging for all young readers.

Bu​llying

Lost At School

Here, Dr. Ross W. Greene presents an enlightened, clear-cut, and practical alternative. Relying ​on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Greene offers a new conceptual framework for ​understanding the difficulties of kids with behavioral challenges and explains why traditional ​discipline isn't effective at addressing these difficulties. When adults recognize the true ​factors underlying difficult behavior and teach kids the skills in increments they can handle, ​the results are astounding: The kids overcome their obstacles; the frustration of teachers, ​parents, and classmates diminishes; and the well-being and learning of all students are ​enhanced.

Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun

How can Ralph be so mean? Lucy is one of a kind and Ralph loves to point that out. Lucy's ​defining moment comes when Ralph truly needs help. Because she knows what she stands ​for, Lucy has the courage to make a good choice. This charming story empowers children to ​always do the right thing and be proud of themselves, even when they are faced with ​someone as challenging as Ralph.

Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends

This book teaches girls how to spot bullying and how to stand up and speak out against it. ​Quizzes, quotes from other girls, and "what do you do?" scenarios present advice in an age-​appropriate, digestible way. The message in this book is that there is no one right way to deal ​with bullying. Instead, there are lots of options for girls to try, from ignoring a bully and trying ​a few clever comebacks to reporting bullying to a trusted adult. Readers learn how to stand ​up for others and be a good friend, too. The book ends with a pledge girls can sign, plus tear-​out tips for girls to share with their parents.

Stop Picking on Me

Barron's A First Look At books explore the dynamics in relationships among children of ​preschool through early school age, and encourage kids to understand personal and social ​problems as a first step toward solving them. Written by an experienced psychotherapist ​and counselor, these books promote positive interaction among children, parents, and ​teachers. The language in each book is simple and direct--easy for younger children to ​understand. Full-color illustrations on every page. This approachable picture book explores ​the difficult issue of bullying among children. It helps kids accept the normal fears and ​worries that accompany bullying, and suggests ways to resolve this upsetting experience.

The Survival Guide to Bullying

Written by a teenager who was bullied during middle school and high school, The Survival ​Guide to Bullying offers strategies that can help anyone get through the toughest days.

This book covers everything from building confidence to asking for help from parents or ​teachers, dealing with cyberbullying, and learning how to become your own superhero. Along ​the way there are personal stories, survival tips, and inspiring “roems” (rap poems) that ​reveal how Aija dealt with bullying and went on to pursue her dreams.

The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander

It's the deadliest combination going: bullies who terrorize, bullied kids who are afraid to tell, ​bystanders who watch, and adults who see the incidents as a normal part of childhood. All it ​takes to understand that this is a recipe for tragedy is a glance at headlines across the ​country. In this updated edition of The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander, which includes a ​new section on cyberbullying, one of the world's most trusted parenting educators gives ​parents, caregivers, educators—and most of all, kids—the tools to break the cycle of violence. ​Drawing on her decades of work with troubled youth, and her wide experience in the areas of ​conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice, Barbara Coloroso explains: The three kinds of ​bullying, and the differences between boy and girl bullies Four abilities that protect your ​child from succumbing to bullying Seven steps to take if your child is a bully How to help the ​bullied child heal and how to effectively discipline the bully How to evaluate a school's ​antibullying policy And much more This compassionate and practical guide has become the ​groundbreaking reference on the subject of bullying.

The Juice Box Bully

Have you ever seen a bully in action and done nothing about it? Instead of being bystanders, ​the kids at Pete’s new school get involved. When the juice box mess becomes more than just ​a dirty shirt, Pete’s classmates teach him about “The Promise.” Will Pete decide to shed his ​bullying habits and make “The Promise”?

This book is a must-have resource for teaching social skills in primary and intermediate ​grades. The realistic situations and solutions will empower students to recognize when they ​are being bystanders and do something about it.

Pa​renting

Far From the Tree

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity is a non-fiction book by ​Andrew Solomon published in November 2012 in the United States and two months later in ​the UK, about how families accommodate children with physical, mental and social ​disabilities and differences.

On Raising Kids

Practical, commonsense answers by a leading psychologist, author, and radio host.

The Boy in the Moon

Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that doctors call it an orphan ​syndrome: perhaps 300 people around the world also live with it. Walker turns twelve in ​2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can’t speak and needs to wear special ​cuffs on his arms so that he can’t continually hit himself. “Sometimes watching him,” Brown ​writes, “is like looking at the man in the moon – but you know there is actually no man there. ​But if Walker is so insubstantial, why does he feel so important? What is he trying to show ​me?”

