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-
 1001
Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders
by Veronica Zysk and Ellen Notbohm
- Tons of great ideas - social, sensory, behavioral, and self-care, and many
other issues - are for low-functioning autistic kids; nearly all can be used
or adapted for not only Aspergers kids, but also for exceptionally gifted
kids...
- 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W.
Phelan
Surviving
Your Adolescents: How to Manage-and Let Go of-Your 13-18 Year Olds
- 1-2-3 Magic for Teachers: Effective Classroom Discipline Pre-K through
Grade 8 by Thomas W. Phelan and Sarah Jane Schonour
- Simple, effective child-management plan, enables parents and teachers to discipline
children by instituting a system of counting and time-outs, delivered
straightforwardly and unemotionally. Control your kids without yelling...
(Also recommended for ODD kids)
-
2010
Hidden Curriculum One-A-Day Calendar for Older Adolescents and Adults -
Items for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations by Judy
Endow
- Thought-provoking hidden curriculum items, written by a woman on the
autistic spectrum herself, have broad applicability across adulthood. Items
cover topics such as social relationships, community, money matters,
workplace, and many others...
-
 ADHD
in HD: Brains Gone Wild
by Jonathan Chesner
- A kinetic collection of frank personal stories of failure and success,
hilarious anecdotes, wild ideas, and blunt advice that will resonate with
teens and young adults. While most ADHD books are written to parents and
educators, this is written to hold the attention of the teen and young adult
reader with ADHD: more than 60 short essays, relevant topics, wacky
illustrations—all stamped with Jonathan’s irresistible humor. Addresses the
four main characteristics of ADHD: hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention,
and indecisiveness. It provides positive advice about school, family life,
social life, dating, careers, medicine. Warning: it's a colorfully
distracting book...
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-
All
Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
by Kathy Hoopman
- This touching picture book explains the joys and challenges of raising a
"different" child. Good for kids and adults alike, leaving the reader
with a sense of the dignity and potential of the Aspergers child...
-
All
Dogs Have ADHD
by Kathy Hoopman
- An inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a
variety of traits that will be instantly recognizable to those who are
familiar with ADHD... or dogs
-
Asperger
Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships by Ashley Stanford
- Written by the wife of a man with Asperger Syndrome (AS), provides the
answers to many of the questions asked by the increasing number of people in
that situation. Explains how behaviors that may have appeared odd - or even
downright irritating - are the manifestation of AS, and shows how
understanding can lead to change, or to greater tolerance. Provides
strategies for living successfully with characteristics that cannot be
changed, pointing out that AS brings also enormous strengths to a
relationship, and emphasizing the value of understanding...
- Aspergers
in Love: Couple Relationships and Family Affairs
by Maxine
Aston
- For those who have AS children, and then discover, perhaps there is more
AS in their household... People with AS can and do have full and intimate
relationships. Frankly examines the fundamental aspects of relationships often
complicated by the disorder. Illustrated with real-life examples, the book
tackles issues such as attraction, trust, communication, intimacy and
parenting and includes a section on frequently asked questions...
- Asperger's
and Self-Esteem: Insight and Hope through Famous Role Models
by Norm Ledgin and Temple Grandin
- Forensic biography of 12 famous, successful people suspected of having
Asperger's Syndrome. Each of these people experienced difficulties in
negotiating everyday life, but each rose above those difficulties in ways
which are still being measured...
-
Asperger's:
What Does It Mean to Me?
by Catherine Faherty
- The book most requested by parents and teachers. Written by a leading
therapist, this workbook is a must-have for the person with high functioning
autism or Asperger's Syndrome. Includes chapters to help explain their world
-
Becoming
a Master Student
by David B. Ellis
- A great book for students of all skill levels and ages. Filled with brief
'articles' describing techniques that can help with everything from having
your study area designed correctly for you, to basics in note taking and
preparing for exams
-
Better
IEPs: How to Develop Legally Correct and Educationally Useful Programs
- The definitive guide to understanding and writing IEPs. It presents a powerful, three-step process that
focuses on the individual student and avoids the all too common routinized
approach to program development. Although written for Special Education
students, many states include gifted under special education and/or provide
IEPs for gifted students... this is a great reference for all.
-
Beyond
Ritalin: Facts About Medication and Other Strategies for Helping Children,
Adolescents, and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders
by Garber, Garber and Spizman
- For everyone concerned with ADHD, for those wary of medication, for those
who want to know more about Ritalin...
-
Bright
Minds, Poor Grades: Understanding and Motivating Your Underachieving Child
by Michael D. Whitley
- For any parent who has ever been told, "your child
isn't performing up to his or her potential," this book has the answer, a proven
ten-step program to motivate underachieving children
-
 Bright
Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
by Diane M. Kennedy, Rebecca S. Banks, Temple Grandin
- Twice exceptional kids are both gifted and diagnosed with a
disability--often ADHD or an Autism Spectrum Disorder--leading teachers and
parents to overlook the child's talents and focus solely on his weaknesses.
Too often, these children get lost in an endless cycle of chasing diagnostic
labels and are never given the tools to fully realize their own potential.
