Keeping Families at the Center of Health Care
People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly handbook on the important disability issues you need to know… More Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
An understanding of applied behavior analysis (ABA) can help teachers, therapists, and practitioners improve the lives of those for whom they are charged to care and serve. In this introduction to ABA, Robert Pennington assembles a cast of talented researchers to describe in their own words important behavioral concepts to an uninitiated audience. The book,… More Applied Behavior Analysis for Everyone: Principles and Practices Explained by Applied Researchers Who Use Them
The SILENT Pandemic After COVID-19 explores the latest research studies, and couples that with Diana’s 30 years of experience in early childhood development and nearly 20 years in sound therapy. Her unique perspective will break down the complex issues into language parents, caregivers and educators of children can understand so you will have a better… More The SILENT Pandemic after COVID-19: What You Won’t Notice and Your Children Can’t Tell You
This book tells true and poignant stories from both sides of the physician-patient/parent relationship and provides a unique glimpse into how parents and physicians think, feel, and interact. The stories are grouped under four sections: Hope, Compassion, Communication, and Trust. Each section includes stories contributed by parents from all across the United States and by… More Shared Struggles: Stories from Parents and Pediatricians Caring for Children with Serious Illnesses
Now, most people have heard of ADHD and know someone who may have it. But lost in the discussion of both childhood and adult diagnosis of ADHD is the potential upside: Many hugely successful entrepreneurs and highly creative people attribute their achievements to ADHD. Also unknown to most are the recent research developments, including innovations… More ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction–from Childhood through Adulthood
When a child faces a physical health crisis, friends and family rally around to provide support. But when a child is diagnosed with mental illness, their families often find themselves struggling alone. Having raised a mentally ill daughter, award-winning author Andrea Berryman Childreth has first-hand experience with the shame and stigma these families face, hiding… More ON THE EDGE: Help & hope for parenting children with mental illness
“No” is RJ’s least favorite word… and he tries his best to convince his dad, his mom, and his teacher to turn “No” into “Maybe” or “We’ll see” or “Later” or “I’ll think about it.” Even though he doesn’t have much success, RJ keeps arguing until his teacher suggests that he try to join her… More I Just Don’t Like the Sound of No!
Social Thinking and Me is the perfect tool to introduce and teach core Social Thinking Vocabulary and concepts to older elementary school and middle school-age kids (ages 9-14). This book breaks larger and more complicated social concepts down into smaller chunks to make it easier for adults to teach and easier for kids to learn.… More Social Thinking and Me. Kids’ Guidebook to Social Emotional Learning
Chasing Lilly is an eye-opening look into the world of mental illness from the prospective of a parent. Her harrowing tales make it easy to forget that Lilly is a real girl. Chasing Lilly is a remarkable, richly detailed journey into what matters most in the lives of severely traumatized children . . . Great… More Chasing Lilly
Scoring ASQ-3 and interpreting the results is easier with this updated training DVD, which shows professionals how to use the leading screening system accurately and sensitively. ASQ-3 users will discover how to use ASQ-3 scoring sheets, convert parent responses into value points, compare the results with cutoff scores, decide if a referral for further assessment… More ASQ-3 Scoring & Referral Ages & Stages Questionnaires A Parent- Completed Child Monitoring System (DVD)