In a book that owes its beginnings to Brown’s original Globe and Mail series, he sets out to ​answer that question, a journey that takes him into deeply touching and troubling territory. ​“All I really want to know is what goes on inside his off-shaped head,” he writes, “But every ​time I ask, he somehow persuades me to look into my own.”

The Elephant in the Playroom

Readers are introduced to a community of moms and dads who share the highs and lows of ​parenting a child with ADD, ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, Asperger's ​syndrome, autism, and physical and learning disabilities as well as kids who fall in between ​diagnoses.

The Life We Never Expected

Andrew and Rachel Wilson know what it means to live a life they never expected. As the ​parents of two children with special needs, their story mingles deep pain with deep joy in ​unexpected places. With raw honesty, they share about the challenges they face on a daily ​basis—all the while teaching what it means to weep, worship, wait, and hope in the Lord. ​Offering encouragement rooted in God's Word, this book will help you cling to Jesus and fight ​for joy when faced with a life you never expected.

Pe​rsonal Boundaries

Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent & Respect

Teaching young children about body boundaries, both theirs and others, is crucial to a child's ​growing sense of self, their confidence and how they should expect to be treated by others. ​A child growing up knowing they have a right to their own personal space, gives that child ​ownership and choices as to what happens to them and to their body. It is equally important ​a child understands, from a very young age, they need to respect another person's body ​boundary and ask for their consent when entering their personal space. This book explores ​these concepts with children in a child-friendly and easily-understood manner, providing ​familiar scenarios for children to engage with and discuss.

My Body! What I Say Goes!

The crucial skills taught in this book will help children to protect their bodies from ​inappropriate touch. Through age-appropriate illustrations and engaging text this book, ​written by the author of 'No Means No ' and 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept', will teach ​children the following crucial and empowering skills in personal body safety: - identifying ​safe and unsafe feelings - recognizing early warning signs - developing a safety network - ​using the correct names for private parts - understanding the difference between safe and ​unsafe touch - understanding the difference between secrets and surprises - respecting ​body boundaries.. These skills empower children, and go a long way in keeping them safe ​from abuse - ensuring they grow up as assertive and confident teenagers and adults. Also ​included in this book are in-depth Discussion Questions to further enhance the learning and ​to initiate important family conversations around body autonomy.

No Means No!

'No Means No!' is a children's picture book about an empowered little girl who has a very ​strong and clear voice in all issues, especially those relating to her body and personal ​boundaries. This book can be read to children from 3 to 9 years. The aim of this book is to ​empower young children and to give them a voice so they can grow up into empowered ​adults. When a child, teenager or adult says, ‘No!’ to any form of coercion, this should be ​immediately respected.

Puberty & Personal Hygiene

Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen

The American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable ​advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about ​these important topics and more: puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional ​changes you can expect―from your developing body to your feelings about girls, the ​importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body, pimples, acne, and how to ​properly care for your skin, your reproductive system―inside and out and thinking about ​relationships and dealing with new feelings.

Celebrate Your Body

Celebrate Your Body offers essential insight such as: an overview of puberty that explains ​what happens, when it happens, and how she’ll know, explanations of changes in body, mood, ​and relationships―and how to confidently approach these changes that occur in puberty ​and practical advice for navigating new situations during puberty―from understanding ​growth spurts to managing overwhelming emotions to staying safe on social media.

Daily Health & Hygiene Skills

Ensure students learn and comprehend the essential skills required in life. Each resource ​begins with a basic concept, then builds on that concept with steps that stem naturally from ​the one coming before it. Features reading passages with low vocabulary, graphic organizers, ​real-world activities, crosswords, word searches, and comprehension quizzes. Aligned to ​state standards and written to Bloom’s Taxonomy. The Life Skills Series also includes Daily ​Social and Workplace Skills and Daily Marketplace Skills; these 2 titles are found under the ​Vocational/Workplace Skills section. 60 pages each.

Girls and Sex

Peggy Orenstein examines the ways in which porn and all its sexual myths have seeped into ​young people's lives; what it means to be the "the perfect slut" and why many girls scorn ​virginity; the complicated terrain of hookup culture and the unfortunate realities surrounding ​assault. In Orenstein's hands these issues are never reduced to simplistic "truths;" rather, her ​powerful reporting opens up a dialogue on a potent, often silent, subtext of American life ​today--giving readers comprehensive and in-depth information with which to understand, ​and navigate, this complicated new world.

Guy Stuff

From the author of our bestselling Care & Keeping Of™ series! This book is full of advice, tips, ​and facts from a pediatrician about how the body changes. Boys will find age-appropriate ​answers to questions about voice changes, acne, bad breath, shaving, and everything in ​between. 112 pages. Paperback. Author: Dr. Cara Natterson.