Bright Not Broken sheds new light on this vibrant population by identifying
who twice exceptional children are and taking an unflinching look at why
they're stuck. The first work to boldly examine the widespread misdiagnosis
and controversies that arise from our current diagnostic system, it serves
as a wake-up call for parents and professionals to question why our mental
health and education systems are failing our brightest children...
- Bullies
Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain
- This book blends humor with serious, practical suggestions for coping with
bullies - And if bullies happen to read this book, they'll find ideas they
can use too!
- Bullying
In Schools and What To Do About It by Ken Rigby
- A passionate and motivating book that policy makers, school
administrators, teachers, doctors, and parents will find invaluable
-
The
Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed. Child by
Lawrence M. Siegel
- The book is written with the lay person in mind in a clear and concise
manner. The whole IEP process is spelled out in easy to follow steps that
gently glides one through the process
-
Cool
Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just
Plain Different
by Donald Asher
- Thinking about college? Looking for the 'right' college for yourself, or
your child? This book is for you!
-
Crossover
Children: A Sourcebook for Helping Children Who Are Gifted and Learning
Disabled by Marlene Bireley
- Gifted LD kids need to work from their strengths!
-
 The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
- A murder mystery of sorts -- told by an autistic boy. Fifteen-year-old
Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless,
raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their
child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value,
and is unable to sort out the strange behavior of his elders and peers...
-
The
Defiant Child: A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder by
Douglas Riley
- Gives a tough no-nonsense approach for parents to remain in control when
the child is displaying negative, angry and hostile behavior towards adults...
-
 Developing
Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning
Autism
by Temple Grandin and Kate Duffy
- Society loses out if individuals with autism spectrum disorders are not
involved in the world of work, or make other kinds of contributions to
society. This book takes readers -- those on the autism spectrum and
their family members, teachers, counselors -- through the career planning
process...
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Developing
Your Child for Success by Kenneth Lane
(sometimes available from
Amazon)
- For anyone teaching a child who has difficulty reading, easy to read
explanation of the mechanics of the eye-brain interaction during reading,
with progressive exercises to help integrate eye functions with gross and
fine motor skills
-
Different
Minds: Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning
Deficits
by Deirdre V. Lovecky
- Recognizing the different levels and kinds of giftedness, Lovecky provides
insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with
various learning difficulties. Guides parents and professionals through
diagnosis and advises on how best to nurture individual needs, positive
behavior and relationships at home and at school... Or order from
Amazon.co.uk
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The Difficult Child: Expanded and Revised Edition by Stanley Turecki
- Parents and teachers often label children as "difficult" but
this can mean such a variety of things. This book includes excellent
descriptors of behaviors and traits...
-
Diverse
Populations of Gifted Children: Meeting Their Needs in the Regular Classroom
and Beyond by Starr Cline and Diane Schwartz
- Written to help classroom teachers identify and plan for gifted children
from special populations, including children with disabilities, minorities,
the learning disabled, preschoolers, the exceptionally gifted, gifted
females and underachievers
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Don't
Think About Monkeys. Extraordinary Stories Written by People with Tourette
Syndrome edited by Adam Ward Seligman and John S. Hilkevich
- Remarkable collection of stories written by fourteen people who live
with Tourette syndrome. Ranging from three teenagers learning to come to
grips with teasing to adults encountering discrimination, the collection
represents the incredible diversity of a disorder as diverse as life
itself...
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Dreamers,
Discoverers and Dynamos : How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and
Having Problems in School (was: The Edison Trait) by Lucy Jo Palladino
- Edison Trait kids have the qualities that make innovative leaders,
inventors, explorers, yet they often have a hard time in school where their
personality traits may be seen as weak or negative
-
Driven
to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from
Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
-
Answers
to Distraction by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
- Driven to Distraction reveals why millions of adults and children are
chronic underachievers, caught up in persistent problems in school, at work,
and at home. Answers To Distraction provides practical solutions to the
dilemmas of ADD
- The
Einstein Syndrome: Bright Children Who Talk Late by Thomas Sowell
- There is a certain well-defined group who are developmentally normal or
even quite bright, yet who may go past their fourth birthday before
beginning to talk. These children are often misdiagnosed as autistic or
retarded, a mistake that is doubly hard on parents who must first worry
about their apparently handicapped children and then must see them lumped
into special classes and therapy groups where all the other children are
clearly very different...
- Emergence:
Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin
- Though professionals have been theorizing about it for years, the
phenomenon called autism remains shrouded in mystery. The author makes
a few dents in this mystique, with insights which are rare because
autism by its nature generally precludes such expression and analysis of
emotion. She combines a personal perspective with relevant research in
formation in assessing how autism can be overcome and even, in some ways,
turned to personal advantage...
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Empowering
Underachievers: How to Guide Failing Kids (8-18) to Personal Excellence
by Peter A. Spevak and Maryann Karinch
- ...equips parents and teachers with
the information and processes they need to engage underachievers in a
transformation to become self-motivated, responsible and happy individuals
-
Essential Readings in Gifted Education
- 12 volume collection of seminal articles from Gifted Child Quarterly, with
the knowledge and power of more than 25 years of research on giftedness and
talent. Or purchase separately...
 The
Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily
Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene
Not ADHD, not ODD, but... explosive. Whether at home, school, or
both, this book gives great insight and good advice into these often
frustrating children...
