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How Everyone on the Autism Spectrum, Young and Old, can...: become Resilient, be more Optimistic, enjoy Humor, be Kind, and increase Self-Efficacy - A Positive Psychology Approach
by June Groden Ayelet Kantor Cooper R. Woodard Lewis LipsittThis book looks in detail at five positive character traits - resilience, optimism, humor, kindness, and self-efficacy - and offers tried and tested strategies for bolstering each strength in individuals with ASD. The authors provide rich and varied lesson plans which contain a multitude of activities and which can be easily implemented.
Guerrilla Mum: Surviving the Special Educational Needs Jungle
by Ellen PowerThis book offers guidance on what the law entitles your child to, and how you can fight effectively for the education they need. Based on her own experience of bringing up two sons with special educational needs, Ellen Power describes how she worked to get the right education for her children.
Using Intensive Interaction with a Person with a Social or Communicative Impairment
by Mark Barber Graham FirthThe authors explain clearly how to prepare for, carry out and reflect on the use of Intensive Interaction with a client or family member. A multitude of key questions are addressed. In the final section they consider some of the wider implications of the approach.
Divorce and the Special Needs Child: A Guide for Parents
by Margaret Pegi PriceThis book takes a comprehensive look at every aspect of the legal divorce process, and addresses the legal issues that divorcing parents of children with special needs face. It guides parents through the initial hurdles of choosing the right lawyer for their case, and explains exactly how to work with them to achieve the best possible outcome.
Successful School Change and Transition for the Child with Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Parents
by Clare LawrenceThis book provides parents of children with AS with advice on preparing their child to move to a new school, and make the transition as smooth as possible. Strategies covered include working out a transition time-line, identifying a named adult and 'safe haven' at the school, and effective communication between parents, teachers and support staff.
Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
by Rudy SimoneRudy Simone guides you through every aspect of both personal and professional life, from early recollections of blame, guilt, and savant skills, to friendships, romance and marriage. Employment, career, rituals and routines are also covered. Simone rejects negative views of Aspergirls and empowers them to lead happy and fulfilled lives.
Caring for the Physical and Mental Health of People with Learning Disabilities
by David Perry Louise Hammond Sherryl Gaskell James Eva Geoff MarstonThis book is a practical guide for those caring for people with learning disabilities living in community settings. It will help carers understand and meet service users' health needs, and recognise problems. Topics include physical health issues; mental health issues such as dementia, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety.
Job Success for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
by David WieganIn the USA alone, there are roughly three million individuals living with a developmental disability, but less than a third are active in the labour market. This book provides a comprehensive approach to developing a successful jobs program for persons with developmental disabilities, drawn from the author's extensive experience and real success.
Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management
by Nick DubinThis book offers practical advice on how individuals with AS can manage their anxiety more effectively. Dubin shares his own tried and tested solutions along with up-to-date research on stress management for individuals with AS. He explores key problem areas that can lead to anxiety such as lack of social skills.
Community Care Practice and the Law: Fourth Edition
by Michael MandelstamThis fourth edition of Community Care Practice and the Law has been fully updated to reflect the rapid and continuing legal, policy and practice changes affecting community care. It provides comprehensive and jargon-free explanations of community care legislation, as well as other areas of law directly relevant to practitioners.
Quick Guide to Community Care Practice and the Law (Quick Guides Social & Health Care Law & Practice)
by Michael MandelstamThis short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law. It is an essential resource for busy practitioners at all levels as well as managers in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, and policy-makers in local authorities and the NHS.
22 Things a Woman Must Know If She Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome
by Rudy SimoneThis book looks at 22 common traits that women may discover when they are dating, living with or married to a man with Asperger's Syndrome. Simone explores Asperger's relationships with honesty and understanding, drawing on research and personal experience to inform and advise women with AS partners.
A Spectrum of Light: Inspirational Interviews with Families Affected by Autism
by Francesca BierensOver a period of fourteen years the author interviewed ten families of children on the autism spectrum. This book records their answers: how they felt, how they coped, and what gave them strength and solace. Each family discusses how they reacted when they found out their child had autism, and their feelings leading up to diagnosis.
Managing Family Meltdown: The Low Arousal Approach and Autism
by Linda Woodcock Andrea PageThis book offers strategies to resolve common challenging behaviours using a low arousal approach – a non-aversive approach based on avoiding confrontation and reducing stress. It explains challenging behaviours, and offers guidance on how families can manage different types of challenging behaviour, such as physical aggression and self-injury.