Is This Normal?

This helpful resource book is filled with over 100 letters from real girls like you with questions ​about their changing bodies, and expert answers to each one. Plus, the back of the book ​features tips on how to talk to your parents about puberty and other touchy topics.

It's Perfectly Normal

It's Perfectly Normal offers young people the information they need -- now more than ever -​- to make responsible decisions and to stay healthy. Already used as a trusted resource in ​twenty-five countries around the world (and translated into twenty-one languages), It's ​Perfectly Normal marks its tenth anniversary with a thoroughly updated edition that includes ​information on such topics as birth control, hepatitis, HIV, and adoption, among others. This ​definitive edition also reflects the recent input of parents, teachers, librarians, clergy, ​scientists, health professionals, and young readers themselves.

Personal Hygiene? What's that Got to Do with Me?

Personal Hygiene? What's that Got to Do with Me? is a curriculum developed for students ​with autism, Asperger's Syndrome, learning and developmental disabilities, designed to help ​them understand how others perceive their appearance and the social implications of ​neglecting personal hygiene. Simple factual information is accompanied by humorous ​cartoons that emphasize how others view someone with poor hygiene. Step-by-step ​cartoons explain exactly what the student needs to do to ensure good hygiene. Quizzes and ​activity pages provide numerous opportunities for repetition and reinforcement of the key ​points. There are also hands-on activities to demonstrate why and how to perform various ​hygiene tasks. Several social stories are also provided, along with a set of worksheets that ​help students set up a daily schedule to allow time for completing necessary hygiene tasks.

Puberty and Special Girls

As sex education is an important aspect of a child’s development, the authors have written ​and published a series of puberty books to prepare and support boys and girls for puberty

For children with special needs, including intellectual disability, physical disability, ​communication disorder and autism, this series of puberty books are easy to understand, ​provide practical information and have attractive illustration to help girls and boys manage ​this stage of their life with confidence.

Sex, Puberty and all that Stuff

This friendly book talks to teens in their own language, with emphasis on the subject that is ​foremost in the minds of just about every adolescent boy and girl: Sex. Separate chapters ​titled Boy Stuff and Girl Stuff describe body changes that occur during puberty, with frank ​and open explanations of male and female genitals, how they feel and how they function. ​Chapters that follow discuss typical teen problems, as well as those entirely new feelings ​that come with sexual development. Among them are, having a crush on that attractive boy ​or girl, coping with controlling parents, menstruation, dating and sexual activity, ​contraception, pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, homosexual impulses, and ​generally surviving those difficult yet exciting teen years.

Special Boy’s Business

As sex education is an important aspect of a child’s development, the authors have written ​and published a series of puberty books to prepare and support boys and girls for puberty

For children with special needs, including intellectual disability, physical disability, ​communication disorder and autism, this series of puberty books are easy to understand, ​provide practical information and have attractive illustration to help girls and boys manage ​this stage of their life with confidence.

Special Girl’s Business

As sex education is an important aspect of a child’s development, the authors have written ​and published a series of puberty books to prepare and support boys and girls for puberty

For children with special needs, including intellectual disability, physical disability, ​communication disorder and autism, this series of puberty books are easy to understand, ​provide practical information and have attractive illustration to help girls and boys manage ​this stage of their life with confidence.

Taking Care of Myself

Puberty can be especially tough when young people have autism or other special needs. ​Through simple stories similar to Carol Gray's Social Stories, author Mary Wrobel teaches ​caregivers exactly what to say and not say, and shows how you can create helpful stories of ​your own. Mary addresses hygiene, modesty, body growth and development, menstruation, ​touching, personal safety, and more. Young students can benefit from self-care skills such as ​using the toilet, brushing teeth, and washing hands. Parents and teachers should begin ​teaching these necessary skills as early as possible, even from ages 3-5. The ultimate goal is ​to maximize the child's potential for independence and lifelong social success. Helpful ​sections include hygiene, menstruation, health, modesty, masturbation, growth and ​develepment and using a urinal.

The Body Book

Maturing from a young girl into a teenager isn't easy! Answering the questions tweens raise, ​this book gives the scoop on everything from body changes and cramps to diet and ​exercise in an inviting and conversational manner. Includes up-to-date information on ​personal issues; biblical perspectives; and magazine-type quizzes; Ages 8 to 11.

The Care and Keeping of You 1

Our bestselling body book for girls ages 8 and up! It features tips, how-tos, and facts from ​the experts. Girls will find age-appropriate answers to questions about their changing ​bodies, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras, periods to pimples, and ​everything in between.

