Parent Mentor Lending Library

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1	Missing Genetic Pieces	Strategies for living with VCFS, the chromosome 22q11 deletion. A comprehensive handbook for parents, professionals and anyone wanting to know about 22q and its dynamics.	22q	2004
2	Educating Children with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome	Address the educational needs of children with 22q. Practical and current educational strategies to better meet the needs of children with this condition and other developmental disabilities. Essential resource for teachers, parents, physicians, and therapists.	22q/ education	2007
3	Different Life (A)	Growing up learning disabled and other adventures. Bradlee tells his own inspirational story of growing up as a learning disabled kid. Describes the challenges and triumphs of living a different life with refreshing honesty and humor.	22q/ Memoir	2010
4	DiGeorge and Sean	Story of a family with a son with 22q.	22q/ Memoir	2010
5	Footprints of Hope: VCFS	As one of the oldest people with the syndrome, I can express my experiences to other families who are only just becoming aware of the syndrome.	22q/ Memoir	2004
6	Life's Work (A): Fathers and Sons	A fathers and sons view point on raising and growing up disabled with 22q.	22q/ Memoir	2010
7	Yearning for Normal	My son's life with Deletion 22q.11. This heartbreaking journey will take Susan Busch and her son, Mike, through hospitals, backyards, schoolrooms, psychiatric wards, a court room, a burn unit, and the corridors of Susan's own heart. But beyond the struggles of adjusting to life with this deletion, there is a tale of humanity, with all its sorrow, love, and hope.	22q/ Memoir	2013
8	Therapy Techniques for Cleft Palate Speech & Related Disorders	Procedures for managing speech disorders associated with cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency. Covers intervention models ranging from early intervention through preschool and adolescence.	22q/ Speech	2001
9	ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers, and Kids	Tips for parents, guidelines for teachers, stories for kids.	ADD	1994
10	Answers to Distraction	Answers to the most frequently asked questions about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).	ADD	1994
11	Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity (2nd edition)	Combines the latest medical and psychological research findings with clinical experiences to help parents and teachers care for children with ADD.	ADD	1987
12	Driven to Distraction	Recognizing and coping with attention deficit disorder (ADD) from childhood through adulthood.	ADD	1994
13	Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World	Unlocking the potential of your ADD child.	ADD	1997
14	Healing ADD; The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD		ADD/ Mental Health	2001
15	Hyperactive Child, Adolescent, and Adult (The)	Following attention deficit disorder through the lifespan.	ADD/ Mental Health	1987
16	Advocate s in Action: Making a Difference for Young Children	Offers practical advice on influencing policy and practice; teaches about different types of advocacy.	Advocacy	2002
17	Families, Professionals, and Exceptionality: A Special Partnership	Discusses how families, exceptional people, and professionals can work together more effectively.	Advocacy	1986
18	Negotiation Skills for Parents: How to Get the Special Education Your Child with Disabilities Needs	Helpful suggestions are given to aide parents to negotiate special services for their child.	Advocacy	2002
19	Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book		Advocacy	2008
20	Eating an Artichoke	A mother's perspective on Asperger Syndrome.	Asperger/ Memoir	2000
21	Pretending to be normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome	Liane Willey's autobiography will allow others to understand the world as perceived by a person with Asperger's Syndrome. As Mrs. Willey and her daughter manifest AS, the author is able to present a personal story of living with it as well as a mother's story of dealing with a child enduring it.	Asperger/ Memoir	1999
22	Autism Book (The)	Answers to your most pressing questions about autism.	Autism	2005
23	Autism: Now What? - The Primer for Parents	Provides basic information parents need to start advocating for their children quickly and with confidence. Gives educators a solid understanding of autism in one quick and to-understand resource.	Autism	2002
24	Autism: Reaching for a Brighter Future	Service guidelines for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder/ Pervasive Development Disorder (ASD/PDD); for ages birth through 21.	Autism	?