Failing
at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls by Myra and David Sadker
Provides shocking evidence of the gender bias that prevents girls from
receiving the same education as boys
From
Defiance to Cooperation: Real Solutions for Transforming the Angry, Defiant,
Discouraged Child by John F. Taylor
How do you deal with a difficult and defiant child or teenager? What can
you do if your child is resentful and constantly in trouble at school? Are
there constructive ways to channel such oppositional energy and determination?
Get
Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy* Students (*Bored, Frustrated, and
Otherwise Sick of School) by Randall McCutcheon
Aimed at bright, talented kids who are bored, frustrated, and otherwise
sick of school, including so-called "underachievers," Get Off My
Brain is an offbeat, unconventional study guide
The Gift of Dyslexia:
Why Some of the Smartest People Can't Read and How They Can Learn by
Ronald D. Davis with Eldon M. Braun
Although this is a sales site for this book, the synopsis is full of
information on the curious, creative, and intuitive world of the individual
with dyslexia
Gifted
Children and the Law: Mediation, Due Process and Court Cases by Frances
Karnes and Ronald Marquardt
Reports and synthesizes the results of all reported legal actions
concerning education of gifted and talented children. Since there is no
federal mandate, the legal conflicts have been settled at the state or local
level
Gifted
Children and Legal Issues in Education: Parents' Stories of Hope by
Frances Karnes and Ronald Marquardt
Parents of gifted children describe their searches for appropriate
educational options along with their creative solutions, from early school
admission to early high school graduation and awarding of credits
Gifted
Children and Legal Issues: An Update by Frances Karnes and Ronald
Marquardt
Since Gifted Children and the Law, many new court cases and administrative
rulings have been reported; issues covered include advanced placement
concerns, home-schooling problems, personal injury, civil rights, mediation,
and due process
Gifted
Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders by Maureen Neihart and Kenneth Poon
(or from
Amazon)
Describes instructional and behavior management strategies for the most
common challenges teachers face with gifted children with ASD so that the
abilities of these children can be developed to their fullest potential...
Giftedness,
Conflict and Underachievement
by Joanne Rand Whitmore
Though out of print, this text's research is included in every book and
research paper concerning twice exceptional and underachieving gifted populations
that has followed. A must have...
 Good
Friends Are Hard to Find: Help Your Child Find, Make, and Keep Friends
by Fred Frankel and Barry Wetmore
A step by step guide to 'what's age appropriate' for play, and how parents
can make rules for kids to keep them moving in the direction of making and
keeping friends. Good for shy kids and kids who seem to not get those
unwritten social rules, or kids who have to deal with agemates that seem
alien to them. Read the
Davidson
Institute review...
Helping
a Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger's Disorder: A Parent's
Guide by Kathryn Stewart
Offers ways to evaluate a child's strengths and weaknesses in areas such
as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing
and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language
skills, and interactive abilities, and specific strategies for intervening
and helping the child to cope with these obstacles...
The
Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms
Them
by Elaine Aron
Highly sensitive children (HSCs) are born deeply reflective, sensitive to
the subtle, and easily overwhelmed. These qualities can make for smart,
conscientious, creative children, but with the wrong parenting or schooling,
they can become unusually shy or timid, or begin acting out. Few parents and
teachers understand where this behavior comes from–and as a result, HSCs are
often mislabeled as overly inhibited, fearful, or “fussy,” or classified as
“problem children” (and in some cases, misdiagnosed with disorders such as
ADD)...
The
Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by
Elaine N. Aron
Are you easily overwhelmed by stimuli? Affected by other
people's moods? Easily startled? Do you need to withdraw during busy times to a
private, quiet place? This book helps HSPs (Highly Sensitive Persons) to
understand themselves and their sensitive trait and its impact on personal
history, career, relationships, and inner life...
Homework
Without Tears: A Parent's Guide For Motivating Children to Do Homework and
to Succeed in School by Lee Canter and Lee Hausner
The help parents need to create an unstressful learning environment in the
home and motivate their youngsters to succeed in school...
How
to Handle a Hard-To-Handle Kid: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and
Changing Problem Behaviors by C. Drew Edwards
Writing with authority and compassion, Edwards explains why some children
are especially challenging, for reasons from ADHD to profoundly gifted, then
spells out clear, specific strategies parents can use to address and correct
problem behaviors with firmness and love
 How
to Talk to an Autistic Kid
by Daniel Stefanski
Who better to explain the challenges of typical kids communicating with
autistic kids than 14-year-old Daniel Stefanski, who has autism? “Even
though my brain is different, I’m still a kid.” And like any kid who’s been
ignored, Daniel can often feel lonely. Through his casual and frank
narration, he recognizes that autistic kids may look and sound different
when trying to communicate, but they still want to be included...
If I'm So Successful Why Do I Feel Like a Fake: The Impostor Phenomenon by
Joan C. Harvey and Cynthia Katz
(Out of print, available used) When people advance too quickly they can be lauded too
extravagantly thereby creating a gap between how others see them and how they
see themselves
 If
This is a Gift, Can I Send It Back?: Surviving in the Land of the Gifted and
Twice Exceptional
by Jen Merrill, author of
Laughing
at Chaos (or from
Gifted
Homeschoolers Forum)
Join Jen on her journey of discovery, acceptance, and understanding, as
she brings humor and wit to the challenges that only the gifted and twice
exceptional can create... read this yourself, or read it aloud to your
parenting partner, but whatever you do, do NOT read this in a quiet waiting
room!
