Special Needs Child

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood conditions, and for a majority of affected individuals, symptoms and impairment associated with this disorder persist into adolescence and adulthood. Although rates of college entry and college completion among individuals with ADHD are lower than in peers without ADHD, ADHD is the most common disability reported among first-year college students.

We hear the children is written for parents, teachers, and anyone interested in special education. Dr. Shafer uses individual case studies to explain how barriers interfere with growth and development; the importance of the environmental structure; and the vital need for excellent teachers to drive the curriculum. Dr. Shafer lists strategies and ideas that can be used by teachers and parents to promote success for their children, improve classroom climate and structure, and develop tools to help navigate a successful life path for every special needs child.

Sight Unseen reveals the cultural and biological realities of race, gender, and sexual orientation from the perspective of the blind. Through 10 case studies and dozens of interviews, Ellyn Kaschak taps directly into the phenomenology of race, gender, and sexual orientation among individuals born blind, along with the everyday epistemology of vision. Kaschak's work reveals not only how the blind create systems of meaning out of cultural norms but also how cultural norms inform our conscious and unconscious interactions with others regardless of our physical ability to see. She exposes gender, race, and sexual orientation as unconscious and pre-verbal in the sighted, an aspect of implicit bias.

The Thinking Moms’ Revolution (TMR) is a group of 23 moms (and one awesome dad) from Montana to Malaysia who all have children with developmental disabilities. Initially collaborating online about therapies, biomedical intervention, alternative medicine, special diets, and doctors on the cutting edge of treatment approaches to an array of chronic and developmental disabilities, such as autism, sensory processing disorders, food allergies, ADHD, asthma, and seizures, they've come together into something far more substantial.

Parenting the Children of Now is the first book of its kind that addresses the needs of parents of Indigo and Crystal children. It teaches parents how to mine for their own truth, understand their purpose in life, stop sabotaging their own and their children's lives, discover their passion, and live their truth. Each chapter offers insightful ideas and strategies, and ends with exercises for parents to do for their own development and another set of exercises to do with their children.

Three books in one bundle! Learn all about - Ada Lovelace and the world's first computer program - Helen Keller and how she overcame her disabilities - Harriet Tubman's inspirational life and work - in this children's biography.

Broken Brain, Fortified Faith is the story of one family's journey through schizophrenia, navigating the uncharted waters of mental illness to find help for their daughter, Amber, and support for their family. This memoir is an honest look at the stress, anger, education, and finally, hope experienced through eyes of a mother. Along the way, she questions her trust in God as their family encounters setbacks, inadequate treatments, and additional family health crises.

In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction. On his first day at a new school, blind 16-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to tears. High school can only go up from here, right?

A riddle rarely makes sense the first time you hear it. The connection between Dane, a bully, and Billy D, a guy with Down Syndrome, doesn't even make sense the second time you hear it. But it's a collection of riddles that solidify their unlikely friendship. Dane doesn't know who his dad is. Billy doesn't know where his dad is. So when Billy asks for Dane's help solving the riddles his dad left in an atlas, Dane can't help but agree. The unmarked towns lead them closer to secrets of the past.

Tienes cinco años, dos hermanas y deseas con todas tus fuerzas un hermanito para jugar a cosas de chicos. Un día tus padres te anuncian que tendrás a ese hermano y que será especial. Estás loco de alegría: especial para ti significa «superhéroe». Tras su nacimiento, poco a poco entiendes que sí, que es distinto a los demás, pero que lo de los superpoderes no acaba de ser verdad. Al final descubres las palabras «síndrome de Down», y tu entusiasmo se transforma en rechazo, incluso en vergüenza.

A delightful and humorous diary account from Bix, a plain Jane from a struggling family trying to outdo and steal the third-grade classroom stage from Valerie, whose mother is a famous author. Miss Popular may be a wheelchair-user, but she knows how to charm the classroom, and her pink bejeweled wheelchair rules.

Wie Sie Ihr Kind bei Konzentrationsproblemen endlich richtig verstehen und optimal fördern können! Inkl. Fachbegriffslexikon und zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen & Übungen. Haben Sie den Eindruck, Ihrem Kind fällt es im Vergleich zu Altersgenossen schwerer, sich auf eine Sache zu konzentrieren und es verliert schneller den Fokus? Ist es zappelig, abwesend oder stört seine Mitschüler oder Gruppengenossen? Sorgen Sie sich, dass Ihrem Kind dadurch in seinem Leben Nachteile entstehen und möchten Sie begreifen, was wirklich in ihm vorgeht und ihm konkret helfen können?

Hochsensible Kinder: richtig verstehen und typgerecht erziehen. Der große Erziehungsratgeber für Eltern bei Hochsensibilität in Grundschule & Pubertät. "Hochsensibilität ist das meist unterschätzte Problem der heutigen Zeit" - Katharina Herz, Pädagogin und Autorin. Betroffene Kinder können sich schlecht konzentrieren, lassen sich schnell ablenken und reagieren teilweise gefühlsstark. Sie erhalten schnell die Diagnose ADS/ADHS oder werden als „Sensibelchen“ ein Opfer von Mobbing.

Kinder liebevoll und behutsam ins Erwachsenenalter begleiten. Hast Du schon mal von der Entwicklungspsychologie gehört? Gibt es Momente, wo Du mit der Erziehung überfordert bist? Willst Du erfahren, warum Kinder sich so unterschiedlich entwickeln? Im Hörbuch wirst Du all jene Aspekte kennenlernen und dabei auch lernen, welche Möglichkeiten sich Dir als Elternteil bieten, um die psychologische Entwicklung Deines Kindes zu fördern und welche Fehler Du dabei in jedem Fall vermeiden solltest, um keine kontraproduktiven Reaktionen hervorzurufen.

Dear proactive parent: Has your child been diagnosed with ADHD? Is coping with your child’s behavior wearing you out? Are you tired of searching for answers everywhere? If you answered yes, continue reading...When you follow the advice given in this audiobook, your child’s life of ADHD turmoil will take a turn - a turn in the right direction. There is absolutely nothing holding you back from making your child’s life better by helping him reach his full potential!

Die Grundschulzeit sorgenfrei & kompetent meistern. Ein Elternratgeber Eltern sollen die positive Einstellung zur Schule und ein optimales Lernverhalten vermitteln. Dieser Ratgeber zeigt Ihnen wie es sicher geht. Durch diesen Ratgeber erfahren Sie.

In Lost and Found, I use my expertise to provide a behind-the-scenes experience and a firsthand account of the vulnerabilities presented for caregivers raising an intellectually disabled child when information is not readily accessible. In this book you will learn how to determine the level of intellectual disability for your child and understand what this may mean for your family.

Discover concrete, proven actions to change your child’s disruptive behaviors and nurture a better relationship. Are you constantly at your wit’s end because punishments don't work, and your child acts out? Avoid public meltdowns and tantrums with new parenting techniques. Have kids, they said. It will be fun, they said. What they didn't mention is the challenge of explosive tantrums and defiance.

At best, raising a child has always been a daunting task. Today’s society’s stresses and expectations have intensified this challenge for parents and traumatized children in several cases.

In this audiobook, I offer guidance on how to prepare a care plan for a dependent child, in the event of a primary caregivers passing, bullying, isolation, the seizure monster that often comes with having autism, and so much more. The first half of this book is heavy, I won't lie. It's raw and real, with nothing held back. The second half is lighter and more uplifting.