25	Children With Autism: A Parent's Guide	Gives up-to-date information about autism, and helps ease the tears and concerns of parents.	Autism	1989
26	Early Intervention & Autism	Gives parents hands-on tools and strategies to start working effectively with a child, even before services kick in.	Autism	2008
27	Everything Parents Guide to Children with Autism (The)	This book offers practical advice, gentle reassurance, and real-life scenarios to help your family get through each day.	Autism	2004
28	Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance	Discover . steps you can take today to begin the fight for your child's future.	Autism	2000
29	Girls Growing Up On The Autism Spectrum	What parents and professionals should know about the pre-teen and teenage years.	Autism	2009
30	Parent Survival Manual	A guide to crisis resolution in autism and related developmental disorders	Autism	1995
31	Parenting Your Asperger Child	Individualized solutions for teaching your child practical skills.	Autism	2005
32	Raising a Child With Autism	A guide to applied behavior analysis for parents.	Autism	2001
33	Russell Is Extra Special: A Book About Autism For Children	Explaining autism to children	Autism	1992
34	Teaching Children with Autism	Strategies for initiating positive interactions and improving learning opportunities.	Autism	1995
35	Working With Autism: Strategies for Achieving Behavioral Adjustment at Work	Identifies behaviors necessary for job adjustment, develops habitation strategies which will enable autistic adults to acquire target behaviors, and evaluates these strategies as to their effectiveness.	Autism	1985
36	Source for Treatment Methodology in Autism (The)	Provide basic factual information on the leading treatment methodologies being advocated for individuals within the autistic spectrum of disorders.	Autism/ Education	2000
37	Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (The)	A novel in which an autistic 15-year old boy solves the mystery of a poodle's murder and discovers secret information about his mother.	Autism/ Fiction	2003
38	Bow Who Loved Windows (The)	Opening the heart and mind of a child who has autism.	Autism/ Memoir	2003
39	Forever Boy	A mother's memoir of autism and finding joy. When son was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism, her world stopped. She hadn't signed up for life as a mother raising a child with a disability.	Autism/ Memoir	2022
40	Asperger Syndrome and Your Child (A parents Guide)	Book for parents, teachers and other professional who have someone with Asperger Syndrome in their lives.	Autism/ Parenting	2002
41	Learning to Live with High Functioning Autism	A parent's guide for professionals.	Autism/ Parenting	2000
42	Learning to Listen	Positive approaches and people with difficult behavior. Support providers can replace techniques that are thoughtless, harmful, or demeaning to everyone involved with approaches that alleviate frustrations for people with disablists, focus on their needs and wishes, and support them to take control of their lives.	Behavior	1997
43	Positive Time-Out	Over 50 ways to avoid power struggles in the home and the classroom.	Behavior	1999
44	Functional Assessments	A step-by-step guide to solving academic and behavior problems. Conduct functional assessments that include academic as well as behavioral concerns, are legally correct, and are linked to the development of effective behavior intervention plans. 4 step model.	Behavior/ Education	2000
45	Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management	Addresses many common classroom problems and includes MODEL PLANS as well as suggestions for developing and implementing interventions.	Behavior/ Education	1997
46	Being Heumann	Paralyzed from polio at 18 months, Judy Heumann began her struggle for equality early in life. From fighting to attend grade school, to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paraysis and becoming the first wheelchair rider to receive a teacher's license, to leading the Section 504 sit-in, which led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilites Act, Judy has set precedents that improved rights for disabled people. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Being Heumann is a story of one women's lifelong battle - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington-to make real a world in which we all belong.	Biography/Memoir	2020
47	Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder	Innovative parenting and counseling techniques for helping children with bipolar disorder.	Bipolar/ Mental Health	2000
48	Your Child's Growing Mind	A practical guide to brain development and learning from birth to adolescence.	Brain development/ Health	2000
49	More Than a Job	Securing satisfying careers for people with disabilities.	Career	1998
50	Someone Special, Just Like You	Book for young child to become more comfortable with kids who have a disability. How we should accept one another and not judge.	Child	1984
51	Child Called "It" (A)	An inspirational story of one child's courage to survive.	Child abuse/non-fiction	1995
52	Difficult Conversations	Walks you through a proven step-by-step approach for how to have your toughest conversations with less stress and more success.	Communication	2000
53	Life As We Know It		Down Syndrome	1996
54	Gift of Dyslexia (The)	Why some of the smartest people can't read and how they can learn. Provides skills that remove the obstacles to learning and leads students of all ages to the fullest expression of their innate gifts.	Dyslexia	2010
55	Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child (The)	Will learn, step by step, the best ways to help child reach true potential.	Dyslexia	2002
56	Accessing the General Curriculum: Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Reform	Making the general curriculum accessible for students with disabilities.	Education	2000
57	Assessment in Special Education: An Applied Approach 2nd edition	Preparing for the actual assessment of students.	Education	1996
58	Character Under Attack & What You Can Do About It	The author reveals the underlying causes of today's crisis of character, and offers common-sense solutions for improving America's education and moral climate.	Education	2006
