The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from my Silent Son by Annie Lubliner Lehmann

The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from my Silent Son (Paperback)
by Annie Lubliner Lehmann

A child teaches without intending to . . . . Having severe autism does not stop the author's son from teaching her some of life's most valuable lessons. "The Accidental Teacher" is a heartfelt memoir about self-discovery rather than illness and uses insight and humor to weave a tale rich with kitchen table wisdom. This book is a must-read for anyone who has been personally touched by a major life challenge.

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• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
  
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434376966
• ISBN-13: 978-1434376961

The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from my Silent Son

Autism: Dr. Jed Baker Collection on Social Skills and Preventing Meltdowns

Dr. Jed Baker has recently appeared on ABC World News with Charles Gibson, Nightline, and CBS's "The Early Show".




No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-Of-Control Behavior

"Jed Baker, in this excellent book, gives us the tools to deal with and prevent out-of-control behavior. Wisely, he leads us grown-ups to understand how to change our own behavior in order to help our children change theirs."

Carol Stock Kranowitz

Author of the best-seller

The Out-of-Sync Child

It could happen at the grocery store. At a restaurant. At school. At home. Meltdowns are stressful for both child and adult, but Dr. Baker can help! Author of the award-winning Social Skills Picture Book series, Dr. Jed Baker offers parents and teachers strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns. His 20+ years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum, combined with his personal experiences raising his own children, have yielded time-tested strategies, and results!

Dr. Baker offers an easy-to-follow, 4-step model that will improve your everyday relationships with the children in your life:

1) Managing your own emotions by adjusting your expectations,
2) Learning strategies to calm a meltdown in the moment,
3) Understanding why a meltdown occurs, and
4) Creating plans to prevent future meltdowns.

The Social Skills Picture Book Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism

Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communications Problems

Preparing for Life: The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for Those with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Autism: Moondance at Midnight (Understanding Autism and Parenting)

" Being called a bad mother shot through my body like a burning bullet, destroying my already precarious psyche. Hurtful, cutting words so profound, so deep, so uncalled for they continue to drift in and out of my conscious mind, haunting me to this very day..." Moondance at Midnight is a raw emotional, and powerful true story. Written beautifully and designed to capture the reader's heart. Every detail has gone into the book to ensure an enjoyable and easy reading experience. Not just a book but something extra special when you really need it. Enjoy!

Moondance at Midnight by Juscelia

Amazon Review
... an emotional experience... I found it very powerful and felt that it was important reading for professionals who work with parents and their children (with Autism and/or other challenges). It gave me a strong sense of the isolation and desolation Celia felt, and of her heartbreak, but also of her great joy. I honestly felt that the strength of Celia' s love for her child could be felt on every page. Anita H. (Occupational Therapist 28 years experience working with children and families with Autism and other challenges.) --Anita H. Occupational Therapist

A totally engrossing story which comes from deep within the heart. It brings back memories of my son's earlier years with Autism. The attitude of "professionals" towards parents is daunting and frightening. I had never felt more like a stupid parent... --Alexa B (Parent)

Juscelia is not your everyday author, nor is her book Moondance at Midnight your everyday story.... Beautifully written and spacious Juscelia leaves plenty of room for the reader to join her on the journey. Events unfold and the drama while very real given it's based on the actual events leading to and following the official diagnosis of her autistic son, is discreet. As a reader you are not force fed anything and you come away with an insight into motherhood. Her fluent style and Juscelia's down-to-earth interpretation guide you into her world as she understands autism and how to provide for her beautiful son. --Alison Mooney Whitsunday Times

• ISBN-10: 0980571502
• ISBN-13: 978-0980571509

Moondance at Midnight by Juscelia

Autism: Heartfelt Thoughts From Fathers

Fathers from all over the world share their honest, most heartfelt thoughts regarding what it really feels like to raise a child (or children) with autism, Aspergers or PDD.

You will truly be touched by these wonderful, inspiring, dedicated dads! A great resource for family and friends! Photos and favorite resources included.

