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A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About

As a university student with High-Functioning Autism, Haley Moss offers essential tips and advice in this insider’s guide to surviving the Freshman year of college.Haley’s first-hand account of the college experience covers everything you need to know. She talks through getting ready for college, dorm life and living away from parents, what to expect from… More A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About

Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Abuse: How To Spot It, Stop It, And Get Help For Your Family

Parents are often the last to know about their children’s involvement with alcohol or drugs. Chemical abusers do whatever they can to conceal their use. Families can rationalize the behaviors, particularly in adolescence, as being caused by something other than chemicals. Is the defiance part of a normal separation from parents? Due to a breakup… More Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Abuse: How To Spot It, Stop It, And Get Help For Your Family

Asperger’s Teens: Understanding High School for Students on the Autism Spectrum

If you have Asperger’s, high school can be a time of great promise and opportunity — to learn more about subjects you’re excited about, join clubs and activities that interest you, and make new friends — but it can also be uncomfortable at times. This book helps you use your strengths and unique personal style… More Asperger’s Teens: Understanding High School for Students on the Autism Spectrum

Fighting Invisible Tigers: Sress Management for Teens

Stress is something we all experience. But research suggests that adolescents are affected by it in unique ways that can increase impulsivity and risky behaviors. While eliminating stress from life isn’t realistic, young people can learn to control how they respond to it. This book offers proven techniques that teens can use to deal with… More Fighting Invisible Tigers: Sress Management for Teens

Get Organized Without Losing It

Kids today have a lot to keep track of—and keep organized. Schoolwork, friends, activities, chores…rooms, backpacks, lockers, desks…and what about fun? Here’s friendly, practical, humorous help for kids who want to manage their tasks, their time, and their stuff—without going overboard or being totally obsessed. Tips, techniques, strategies, and examples empower kids to conquer clutter,… More Get Organized Without Losing It

Get Out Of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me And Cheryl To The Mall?

Full of insight and humor, but refreshingly non judgmental, this book offers every parent a new perspective on his/her teenager. Dr. Wolf doesn’t simply give a blueprint of today’s teenager; he examines the issues that confront parents and shows why girls and boys act so differently during this time. Gives you the ability to translate… More Get Out Of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me And Cheryl To The Mall?

How Rude! The Teenagers Guide To Good Manners, Proper Behavior, And Not Grossing People Out (2nd Edition)

In How Rude!, author Alex J. Packer blends outrageous humor with sound advice as he guides readers through the mysterious world of manners from A (“Applause”) to Z (“Zits”). He starts by explaining why etiquette is important—because people who know how to handle themselves in social situations come out on top, get what they want,… More How Rude! The Teenagers Guide To Good Manners, Proper Behavior, And Not Grossing People Out (2nd Edition)

How To Hug A Porcupine: Negotiating The Prickly Points Of The Tween Years

Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child’s behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. This book shows you exactly what’s going… More How To Hug A Porcupine: Negotiating The Prickly Points Of The Tween Years

Lucky Dogs, Lost Hats, and Dating Don’ts: Hi-Lo Stories about Real Life

A collection of over a dozen hi-lo (high interest-low reading level) short stories for people with intellectual disabilities or other learning challenges. Middle schoolers through adults will identify with the book’s true-to-life stories and their characters (some with developmental disabilities, some without), who want to live as independently as they can. And just like real… More Lucky Dogs, Lost Hats, and Dating Don’ts: Hi-Lo Stories about Real Life

Manners For The Real World: Basic Social Skills

A video guide to the right manners and behaviors for common social situations, designed for upper elementary school through adult. Areas such as personal hygiene, conversations, introductions, telephone & internet use, table manners, being a guest. Available in DVD format (44 min.)

