A Must-Have for Teachers and Other Educational Professionals!
Now more than ever, states are mandating that children with special needs be included in the general education classroom. As a result, all educational professionals, from teachers to administrators, need specific training on how to handle unusual behaviours. This book builds on the success of the first one by expanding the focus from within the ......
A Common Sense Mind-Body Approach for Struggling Children and Teens
Over the past 50 years, there have been some dramatic changes in how children are raised, fed, and educated. In looking at both child-rearing practices and children's education, one of the most obvious changes is this as a society, we seem to have lost our most basic common sense about the natural relationship between physical wellness and mental ......
Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-of-Control Behavior
It could happen anywhere: at the grocery store, at a restaurant, at school, or at home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. Over twenty years of experience ......
A Mother's Everyday Advice, Survival Tactics and Wisdom for Raising a Special Needs Child
Winner of an iParenting Media Award! Anne Addison was overwhelmed when she brought Jack home from the hospital. In those first few days, Anne had a vague intuition that something was not right. Two years later, Jack was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, speech and language delays, sensory integration problems, and ......
If anyone suggests that autistic people should not have children, in the mistaken belief that they would not be good parents because of their neurodiversity, they are wrong. Completely wrong. This is not to say that every autistic person should have a child, any more than every neuro-majority person should. People usually know for themselves ......
Autism has long been considered a boys' condition, but there is more to this story. The truth is, autism looks different in women and girls. They're much better at ""pretending to be normal"" by masking their autistic characteristics. How can we look behind the mask to recognize autism, when it has been so well camouflaged? Recognizing Autism in ......
Research suggests that up to 15-20% of the U.S. population is neurodivergent. Relating While Autistic: Fixed Signals for Neurodivergent Couples fills a need for self-help books for ND / autistic individuals. The popularity of the Netflix dating show, Love on the Spectrum, is further evidence that this book has a significant potential readership. ......
How to Become a Social Detective and Solve Social Mysteries Like a Pro
A few years ago, Johnny Multony, transformed from not fitting into a socially savvy kid, started the first-ever social detective agency. He was hired by other students in his school for help with common interpersonal dilemmas, such as cliques, dealing with disappointments, bullying, personal space, friends, body language, and much more. Now, an ......
for Children & Adolescents with Autism & Social-Communication Differences
Social Skills Training is the complete package: whether learning how long to look at somebody; how to shift topics, despite a desire to stick with that all-consuming special interest; how to say no to peer pressure; or dealing with sensitive topics-it's all here. In this comprehensive and user-friendly book, the author translates years of ......