 The
Impulsive, Disorganized Child: Solutions for Parenting Kids with Executive
Functioning Difficulties by James Forgan and Mary Anne Richey
Impulsive, scattered, lost, unfocused, unprepared, disorganized: These are
just a few of the words used to describe kids with executive functioning
deficits, which commonly affect many children already diagnosed with ADHD,
learning disabilities, and autism. Helps parents pinpoint weak executive
functions in their children, then learn how to help their kids overcome
these deficits with practical, easy solutions...
In
a Pickle And Other Funny Idioms by Marvin Terban
Useful in a classroom setting or as a browser's delight. Especially
useful for teaching our kids the intended meanings of these common but
peculiar phrases. Other useful titles include
Mad as a Wet Hen!: And Other Funny Idioms,
Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms, and
It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech. Or get the big collection:
Scholastic Dictionary Of Idioms
In
the Eyes of the Beholder: Critical Issues for Diversity in Gifted Education
edited by Diane Boothe and Julian C. Stanley (or from
Amazon)
How does gifted education serve special populations, including a variety
of culturally diverse populations? How does education deal with these
children today, and how can we improve their education? How do gender
and/or socio-economic diversity affect gifted education?
In
the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other
Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity by
Thomas G. West
This book has strong implications for anyone who has ever considered
autism, dyslexia, or learning difficulties to be horrible things that must be
stamped out. It shows that the apparent "weakness" and "lack of ability" in
some areas can really be an aspect of a major (but often unrecognized) area of
strength...
Is
This Your Child?: Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies by
Doris J. Rapp
Details the physical and environmental factors that can contribute to our
kids' behavior, including food, chemical sensitivities and 'sick building'
syndrome
Is
Your Child Hyperactive? Inattentive? Impulsive? Distractible?: Helping the
Add/Hyperactive Child by Stephen W. Garber, Marianne Garber and Robyn
Freedman Spizman
How to work with ADD/hyperactive children to help them build control,
offering advice on diet, medication, coping with professionals, available
resources, and programs to enhance attention span
It's
So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities
Find Social Success by Richard Lavoie
Guidebook to helping children with learning disabilities overcome social
skill deficits. Eschewing sink-or-swim and carrot-and-stick approaches,
Lavoie stresses communication and patience for parents looking to guide
their children through the maze of social interactions encountered daily...
Jarvis
Clutch - Social Spy by Dr. Mel Levine and Jarvis Clutch
Jarvis Clutch—Social Spy is mainly about something very important called
social thinking, which most likely is a term you’ve never heard before, even
though it’s something you use all day long. Even most grownups don’t know
exactly what it means. Let me explain... (See
All
Kinds of Minds for a complete review)
Kids,
Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime by Mary Sheedy
Kurcinka
Concise, practical and humorous guide to getting of this vicious circle!
Learning
Outside The Lines by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole
A practical guide to help kids jump through the necessary hoops to achieve
whatever larger, postschool goals they may have. While much of the material is
written for kids who've received the label LD or ADHD, many of the suggestions
can be just as helpful for those who've been labeled "gifted," or any other
student who feels frustrated with the daily routine of standard education
 Living
With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the
Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults
by Susan Daniels & Michael M. Piechowski
Do you know an intense gifted child? You must read this book!
An easy-to-read volume for parents, teachers, psychologists, everyone
dealing with the gifted child, that explains the inexplicable, and guides us
all in guiding the growth and development of our gifted children...
Living
With the Active Alert Child: Groundbreaking Strategies for Parents by
Linda S. Budd
For anyone who is confused, frustrated, and sometimes pushed to the limit
by the seemingly uncontrollable behavior of their bright, lovable child
The
Many Faces of Giftedness: Lifting the Mask by Alexinia Y. Baldwin
Many children fail to get an appropriate education because of a
preoccupation with ethnicity or a disability that leaves their intellectual
strengths neglected...
Maverick
Mind: A Mother's Story of Solving the Mystery of Her Unreachable, Unteachable,
Silent Son by Cheri L. Florance
Florance began to theorize that Whitney's visual thought process was so
advanced, it had shut down his verbal ability. Together with her two older
children, she developed a method of teaching Whitney to read and to think
sequentially based on visual, rather than verbal cues...
Meeting
the Challenge: Using Love and Logic to Help Children Develop Attention and
Behavior Skills by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline
By the Love and Logic Parenting folks, shows parents how to assert control
in a respectful manner, and help kids develop these valuable skills...
"Mellow
out" They Say. If I Only Could: Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young
and Bright by Michael M. Piechowski (also visit Piechowski's site
"Mellow
out" They Say...
“The purpose of this book is to give voice to the emotional life of bright
young people, to show how their intensities and sensitivities make them more
alive, more creative, and more in love with the world and its wonders”
(Chapter 1)
A
Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
Mel
Levine: Teaching All Kinds of Minds Listen on NPR
Recognizing each child's intellectual, emotional, and physical
strengths--and teaching directly to these strengths--is key to sculpting "a
mind at a time," Detailed steps describe how mental processes work for capable
kids, and how they can be finessed to serve those who struggle...
 Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults: ADHD, Bipolar,
OCD, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders
by James T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Webb, Jean Goerss, Paul Beljan, F. Richard Olenchak,
and Sharon Lind
Physicians, psychologist, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of
gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally
prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals
can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors... Or order from
Amazon.co.uk
 The
Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style
Can Open the Door to Success
by Brock Eide and Fernette Eide
Misapplied labels can be devastating; properly diagnosed labels can change
a child's life. The Eides can help professionals and parents alike, to
find the proper labels, as well as learning tools, exercises, and therapies
that help children with similar labels. Each chapter covers a unique
learning challenge: Visual Problems, Attention Problems, Autism and
Autism-like Disorders, and more...
Nonverbal
Learning Disabilities at Home: A Parent's Guide by Pamela Tanguay and
Byron P. Rourke
Do you know a child who is bright, charming and articulate, but has no
friends? A child who showed early signs of intelligence, but is now
floundering, academically and emotionally? Children with NLD are an enigma. They're children with extraordinary gifts
and heartbreaking challenges that go far beyond the classroom. Nonverbal
Learning Disabilities at Home explores the variety of daily life problems
children with NLD may face, and provides practical strategies for parents to
help them cope and grow, from preschool age through their challenging
adolescent years...
Nonverbal
Learning Disabilities at School: Educating Students with NLD, Asperger
Syndrome and Related Conditions by Pamela B. Tanguay and Sue
Thompson
In this companion book to her successful Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
at Home, Pamela Tanguay addresses issues related to the academic education
of the child with NLD and related conditions. Topics such as school
placement, program modifications, and social/emotional issues are covered,
as well as specific teaching strategies, from how to deal with essay
questions, to tips on helping the student master long division, and ideas
for improving reading comprehension. The author defines and discusses
concepts such as frontloading and a cooperative learning environment, and
explains how they benefit the student with NLD and related conditions...
The
OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome: Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration
by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby
Delves into the shady, often misunderstood world of pervasive
developmental disorders, of which perhaps the most well-known is autism, with
clarity, warmth and amazing depth, focusing on Asperger Syndrome (AS). The
authors present unfamiliar terms and jargon with full explanations
 The
Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
(Revised Edition)
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Do you know a child who plays too rough, is uncoordinated, hates being
touched, is ultra-sensitive (or unusually insensitive) to noise or
sensations of heat and cold?
The
Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: A guide to an Intimate Relationship with a
Partner who has Asperger Syndrome
by Maxine
Aston
Partly about diagnosis, and partly about communication between partners,
relationship problems and how to deal with them. Good stuff!
Parenting
Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons that Medicine Cannot Teach
by Vincent J.
Monastra
A Book for Parents from the American Psychological Association. Full
of great information, including Chapter 5: Students with ADHD Are Entitled
to Help at School...
Parenting
With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility
by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline
Also available on
cassette
Parenting Teens With Love & Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible
Adulthood
Also available on
cassette
Grandparenting
With Love & Logic: Practical Solutions to Today's Grandparenting
Challenges
Love
and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six
Years Also available on
CD
Meeting
the Challenge: Using Love and Logic to Help Children Develop Attention and
Behavior Skills
A common sense approach to raising children, with lots of humor and
positive suggestions for dealing with negative situations. Great parenting
resource!
Perfectionism:
What's Bad About Being Too Good? by Jan Goldberg and Caroline Price
Explore the difference between healthy ambition and unhealthy
perfectionism, strategies for getting out of the perfectionist trap, why
people become perfectionists, why girls are especially prone...
Practical
Solutions to Everyday Challenges for Children with Asperger Syndrome by
Haley Morgan Myles and Jeanette McAfee
What do you say if you receive a gift you don't care for? How do you
handle somebody who brags and shows off? What do you do at a social event
where you don't know anybody? In this charmingly illustrated book, 9-year-old
Haley Myles gives simple, no-nonsense suggestions and advice (for young gifted
AS children)
Quirky
Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In- When to Worry
and When Not to Worry by Perri Klass and Eileen Costello
Pediatricians Klass and Costello address a growing issue: when to worry
and when not, how far to push for diagnosis and/or treatment when a child's
"quirkiness" becomes concerning. Broadly defining "quirky" kids as "the ones
who do things differently," they explore anxiety disorder, attention deficit
disorder, Tourette's syndrome, oppositional defiance disorder, Asperger's
syndrome and other problems...
 Raising Boys With ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons by
James W Forgan and Mary Anne Richey
(or from
Amazon)
Empowers parents to help their sons with ADHD find success in school and
beyond. The book covers topics not often found in other parenting guides
such as the preschool years and early diagnosis and strategies for teens
transitioning to work and college. Filled with practical knowledge,
resources, and tools needed to help parents address the many strengths and
challenges of boys with ADHD...