The Care and Keeping of You 2

Everything preteen and teen girls need to know about their changing bodies and feelings ​Written by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth ​style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls gives sensitive straight talk on: the ​body's changing size and shape; the growth spurt; breast development; the reproductive ​organs; the menstrual cycle; body hair; diet and exercise; romantic and sexual feelings; and ​puberty in the opposite sex. It also includes information on anorexia and bulimia, sexually ​transmitted diseases, AIDS, and birth control. Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life ​stories throughout, plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section, this ​bestselling growing-up guide is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ​ages 10 and up.

The "What's Happenng to My Body?" Book for Boys

The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys Written by an experienced educator and ​her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" ​Book for Boys gives sensitive straight talk on: the body's changing size and shape; diet and ​exercise; the growth spurt; the reproductive organs; body hair; voice changes; romantic and ​sexual feelings; and puberty in the opposite sex. It also includes information on steroid ​abuse, acne treatment, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, and birth control. Featuring ​detailed illustrations and real-life stories throughout, plus an introduction for parents and a ​helpful resource section, this bestselling growing-up guide is an essential puberty education ​and health book for all boys ages 10 and up.

The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls

Everything preteen and teen girls need to know about their changing bodies and feelings ​Written by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to-earth ​style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls gives sensitive straight talk on: the ​body's changing size and shape; the growth spurt; breast development; the reproductive ​organs; the menstrual cycle; body hair; diet and exercise; romantic and sexual feelings; and ​puberty in the opposite sex. It also includes information on anorexia and bulimia, sexually ​transmitted diseases, AIDS, and birth control. Featuring detailed illustrations and real-life ​stories throughout, plus an introduction for parents and a helpful resource section, this ​bestselling growing-up guide is an essential puberty education and health book for all girls ​ages 10 and up.

Sensory

A Buffet of Sensory Interventions

This book offers a smorgasbord of sensory-based interventions for use by educators, ​occupational therapists and parents. This practical and well-researched tool is unique by ​focusing on middle and high school students, whose sensory needs are often overlooked. In ​suggesting interventions for this age group, the author emphasizes the importance of ​fostering independence, self-advocacy and self-regulation as a way for teens with autism ​spectrum disorders to take ownership of their sensory needs as they transition into ​adulthood. Using simple terminology and lots of illustrations, the book also explains sensory ​integration basics, describes the sensory systems and their dysfunction and helps develop ​daily educational interventions through the assessment of sensory needs. Parents and ​educational team members working with teens with autism spectrum disorders will benefit ​from adding this resource to their library.

The Goodenoughs Get in Sync

Recommended for 8-12 year olds

This delightfully illustrated “chapter book” is to help children understand how their senses ​develop. The Goodenoughs Get in Sync tells the charming tale of five family members (each ​with a different sensory processing challenge) and their naughty dog and how they get in ​sync after a tough day. This book is designed with the action of the story in larger print for ​younger readers to read. Explanations of sensory processing disorder are woven through the ​story in regular type for proficient readers to linger over at leisure.

The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun

Activities for kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction

The Out-Of-Sync Child Has Fun features more than 100 playful activities that are sensory-​motor, appropriate, fun and easy—to help develop and organize a child’s brain and body. ​These activities are a great way to counteract Sensory Integration Dysfunction. They work at ​home, at school, and out in the world and add a few more smiles to your child’s day.

Why Does Izzy Cover Her Ears?

Why Does Izzy Cover Her Ears? is a short, easy-to-read book for all ages filled with loads of ​information about sensory processing disorder. The story of Izzy gives the reader a quick ​understanding of what kids with this disorder need and why they do what they do. Often ​misunderstood in behavioral situations, they are not “cry babies” but have difficulty coping ​with and processing simple life tasks.

Siblings The Autism Spectrum Through Our Eyes

Growing up with a sibling on the autism spectrum can be difficult. Does your brother or sister ​cause a scene everywhere you go? Have you had to learn not only how to deal with it, but how to ​help? Do you sometimes think that you’re the only one experiencing this?

There are plenty of books out there for your autistic brother or sister, but this one is just for you. ​People of all ages who have grown up with autistic siblings share their stories, honestly recounting ​the good, the bad, and the downright annoying. They explain how being “the normal one” can be ​tiring, frustrating and lonely, but equally rewarding, and every story is filled with the wisdom ​they’ve gained by growing up quickly and learning to love their siblings for who they are.

This book is for any of you with a brother or sister on the autism spectrum, no matter what age ​you are. It will also be of interest to your parents and those around you, but has been written ​above all as a reminder that no matter how tough things get, you’re never really alone.