No B.O.! The Head-To-Toe Book of Hygiene For Preteens

Puberty can be a pain. Who needs acne? Stinky feet? B.O.? Good hygiene can make a big difference in how kids feel about themselves during this challenging time. It can also make a difference in how others feel about them. This frank, reassuring, humorous book covers the physical changes boys and girls experience during puberty… More No B.O.! The Head-To-Toe Book of Hygiene For Preteens

Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

Not So Different offers a humorous, relatable, and refreshingly honest glimpse into Shane Burcaw’s life. Shane tackles many of the mundane and quirky questions that he’s often asked about living with a disability, and shows readers that he’s just as approachable, friendly, and funny as anyone else. Shane Burcaw was born with a rare disease… More Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

Owning It: Stories About Teens With Disabilities

Chris Crutcher takes us on a wild ride through the mind of a teen with ADD, while David Lubar’s protagonist gets a sobering lesson from his friends. In Gail Giles’s tale, Brad can’t help barking at his classmates but finds understanding when he gives a comical (and informative) presentation to his entire school. And Robert… More Owning It: Stories About Teens With Disabilities

Ready For Take Off: Preparing Your Teen with ADHD or LD for College

Ready for Take-Off lays out a plan to keep students with ADHD or LD in college by first teaching parents to prepare their teen for take-off and their first solo flight away from the home. This essential resource encourages parents to adopt a unique “coaching-style” approach in their parenting and urges parents to stop micromanaging… More Ready For Take Off: Preparing Your Teen with ADHD or LD for College

The Asperkid’s Secret Book Of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-so-obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens With Asperger Syndrome

Being a teen or tween isn’t easy for anyone — but it’s especially tough for Asperkids. Asperkids deserve their very own guide to all of the hidden social rules that are awfully confusing to us, even if they seem obvious to everyone else. This isn’t your momma’s Emily Post, and there is no “don’t do… More The Asperkid’s Secret Book Of Social Rules: The Handbook of Not-so-obvious Social Guidelines for Tweens and Teens With Asperger Syndrome

The Integrated Self-Advocacy Is a Curriculum: A Program for Emerging Self-Advocates with Autism Spectrum and Other Conditions: Student Workbook

Self-advocacy plays a vital role in nearly every aspect of life for individuals on the spectrum, in school, at home, in the community, and at work. The more self-awareness people on the spectrum possess, the more they can be players in advocating for their own comfort, happiness, and well-being. This cutting-edge curriculum helps professionals and… More The Integrated Self-Advocacy Is a Curriculum: A Program for Emerging Self-Advocates with Autism Spectrum and Other Conditions: Student Workbook

The Teenager’s Guide To School Outside The Box

For some teens, the traditional four-year high school curriculum is just what they need. Others would benefit more from nontraditional learning experiences – if they knew how to find them and what to do next. This practical, inspiring book explores the world of alternative learning, giving teens the knowledge and tools they need to make… More The Teenager’s Guide To School Outside The Box

Too Old for This, Too Young for That!: Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School Years

No wonder it’s called “middle school.” If you’re in grades 6–9, you’re not a child anymore…but you’re not a grown-up either. You have more freedom…but not enough. Your life is more exciting…and more stressful. You’re faced with a lot of decisions…but where can you turn for advice? Your friends are as confused as you are,… More Too Old for This, Too Young for That!: Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School Years

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

In this stunning anthology, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp teams up with fellow disabled authors to create a collection of fictional stories that dispense with the tired, broken stereotypes – and reclaim narratives and identities. By weaving together tales of interstellar war, an enchanted carnival, or a dating debacle, Unbroken celebrates the varied… More Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

What Do You Expect? She’s A Teenager! A Hope and Happiness Guide for Moms with Daughters Ages 11 – 19

If your little girl has suddenly turned into one big eye roll, then this book is for you. Filled with advice on how to handle the most serious topics, from bullying, sex, and drugs to eating disorders and friends, as well as other typical hot-button scenarios-including the desire for piercings or tattoos, posting racy photos online, sexting,… More What Do You Expect? She’s A Teenager! A Hope and Happiness Guide for Moms with Daughters Ages 11 – 19