 Raising Girls With ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons by
James W Forgan and Mary Anne Richey
(or from
Amazon)
Although an increasing number of girls are diagnosed with ADHD every
year, most of the focus of parent and teacher interventions has been on
boys, leaving girls with ADHD frustrated and prone to acting out. Written by
two professionals who have “been there and done that” with their own
children with ADHD, provides expert information to
empower parents to make decisions about identification, treatment options,
behavioral strategies, personal/social adjustment, educational impact, and
many other issues from preschool through high school. These girls’ struggles
with socialization and peer acceptance, executive functioning skills like
memory and organization, and emotional well-being and self-confidence are
discussed with a goal of maximizing strengths and providing supports...
Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child
by Alexandra Shires Golon
How do you know if you have one? Allie paints a perfect picture!
And how do you parent and educate them? Learn here...
Raising
Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense,
Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
If you have an exceptionally spirited child, this book is written for you.
Now Also available
Raising
Your Spirited Child Workbook
Reaching New Horizons: Gifted and Talented Education for Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Students by Jaime Castellano and Eva Diaz
textbook, includes section Identifying and Nurturing Gifted Potential and
Bilingualism
 Rethinking
Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School by
Deborah P. Waber (or on
Kindle)
A leading researcher and clinician, Waber offers an alternative to the
prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the
child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best understood as a
function of the developmental interaction between the child and the world.
Integrating findings from education, developmental psychology, and cognitive
neuroscience...
Right-Brained
Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
by Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons
"If there is a child in your life who fits the ADD pattern, let this
be the one book you read cover to cover before proceeding with any
intervention." C.R. of UOG
 School
Success for Kids With ADHD
by Stephan M. Silverman, Jacqueline Iseman & Sue Jeweler (or from
Amazon)
Helps teens take control of their disorder and find success in school
and in life. By creating the “ADHD Attention Profile” discussed in the book,
readers will recognize how ADHD affects them, discover coping strategies and
technology tools to improve their focus, and develop a self-advocacy plan
they can use immediately...
 School
Success for Kids With Asperger's Syndrome
by Stephan Silverman & Rich Weinfeld (or from
Amazon)
Provides parents and
teachers with goals that will meet the needs of students who are struggling
with reading, leading them to work through their difficulties and enjoy
reading. Full of ready-to-use exercises and techniques to develop
reading, spelling and phonic awareness. Great for parents and
teachers!
 School
Success for Kids With Dyslexia & Other Reading Difficulties
by Walter Dunson (or from
Amazon)
Provides parents and
teachers with goals that will meet the needs of students who are struggling
with reading, leading them to work through their difficulties and enjoy
reading. Full of ready-to-use exercises and techniques to develop
reading, spelling and phonic awareness. Great for parents and
teachers!
Shadow
Syndromes by John J. Ratey and Catherine Johnson
While more than 50 million Americans suffer from full-fledged mental
illnesses, millions more suffer from milder forms--yet they likely don't
realize it. Also available on
cassette
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to
Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
There’s nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son
or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting
away toys, or following instructions at school. Your “smart but scattered”
child might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger.
Drs. Great news: there’s a lot you can do to help. Also for teens,
Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens
Reach Their Potential...
Smart
Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help by Priscilla
L. Vail
"Conundrum kids" -- the superb writer who can't add, the talented speech
maker who can't write legibly. Provides practical suggestions and ideas for
parents trying to decide when the child should start school and teachers
trying to cope. Also covers students up through college and deals with the
topics of visual learning, motor functioning, auditory learning, language
and learning, and psychological problems, plus strategies for dealing with
standardized tests the world of college...
The
Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know?
by
Maureen Neihart, Sally M. Reis, Nancy M. Robinson, Sidney M. Moon
What does the research (slim as it is) tell us? Essential reading for those who
wish to enable gifted students to develop their strengths and to position them
to make the contributions of which they are capable... Or order from
Amazon.co.uk
Social
Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond by Jed Baker
Photos of actual students engaging in a wide variety of social situations
show, rather than tell, the right (and wrong) ways to interact in different
circumstances. They visually illustrate the positive and negative
consequences of both ways of interacting... (for teen gifted
AS and NLD children) Or read
The
Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching play, emotion, and communication to
children with autism for younger kids
The
Source for Nonverbal Learning Disabilities by Sue Thompson
Originally titled "I Shouldn't Have To Tell You!" The Source is the
first practical information available concerning Norverbal Learning
disabilities...
The
Spatial Child by John Philo Dixon
Although often a primary sign of giftedness, spatial ability may be
unrecognized, misdiagnosed or misunderstood. Describes ways to identify
spatial children and methods of classroom instruction, with emphasis on
approaches that encourage the spatial gift while compensating for possible
deficiencies...
 Squirrels
in Deer Land: A Novel celebrating those with ADHD, Giftedness, and other
things that make us, well, squirrelly... by Susie Binkley
a novel with a purpose: to use the power of storytelling to help people
with any kind of differences feel good about themselves. It is a story of
heroes for those who are squirrelly - people who don't always color inside
the lines or think inside the box, such as those with ADHD, giftedness, or
learning or behavioral differences. Instead of focusing on the problems
associated with being "different", it is a celebration of the wonderful
skills and abilities that energetic, creative, squirrelly people have and
the talents they contribute to our world...