59	Children with Disabilities (4th edition)	Resource book containing useful information on medical and rehabilitative aspects of care for the child with developmental disabilities.	Education	1997
60	Children with Learning Difficulties: Special Needs In Ordinary Schools	Support teachers in the challenge they face in meeting needs of all children.	Education	1990
61	Differentiated Classroom (The)	How can teachers divide their time, resources, and efforts to effectively instruct so many students of diverse backgrounds, readiness and skill levels, and interest? Responding to the needs of all learners offers a powerful, practical solution.	Education	1999
62	Framework for Understanding Poverty (A)	If you work with people in poverty, understanding how different their world is from yours.	Education	2005
63	Handbook of School-Based Interventions	Resolving student problems and promoting healthy educational environments. Describes interventions for virtually every major problem behavior students may exhibit from K through grade 12. The focus is not only on reducing problem behavior but also on promoting a more healthy school environment.	Education	1993
64	Homeside Activities: Grade Five	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
65	Homeside Activities: Grade Four	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
66	Homeside Activities: Grade Kindergarten	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
67	Homeside Activities: Grade One	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
68	Homeside Activities: Grade Six	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
69	Homeside Activities: Grade Three	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
70	Homeside Activities: Grade Two	Conversations and activities that bring parents into children's school side learning. Take home activates in English and Spanish. Activities to bring parents, teachers, and children together.	Education	1998
71	I am the Child	Using brain gym with children who have special needs.	Education	1998
72	I Can Problem Solve (ICPS)	An interpersonal cognitive problem-solving program.	Education	1992
73	Inclusion: 450 Strategies For Success	A practical guide for all educators who teach students with disabilities.	Education	2000
74	Inclusive Classrooms	Video cases on CD. Activity & learning guide.	Education	2004
75	Individualized Education Program (IEP)	A "tour book of the journey"	Education	1995
76	Inviting School Success 3rd Edition	How to overcome challenging situations by applying class-tested theory in the practice of everyday teaching to students of all ages.	Education	1996
77	Learning Structure Workbook	Strategies for helping students learn while building cognitive capacity.	Education	1998
78	Multiple Intelligences: In The Classroom	Guide to identifying, nurturing, and supporting the unique capabilities of every student.	Education	1994
79	New Social Story Book (The)	Teach everyday social skills to children.	Education	2010
80	On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3	Loaded with advice, booklists, ready-to-use reproducibles, and the words and works of real children.	Education	2000
81	Parent and Teachers of Children with Exceptionalities	A handbook for parent-teacher collaboration.	Education	1991
82	Parents and Teachers of Children with Exceptionalities: Instructor's Manual	A handbook for the book!	Education	1991
83	Parents as Partners in Education	Families and schools working together.	Education	1995
84	Parents as Partners in Education	Families and schools working together.	Education	1991
85	Practical Guide to Writing Goals and Objectives (A)	Special needs teachers and others are assisted in diagnosing needs, writing objectives, and measuring progress.	Education	1981
86	Pre-Referral intervention Manual (PRIM) (The)	Lists the most common learning and behavior problems encountered in the educational environment.	Education	1998
87	School, Family, and Community Partnerships 3rd edition	School leaders to develop more effective programs for family and community involvement.	Education	2009
88	Seven Pathways of Learning	Teaching students and parents about multiple intelligences.	Education	1994
89	Special Educator's Complete Guide to 109 Diagnostic Tests	How to select & interpret tests, use results in IEPs, and remediate specific difficulties.	Education	1998
90	Students With Special Needs	A resource guide for teachers. Provide teachers with a quick and easy to use resource to address the student needs on a daily basis. It highlights various categories and characteristics of students with special needs, along with key instructional and behavioral strategies that work.	Education	1996
91	Study Strategies Made Easy	A practical plan for school success. Teach study skills to students in grades 6-12. It teaches students how to learn. Strategies focus on organizational skills, time management, improving reading comprehension, how to study for tests and more.	Education	1997
92	Teaching the Tiger	A handbook for teachers of students with ADD, Tourette Syndrome, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.	Education	1995
93	Teaching With the Brain In Mind	Latest practical, easy-to-understand research on learning and the brain. Tips and techniques for using that information in classrooms.	Education	1998
94	Transition Magician	Strategies for guiding young children in early childhood programs.	Education	1994
95	Understanding Learning the How, the Why, the What		Education	2002
96	Unmotivated Child (The)	Helping your underachiever become a successful student.	Education	2000
97	Visual Tools: A Field Guide	Takes readers deeper into the practical applications of visual tools such as brainstorming webs, task-specific organizers, etc…	Education	2000
98	What Really Matters for Struggling Readers	Show teachers how to use best practices with children who are struggling to read.	Education	2001
99	Working With Parents: Building Relationships For Student Success	Collection of tips and resources for teachers and other educators.	Education	2006
100	World of Difference (A)	Readings on teaching young children in a diverse society.	Education	2003