Born Different: Amazing Stories of Very Special People C 41

Charles Stratton, General Tom Thumb, Jr. grew to be only forty inches tall. Joseph Merrick, the elephant man. Painfully and grotesquely deformed by disease he managed to overcome his handicap and find great joy in life. Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins. Joined at the chest since birth, they lived their lives as one, and became successful husbands and the fathers of twenty-one children. They were born with birth defects that made their appearance shocking, even frightening. The world called them freaks - but they were also talented people who felt joy and sorrow, just like everyone else. Their dramatic stories give thrilling proof that with a courageous heart and lots of determination, people can overcome any limitation.

Bradd Duncan A.D.D. Star ADD 19

You've seen him in ATTENTION PLEASE! The mini magazine for kids with Attention Deficit. Now join Bradd Duncan as he tells how he learned about his ADHD. Then follow his adventures, some of which you have read in the magazine. Find how Bradd deals with this frustrating difficulty.

Break It Up: A Teacher's Guide to Managing Student Aggression MSC 31

This publication provides step-by-step procedures for safely handling student disruptiveness and aggression as well as student fights.

Breaking Barriers - How People with Severe Disabilities Can Access the World AT 01

This book was written to share a sample of the creative ways automated learning devices are being used by parents and professionals in our community. The book contains many fun and practical application ideas for persons of all ages who can benefit from using ALDs. Some of these ideas will probably be familiar, some will be new. The authors hope to stimulate your own creativity to discover additional variations of the activities presented. This is not a guide to specific devices, nor is it a curriculum. It is a supplemental resource for activity ideas. Thus, you will need to coordinate the information you use from this book with IEP objectives or other identified needs.

Breaking Ground INC 02

Breaking the Silence Barrier: People in Motion, pt. 2 AU V-02

This program reports on creative technologies that are being used to help people with autism, traumatic brain injuries, and learning and speech disabilities. Temple Grandin, the autistic woman with a Ph.D. in animal science, explains her "squeeze machine" which uses deep pressure therapy to help ease the hyperacute sensory dysfunction that often accompanies autism. Renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks shares his views on how people with autism can find meaning in their own distinctive way. Also profiled is Bob Williams, who is the first person with a significant speech disability to hold a major Federal office, and several people with learning disabilities and traumatic brain injuries who have improved their lives by using multimedia software programs.

Bringing Out the Best in Your Child P 21

What seems to be your child's greatest weakness could turn out to be his greatest strength! Sometimes the traits and behaviors that seem most frustrating and annoying in our children are indicators of positive strengths and future success. Stubbornness can be steadfastness. A strong will may exhibit leadership material. Arguing may indicate negotiating skills. When we identify our child's behavior, and see beyond it to the positive strength it contains, we will then be able to help him succeed by working with his learning style.

Brothers & Sisters - A Special Part of Exceptional Families S 02A

Siblings experience a bond unique to their relationship. A brother or sister is usually the first close friend and playmate a child has, and that relationship often outlasts all others. This book explores this affinity from the perspective of  siblings with a brother or sister who has a disability. Rich with personal testimonies, this compelling book share the joys and sorrows so familiar to exceptional families. Siblings speak openly about the challenges they encounter in day-to-day interactions with their brother or sister and discuss how these interactions affect them not only at home but also at school, in the community, and in their adult lives. With the help of this updated edition, professionals and families can explore such vital issues as effective listening, sibling adjustment, family-oriented services, and innovative teaching and counseling programs. Brimming with practical advice, this guide also includes a list of 30 parental strategies and 20 sibling strategies suggested by a panel of siblings. Written with candor and optimism, this book offers reliable research mingled with the perceptive wisdom of siblings of all ages to encourage a better understanding of the dynamics of family relationships.

Brothers & Sisters: Just for You! A Guide for Families of Children with Epilepsy SD 01

This book is actually two books. A Guide for Families of Children with Epilepsy was written for those parents who are concerned that the epilepsy of one child may be affecting their other children, and provides some tools for understanding and assisting siblings. The other half of this sibling guide is for siblings of individuals with epilepsy to read, and is divided into three sections which children can progress through as they grow and develop. The purpose of  this book is to provide ideas and suggestions so that families will be better equipped to handle the changes, challenges and opportunities they meet.

Brothers, Sisters, and Special Needs S 01

Children learn some of their earliest lessons about sharing, competition, and compromise through negotiations with their siblings. As early as age 3, children can recognize special problems their brother or sister has due to a developmental disability or chronic illness. This book shows professionals and parents how they can help a child's understanding of   disability or chronic illness develop in a healthy, adaptive direction during the preschool and elementary school years. This explicit curriculum and activity guide, designed especially for children ages 3 to 8, sets up a series of fun workshops to help siblings get to know their own personal strengths, recognize positive characteristics of their handicapped brother or sister and other family members, and learn ways of coping constructively with stressful family events. This book will be of interest to professionals, early interventionists, parents, social workers, psychologists, and pediatricians.

Buddy's Shadow C 23

Buddy, who is five and has Down Syndrome, wants a best friend. Buddy watches the other children play and knows that he can't catch the ball very well or run very fast. He has a secret plan to get a best friend of his own. He saves his money and buys a puppy. He soon discovers that running fast just doesn't matter between friends.

Building Blocks of Self Esteem Activity Book SE 02

Building Integration with the I.E.P. INC 15

This information is intended to help parents take an active role to ensure that integration is built into their child's I.E.P. The goal is to make parents feel confident and energized in seeing that their child's I.E.P. integrates him/her in all areas of school. Included is a resource list that provides supplemental reading and information.

Can't Your Child See? A Guide for Parents of Visually Impaired Children VI 01

Books written for parents of visually handicapped children are so few in number that any new one is a welcome publication event, provided it is well conceived, based on sound experience, and competently executed. All that and more can be said in favor of this book. It is often asserted that blind children are just like other children, only that they cannot see. But it is this "only that they cannot see" which upsets the parents emotionally and makes their task of  bringing up a visually handicapped child more difficult and at the same time more challenging. The authors of this book recognize this, and they approach their goal of assisting such parents with optimism and with confidence in the power of individuals - parents and children - to overcome obstacles.

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