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Born Extraordinary: Empowering Children with Differences and Disabilities

Meg Zucker - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A parent's guide to empowering children to embrace their visible and invisible differences Meg Zucker was born with one finger on each hand, shortened forearms, and one toe on each misshapen foot, caused by a genetic condition called ectrodactyly. She would eventually pass this condition...
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Quirky Kids: Understanding and Supporting Your Child With Developmental Differences

Perri Klass MD
Format: Paperback(Second edition)

This classic, coauthored by New York Times columnist and pediatrician Dr. Perri Klass, has been fully revised and updated to reflect the recent significant changes in the recognition and care of children whose development doesn't go as expected. It includes new information about therapeutic...
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When Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Hit Puberty: A Parents' Q&A Guide to Health, Sexuality and Relationships

Freddy Jackson Brown - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Print book

Puberty, personal hygiene and sex can be difficult topics to broach with your child, especially when they have an intellectual disability or autism. The authors of this guide provide honest answers to challenging questions and provide solutions to the dilemmas that many parents face on a daily...
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World

DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing...
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Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities

Gary Chapman - Northfield Publishing
Format: Paperback

"With a frank and honest observation on how disability can unravel family unity, this book inspires and equips us to live out our faith as we interact with those we love."-Joni Eareckson Tada, founder & CEO, Joni and FriendsBetween the worry, the doctor's appointments,...
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Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, Bipolar, and More!: The one stop guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals

Martin L Kutscher - Jessica Kingsley
Format: Hardcover

Kids in the Syndrome Mix is a concise, scientifically up-to-date, all-in-one guide to the whole range of often co-existing neuro-behavioral disorders in children - from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) , obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder, to autistic spectrum...
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The Conscious Parent's Guide to Autism: A Mindful Approach for Helping Your Child Focus and Succeed

Marci Lebowitz OT - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Print book

Help your child feel confident and capable!If your child has a diagnosis of "on the autism spectrum," you may be feeling overwhelmed and most likely intimated. Often the focus is on "disabilities" rather than "abilities," and you may be left wondering what...
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Supporting Your Child with Special Needs

Rachel R. Jorgensen - Routledge
Format: 1st Edition

Supporting Your Child with Special Needs offers practical activities and strategies to help you prepare your children for school success and best connect with school personnel to meet your child's unique needs. Each of the ten chapters includes key themes supported by research as well...
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Sensory Parenting for Sensory Children

Tanya Van Dalen - Jessica Kingsley Pub
Format: Paperback

When your child dysregulates, half the battle is managing your own response. In the moment, youre at the mercy of many competing feelings: embarrassment, fear, panic, exhaustion. Being able to recognise your own triggers and behaviours in order to stay calm and provide the best support...
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