Social Emotional Learning

Coping with OCD

Coping with OCD offers a simple and engaging program that can help anyone with mild to moderate ​OCD get started on the road to recovery. This book begins with a crash course on what OCD is-and ​what it is not. You'll learn a proven, three-part program for recovery that uses safe and gradual ​exposure to distressing thoughts and situations, mindfulness practice, and techniques to ​restructure thinking. Additional chapters address how families can help, dealing with shame and ​blame, depression, and maintaining progress. The book also includes a helpful list of resources for ​further reading and additional support.

Loving Someone with OCD

The book contains basic information about OCD—its definition, cause, and symptoms—and a ​brief overview of treatments available for the disorder. After these introductory sections, the ​book focuses on ways readers can foster a healthy relationship with someone with OCD. It ​includes tips for increasing family involvement, making accommodation for the disorder in daily ​life, and creating an action plan for change using family contracts. The book also covers relational ​topics such as parenting and marriage, self-care, and support networking. Throughout, the book ​illustrates important points with the real-life stories of families living with OCD.

Real Happiness

The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Federation and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance ​(DBSA) have collaborated on a new publication entitled Storm in my Brain to teach children ​about mood disorders in children. The illustrations throughout the booklet were done by children ​who have mental illness. Included are tips for parents and teachers.

Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD

The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Federation and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance ​(DBSA) have collaborated on a new publication entitled Storm in my Brain to teach children ​about mood disorders in children. The illustrations throughout the booklet were done by children ​who have mental illness. Included are tips for parents and teachers.

Self-Regulation Interventions and Strategies

Book and DVD Set

Teresa Garland is an Occupational Therapist specializing in sensory and modulation issues. This ​book includes methods to calm, prevent outburst and melt downs. Interventions for attention ​problems, impulse control and distractibility. Stories and video-modeling for autism. Sensory ​strategies for sensitivity and craving. Behavioral and sensory approaches to picky eating. ​Technology and apps for increasing organization and strategies for managing strong emotions.

Smart Boys

Boys will be boys--but gifted boys may need help. Depression, underachievement, sensitivity, ​and relationship struggles are just some of the issues that many smart boys face on a daily basis. ​This book presents suggestions to help gifted young men embrace optimism, motivation, and ​achievement, and it offers thought-provoking insights and tips for engaging in successful ​interactions. There are also interviews with gifted adult men who have experienced and ​overcome crises or failures.

The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog

Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has treated children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide ​survivors, witnesses, children raised in closets and cages, and victims of family violence. Here he ​tells their stories of trauma and transformation.

Thinking About You Thinking About Me

Students with social cognitive learning deficits face enormous challenges not only in their day-​to-day relations with the world around them, but also in the fact that few professionals, ​educational or medical, understand the core of these student's deficits. One fundamental deficit ​relates to perspective taking - the ability of one person to consider the point of view and ​motives of another. Although this sounds like a simple process, it is in fact a hugely complex task ​that is crucial to successful interpersonal relations, and is a skill that anyone with a social ​cognition disability will struggle with. This book addresses the different ways this problem can ​present itself, the current thinking on how to approach the problem and a wealth of exercises ​and activities that can immediately be applied to the student. Illustrated with clear diagrams and ​tables, and with photocopiable handouts, this accessible text will be invaluable for anyone ​assessing, living with or teaching children and adults with this most abstract of all learning ​disabilities.

Up and Down the Worry Hill

Over one million children and adolescents in the US suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ​(OCD), a baffling illness that can be debilitating for the child in school, with friends and family. In ​this uniquely creative and heart-warming book, Dr. Wagner, an internationally recognized expert ​in the treatment of childhood OCD, uses the powerful real-life metaphor of the Worry Hill to ​describe OCD and its treatment clearly and simply through the eyes of a child. Children and ​adults will identify with Casey's struggle with OCD, his sense of hope when he learns about ​treatment, his relief that neither he nor his parents are to blame, and eventually, his victory over ​OCD.

What to Do When your Temper Flares

This book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to ​treat problems with anger. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions ​teach children a set of "anger-dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling ​angry actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids. This interactive self-help book is the ​complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.

What Kids Need to Succeed

Communities across the nation have embraced its quick-read, common-sense suggestions for ​helping kids lead healthy, productive, positive lives and stay out of trouble. The first edition ​identified 30 Developmental Assets™ essential to promoting success and preventing at-risk ​behaviors.

This revised, expanded, updated edition, based on findings from a recent nationwide survey ​conducted by Search Institute, includes the latest information on asset-building and expands ​the original 30 assets to 40.

With over 700 ideas to try, What Kids Need to Succeed makes anyone an asset-builder and a ​positive force in young people's lives.

