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Homeschooling, Autism Style

Homeschooling, Autism Style

By Wendela Whitcomb Marsh
Parents all over the world are suddenly homeschooling. Are you one of them? If you have children on the autism spectrum, the prospect may seem even more daunting. Homeschooling, Autism Style: Reset for Success will give you what you need to step up. You’ll plan out the best way for your kids to learn at home, according to their own strengths and rhythms, find varied and fun activities to create teachable moments, and integrate learning into everyday life. You’ll also meet three fictional characters you may recognize from your own family: Distractible Dory, Hyper-focused Hermione, and Creative Calvin. Learn how personalizing a homeschooling experience works for each of them. Homeschooling, Autism Style: Reset for Success is written by a mother-daughter team. Wendela is an autism consultant, author, and speaker. Siobhan, also a writer, grew up in an autism-majority family and successfully homeschooled herself for several years. Siobhan’s Strategies appear throughout the book. Although the book was written primarily for homeschooling families with children on the autism spectrum, the tips and tools are equally effective for your kids with ADHD, OCD, sensory integration or processing problems, learning difficulties, and even for typically-developing children. Whoever you are, and wherever you are on your homeschooling journey, you’ll find something here for your family.
$14.95
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Herman’s Hiding Places

Herman’s Hiding Places

By Karen Emigh
Karen Emigh's son Brett - the star of all three of her books - was diagnosed with autism when he was six. Each book teaches a part of language that children on the autism spectrum often struggle with. In Herman's Hiding Places, she teaches the concepts behind prepositions. Brett and his dog Herman play hide-and-seek, and Herman is "it." Young readers will learn the meaning and uses of the prepositions up, in, under, and behind as they follow Brett on his search for Herman. This book will teach, delight, and entertain all young children.
$9.95
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101 Positive Steps Toward Employment with Autism: Social Skills for the Workplace

101 Positive Steps Toward Employment with Autism: Social Skills for the Workplace

By Lisa Tew
Employers are looking for employees who are positive. Employers may list specific “hard” or technical skills that they want an employee to have for a particular job, but surveys show that employers most want to hire people who have positive “soft skills”. Employers want to hire someone who can work in harmony with others, someone who can communicate and respond socially to customers, coworkers, and supervisors with positivity.
$17.95
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1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism

1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism

By Ellen Notbohm , Veronica Zysk
Winner of  a Silver medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards and Learning Magazine's Teachers Choice Award, 1001 Great Ideas has been a treasured resource in the autism community since 2004. In this expanded second edition, Ellen Notbohm (best-selling author of the revolutionary book Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew) and Veronica Zysk (award-winning author and former editor of Autism Asperger's Digest magazine) present parents and educators with over 1800 ideas try-it-now tips, eye-opening advice, and grassroots strategies. More than 600 fresh ideas join tried and true tactics from the original edition, offering modifications for older kids, honing in on Asperger's challenges, and enhancing already-effective ways to help your child or student achieve success at home, in school, and in the community. This one-stop-shop of solutions, explanations, and strategies guides the reader to quickly find ideas that speak to the variety of developmental levels, learning styles, and abilities inherent in children with autism and Asperger's.
$26.95
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10 Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition

10 Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew: Updated and Expanded, 2nd Edition

By Ellen Notbohm
This vibrantly updated and expanded edition includes an imaginative, all-new guide adaptable for group discussion, self-reflection, or self-expression, an afterword from the author’s autistic son, and added perspective from autistic adults about their experiences in education. Continuously in print since 2006, and translated into multiple languages, Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew brings fresh perspective to a new generation of educators and autistic learners.  
  • Gold Medal, Independent Publisher Book Awards, Nonfiction Series (with Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew)
  • Winner, Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Reference/Education
  • American Book Fest Best Book Award finalist, Education
  • Chanticleer International Book Awards finalist, Instruction and Insight
  • Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist, Education
  • Foreword Book of the Year finalist, Education
$17.95
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Growing Up With Sensory Issues: Insider Tips from a Woman with Autism

Growing Up With Sensory Issues: Insider Tips from a Woman with Autism

By Jennifer McIlwee Myers
No matter how high-functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be, they are going to have trouble with their sensory issues. Enter Jennifer McIlwee Myers, Aspie at Large! Co-author of the groundbreaking book Asperger's and Girls, Jennifer's personal experience with Asperger's Syndrome and SPD makes her perspective doubly insightful. Jennifer's straightforward and humorous delivery will keep caregivers turning the page for the next creative solution
$5.00
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Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow

Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow

By Carol Stock Kranowitz , Joye Newman
A fresh and timely approach to understanding the profound impact of motor development on children of all ages and stages. Based on the authors' more than seventy combined years of professional success working with children of all abilities, Growing an In-Sync Child provides parents, teachers, and other professionals with the tools to give every child a head start and a leg up. Because early motor development is one of the most important factors in a child's physical, emotional, academic, and overall success, the In- Sync Program of sixty adaptable, easy, and fun activities will enhance your child's development, in just minutes a day. Discover how simple movements such as skipping, rolling, balancing, and jumping can make a world of difference for your child—a difference that will last a lifetime.
$17.00
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Good Times with Out-of-Sync Grandkids: Activities for Grown-ups and Children with Sensory Processing Differences