Spotlight
on 2e Booklets
from 2e
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Spotlight on 2e is a series of easy-to-read,
information-rich booklets on 2e topics, that answer all the tough questions, and provide a terrific
set of resources for additional information. I'm already ordering a set for the teachers and
administrators in our child's new school this fall! Available:
 | Understanding your Twice-Exceptional Student (for educators) |
| Parenting Your Twice-Exceptional Child (for parents) |
| The Twice-Exceptional Child with Asperger Syndrome |
| Guiding the Twice-exception Child: A Collection of Columns by
Meredith Warshaw |
| The 2e Reading Guide: Essential Books for Understanding the
Twice-exceptional Child |
Coming soon:
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Attention Difficulties |
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Central Auditory Processing Difficulties |
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Dyslexia |
Straight
Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids by Timothy E. Wilens
Helps parents make informed decisions about giving children medication for
emotional and behavioral problems and psychiatric conditions...
Strong-Willed
Child or Dreamer? by Dana Scott Spears and Ron L. Braund
A sensitive dreamer if: forgets
to follow instructions, no matter how clear and simple, craves praise
and positive attention, yet refuses to conform to what's expected, tells
more than his share of fibs and tall tales. If this is your child, you know the frustration of turning to parenting experts for
advice only to find the systems don't work, the rules don't stick and strong
boundary setting makes the situation worse. The creative-sensitive dreamer
is not the strong-willed child...
Students
With Both Gifts and Learning Disabilities: Identification, Assessment, and
Outcomes by Tina M. Newman and Robert J. Sternberg
Provides the reader with a broader conceptualization of the
gifted/LD learner to include students who have gifts in other domains and who
would benefit from being identified and having their talents nurtured.
Provides information for elementary, secondary and college educators,
resources for both education and psychology, and information for families,
including parents and students...
Succeeding with LD: 20 True Stories About
Real People with LD* (*Learning Differences) by Jill Laureen
20 short profiles relates the struggles and accomplishments of people
with learning disabilities. They talk about their specific difficulty and
how it was diagnosed. They recount their best and worst memories of school,
describe how they succeeded and failed, and acknowledge the assistance and
support (or lack of) that they received...
 The
Survival Guide for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (And Their Parents)
by Elizabeth Verdick and Elizabeth Reeve
Have a child just diagnosed with Aspergers or other Autism Spectrum
Disorder or Nonverbal Learning Disorder? This book should be your first
purchase. Real problems are answered with real solutions shared by kids, and
illustrated cheerfully with drawings of kids of every gender and race. An
appealing and valuable read for kids and the adults who love them...
The
Survival Guide for Kids with LD* (*Learning Differences) by Gary Fisher and
Rhoda Cummings
The book begins with the "Six Great Gripes of Kids with LD," the first
of which is, "No one explains what LD is, so we spend a lot of time worrying
about what is wrong with us." The authors then describe the five types of
LD, the rights of LD students in public schools, and a variety of behaviors
to help LD kids manage their feelings and get along better at home and in
school, as well as ways to prepare for adult life...
 Take
Control of ADHD: The Ultimate Guide for Teens With ADHD by Ruth Spodak
and Kenneth Stefano (or from
Amazon)
Helps teens take control of their disorder and find success in school
and in life. By creating the “ADHD Attention Profile” discussed in the book,
readers will recognize how ADHD affects them, discover coping strategies and
technology tools to improve their focus, and develop a self-advocacy plan
they can use immediately...
 Take
Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Teens With
Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders
by Janet Price and Jennifer Engel Fisher
(or from
Amazon)
A unique handbook for kids and teens on living successful lives with these
disorders by taking control of their strengths to overcome their weaknesses,
including tips on understanding the disorders, living with the symptoms,
succeeding in school, completing homework, talking to others about strengths
and needs, making friends and socializing, and using technology to connect
with other kids and teens with these disorders. Includes ideas, information,
and advice for students, by students just like them...
 Take
Control of Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties
by Jennifer Engel Fisher & Janet Price (or from
Amazon)
Unique guidebook written especially for kids with dyslexia and other
reading difficulties to help them overcome their reading struggles and find
success in school and beyond. Addresses the fundamentals of reading for
elementary and middle school students, speaking to students directly in
easy-to-understand language with charts, graphs, and illustrations...
 Take
Control of OCD: The Ultimate Guide for Kids with OCD
by Bonnie Zucker Psy.D. (or from
Amazon)
Guide just for kids ages 10–16 with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder to help
them take control of their disorder and find success in school and in life.
Using a cognitive-behavioral therapy method to stress gradual exposure to
students' obsessive thinking patterns, the book takes kids step-by-step
through a ladder-based process to conquer their fears and demolish their
worries...
Taking
the Bully by the Horns by Kathy Noll and Jay Carter
This is the kids version of Jay Carter's
Nasty
People
Teaching
Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher
Can Use
by Susan Winebrenner Updated third edition for a new generation of
teachers and classrooms. An excellent guide to modifying curriculum for gifted elementary and
middle school students in the regular classroom
Teaching
Kids With Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and
Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students
by Susan Winebrenner and Pamela Espeland, or order from
Amazon.co.ukIn combination with
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every
Teacher Can Use,
this is a teacher's guide to teaching twice exceptional gifted children...
Teaching
With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
by Jim Fay and David Funk
Fay and Funk demonstrate through various
scenarios, tips, and "pearls of wisdom" how and why conducting your class or
school according to four key principles can validate your authority, and empower
your students. Presents practical ways in which teachers and
administrators can help their students become confident, responsible
individuals, internalized in their discipline...