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck

This story guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to ​treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Revealing OCD in a whole new light, this interactive self-​help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize OCD's tricks. Engaging examples, ​activities, and step-by-step instructions help children master the skills needed to break free ​from the sticky thoughts and urges of OCD, and live happier lives. This is the complete resource ​for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.

When My Worries Get Too Big!

Worry and anxiety are on an upswing. In fact, anxiety is the most frequent of all mental disorders ​in children. High levels of stress and big emotions related to social situations, sensory issues, or ​general frustration are common in children who live with anxiety. Such stress can lead to a loss of ​control, resulting in aggressive behavior, such as screaming, throwing things or even hurting ​someone. Prolonged anxiety can also seriously impact success in academic achievement and ​cause children to avoid social and extracurricular activities. Now with a special section on ​evidence-based teaching activities for parents and teachers alike, this bestselling children’s ​classic just became even better and more relevant. Engaging and easy to read, this illustrated ​children’s book is filled with opportunities for children to participate in developing their own self-​calming strategies. Children who use the simple strategies in this charming book, illustrated by ​the author, will find themselves relaxed and ready to focus on work or play!

Zach Apologizes

Zach Makes Mistakes, Zach Apologizes and Zach Gets Frustrated are part of the Zach Rules ​series. Zach, his brothers Alex and Scott, and his parents are a typical family. The boys struggle ​with getting along and other everyday challenges. With humorous illustrations and a squirmy, ​endearing star in Zach, this lively book helps take the medicine out of learning to apologize.

A special section for adults helps them discuss the topic and guide children to master the ​coping tool.

Zach Gets Frustrated

Zach Makes Mistakes, Zach Apologizes and Zach Gets Frustrated are part of the Zach Rules ​series. Zach, his brothers Alex and Scott, and his parents are a typical family. The boys struggle ​with getting along and other everyday challenges. Kids and parents will relate to this lively, ​colorful hero as he learns how to handle his frustration and have fun, even whn things don't go his ​way.

A special section for adults helps them discuss the topic and guide children to master the ​coping tool.

So​cial Skills

How to Make & Keep Friends

Donna Shea and Nadine Briggs (authors) are passionate about helping kids make and keep ​friends. They have spent years working with children who experience mild to moderate social ​difficulties and understand that social nuances can and should be taught. Parents and kids ​often need quick social skills advice that is easily understood and even easier to do in the ​moment. How To Make & Keep Friends provides 500 tips for children to learn how to manage ​50 common social challenges in easy to digest top-ten lists.

I Can't Believe You SAID that!

RJ says what he thinks… no matter how it sounds or makes others feel. His mouth is getting him ​into a lot of trouble. A rude comment at school earned him a detention. An insensitive remark at ​home earned him a scolding and made his sister cry. RJ doesn't realize his words are wrong. It's ​time RJ starts using a social filter when he speaks. With help from his parents, he learns he ​doesn't have to verbalize every thought that pops into his head. In fact, sometimes the less said ​the better!. The newest addition to the Best Me I Can Be! series offers help for children who say ​inappropriate things. This book is part of the BEST ME I Can Be series of books to help teach ​social skills to children.

Sorry, I Forgot to Ask!

Sorry, I Forgot to Ask! is the third title in the award-winning BEST ME I Can Be! series from the ​Boys Town Press to teach K-6 children social skills that can make home life happier and school ​more successful. Tips for parents and educators on how to teach and reinforce the skills are ​included .

Sōsh: Improving Social Skills with Children and Adolescents

Sōsh is an approach to social skills based on a decade of work with children, adolescents, and ​young adults who struggle with social difficulties. The Sōsh framework divides social functioning ​into 5 areas essential to social skills development and success: Relate (Connect with Others), ​Relax (Reduce Stress), Regulate (Manage Behaviors), Reason (Think it Through), and Recognize ​(Understand Feelings).

These “5R’s” serve as a road map for individuals who want to be social, but may have faced ​obstacles in the past, and also serve as a guide for parents, teachers, and therapists hoping to ​encourage and assist individuals with their social goals. With exercises, strategies and ​information for home, school, and therapy, Sōsh will be with you and your child, student, or client ​every step of the way.

The Hidden Curriculum

In the revised and expanded edition of this popular book, the authors narrow their target to ​issues common to adolescents and young adults. While many of the features of the original book ​have been maintained, information on evidence-based practice has been added. Further, a ​series of instructional strategies are provided that can be used to teach the hidden curriculum. ​Instructional aids include charts, forms, and templates designed to make the job of teaching and ​learning the hidden curriculum more effective.

