Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Children with Special Needs

The Surgeon General has identified children's mental illness as a national problem that creates a burden of suffering so serious as to be considered a health crisis. Yet, what it means to be the parent of a mentally ill child has not been adequately considered until now. "Parenting Mentally Ill Children: Faith, Caring, Support, and Survival" captures the essence of caring for these youngsters, providing resources and understanding for parents and an instructive lesson for society.

Author Craig Winston LeCroy uses in-depth interviews to chronicle the experiences of parents of mentally...

"Now I See the Moon provides insightful ways to teach and work with individuals with autism and severe disabilities. It will give parents great hope." -- Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures

"This magnificent work vividly demonstrates the joy and hope of discovering the creative and emotional capacities which exist in all children, but especially in those children with autism and other special needs." -- Dr. Stanley Greenspan, author of The Child with Special Needs and Engaging Autism

When her son Neal was diagnosed with autism,...

Realising that your child is autistic can be devastating. But there really is hope. This book shares with you our experiences as parents of a child diagnosed as severely autistic and sets out strategies that have worked for us, in terms of helping our son to develop, to understand and to function in the world.

I am aware that every child is different and every instance of autism is unique. That means there cannot be a set "manual" for how to deal with autistic children, and this book doesn't pretend to be one. But there are common themes, and it is my hope that some of the...

This book was written to try to show the evolution of methods of teaching autistic children. When we lived in Michigan in 1971, the special education teachers were aware of autism and already had programs for their special needs. When we moved to California, we found the special education teachers well-equipped to teach trainable mentally retarded children, but woefully unprepared for autistic ones. These teachers and aides became remarkable and heroic advocates for autistic children.