A shirt-grabbing love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices. Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-roaming California girl, and Brian, an intellectual, homebody writer, kind and slyly funny but loath to leave his Upper West Side studio. Their magical interlude… More The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After Happiness
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The Elephant In The Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About Raising Kids with Special Needs
Denise Brodey’s young son was diagnosed with a combination of special needs. As she struggled to make sense of her new, chaotic world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other parents of kids with special needs, learning how they coped with the emotional, medical, and social challenges they faced. In The Elephant in… More The Elephant In The Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About Raising Kids with Special Needs
The Empowered Parent
This is a different kind of parenting book. It does not offer a new theory, nor does it presume to provide all the answers. Written for parents who are faced with a child’s disability, it is a slim guide that distills complex topics and questions into understandable and manageable maps for action. It quickly and… More The Empowered Parent
The Explosive Child – A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, “Chronically Inflexible” Children
What′s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration-crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help. Most of these parents have tried everything-reasoning, explaining, punishing, sticker charts, therapy,… More The Explosive Child – A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, “Chronically Inflexible” Children
The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Child Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them
This book shows how HSCs are born deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle, and easily overwhelmed. These qualities can make for smart, conscientious, creative children, but with the wrong parenting or schooling, they can become unusually shy or timid, or begin acting out. Few parents and teachers understand where this behavior comes from–and as a… More The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Child Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them
The Parent’s Notebook: A Support Guide for Parents, Families and Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Special Needs
The Parent’s Notebook offers opportunities for parents, siblings, caregivers, friends and other important family members to learn new ways of managing challenges related to raising a child with developmental disabilities and special health care needs. The author covers a variety of topics from an unexpected future to advocating for your child and yourself. In this… More The Parent’s Notebook: A Support Guide for Parents, Families and Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities and Special Needs
The Pocket Parent
It’s instant relief for when your 2-year-old is on the floor of the toy store, pitching a fit. Or when brother and sister discover that they can’t stand each other. Or when your son can’t say no to video games. This pocket-size book of tried-and-true advice, common sense, parental wisdom, and sanity. Written by two… More The Pocket Parent
The Resilient Family: Living With Your Child’s Illness or Disability
Written for parents of children with a serious illness or disability, this book will help families to identify their own strengths, recognize the needs of all family members, learn to manage stress, and deal with medical providers effectively.
The Resilient Parent Everyday Wisdom for Life with Your Exceptional Child
Author, Mantu Joshi, combines honesty, humility and grit with wisdom, humor and spirituality to offer practical, digestible pearls of wisdom for parents of children with neurobehavioral special needs, like autism, ADHD, ADD, FASD, ODD, SPD, mental health diagnoses, intellectual and developmental delays, and any combination thereof. It gives solid advice for the parent of a… More The Resilient Parent Everyday Wisdom for Life with Your Exceptional Child
The Science Of Parenting: How Today’s Brain Research Can Help You Raise Happy, Emotionally Balanced Children
For parents who wonder whether controlled crying is best or if constant cuddling is better, here is a clear explanation of the science of parenting styles and their effects on children’s brain development. Ground-breaking research in the late twentieth century delved into the neuroscience behind child rearing, and this book is the first to explain… More The Science Of Parenting: How Today’s Brain Research Can Help You Raise Happy, Emotionally Balanced Children
The SILENT Pandemic after COVID-19: What You Won’t Notice and Your Children Can’t Tell You
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
The Unwritten Rules Of Friendship: Simple Strategies To Help Your Child Make Friends
This practical and compassionate handbook helps parents sharpen any child’s social skills by identifying the “unwritten rules” that govern all relationships.
The Zones of Regulation
The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum geared toward helping students gain skills in consciously regulating their actions, which in turn leads to increased control and problem solving abilities. It is a cognitive behavior approach designed to help students recognize when they are in different states called “zones”. Students explore calming techniques, cognitive strategies, and… More The Zones of Regulation
There and Back: A Journal Companion for Special Needs Parents
“THERE AND BACK: A Journal Companion for Special Needs Parents” is a guide to therapeutic journal writing for parents of sons and daughters with disabilities, learning differences, or other challenges. It is designed to be as useful to the mother of a newborn with cerebral palsy as it is to the father of a son… More There and Back: A Journal Companion for Special Needs Parents
They Created Us: Special Education, Medicaid Waivers, EPSDT, Independent Case Management
They Created Us is a family’s journey through the disability world that begins with their second son’s encounter meningitis at six months of age. Through their journey, you will learn the complexities of the bureaucracy along with strategies to maneuver through a sometimes unresponsive system. Special Education, Medicaid Waivers, EPSDT, and Independent Case Management are… More They Created Us: Special Education, Medicaid Waivers, EPSDT, Independent Case Management
Tiny Titan
In 1989, the Yurceks sixth child, Becca was born with a rare genetic disorder, and while she struggled to survive, her family tumbled into poverty. This is the true and inspirational story of their journey out of poverty and the many miracles they received along the way. In the spirit of giving back, they adopted… More Tiny Titan
Transition Magician For Families: Helping Parents And Children With Everyday Routines
This book provides wonderful, simple tips for parents on handling transition times, from daily routines such as bedtime, to waiting times, such as in doctor’s offices. All activities are presented in easily reproducible , one- page format.
Uncommon Beauty : Crisis Parenting from Day One
This guidebook, written by a mom who’s been there, delivers specific, pragmatic strategies for everything from crossing emotional hurdles to handling financial realities; from navigating hospitals to becoming your child’s best advocate; from accepting the help of others to finding an inner strength. The author’s down-to-earth wisdom comforts and empowers the parents who need it… More Uncommon Beauty : Crisis Parenting from Day One
Unfolding The Tent: Advocating For Your One-Of-A-Kind Child
Using a proactive and positive approach, the author combines her personal and professional experiences to present a blueprint that parents of children with behavioral, attention, developmental, and learning needs can follow to help their child reach his or her potential. Because these children do not follow a typical developmental plan, it is unrealistic to expect… More Unfolding The Tent: Advocating For Your One-Of-A-Kind Child
When Love is not Enough: A Guide to Parenting with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder
When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder brings hope and healing tools to parents and professionals working to help challenging children. Effective interventions, a full step by step plan, clearer insight and understanding make a powerful difference in helping children heal. If you want to make a difference… More When Love is not Enough: A Guide to Parenting with RAD-Reactive Attachment Disorder