Special Needs Parenting

Critically acclaimed, praised by therapists, parents, and patients. This short, powerful depiction of life with an emotionally traumatized daughter should be required listening for anyone involved in adoption, parenting difficult children, or healing wounded hearts. The true story of Ani’s struggle with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) will inspire listeners long after the book is done. Ani's journey will forever change the way you see childhood trauma and what it means to parent with love.

Note to Self as a 9-Year-Old Child. Hello Child of God, I know you are saying "What?" Your Wisdom at age nine years, tells you to fasten your seatbelt - we are going for a ride. Two days before your ninth birthday Mama goes to her heavenly home. I started my road to alcoholism at 18 yrs. A new day will begin at 29 years, in a strange world of recovery. At 70 yrs, you will learn the concept of Vision Tracking Disability. The first time that you will read a book, not on CD. Beginning with a dream to come true writing your memoir.

Erziehen ohne Anschreien: Nähe und Respekt für vertrauensvolle Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen (für Kinder ab dem Schulalter von 6-17 Jahren) Kindererziehung ohne auszurasten sollte doch möglich sein, oder? Bringt Dich Dein Kind regelmäßig in den Wahnsinn? Schreist Du im Eifer des Gefechts Dein Kind an, obwohl Du es eigentlich gar nicht möchtest? "Schreien kann nicht nur das Gehör von Kindern beeinträchtigen, sondern auch das Gehirn. Hören Sie, um mehr zu erfahren.

Anstrengende Kinder besitzen besonders ausgeprägte Eigenschaften, die im Erwachsenenalter sehr geschätzt werden: Willensstärke, Ausdauer und Sensitivität. Bei Kindern und Jugendlichen führen diese Gaben oftmals zu Schwierigkeiten auf ihrem Weg durch Kindergarten, Schule und alle Institutionen, die Anpassung, Flexibilität und Selbstkontrolle erfordern. Ihre Erziehung führt Eltern immer wieder an ihre Grenzen und vor viele Fragen: Was kann ich tun, um meinem Kind eine unbeschwerte Kindheit zu ermöglichen?

Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt’s retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had been diagnosed with severe autism. What followed was a painful struggle to hold their family and their marriage together in a home filled with chaos, emotional exhaustion, and constant fear for the safety of their unpredictable but beloved boys.

Autistic people tend to fixate on things. Author Travis Breeding learned he had choices to make and could choose not only to change his beliefs but change how he spent time focusing on his fixations. Travis made positive changes that have given him a happy life. Now he shares his story with you to help others who might be stuck and need help.

Chasing Lilly is a captivating true story of a little girl who refused love and attachment, because severe abuse robbed her ability to receive them. The story sparkles with humor, as Lilly meets her match in a family who refused to give up on her.

Durante más de treinta años, The Silent Garden les ha ofrecido a los padres de niños sordos todo el apoyo y la información imparcial que necesitan para que sus hijos desarrollen su pleno potencial. Esta nueva edición en español, que contiene los cinco primeros capítulos de la tercera edición actualizada en inglés, aporta ayuda a los padres para afrontar aquellos retos tan únicos y complejos a los que se enfrentan.

Sergio se asomó al mundo sin poder verlo: nació ciego. Cuando quiso sentir y reconocer su entorno, el autismo le hizo aún más difícil su comprensión. La vida no se lo puso fácil, pero fue sumamente generosa al darle el mejor de los hermanos, Juanma, un muchacho alegre, vital y emprendedor, quien junto con Sergio se embarcó en un emocionante viaje que se convirtió en el reto de sus vidas.

Johnny is 19. He likes music, art and going to the beach. He is also autistic - in his case that means he will probably never get a job, never have a girlfriend, never leave home. And over the last 19 years this is what his father, TV producer and comedy writer Henry Normal and his wife Angela have been trying to come to terms with. This is a book for anyone whose life has been touched by autism - it's about the hope, the despair, and the messy, honest sometimes comical day-to-day world of autism, as well as a wonderful, warm book about the unconditional, unconventional love between a father, a mother and a son.

When Schuyler Rummel-Hudson was 18 months old, a question about her lack of speech by her pediatrician set in motion a journey that continues today. When she was diagnosed with bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria (an extremely rare neurological disorder), her parents were given a name for the monster that had been stalking them from doctor to doctor, and from despair to hope, and back again.

In See Sam Run, award-winning writer and journalist Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe describes how her parenthood quickly descended into chaos as her son, Sam, became uncommunicative and unmanageable. Little by little, she found a new truth: that by learning to understand the ugliness inside herself, she learned to love her new life and her son, and to harness, at last, the energy she needed to realize Sam's fullest potential.

Through this book, I hope, you will understand that there are a lot of things you as a parent can do to help your autistic child live a meaningful life. You just need to fully accept your child for who he or she is and take delight in the beautiful things that your child brings into your life.

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.

Beautiful We teaches children about various childhood disabilities, from the aspect of a child. By opening up a real discussion about disabilities, we are removing the fear of something a young child does not understand and replacing it with knowledge and compassion. It allows children to understand that we are all different, and that children with disabilities are just children like them.

You can do anything even if you have Asperger's Syndrome! Nothing should stop you from living the life of your dreams! This short audiobook of poems inspires, motivates, and encourages all Aspies to achieve their full potential.

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.

In this transformation book, Jim Hasse identifies seven career builders parents can use to help their middle school student with cerebral palsy learn how to leverage disability's competitive edge, a key factor in disability development and career readiness.

I Might Be You is a fresh look at the damage and emerging sun as told by an adult with autism who is, "disguised as a poor thinker," but has much to say yet does not speak, and a therapist who helps rebuild. With experience, wit, warmth, and wisdom these two collaborate to rethink roles, expectations, treatment strategies, education, meaning, and the healing truth about connection. It is a must read for overwhelmed parents, teachers and practitioners needing inspiration, and those with ASD seeking purpose as hope is found.

Critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway shares the extraordinary, touching story of Cowboy, the golden retriever puppy who changed her son's life.