Appreciating Asperger Syndrome: Looking at the Upside - with 300 Positive Points
by Brenda BoydBrenda Boyd shows that for every characteristic of AS that can be looked at negatively, there are several positive aspects that can be drawn on and developed. Discussing AS in general terms, she talks through the reasons why people with AS approach life in the way they do, and what an enormous contribution they make to the world.
Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs
by Charlotte ThompsonThis book provides guidance on how to grandparent a child with special needs and give parents the added support they need. From coming to terms with a diagnosis, to helping with the transition from adolescence to adulthood, the book gives clear advice on grandparenting a child with special needs throughout their life.
Alphabet Kids - From ADD to Zellweger Syndrome: A Guide to Developmental, Neurobiological and Psychological Disorders for Parents and Professionals
by Robbie WoliverAlphabet Kids have disorders that are often concurrent, interconnected or mistaken for one another: for example, the frequent combination of ASD, OCD, SID and ADHD. Woliver covers 70 childhood disorders, providing information on causes, cures, treatments and prognoses. Chapters include a list of signs and symptoms, and true-life stories.
Hints and Tips for Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Useful Strategies for Home, School, and the Community
by Dion Betts Nancy J PatrickIf you have a child on the autism spectrum who struggles with the challenges of daily life, then this book is for you! The book is peppered with vignettes and stories of real-life situations and successes, and offers clever ideas for tackling everyday difficulties, such as bathing, bedtime, school trips, and selecting the right child minder.
Fun with Messy Play: Ideas and Activities for Children with Special Needs
by Tracy BeckerlegThis activity book heightens the sensory perception of children with special needs through the imaginative use of everyday 'messy' materials like baked beans, condensed milk, jelly or glue. The activities in this book help to improve co-ordination, communicative and cognitive abilities, as well as their self-esteem and social skills.
Reaching and Teaching the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Using Learning Preferences and Strengths
by Heather MacKenzieThis book provides a positive approach to understanding and educating children on the autism spectrum. The book gives greater insight into the perspective and behavior of a child with autism and explores how the child's learning preferences, strengths and interests can be used to facilitate learning and enhance motivation.
Liam Goes Poo in the Toilet: A Story about Trouble with Toilet Training
by Jane Whelen-BanksLiam Goes Poo in the Toilet illustrates the relationship between eating and excreting. It provides visual instructions on how to "relax and push". After much fanfare, Liam finally masters going 'poo' in the toilet, and both he and Mum bask in the glory of a job well done.
Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
by Shelley L. Watson Barbara Vyrostko Karen Stoner Deborah Richards Yona Lunsky Jennifer Robinson Voula Marinos Jacqueline Murphy William R Lindsay Donato Tarulli Maurice Feldman Diane Cox-Lindenbaum Carol Sales Christine Tardiff-Williams Jocelin Lecomte Tricia Vause Marjorie Aunos Leanne Gosse Celine Mercier Kaleigh Regehr Beverley Fedoroff Nancy Miodrag Kajsa Klassen Krystine Donato Paul Fedoroff Carolyn Gracey Susan Havercamp Marion Trent-Kratz J Gregory OlleyThis book provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject.
Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
by Marilyn Martin ZionMartin presents a comprehensive developmental profile of children with NLD. She helps parents and professionals to identify learners with NLD and insure they receive early intervention. Offering practical advice on NLD at home and at school, she describes step-by-step interventions for improving a range of skills from penmanship to social acumen.
Dyslogic Syndrome: Why Millions of Kids are "Hyper," Attention-Disordered, Learning Disabled, Depressed, Aggressive, Defiant, or Violent - and What We Can Do About It
by Bernard RimlandThis book is full of advice on the safe, effective treatments that are available to children, and offers positive strategies for helping parents and professionals to do the best for their dyslogical child. Drawing on the latest research, Rimland outlines the impact of biological factors and exposes the influences of toxins and dietary deficiencies.
Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities: A Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (JKP Essentials)
by Elizabeth A KurtzOffering a balanced overview of complementary and alternative therapies, this book will be useful for parents of children with autism, ADD or other learning disabilities. The book covers a wide variety of mind-body interventions and manipulative techniques, as well as energy therapies, biologically based methods, and alternative medical systems.