Family & Relationships : Children with Special Needs

Jayne Lytel was a successful syndicated columnist when her son Leo was diagnosed with autism. Using her reporting skills to better understand her son's health issues, she helped Leo gain essential abilities. After four years of therapy, he no longer meets the diagnostic criteria for autism, attends a mainstream school, and is a thriving, healthy child. Act Early Against Autism is a practical and empowering guide for parents on how early intervention can change their child's future. Includes information on:. - How to recognize early symptoms. - Financial challenges. - Alternative treatments. - Devising and revising therapies more...

Price: $14.95

Have you thought about signing with your baby or toddler? Parents and caregivers are discovering the delights and benefits of using American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with children long before they can speak.  Some studies show that signing babies talk sooner, have larger vocabularies, and have less frustration and tantrums! It’s all about building a bridge between you and what’s going on in your child’s mind and understanding what he/she wants, needs, thinks, and feels. more...

Price: $16.99

The two-year-old toddler Elijah Paradiz was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism characterized by social awkwardness, a fixation with particular subjects, and literal-mindedness. Elijah's Cup, written by Elijah's mother, gives a groundbreaking insider's view of the beauty of minds hidden in the shadows of autism. more...

Price: $17.99

Paving the way for understanding. This work is a definitive look at learning disabilities and the brain from two neurologists who specialise in clarifying the help parents need to get and give their children. Parents and doctors often treat learning disability based on behaviour rather than what is actually occurring in the brain. A diagnosis of ADHD can stem from many things and medication won't cure the fact that the child in question may have a sensory impairment (hearing/vision) or a brain that isn't wired to retain information for longer than 10 minutes without some kind of stimulating break. Two extremely simple examples: the Eides have written comprehensively on every kind of learning difficulty, from dyslexia to dysgraphia, and even the issues provoked by the notion of "giftedness". "The Mislabelled Child" is a complete, ordered look at these disorders from two experienced neuropsychologists who have pioneered the study of (as well as being parents of) gifted or learning disabled children. It provides an answer to the parents of the millions of children with significant learning and behavioural problems; to the teachers who are responsible for their education; to home schooling families who have been unable to find the requisite help within the system; and to the many therapists and other health professionals whose mission is to care for them. more...

Price: $17.95

This companion volume to The Out-of-Sync Child presents activities that parents of kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction can do at home with their child to strengthen their child's abilities-and have some fun together along the way. more...

Price: $15.95