* Paperback: 148 pages
* Publisher: HighView Publications Autism Enhancement; 1st edition (2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1883175127
* ISBN-13: 978-1883175122

More Than a Mom: Living a Full And Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs

MORE THAN A MOM explores how women can lead rich, fulfilling personal lives while parenting a child with special needs. The authors' skillful blend of research, personal experiences, and feedback from over 500 mothers across North America results in a book that is jam-packed with practical strategies, advice, and reassurance for mothers trying to create more manageable and fulfilling lives.

MORE THAN A MOM addresses the universal concerns and questions of all mothers, coupled with the added intensity of raising children with disabilities. This how-to guide looks at the challenges mothers face at home, at work, and within themselves, with special attention paid to:

Staying healthy both physically and emotionally;

Keeping friendships;

Staying organized;

Maintaining your marriage;

Nurturing interests and goals;

Seeking flexible work options;

Changing careers or starting a business;

Rejoining the workforce;

Finding specialized childcare;

Advocating for your child.

The mothers who were interviewed for the book have diverse backgrounds and family dynamics. Given their differences and the fact that their children have such varied disabilities, it s striking that these mothers face such similar issues. MORE THAN A MOM provides mothers with many voices and solutions that will resonate with their own circumstances. Husbands, extended family, friends, support organizations, and service providers will also want to read this insightful and fact-filled book.

More Than a Mom: Living a Full And Balanced Life When Your Child Has Special Needs

Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows ... Special Needs

Candid, passionate, personal, and heartbreakingly funny, a view from within the whirlwind of parenting a child with special needs

Three years ago, magazine editor Denise Brodey’s precocious four-year-old son, Toby, was diagnosed with a combination of sensory integration dysfunction and childhood depression. As she struggled to make sense of her new, often chaotic, often lonely world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other harried, hopeful, and insightful parents of kids with special needs, learning how they coped with the feelings they encountered throughout the day.

In The Elephant in the Playroom, moms and dads from across the country write intimately and honestly about the joyful highs and disordered lows of raising children who are "not quite normal." Laying bare the emotional, medical, and social challenges they face, their stories address issues ranging from if and when to medicate a child, to how to get a child who is overly sensitive to the texture of food to eat lunch. Eloquent and honest, the voices in this collection will provide solace and support for the millions of parents whose kids struggle with ADD, ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, Asperger’s syndrome, and autism—as well as the many kids who fall between diagnoses.

Offering readers comfort, community, and much-needed perspective, The Elephant in the Playroom is sure to become essential reading for parents of special needs kids. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594630356
• ASIN: B00149NX8C

The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening The Heart And Mind Of A Child Threatened With Autism

The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening The Heart And Mind Of A Child Threatened With Autism (Paperback)

Key Phrases: doing floor time, sensory integration disorder, hypoallergenic formula, Darleen Corbett, Smith College, Bainbridge Cohen

