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The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child

Lawrence M. Siegel · NOLO; Eighth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Create an IEP with this start-to-finish guide for caring parentsYour special needs child needs a special education, and as a parent, you face a number of obstacles as you work with your school district to develop an Individual Education Plan IEP. Lots of steps, complicated paperwork, and intimidating...
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Graceful Exit: How to Advocate Effectively, Take Care of Yourself, and Be Present for the Death of a Loved One

Gustavo Ferrer · Sounds True
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

When we are thrust into the role of caregiver for a loved one who is in the process of dying, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Yet it's a situation millions of us face every year with virtually no sort of preparation or guidance. With Graceful Exit, Dr. Gustavo Ferrer offers an all-in-one...
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A Survival Guide to Parenting Teens: Talking to Your Kids About Sexting, Drinking, Drugs, and Other Things That Freak You Out

Joani Geltman · AMACOM
Format: Paperback

Turn back the clocks! Your sweet child has morphed into a teen. And it's no longer just a messy bedroom or an attitude with a capital "A" causing concern. There's a whole new range of issues on the horizon. What if your daughter texts a naked picture to a "boyfriend"...
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The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth: A Complete Labor and Childbirth Companion for Parents to Be

Lindsey Bliss · Harvard Common Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Experienced doula, Linsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every element of having a child, from pregnancy to fourth trimester in The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth. Lindsey Bliss, who has assisted as a doula at hundreds of births and is herself a mother...
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Party Style: Kids' Parties from Baby to Sweet 16

Gemma Touchstone · Front Table Books
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

Make memories your children will treasure forever. As the creator of ILovePartyStyle.com and editor-in-chief of Party Style magazine, Gemma Touchstone knows how to make children's celebrations memorable. And with her help, you'll want to find any excuse to party! Packed with easy...
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An Introduction to Autism for Adoptive and Foster Families

Katie Hunt · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Written for busy foster carers and adoptive parents, this book provides a concise introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) , and how to support a child with a diagnosis. It emphasises the common strengths children with ASD have, as well as offering strategies for any behavioural...
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Parenting 2.0: Think in the Future, Act in the Now

Tricia Ferrara · Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Print book

2015 National Parenting Publications Awards Gold WinnerAn indispensable guide that shows parents how to provide their children with a framework to reach their full potential and discover that growth can be an invigorating two-way street. In this rapidly changing world in which divorce,...
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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chantal Sicile-Kira · Perigee
Pages: 371
Format: Paperback

Newly revised and updated, this award-winning guide covers every aspect of understanding and living with autism today Comprehensive and authoritative, Autism Spectrum Disorders explains all aspects of the condition, and is written for parents, educators, caregivers, and others looking for accurate...
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

Jancee Dunn · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers...
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Pearl Fairweather Pirate Captain: Teaching children gender equality, respect, respectful relationships, empowerment, diversity, leadership, recognising bullying behaviours and prevention of violence

Jayneen Sanders · Educate2empower Publishing
Pages: 42
Format: Kit

Captain Pearl Fairweather is a brave, fair and strong pirate captain. She and her diverse crew of twenty-four women sail the seven seas on the good ship, Harmony, looking only for adventure. All is well, until the day Captain Sandy McCross sails into their lives and demands to take over...
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My Parent's Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving

Jody Gastfriend · Yale University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role.Uses the latest research and draws on case histories and interviews.Is a resource...
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The Mommy Shorts Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting

Ilana Wiles · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Ilana Wiles is not a good mother. She's not a bad mother either. Like most of us, she's normal. From the creator of the wildly popular blog Mommy Shorts comes Ilana Wiles's first humor book on remarkably average parenting. If you want solid advice about raising kids, this book...
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When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 4th Edition: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy

Barbara Luke · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 640
Format: Print book

This fourth edition of the book that introduced readers to the revolutionary, nutritionally based prenatal program for the growing number of women pregnant with multiples is now revised and expanded for an era when multiple births are on the rise and includes updated diet and exercise recommendations...
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The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them

Elaine Aron · Three Rivers Press; 1 edition
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

The bestselling author and psychologist whose books have topped 240,000 copies in print now addresses the trait of “high sensitivity” in children–and offers a breakthrough parenting guidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers.With the publication of The Highly...
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Marriage and Lasting Relationships with Asperger's Syndrome

Eva A. Mendes · Jessica Kingsley Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Proven counseling strategies that will help improve the relationships of married, long-term or co-habiting couples with Aspergers Syndrome Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD relationship expert Eva A. Mendes provides advice straight from the couples counselling room that can be applied in day-to-day...
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