Special Educa​tion Law

All About IEPS

Whether you are the parent of a child with special education needs, a seasoned educator, or ​a professional advocate, you have questions about Individualized Education Programs, (IEPs). ​In this comprehensive, easy to read book, you will find clear, concise answers to frequently ​asked questions about IEPs. Learn what the law says about IEP Teams and IEP Meetings, ​Parental Rights and Consent, Steps in Developing the IEP, Placement, Transition, Assistive ​Technology and Strategies to Resolve Disagreements.

From Emotions to Advocacy

Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, second edition will teach you how to plan, prepare, ​organize and get quality special education services. In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, ​you will learn your child’s disability and educational needs, how to create a simple method for ​organizing your child’s file and devising a master plan for your child’s special education. You will ​understand parent-school conflict, how to create paper trails and effective letter writing. This ​book includes dozens of worksheets, forms and sample letters that you can tailor to your needs. ​Whether you are new to special education or an experienced advocate this book will provide a ​clear roadmap to effective advocacy for your child. You will use this book again and again.

IDEA 2004

Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 includes the full text of Parts A and B of the Individuals with Disabilities ​Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) with commentary, cross-references, ​strategies, and resources. This book is designed to meet the needs of parents, teachers, ​advocates, attorneys, related services providers, administrators, teachers of special education, ​school psychology, and education law courses, hearing officers, and employees of district and ​state departments of education.

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law

This book provides a clear roadmap to the laws and how to get better services for all children ​with disabilities. This Wrightslaw publication is an invaluable resource for parents, advocates, ​educators, and attorneys. You will refer to this book again and again.

Te​acher Resources

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--​challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a ​survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by ​everyone else. Since 1995 A Framework for Understanding Poverty has guided hundreds of ​thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all ​classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables, and ​questionnaires, Framework not only documents the facts of poverty, it provides practical yet ​compassionate strategies for addressing its impact on people's lives.

Differentiated Literacy Coaching

In Differentiated Literacy Coaching, Mary Catherine Moran presents a solution for meeting the ​diverse needs of literacy coaches and their charges. The heart of the book is an exploration of ​the Literacy Coaching Continuum, a series of professional learning formats that coaches can use ​singularly or in combination to design and deliver the most effective, most appropriate support. ​The book includes topics like collaborative resource management, literacy content ​presentations, focused classroom visits, co-planning, study groups, demonstration lessons, peer ​coaching and co-teaching.

How to Improve Classroom Behaviors

The How to Improve Classroom Behaviors Series presents behavioral techniques in booklets that ​each address a specific problem behavior that teachers encounter in their classrooms. These ​booklets include practical and nontechnical information, step-by-ste strategies, references and ​suggestions for further reading and much more.

Series includes:

• How to Help Students Remain Seated
  
• How to Help Students Complete Classwork and Homework Assignments
  
• How to Deal Effectively with Lying, Stealing and Cheating
  
• How to Deal Effectively with Inappropriate Talking and Noise making
  
• How to Prevent and Safely Manage Physical Aggression and Property Destruction
  
• How to Deal Effectively with Whining and Tantrum Behaviors
  

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How to Manage Behavior Series

The How To Manage Behavior Series. These texts include effective, research-based strategies ​for use in increasing appropriate behaviors of children, students, and other persons whose ​behavior may be lacking or be creating problems at home, at school, or on the job. The books are ​nontechnical, step-by-step instructional manuals that define the procedures, provide numerous ​examples, and allow the reader to make oral or written responses.

Series includes:

How to Maintain Behavior

How to Negotiate a Behavioral Contract

How to Plan for Generalization

How to Select Reinforcers

How to Teach Self-Control Through Antecedent (Trigger) Analysis

How to Teach Social Skills

How to Teach Through Modeling and Imitation

How to Use Group Contingencies

How to Use Planned Ignoring (Extinction)

How to Use Positive Practice, Self-Correction, and Overcorrection

How to Use Response Cost

How to Use Prompts to Initiate Behavior

How to Use Systematic Attention and Approval

How to Use Time-Out

How to Use Token Economy and Point Systems

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Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch

• Ideal for sharing with emergent readers
  
• Simple sentences for eager new readers
  
• High-interest story for developing readers
  
• Complex plot for confident readers
  
• The perfect bridge to chapter books
  

Pete the Cat is hungry. Pete is going to make the grooviest sandwich ever! But what happens if ​his sandwich is too big for Pete to eat?

