The word alone strikes a little fear in all parents. With the help of parents and professionals, we have put together some great books to assist parents, carers, boys and girls on their journey through puberty.

The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls

by Valorie Schaefer

This best-selling body book for girls features tips, how-tos, and facts from the experts. Topics range from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bras,  periods to pimples, and everything in between.

The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls

by Cara Natterson

This book will guide you through the next steps of growing up and covers new questions about periods, your growing body, peer pressure, personal care, and more!

The Boys’ Guide to Growing Up

by Terri Couwenhoven

This revised edition addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight, and proven experience. The technique offers a foolproof method of disciplining children ages two through 12 without arguing, yelling, or spanking. By means of three easy-to-follow steps, parents learn to manage troublesome behavior, encourage good behavior, and strengthen the parent-child relationship. Ten strategies for building a child’s self-esteem and the six types of testing and manipulation a parent can expect from the child are discussed.

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Special Boys’ Business™

by  Heather Anderson, Fay Angelo and Rose Stewart

This book is a puberty resource written for boys with special needs, including: Intellectual disability, Physical disability, Communication disorder and Autism. Special Boys’ Business™ takes a boy, his parents and caregivers through the changes experienced at puberty.  Information is presented in simple text with clear colorful pictures. It is an appealing disability puberty book with fun, entertaining illustrations. This puberty book provides practical hints for parents, teachers and caregivers.

Teaching Children with Down Syndrome About Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Terri Couwenhoven

As a sexual educator and mother of a child with Down syndrome, author Terri Couwenhoven blends factual information and practical ideas for teaching children with Down syndrome about their bodies, puberty, and sexuality. This book gives parents the confidence to speak comfortably about sometimes difficult subjects, and explains why it’s so important to begin early when dealing with issues such as hygiene, emotional and physical boundaries, privacy, and what makes for healthy relationships

What’s Happening to Ellie?: A book about puberty for girls and young women with autism and related conditions 

by Kate E. Reynolds

This simple picture book follows Ellie as she begins puberty. Designed to be read with girls with autism or other special needs, it provides the perfect starting point for parents and caregivers to discuss changes including new hair growth and menstruation… It covers all the changes that they will experience, both emotional and physical.

What’s Happening to Tom?: A book about puberty for boys and young men with autism and related conditions 

by Kate E. Reynolds

Tom notices that his body is changing. Tom’s voice is different and hair is growing in new places. There are other changes happening too. Tom, learns that he has started growing into a man. This resource helps parents and carers teach boys with autism or other special needs about puberty. It covers all the changes that they will experience, both emotional such as new feelings and physical such as wet dreams. Fully illustrated both positive and entertaining this book provides the perfect opportunity to talk about puberty with boys and young men with autism or special needs.

Managing Puberty, Social Challenges, And (Almost) Everything: A Video Guide for Girls – DVD   Coulter Video, Inc.

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