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What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD (What-to-Do Guides for Kids)
Dawn Huebner
Magination Press, 2007
Life-changing book
I read this book with my nine-year-old child in one afternoon. We saw immediate results. Her OCD symptoms were relatively mild to moderate, but we saw a dramatic decrease in OCDs immediately. It was as if the book gave her permission to take control of a situation ...
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Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
Sally Md Shaywitz
Vintage, 2005
very imformative
This book is well written, easy to use and has very practical things to do. Good for anyone whose child is struggling to read as it helps you understand how one learns to read.
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Learning To Slow Down & Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About Adhd
Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen B. Dixon, ...
Magination Press, 2004
Not just for ADHD - for ANY kid with focusing and organizational issues
My 10 yo has mild autism, and he has major organizational and focusing issues. This book explains in very clear terms the challenges that face some kids, and steps that can be taken to minimize those challenges.
I love the checklist in part 1, because it ...
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The Verbal Behavior Approach: How to Teach Children With Autism and Related Disorders
Mary Barbera, Tracy Rasmussen
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
Great introduction to ABA / VB
I am an ABA/VB professional as well as an author of a book on the topic of the Verbal Behavior Approach to ABA. I have met Mary only once but I have read her book and found it to be an excellent introduction to the science of behaviorism and particularly to the Verbal ...
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Tangerine
Edward Bloor
Harcourt Paperbacks, 2006
Excellent book - especially for middle school boys
I'm a 46 year-old Mom and I bought this book because of the great reviews, but I didn't know which son to give it to. My 4th grader falls into the age-range mentioned here at amazon, but based on the plot synopses here I felt it was more a book my 7th grader would ...
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Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (with MyEducationLab) (9th Edition) ...
William L. Heward
Prentice Hall, 2008
A Great Book If You Want An Intro to Special Education
I love this book! I purchased a used copy in 2001 to help prepare for my (then) upcoming Massachusetts State Teacher exam in special education, which I passed on my first try. It is a very useful source of information and contains a ton of facts. It presents special ...
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Cory Stories: A Kid's Book About Living With Adhd
Jeanne Kraus
Magination Press, 2004
Cory is easy to identify with...
My 8-year-old son who has ADD (without hyperactivity) latched onto this book immediately upon the first reading and has wanted me to re-read it to him several times. I believe he sees a real connection between things in his own life and things in 'Cory's' life in the ...
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The Gift of Dyslexia
Ronald D. Davis, Eldon M. Braun
Perigee Trade, 1997
This should be how all children are taught to read!!!
If we started at the kindergarten level with Dr. Davis' techniques - there would never be another dyslexic. These techniques are so easy to implement and so effective, it is astonishing.
I AM A DYSLEXIC and this book changed my life!!! Now I actually publish and ...
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How To Reach And Teach Children with ADD/ADHD: Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions
Sandra F., M.A. Rief
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Great information for parents too!
My daughter's teacher loaned me this book after I shared with her my frustration over understanding "how" my daughter thinks and how to help her with her homework and life in general. If you don't have ADD you can't understand why things that seem perfectly logical to ...
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The Social Success Workbook for Teens: Skill-building Activities for Teens With Nonverbal Learning Disorder, ...
Barbara Cooper
New Harbinger Publications, 2008
Great workbook for my patients.
I would recommend this workbook to parents or practitioners who work with Asperger's and/or learning disabled teens. It's interesting to them as they do want to improve their social lives. It has over 30 short "lessons" that you can give as therapeutic "homework" or ...
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Functional Assessment and Program Development for Problem Behavior: A Practical Handbook
Robert H. Horner, Richard W. Albin, ...
Wadsworth Publishing, 1996
Thorough; Easy to both read and implement.
I use this text in my college course on "Behavioral Assessment and Positive Behavior Support" for beginning special education teachers. It breaks down the process of completing a Functional Assessment and Functional Analysis in an easy-to-understand manner. The ...
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Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties
Ajahn Brahm
Wisdom Publications, 2005
Fantastic!
This is a fantastic book, a treasure of short Buddhist tales with the deepest insights. Sometimes, when I don't have the time or the energy to read long discourses on spirituality I just grab this book, open it at random and read a couple of stories. It's and instant ...
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The ADD/ADHD Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents and Teachers
Sandra F., M.A. Rief
Jossey-Bass, 2008
Parent friendly, excellent parenting guidelines
I picked up this book in order to research ADD/ADHD in response to my child's teachers suggestions that he may be such a child. This book is written in such clear terms that it de-mystifies this all enveloping area. It contains simple to follow checklists. But it's ...
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Teaching Math to People With Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners: Basic Survival Skills (Topics in Down ...
DeAnna Horstmeier
Woodbine House, 2004
Teaching Math to People With Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners: Basic Survival Skills (Topics in Down Syndrome)
This is an awesome book! It gives you a step by step proven method that is almost fail-safe for teaching any concrete learner to understand math and math concepts. The only problem with this book is the misconception that the title relays in that it is not just for ...
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Arnie and His School Tools: Simple Sensory Solutions That Build Success
Jennifer Veenendall - Arnie and His School Tools is a delightful and one-of-a-kind book that helps others 'walk a mile in the shoes' of a child with sensory processing difficulties and understand the day-to-day challenges these children experience.
Autism Asperger Publishing Company, 2008
Enthusiastically recommended picturebook, especially for public and elementary school libraries.
Written and illustrated by school-based occupational therapist Jennifer Veenendall, Arnie and His School Tools: Simple Sensory Solutions That Build Success is a children's picturebook about Arnie, a young boy with sensory modulation difficulties - that is, he's a ...
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