Special Resources: This Season Give the Gift of Knowledge
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Not Just Spirited
by Chynna T. Laird
What would you do if your child suffered from something so severe that it affected every aspect of her life? And what if your cries for help fell on deaf ears at every turn? You’d follow your gut and fight until someone listened. And that’s what Chynna Laird did. Not Just Spirited is one mother’s journey to finding peace for her daughter, Jaimie.
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Buzz Learns Yoga
by Kami Evans
Inspire your child to learn and exercise in fun ways. Merging early literacy skills and movement, Buzz Learns Yoga is a colorful picture book that encourages children to try simple animal poses and teaches a lesson that we all have something to share. Buzz shows that with a little ingenuity a bee which isn’t supposed to fly, can soar. Written by Kami Evans, founder of Elahi Yoga, and Illustrated by Jackie Lee, this book empowers kids of all abilities to follow Buzz in learning yoga poses. The inquisitive bee meets fun loving teachers Dog, Cow, Cat and Frog who learn from the clever little bee.
Buzz Learns Yoga [4]
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Early Intervention Games
by Barbara Sher
Early Intervention Games provides a wide selection of fun and novel games to do at home or in the classroom; including a variety of games to play in water. This indispensable resource can help these unique children enhance and increase their social, motor, and sensory skills. Each game explains the lessons playfully learned and ways of modifying the games so that everyone, regardless of skill level and sensibility, can play along. All the games are easy-to-do, utilizing common, inexpensive material.
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HandCraftEdASL
by Angie Craft
HandCraftEdASL© products are designed to educate deaf/autistic children by using classic play patterns, simple card decks, and colorful imagery. They are paired with American Sign Language teaching over 900 basic sight words, while bridging the communication gap between children who primarily use ASL, and their family and friends so that everyone learns.
HandCraftEdASL [8]
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The Autism & ADHD Diet
by Barrie Silberberg
This is your complete step-by-step guide to the Gluten Free-Casein Free Diet, as well as help to remove all artificial dyes and preservatives. This diet has shown extraordinary results in helping children eliminate many traits and symptoms associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, Celiac Disease, and more. This book is full of shopping, baking, cooking, and eating tips as well as menu ideas, success stories, and other interventions.
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Parenting with Positive Behavior Support
by Meme Heineman
This book is a practical, easy-to-use guide for parents on positive behavior support (PBS), an evidence-based approach for resolving common behavioral challenges. The book provides guidelines for identifying the reasons for children’s behavior and effectively intervening through three basic methods: preventing problems, replacing behavior, and managing consequences. Exercises, worksheets, and three illuminating chapter-long case studies walk parents through PBS and shows them how this process can transform family life.
Parenting with Positive Behavior Support [12]
More Books
- Good Tidings and Good Books to You: Audiobooks, Apps & Accessories for the Holidays [13]
- 5 Books to Help Celebrate Grandparents Day [14]
- Bookshelf Essentials: Life Skills Books [15]
- Special Education & Parenting Classics [16]
- Puberty Help! Great Books to Help You with Questions and Challenges [17]
- Top 10 Picture Books Gift Recommendations + A Parent Resource Guide! [18]
- Different Ability Awareness [19]
- Kids’ Books Essentials: Supporting Different-Ability Awareness [20]
This post originally appeared on our November/December 2011 Magazine [21]