Teenagers
With ADD: A Parents' Guide
by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy
Add to the struggle for control and confusion with emerging identity of
the typical teen, the challenges difficulty focusing attention, resisting
impulses, or remaining still, and you will understand the necessity of a
manual for how to live and work with teens with ADD
  That
Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys
Succeed in School and Life
by Ana Homayoun
A practical guide to helping boys find success (great ideas for girls,
too). From research to practice, easily implemented solutions to change kids
lives...
Thinking
in Pictures: My Life with Autism (Expanded edition) by Temple Grandin
The first picture of autism from the inside -- "quite extraordinary,
unprecedented and, in a way, unthinkable." In Thinking in Pictures Grandin
tells her life history with great depth, insight, and feeling. Writing
from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, Grandin
tells how she managed to breach the boundaries of autism to function in the
outside world...
Thorn
in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story by Eustacia
Cutler
Eustacia eloquently and honestly expresses her thoughts and emotions,
openly giving voice to the frustrations, despair, and anger that affects
families with special needs children. She tells about how Temple's problems
affected her relationship with her husband and other situations usually kept
quiet inside a family...
To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strategies for Helping Bright Students
with LD, ADHD, and More by Susan M. Baum and Steven V. Owens
The gifted and
learning disabled child exhibits remarkable talents in some areas and disabling
weaknesses in others. This book covers everything a classroom or enrichment
teacher must know in order to address the needs of gifted learning disabled
youngsters, including identification, learning styles, and more
Tourette's Syndrome--Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions: Developmental
Psychopathology and Clinical Care by James F. Leckman and Donald J. Cohen
Tourette's syndrome is a relatively common childhood-onset disorder
characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics. In addition, most patients
have other symptoms such as obsessions, compulsions, motor hyperactivity,
impulsivity, and distractibility, and many meet the criteria for
obsessive-compulsive disorder or attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder...
Treating
Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach by Ross W. Greene
& J. Stuart Ablon
An uncommonly useful book for students and for therapists at all levels of
experience. The authors' collaborative problem-solving approach takes into
consideration the delicate dance between poorly regulated children and their
frustrated and sometimes poorly equipped parents...
Understanding
Creativity by Jane Piirto
An examination of the psychological impulses that drive the quality in
human beings broadly labeled as "creativity," which also covers how parents
and teachers can enhance creativity, as well as the cognitive aspect of
creative writers, scientists, musicians, and physical performers, as well as
ways to assess and train creativity...
Unicorns Are
Real by Barbara Meister Vitale
Concrete suggestions in an entertaining, easy to read book to make
learning and living easier for the right brained and those with learning
disabilities
Uniquely Gifted: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Twice Exceptional
Students
by Kiesa Kay and others
A compendium of 40 articles by parents, teachers, researchers,
administrators, and students consider the best educational possibilities for
gifted students who also have a disability Read chapters here:
If Gifted = Asynchronous Development, then
Gifted/Special Needs = Asynchrony Squared by Lee Singer, and
An Anomaly: Parenting a Twice Exceptional Girl by
Kiesa Kay
Unwritten
Rules of Social Relationships by Temple Grandin and Sean Barron
Grandin and Barron address the social challenges those with autism and
Asperger's face, explaining in the process how confusing and illogical
normal societal rules can be. They also address the "unwritten rules" that
most children understand instinctively but are a mystery to those on the
spectrum. They teach how to trust feelings, be assertive in a positive way,
and deal with negative people and situations...
Upside-Down
Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner by Linda Kreger Silverman
The gifts of the right hemisphere... Adults and children alike will find
in this book an opening to hidden abilities they may not even know they have...
Parents, first read the companion
Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child
by Alexandra Shires Golon
What
to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD by
Dawn Huebner
Interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can
recognize OCD's tricks. Engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step
instructions help children master the skills needed to break free from the
sticky thoughts and urges of OCD, and live happier lives, using
cognitive-behavioral techniques and empowering children to work toward
change
When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing
Disorder
by Teri James Bellis
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) occurs when the brain cannot process or
understand correctly the sounds the ears hear, even though the ears might be
functioning properly. It is rarely recognized, often misdiagnosed, and poorly
understood, yet the effects can be devastating...
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades And What You Can Do About It: A Six-Step
Program for Parents and Teachers
by Sylvia B.
Rimm Millions of gifted children
with average, above-average, or even gifted abilities--including those from
homes where education is valued--simply do not perform up to their
capabilities. Spells out a practical, six-step program...
 Wrightslaw:
From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide
by Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright
This book will teach you how to plan, prepare, organize and get quality
special education services. In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, you
will learn your child's disability and educational needs, how to create a
simple method for organizing your child s file and devising a master plan
for your child's special education. You will understand parent-school
conflict, how to create paper trails and effective letter writing...
While not explicitly for twice exceptional kids, it is perfect for their
parents and advocates
The
Writing Dilemma: Understanding Dysgraphia by Regina G. Richards
Strategies that work to help students who experience the frustrating
problem of dysgraphia. Designed to be fun, practical, and easy to implement,
strategies are appropriate for regular or special education teachers as well
as parents
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