Amazon.com Review
Any parent who has suspected something was off with their baby will empathize with the first chapters of The Boy Who Loved Windows, which recounts the familiar tale of medical practitioners refusing to run tests or offer diagnoses. You'll empathize even more when it turns out that mom (and author) Patricia Stacey was right: young Walker is autistic. It's partially the empathy that makes this such a compelling read. Some chapters are devoted to Walker's life at home; others mix his development with medical details. The facts are wrenching: an estimated 1 in 500 people has some level of autism, causes are unclear, and the expectation for a cure is microscopic. But midway through the book, the family meets up with Dr. Stanley Greenspan (The Child With Special Needs), who introduces new techniques that spread rapidly to Walker's assorted therapists. Progress begins, if at a glacial pace. Stacey lets readers into her emotional process over the years she details; her anger, frustration, and concern over the rest of her family and her wild joy at some seemingly minor events provide a roller coaster in contrast to the more methodical research explanation. As a complement to more direct parenting books on autism or simply as a fascinating look at the early development of an atypical child, this book makes good on the promise of its intriguing title. --Jill Lightner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly
Former Atlantic Monthly staffer Stacey makes her debut with a sharply observed, deeply personal account of her son Walker's metamorphosis from a worryingly unresponsive infant to an intelligent, normally functioning child. Living in the leafy college town of Northampton, Mass., Stacey documents her harrowing experiences as a mother, as she and her husband, Cliff, quickly realize that Walker is not a normal, happy baby. Walker fails to respond to his parents, eats very little, is unable to express emotion and spends much of his time staring at windows. Stacey works night and day to try to reverse Walker's diagnosis of possible autism, trying every conceivable treatment and specialist and obsessively educating herself about new trends in the neuroscience behind the disorder. She realizes that Walker blankly stares out of windows not because his senses are dulled but because they are overwhelmed; Walker is hypersensitive to the world and cannot cope with the constant rush of stimuli. Child psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan recommends his controversial "floor time" strategy for Walker: several hours of rigorous playtime between parent and child per day, emphasizing interaction. The time, money and stress involved in maintaining an intensive schedule of treatments for Walker from his eighth to 20th month soon show their toll on the Stacey family, as funds run dry, the parents grow further apart, and less time is available for Walker's older sister, Elizabeth. Stacey in particular becomes increasingly nervous, obsessive and exhausted from her constant battle to improve her son's life, but the result is stage-by-stage breakthroughs. Some readers will want less personal and medico-historical detail and fewer in-depth treatments of the various therapies and sessions, but Stacey keeps the focus on her own understanding, which ultimately sustains the book.

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (September 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073820966X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738209661

The Vaccine Book (A Safer Vaccine Schedule, Must Read!)

The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library)

Sears, coauthor of several books in the Sears Parenting series, addresses one of today's most controversial and worrisome questions. Sears' goal is "to give you a balanced look at pros and cons of vaccination so that you can make an educated decision." Sears does not advocate for or rail against vaccination, stating it doesn't have to be an all or nothing decision-there are choices. The first 12 chapters discuss each vaccination in the childhood series, providing explanation of the relative disease, how the vaccine is made and points to assess a child's at-risk level when considering if the vaccine is necessary. Sears does offer guidance for those who are indecisive, offering his opinion based on clinical experience and 13 years of research taken from product inserts, pediatric reference books, articles and databases. Additional chapters illuminate more controversial aspects of the debate, such as how vaccine safety is researched and what the findings are, side effects and how to minimize them, common myths and questions. As always, Sears' tone puts readers at ease as he clearly explains medical terms and elucidates debates.

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (October 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316017507
• ISBN-13: 978-0316017503

The Autism Book: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions

The Autism Book: Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions (Paperback)
by Jhoanna Robledo (Author), Dawn Ham-Kucharski (Author) - HOW do you know if your child is truly different from others?.

Answers to more than one hundred of the most frequently asked questions about autism, a disease that affects an estimated 1 in 150 children.

At the age of two, Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex, was diagnosed with autism, and she was given little hope that he would ever express himself verbally or interact meaningfully with others. But, now at the age of six, Alex is an uplifting autism success story, due to his mother's tireless efforts to seek out an appropriate treatment program, educational plan, and socialization strategy.

In The Autism Book, health and parenting journalist S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski, an impassioned advocate for educational opportunity for autistic children, use their hard-won knowledge and experience to objectively and compassionately answer the most urgent questions of parents and educators of autistic children. The authors offer comprehensive information on diagnoses, causes, manifestations, treatment options, managing emotions, family relationships, parenting and lifestyle issues, education, and common worries.

About the Author
S. Jhoanna Robledo is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and is a freelance writer specializing in parenting and health. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, New York magazine, Self, Real Simple, and American Baby.

Dawn Ham-Kucharski is on the board of directors of the Michigan Autism Partnership and serves as the outreach coordinator for the PLAY Project. She and her family have recently been featured in Family Circle, the Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, and The Ann Arbor News.
Product Details

* Paperback: 208 pages
* Publisher: Avery; 1 edition
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1583332243
* ISBN-13: 978-1583332245

Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy

Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children, by the high-profile, bestselling author of Louder Than Words.