Promoting Executive Functioning in the Classroom

Accessible and practical, this book helps teachers incorporate executive function processes—​such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking—into the classroom curriculum. ​Chapters provide effective strategies for optimizing what K–12 students learn by improving how ​they learn. Noted authority Lynn Meltzer and her research associates present a wealth of easy-​to-implement assessment tools, teaching techniques and activities, and planning aids. Case ​examples illustrate individualized teaching strategies and classroom accommodations. More ​than a dozen reproducibles are included; the large-size format facilitates photocopying and ​day-to-day reference. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and ​print the reproducible materials.

Reaching All by Creating Tribes Learning Communities

This 30th Anniversary Edition of Tribes Learning Communities shows teachers how to reach ​students by developing a caring environment as the foundation for growth and learning. Material ​details how to teach essential collaborative skills, design interactive learning experiences, work ​with multiple learning styles, foster the development of resiliency, and support school ​community change. 2006, 1st edition, 444 pages, 165 strategies/energizers, index and resources.

The Art and Science of Teaching

Though classroom instructional strategies should clearly be based on sound science and ​research, knowing when to use them and with whom is more of an art. In The Art and Science of ​Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction, author Robert J. Marzano ​presents a model for ensuring quality teaching that balances the necessity of research-based ​data with the equally vital need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of individual ​students.

The Unschooled Mind

Why are children not mastering what they ought to be learning in school? In a natural sequel to ​his acclaimed Frames of Mind and The Mind’s New Science, Howard Gardner turns his attention ​to this very question. Merging cognitive science with educational agenda. Gardner shows how ill-​suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, ​and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools.

Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment

Extends the presentation made in Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment (Linder, 1990), ​translating principles into intervention strategies and techniques for facilitating cognitive, social-​emotional, communication and language, and sensorimotor development.

DBT Skills Training: Handouts and Worksheets

Featuring more than 225 user-friendly handouts and worksheets, this is an essential resource for ​clients learning dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and those who treat them. All of the ​handouts and worksheets discussed in Marsha M. Linehan's DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second ​Edition, are provided, together with brief introductions to each module written expressly for ​clients. Originally developed to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT has been ​demonstrated effective in treatment of a wide range of psychological and emotional problems.

Additional Topics

A Parent Guide to Hair Pulling Disorder

• Effective parenting strategies for children with Trichotillomania
  
• An overview of the most current information available on Hair Pulling Disorder.
  
• Techniques for helping children understand and successfully manage hair pulling ​behavior.
  
• A comprehensive analysis of how Hair Pulling Disorder initially develops, and how it ​affects each family differently.
  

A description of what treatment typically entails, appropriate treatment expectations, ​parents’ role in treatment, and specific ways that parents can help their child.

Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Often presenting itself after a head trauma, concussion-- or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)-- ​can cause anxiety, chronic migraines, depression, memory, and sleep problems that can last for ​years, referred to as post concussion syndrome (PCS). Easy-to-read and informative, this book ​is an invaluable resource for understanding concussion, post concussion syndrome (PCS) and ​traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as overcoming the challenges associated with these ​conditions.

The Road Ahead

The Road Ahead is for people with disabilities and their families and those who help them ​transition to a quality adult life. This new edition adds fifty pages to a book that has received ​rave reviews from a wide range of readers. Covering key areas in the transition from school to ​adult life, it is edited by Keith Storey, Paul Bates, and Dawn Hunter, nationally recognized ​transition experts. The Road Ahead is a must resource, featuring twenty-one experts in eleven ​broad-ranging chapters. It explores transition planning, assessment, instructional strategies, ​career development, adult employment, community functioning skills, social life, quality of life, ​supported living, and post-secondary education. Each chapter begins with a group of key ​questions that are addressed in the text and the index gives you quick access to important ​topics. When you want cutting edge ideas to help students have a meaningful life after school, ​turn to The Road Ahead it provides strategies for improving the lives of people with disabilities ​now and tomorrow.

Thriving Beyond Injury

This book is designed to provide parents of children with traumatic brain injuries with ​information about special education and related services as they are provided under the ​Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) in the state of Ohio. This ​publication has been written to guide parents through the process of getting appropriate special ​education services through the various stages of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation.

Yoga Therapy for Every Special Child

Yoga therapy can be a hugely rewarding approach for children with a wide range of special ​needs. This accessible guide contains simple yoga techniques that can be used with children of ​all abilities. The author provides gentle yoga postures and exercises that can help to promote ​relaxation, flexibility, strength, coordination and body-awareness. Each posture is accompanied ​by a line drawing, and the author offers advice on how each posture appropriately supports the ​individual child's needs and abilities. Practical tips for incorporating creative fun and games into ​yoga sessions are included, and the author outlines the specific benefits of yoga for a wide ​range of conditions, including Attention Deficit Disorder, ASD, Cerebral Palsy, social ​communication difficulties, Down's syndrome, and scoliosis.