Good Times with Out-of-Sync Grandkids: Activities for Grown-ups and Children with Sensory Processing Differences

By Carol Stock Kranowitz
If you have an out-of-sync grandchild and are looking for enjoyable interactions, this book is for you. It is part of the Out-of-Sync Series, intended to help parents, teachers, relatives, and professionals support kids with sensory processing differences. Gold Award Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards! Good Times with Out-of-Sync Grandkids is a guide for making memories. It includes more than fifty activities that the fictional Grammy and Pops have enjoyed over the years with their fictional grandchildren, Carrie, Darwin, and Edward. You may have met the kids in The Out-of-Sync Family: A Story about Sensory Differences (Sensory World, 2023). The characters are imaginary, but their experiences are real, coming from the author’s life as a child, babysitter, mother, preschool teacher, special education consultant, Cub Scout leader, and grandparent. This book may trigger happy memories of what you, as a child, loved to do with your grandparents and may help you reanimate those shared experiences, adapting them to match your grandchild’s age, interest, and sensory differences. Activities in the book address:  
  • Showing overresponsivity—or underresponsivity—to touch and movement
  • Craving—or avoiding—sensory stimulation
  • Constantly—or hardly ever—on the go
  • Confusion by what he or she hears, sees, feels, tastes, and smells
  • Lacking energy/being limp
  • Tripping on air, being clumsy, breaking things
  • Picky or messy eating
  • Being difficult to understand when speaking
  • Acting socially awkward
  • Being loving and kind, but anxious and lacking self-confidence
$29.95
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10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: 3rd Edition Revised and Updated

10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew: 3rd Edition Revised and Updated

By Ellen Notbohm
A child’s voice leads into each chapter, offering a one-of-a-kind exploration into how ten core characteristics of autism affect our children’s perceptions and reactions to the surrounding physical, sensory and social environments. This revised and updated third edition sharpens the focus on these basic aspects while expanding on how our own perspectives shape the life of our child and ourselves, today, tomorrow, and for years to come. An all-new section illuminates the surprising breadth of our power of choice and outlines potent strategies for strong decision-making in every situation. Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book lists the top ten characteristics that help illuminate—not define—children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines coalesce to create this guide for anyone with someone on the autism spectrum in their life. There is also an edition of this book available in Spanish.
$17.95
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Gente Especial, Necesidades Especiales (Spanish Edition)

Gente Especial, Necesidades Especiales (Spanish Edition)

By Arlene Maguire
Este encantador cuento de Arlene Maguire se combina con las vivas ilustraciones en acuarela de Sheila Bailey para llevar al lector en un viaje al descubrimiento. Más allá de nuestras limitaciones físicas existe un mundo de dones únicos para que cada uno de nosotros compartamos. Aunque nos veamos diferentes, somos iguales por dentro.   Arlene Maguire’s delightful rhyme combines with Sheila Bailey’s rich watercolor illustrations to take the reader on a journey of discovery. Beyond our physical limitations is a world of unique gifts for each of us to share. Though we look different, inside we’re the same.
$12.95
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10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 20th Anniversary Hardcover Edition

10 Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 20th Anniversary Hardcover Edition

By Ellen Notbohm
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Ellen Notbohm’s Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew commemorates the timeless insights of one of the autism community’s most beloved classics. Translated into more than 25 languages,Ten Things has transcended geographic, cultural, and socio-economic boundaries to guide and inspire millions of families and professionals worldwide. Framed with humor and compassion, the book helps to illuminate— not define—autistic children. A child’s voice leads into each chapter, opening a window to understanding ten core characteristics of autism and their influence on how our children see, hear, feel and react to their physical, sensory and social-emotional environments. And, in a new section exclusive to the 20th Anniversary Edition, Ellen gives us The 11th Thing, her wise and thought-provoking response to one of Ten Things readers’ most frequent requests. Ellen's experiences as a parent, author, advocate, and contributor to numerous parenting, education, and health publications coalesce to create this perceptive, informative, and highly relatable guide empowering all who interact with someone on the autism spectrum.
$24.95
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Freaks, Geeks, & Aspergers Syndrome

Freaks, Geeks, & Aspergers Syndrome

By Luke Jackson
Part of the Reading Well scheme. 27 books selected by young people and health professionals to provide 13 to 18 year olds with high-quality support, information and advice about common mental health issues and related conditions. Winner of the NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award 2003 Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive. Luke has three sisters and one brother in various stages of their adolescent and teenage years but he is acutely aware of just how different he is and how little information is available for adolescents like himself. Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating and relationships, and morality. Luke writes briefly about his younger autistic and AD/HD brothers, providing amusing insights into the antics of his younger years and advice for parents, carers and teachers of younger AS children. However, his main reason for writing was because "so many books are written about us, but none are written directly to adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. I thought I would write one in the hope that we could all learn together".
$19.95
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