When Jenny McCarthy published Louder Than Words, the story of her successful efforts to save her son, Evan, from autism, the response was tremendous. It hit #3 on the New York Times bestseller list; and Jenny and Evan were featured on the covers of several magazines, including People. But what she hadn’t anticipated was the overwhelming response from other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories.

No two autistic children heal in exactly the same way. And in her new book, Jenny expands her message to share recovery stories from parents across the country. Mother Warriors, shows how each parent fought to find her own child’s perfect “remedy of interventions” and teaches parents how to navigate safely through the many autism therapies.

Along the way, Jenny shares her own journey as an autism advocate and mother as well as the progress of her son, Evan. Emotional and genuinely practical, Mother Warriors will inspire a generation of parents with hope.

About the Author
Jenny McCarthy is the New York Times bestselling author of four previous books, including Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (September 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525950699
• ISBN-13: 978-0525950691

The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Autism: Know What to Expect, Find the Help You Need, and Get Through the Day

The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Autism: Know What to Expect, Find the Help You Need, and Get Through the Day (Everything Series) (Paperback)
by Adelle Jameson Tilton (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
What can be more devastating for a parent than to learn that her child is autistic? Defined as a neurological disorder that impairs communication and social skills, autism affects one in every 500 children born today. The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Children with Autism is a reassuring guide to help parents find the information and support they need as they struggle with conflicting emotions and overwhelming medical information.

Author Adelle Jameson, the mother of an autistic child and an active participant in the autism community, speaks directly to parents and explains exactly what they can expect after diagnosis, the range of treatments and therapies available, and where to go for advice—both medical and emotional.

The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Children with Autism shows parents how to:

· Communicate effectively with their child
· Deal with meltdowns, public or private
· Keep their family together as one unit
· Find a school that suits their child’s needs—integration vs. special education
· Learn about assistive devices, such as computers and picture boards

From finding support groups to planning for their child’s future, The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Children with Autism provides parents with all the information they need to ensure that their child’s—and their families’—needs are met.

Adelle Jameson Tilton (Chadron, NE) is the autism guide on About.com and the mother of an autistic son. In the mid-1990s, Ms. Tilton served as Secretary for WAYSAC, a nationally known autism organization in the state of Michigan. A member of the Autism Society of America, she is in communication with various autism groups in the United States including CAN (Cure Autism Now), FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment), NIDS Research Institute and Parent Coalition (NeuroImmune Dysfunction Syndrome), and the National Alliance for Autism Research.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (February 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593370415
• ISBN-13: 978-1593370411

The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Autism: Know What to Expect, Find the Help You Need, and Get Through the Day (Everything Series)

Embracing Autism: Connecting and Communicating with Children in the Autism Spectrum

Embracing Autism: Connecting and Communicating with Children in the Autism Spectrum (Hardcover)
by Robert Parish

Review
Parish is an award-winning journalist with four nationally broadcast public TV documentaries about ASD to his credit. Filled with humor and hope, the essays give information on how people with ASD communicate and learn and what it takes to help them reach their full potential. (ASAP, 06/01/08)

Product Description
"The voices here confirm what I've always suspected: everyone is part of one large continuum, and the approaches and insights recounted here can help any parent, any educator, any person deal with any child—or, for that matter, any other person—more effectively and with more compassion. I only wish I'd encountered earlier this cadre of experienced and caring individuals whose humor and resourcefulness represent clearly how best to love and nurture a child."—Cynthia Nitz Ris, J.D., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Through sensitive, sometimes humorous, experienced-based writing from teachers, clinicians, and parent activists in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community, this book will help educators and others to better understand the world inhabited by ASD children. The stories contained in the book will inspire and inform readers who are working day-to-day with children in the autism spectrum, providing valuable insights into what makes these kids tick and useful information on how they communicate, learn, and succeed.

Robert Parish (Cincinnati, OH) is an award-winning journalist with four nationally broadcast public TV documentaries about Autism Spectrum Disorders to his credit, as well as more than 100 digital video projects about ASD for the educational market.

Product Details

* Hardcover: 208 pages
* Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (March 14, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 078799586X
* ISBN-13: 978-0787995867