I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now: A Guide for Special Needs Parents
ISBN: 9781432787233 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fourteen years ago Sandy was pregnant with our son Ian. Being diligent parents we read the parenting books and magazines. We wanted to be as prepared as possible as we embarked on parenthood. When Ian was five months old we found out about his disability. Our library of parenting books didn't cover the new direction parenting was taking. There were no parenting books for this path. It would have been nice to get a heads up about how things were going to change and more importantly what we could do to reduce the added stress this new direction was going to create. For fourteen years we...
Fourteen years ago Sandy was pregnant with our son Ian. Being diligent parents we read the parenting books and magazines. We wanted to be as prepared ...
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51,57 zł |
Dyslexia: A parents' guide to dyslexia, dyspraxia and other learning difficulties
ISBN: 9780091923389 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a hands-on guide for parents that will help them to identify and manage their child's learning difficulties.
This is a hands-on guide for parents that will help them to identify and manage their child's learning difficulties.
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80,75 zł |
My Dyslexia
ISBN: 9780393343427 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn to read until he was eleven went on to become a prize-winning poet by sheer force of determination. His balancing act--life as a member of a family with not one but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writer--reveals an inspiring story of the strengths of the human mind.
In his moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding of his early years. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not...
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64,59 zł |
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide to Helping Your Child Thrive at Home and at School
ISBN: 9780470140147 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How parents can help children with Asperger's Syndrome to grow and prosper If you are raising a child with Asperger's Syndrome, it can be a real challenge to find answers to your questions and make decisions while trying to keep pace with the latest developments in research and changes in the growth and behavior of your child. This book comes to the rescue by combining the latest medical information and interventions with clearcut strategies to help your child thrive at home and at school.
How parents can help children with Asperger's Syndrome to grow and prosper If you are raising a child with Asperger's Syndrome, it can be a r... |
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73,14 zł |
Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Learning Disabilities
ISBN: 9781843101314 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'This excellent, informative and well presented, a book provides the reader with fourteen edited chapters covering an area of policy and practice that is quite specific but will inform anyone interested in the development of a service user participation ethos in adult social care. It is a book that is relevant to managers and practitioners, both as students and qualified professionals, as well as academics. Care management is now well established in the everyday practice of predominantly statutory organisations. This book revisits the principles of this method of assessing and planning the...
'This excellent, informative and well presented, a book provides the reader with fourteen edited chapters covering an area of policy and practice that...
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134,61 zł |
Disability and Impairment: Working with Children and Families
ISBN: 9781843103967 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life. Peter C Burke shows how social attitudes shape the world of the 'disabled family' either positively or negatively and the effects of stigma. He demonstrates the normality of disability - that children are children whatever their label - and the need for a sensitive professional understanding of the impact of both physical and learning disabilities on family members, in order to improve their quality of life. This book covers the spectrum of...
Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life. P...
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123,84 zł |
Multisensory Rooms and Environments: Controlled Sensory Experiences for People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities
ISBN: 9781843104629 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique, fully photocopiable resource offers guidance and materials to aid those developing multisensory environments - artificially engineered spaces that encourage relaxation, social skills and learning by stimulating the five senses. Particularly useful for those working with people with multiple disabilities, this resource explains the theory underlying multisensory environments, describes the different types, and outlines the practicalities of planning, setting up and equipping a multisensory space. The resource also features useful checklists and tools for creating multisensory...
This unique, fully photocopiable resource offers guidance and materials to aid those developing multisensory environments - artificially engineered sp...
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215,41 zł |
Strategies for Building Successful Relationships with People on the Autism Spectrum: Let's Relate!
ISBN: 9781849058568 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Containing life-changing strategies and solutions, this book will enable everyone who knows, lives with or works with an individual with autism to achieve a positive relationship that fosters cooperation and mutual respect. The author has dedicated over 20 years to studying, observing and implementing communication strategies that help him, his wife, their three children and his clients experience positive relationships. His immediate family are all on the autism spectrum and they work together to understand one another, resolve misunderstandings, and help each other feel important, loved and...
Containing life-changing strategies and solutions, this book will enable everyone who knows, lives with or works with an individual with autism to ach...
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80,75 zł |
How Behavioral Optometry Can Unlock Your Child's Potential: Identifying and Overcoming Blocks to Concentration, Self-Esteem and School Success with Vi
ISBN: 9781849058810 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Visual dysfunctions can limit children's concentration, self esteem and school success as they struggle to understand fundamentals such as colors, letters and how to judge distance. With the right help, these obstacles can be overcome, allowing children to reach their full potential and see the world clearly. This accessible book explores how visual problems develop and how they can be reversed through effective and efficient visual therapy. It breaks down myths surrounding visual dysfunction and explains in straightforward terms the various conditions that could be impacting a child's...
Visual dysfunctions can limit children's concentration, self esteem and school success as they struggle to understand fundamentals such as colors, let...
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80,75 zł |
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
ISBN: 9781853025778 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into...
Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syn...
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75,36 zł |
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students with Nld, Asperger Syndrome and Related Conditions
ISBN: 9781853029417 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most teachers will, at some point, come across a child with nonverbal learning disabilities, and this book should help them to help such children to achieve their full potential in the classroom by outlining specific teaching strategies. It also covers finding the right school.
Most teachers will, at some point, come across a child with nonverbal learning disabilities, and this book should help them to help such children to a...
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107,68 zł |
Autistic Thinking : This is the Title
ISBN: 9781853029950 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To understand the ways people with autism think, Peter Vermeulen argues, we need to try to get inside their world. The latest scientific thinking is clearly explained, and illustrated by numerous personal accounts. This introductory book offers the reader a real window into the autistic mind and the very individual way in which it processes information. Honest and accessible, this book will be invaluable to anyone involved in the care of an autistic child.
