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  • Dual Diagnosis

    An Information Guide

    by Yona Lunsky, PhD, C.Psych, Jonathan Weiss, PhD, C.Psych ...
    Series series Information Guide
    Dual Diagnosis: An Information Guide was developed for the families of people who have developmental disabilites and mental health problems. It provides basic information about dual diagnosis and explains what we know about services and supports and how best to access them. It also suggests ways to take care of yourself while caring for your family member.From a family member:"This guide gives us ... Read more

    $4.49 CAD

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  • Understanding the Highly Sensitive Child

    Seeing an Overwhelming World through Their Eyes

    by James Williams ...
    Series Book 1 - A Nutshell Guide
    It’s not easy to be a highly sensitive child. Nor is it always easy to raise, care for, guide and teach a highly sensitive child. Because the highly sensitive child experiences the world a little differently, and that can be difficult to understand.This book aims to help you experience the world from the child’s perspective, so that you can better understand them and help them to grow and thrive. ... Read more

    $2.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sensory-Sensitive Child

    Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior

    by Karen A. Smith, PhD, Karen R. Gouze, PhD ...
    In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child's daily struggles, Drs. Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Practicing child psychologists, and themselves parents of children with sensory integration problems, their message is innovative, practical, and, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • When Your Child Has . . . Autism

    by Adele Jameson Tilton, Vincent Iannelli ...
    Hearing the words ôyour child has Autismö is more common than ever. But dealing with this news will never be easy. When the devastating diagnosis is made, millions of questions and concerns will flood parentsÆ brains. This book will answer panicked parentsÆ questions in clear and complete terms. Taking an in-depth look at the reality of the disability, its causes, and how to cope as a family, this ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

    A Guide to FASD for Parents, Carers and Professionals

    by Maria Catterick, Liam Curran ...
    Series series JKP Essentials
    Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a useful introduction to the most common non-genetic learning disability, which is caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy.Written by two FASD experts, it describes how alcohol can harm the foetus and disrupt development, and explains how FASD affects individuals at different stages of their lives. With the aid of simple, illustrative ... Read more

    $28.61 CAD

  • The Elephant in the Playroom

    Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About Raising Kids with Special Needs

    by Denise Brodey ...
    A view from within the whirlwind of parenting a child with special needsFour years ago, Denise Brodey’s young son was diagnosed with a combination of special needs. As she struggled to make sense of her new, chaotic world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other parents of kids with special needs, learning how they coped with the emotional, medical, and social challenges they ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • What You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism

    by Jonathan Levy ...
    "All children with autism have ways of dropping into their own world, leaving us behind for a minute, an hour, a day."This is the essence of autism: a disorder that is, at its heart, about interaction. Many of the symptoms associated with autism come from either a lack of paying attention to other people or a lack of interest in joining in with the rest of the world.Because this is the case, it is ... Read more

    $15.11 CAD

  • Heaven Hears

    The True Story of What Happened When Pat Boone Asked the World to Pray for His Grandson's Survival

    by Lindy Boone Michaelis, Debby Boone ...
    On June 19, 2001, Ryan Corbin, grandson of Pat Boone, accidently stepped through a skylight and fell three stories onto a cement floor. When he broke through that roof, Ryan fell into a very different life from the one he had before as the beloved son of Lindy Boone Michaelis and first grandson of entertainment icon Pat Boone. As Ryan lingered between life and death in intensive care at UCLA ... Read more

    $15.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Living with Trisomy 18 / Edwards Syndrome

    by Josie Murrell ...
    This is the story of the incredible journey of Melissa, her family, and her community, and the challenges each faced. Melissa’s condition, Trisomy 18, is one that carries a poor prognosis and her story is one of unconditional love, hope, despair, and joy, as she struggled to hold onto her fragile life.For Melissa’s family, life was extremely challenging for her short nine years. Her story gives ... Read more

    $5.66 CAD

  • Mommy, Please Don't Listen To Them

    A little girl's story about her fight for life

    by Denise F. Loewen ...
    Little Trina had health challenges from the start and over the course of her 27 short years their source seemed to mystify professionals from all branches of medicine. In Mommy, Please Don’t Listen to Them we are taken on a roller coaster ride that traverses the emotional ups and downs that shaped the lives of little Trina and her devoted family. Through Trina the author learned that when she ... Read more

    $2.69 CAD

  • In My World

    Down Syndrome

    by Tiziana Vazquez, Garbriella Llano ...
    Mika is a nine-year-old girl that sees the world differently than anyone else. Even though she is going through what every girl may one-day face, fighting with her best friend and feeling like an outcast, she is not like every other girl. Her mother, Ava and brother, Javi stand by her side while Mika struggles endlessly to feel normal, when instead she must embrace her uniqueness. Children with ... Read more

    $4.85 CAD

  • Adventures in the Mainstream: Coming of Age with Down Syndrome

    2nd edition

    by Greg Palmer ...
    Greg Palmer, an award-winning writer and producer of PBS documentaries and plays for families, chronicles two of the most important years in the life of his son, Ned, who has Down syndrome-the time when he's making the transition from high school to work. This intimate, often humorous, account is woven with vivid anecdotes concerning school, family, relationships, and work (both Ned's and Greg's), ... Read more

    $2.81 CAD