To understand the ways people with autism think, Peter Vermeulen argues, we need to try to get inside their world. The latest scientific thinking is c...
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107,68 zł |
Caring for a Child with Autism : A Practical Guide for Parents
ISBN: 9781853029967 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive and readable guide answers the questions commonly asked by parents and carers following a diagnosis of autism, and discusses the challenges that can arise in home life, education and socializing. The authors cover a wide variety of therapies and approaches to autism, providing clear, unbiased information so that families will be able to evaluate different options for themselves. Throughout, the emphasis is on home and family life, and the everyday difficulties encountered by families of autistic children. Caring for a Child with Autism is an informative handbook in...
This comprehensive and readable guide answers the questions commonly asked by parents and carers following a diagnosis of autism, and discusses the ch...
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118,45 zł |
How to Help Your Dyslexic and Dyspraxic Child: A Practical Guide for Parents
ISBN: 9781905410965 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can I help my child that has got dyslexia or dyspraxia? Perhaps you've just found out your child is dyslexic, or suspect your child may be dyspraxic. This can be a confusing time for any parent, full of worry and uncertainty. Author Sally McKeown gets right to the heart of the matter in How to Help your Child with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. She brings you expert knowledge of exactly what dyslexia and dyspraxia are and how they can affect your child's life. Through the experiences of other parents, Sally dispels common myths and helps you to better understand dyslexia and...How can I help my child that has got dyslexia or dyspraxia? Perhaps you've just found out your child is dyslexic, or suspect your child may be... |
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86,27 zł |
Seeking Intimacy in a Diverse Community
ISBN: 9780853985754 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Baha'i community is composed of people from all backgrounds and life circumstances - educated and uneducated, professional and non-professional, healthy and unwell, mentally sound and mentally ill; moral, obedient and edified. Some have lost every material thing they have ever owned; some have every material thing they need. All are called to a higher purpose than their own individual development: to achieve oneness and unity within this diverse community. Phyllis K. Peterson uses true stories to explain how the Baha'i community is learning to develop true intimacy and unity through...
The Baha'i community is composed of people from all backgrounds and life circumstances - educated and uneducated, professional and non-professional, h...
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72,26 zł |
Handbook of Research on Diagnosing, Treating, and Managing Intellectual Disabilities
ISBN: 9781522500896 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the effects of disabilities in intellectual functioning, examining the causes, treatment, and rehabilitation of such limitations in adaptive behavior, highlighting empirical findings on the management of these disabilities throughout various stages of life"--
"This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the effects of disabilities in intellectual functioning, examining the causes, tre...
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1205,32 zł |
Easy Out on Third: Raising a Child with Special Needs
ISBN: 9781622874675 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story about children with special needs, and the joys and challenges that come along with raising them. Its about making them fit in and feel like they belong in the world.It offers hope and inspiration.
This is my story. I will walk you through the journey I have taken raising my thirteen-year-old son, Bobby. Its a journey many have taken, but few have chosen. He was born with a club foot, mild cerebral palsy, and has developed other delays and disabilities. If you met Bobby, you might not even realize hes disabled, at first. Author Bio: Mary Beth Czubay lives on long Island... This is a story about children with special needs, and the joys and challenges that come along with raising them. Its about making them fit in and fee...
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67,62 zł |
The Dark Side of Autism: Struggling to Find Peace and Understanding When Life's Not Full of Rainbows, Unicorns and Blessings
ISBN: 9781630470807 / Angielski / Miękka / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ah Jeeeze, not another book about Autism." But this one is different It's not all rainbows, unicorns and blessings. "The Dark Side of Autism" puts raising a child with special needs into perspective with no sugar coating of the reality.
With firsthand experience raising a nonverbal child with autism and epilepsy, Angela talks openly and honestly about the true challenges parents face raising a child on the spectrum. With contentious opinions and candid observations, " The Dark Side of Autism" tells the truth about a dark and difficult subject people don't like to talk about while... "Ah Jeeeze, not another book about Autism." But this one is different It's not all rainbows, unicorns and blessings. "The Dark Side of Autism" puts r...
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77,46 zł |
Bump: How to Make, Grow and Birth a Baby
ISBN: 9781908434357 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kate Evans, celebrated author of the breastfeeding bestseller, "The Food of Love," acclaimed cartoonist, and mother, turns her attention to the joys and pains of growing a baby. Evans deftly handles the physical and emotional changes that come with being pregnant, looking at the practicalities of every stage as well as the challenges that may arise. Her no-nonsense, quirky, and accessible text is illustrated throughout with detailed artwork to guide the reader through the intricacies of human reproduction, whilst her customary laugh-out-loud cartoons demystify the complexities of pregnancy...
Kate Evans, celebrated author of the breastfeeding bestseller, "The Food of Love," acclaimed cartoonist, and mother, turns her attention to the joys a...
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77,56 zł |
The Dark Side of Autism: Struggling to Find Peace and Understanding When Life's Not Full of Rainbows, Unicorns and Blessings
ISBN: 9781630470821 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There should be no shame in the fact that parenting a child with Autism can be difficult and sometimes dark. There are how to cure your child of autism books which can leave parents feeling like a failure if those cures fall flat and there are many books that punctuate the blessings . The Dark Side of Autism focuses on the importance of healing yourself and family while accepting when something may be out of your control. This book will remind parents that it s ok to grieve the loss of a child and the broken dreams you unmistakably had for them. It will help parents and caregivers come to...
There should be no shame in the fact that parenting a child with Autism can be difficult and sometimes dark. There are how to cure your child of autis...
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181,03 zł |