Books for Parents and Teachers of Kids with Special Needs
at the Elmhurst Public Library
Children’s Health and Development: General Topics
Brazleton, T. Berry. The Children’s Hospital Guide to Your Child’s Health and Development, 2001.
Kimball, Chad T., editor. Childhood Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook, 2003. (Health Reference Series)
Massimini, Kathy. Genetic Disorders Source Book: Basic Consumer Health Information about Hereditary Diseases and Disorders, 2000.
Rapp, Doris J. Is This Your Child?: Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies, 1991.
Special Needs: General
Albrecht, Donna G. Raising a Child Who Has a Physical Disability, 1995.
Brinkerhoff, Shirley. Why Can’t I Learn Like Everyone Else? Youth with Learning Disabilities, 2004.
Feinberg, Sandra. Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-to-do-it Manual for Librarians, 1999.
Hale, Natalie. Oh, Brother! Growing up with a Special Needs Sibling, 2004.
James, Sheryl. Take My Hand: Inspirational Messages for Parents of a Special Needs Child, 2004.
Newman, Sarah. Stepping Out: Using Games and Activities to Help Your Child with Special Needs, 2004.
Sweeney, Wilma, K. The Special-Needs Reading List: An Annotated Guide to the Best Publications for Parents and Professionals, 1998.
Fun and Relaxation
Kranowitz, Carol Stock. The Out-of-sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, 2003.
Marsh, Valerie. Beyond Words: Great Stories for Hand and Voice, 1995.
Oppenheim, Joanne. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio: The Best Toys, Books, Videos, Music & Software for Kids, 2005. Includes a chapter on the best items for kids with special needs (plus additional resources for their parents).
Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, 1999. Includes a directory of agencies and organizations providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities in Illinois.
Legal Information
Daugherty, Richard F. Special Education: A Summary of Legal Requirements, Terms, and Trends, 2001.
Esherick, Joan. Guaranteed Rights: The Legislation That Protects Youth with Special Needs, 2004 (Youth With Special Needs Series)
Special Education: General
Anderson, Winifred. Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents & Teachers, 1997.
Mayerson, Gary. How to Compromise with Your School District Without Compromising Your Child, 2004. Minskoff, Esther H. Academic Success Strategies for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, 2003.
Pierangelo, Roger. Parents’ Complete Special Education Guide: Tips, Techniques, and Materials for Helping Your Child Succeed in School and Life, 1996.
Siegel, Lawrence M. The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for your Special Ed Child, 2000.
Unger, Harlow G. The Learning Disabilities Trap: How to Save Your Child From the Perils of Special Education, 1998.
Special Education: Early Childhood
Bell, Susan H. Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings: Creating a Place for All Children, 2004.
Special Education: Higher Education
Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities and ADD, 2003.
Kravets, Marybeth. The K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder, 2003.
Mooney, Jonathan. Learning Outside the Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution, 2000.
Scheiber, Barbara. Unlocking Potential: College and Other Choices for Learning Disabled People: A Step-by-step Guide, 1987.
Behavior
Bell, Susan H. Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings: Creating a Place for All Children, 2004.
Challenging Behaviors in Young Children: Technique and Solutions, 2004. DVD
Couris, Dianne. Who’s Running Things Around Here Anyway?! A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Changing Your Child’s Behavior, 2004.
Greene, Ross W. The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, 1998.
Greenspan, Stanley I. The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children, 1995.
Heininger, Janet E. From Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting of Challenging Children with ADHD and Other Behavioral Problems, 2001.
Smith, Karen A. The Sensory Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior, 2004.
Sommers-Flanagan, Rita. Problem Child or Quirky Kid?: A Commonsense Guide; How to Help Kids Who Don’t Fit In, Can’t Get Along, Are Too Fearful, Sad, Anxious, or Angry, and More…, 2002.
Turecki, Stanley. The Difficult Child, 2000.
Developmental Disabilities
Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, 1999. Includes a directory of agencies and organizations providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities in Illinois.
Emotional and Mental Health
Brooks, Barbara. The Scared Child: Helping Kids Overcome Traumatic Events, 1998.
Dacey, John S. Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children, 2000.
Fristad, Mary A. Raising a Moody Child: How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder, 2004.
Papolos, Demitri F. The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood’s Most Misunderstood Disorder, 1999.
Wilens, Timothy E. Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, 2004.
Learning Disabilities, Learning Differences, Learning Difficulties
Brinkerhoff, Shirley. Why Can’t I Learn Like Everyone Else? Youth with Learning Disabilities, 2004.
Fisher, Gary L. The Survival Guide for Kids with LD: Learning Differences (Revised and Updated), 2002.
Ford, Anne. Laughing Allegra: The Inspiring Story of a Mother’s Struggle and Triumph Raising a Daughter with Learning Disabilities, 2003.
Lovecky, Deirdre V. Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits, 2004.
Orenstein, Myrna. Smart but Stuck: Emotional Aspects of Learning Disabilities and Imprisoned Intelligence (Revised Edition), 2001.
Smith, Corinne Roth. Learning Disabilities A to Z: A Parent’s Complete Guide to Learning Disabilities from Preschool to Adulthood, 1997.
Smith, Sally Liberman. Succeeding against the Odds: Strategies and Insights from the Learning Disabled, 1991.
Stevens, Suzanne H. The LD Child and the ADHD Child: Ways Parents and Professionals Can Help, 1996.
Webb, James T. Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression and Other Disorders, 2005.
Reading Difficulties
Bridges to Reading: What to do When You Suspect Your Child Has a Reading Problem, 1995. Cassette
Hall, Susan L. Parenting a Struggling Reader, 2002.
Hall, Susan L. Straight Talk about Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years, 1999.
LiBretto, Ellen V. High/Low Handbook: Encouraging Literacy in the 1990s, 1990.
Lyman, Donald E. Making the Words Stand Still, 1986.
Snow, Catherine E. Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, 1998.
Speech and Language Impairments
Libal, Joyce. Finding My Voice; Youth With Speech Impairments. 2004. (Youth With Special Needs Series)
Dougherty, Dorothy P. Teach Me How to Say it Right: Helping Your Child with Articulation Problems. 2005.
ADD, ADHD, and Hyperactivity
Amen, Daniel G. Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the Six Types of Attention Deficit Disorder, 2001.
Armstrong, Thomas. The Myth of the ADD Child: 50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span without Labels, Drugs, or Coercion, 1995.
Barkley, Russell A. Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents, 2000. (618.928589 Bar)
Brinkerhoff, Shirley. Stuck on Fast Forward: Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2004.
Haber, Julian Stuart. ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis, 2000.
Hartmann, Thom. The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child, 2003.
Jensen, Peter S. Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD, 2004.
Lougy, Richard A. ADHD: A Survival Guide for Parents and Teachers, 2002.
Rief, Sandra F. The ADHD Book of Lists: A Practical Guide for Helping Children and Teens with Attention Deficit Disorders, 2003.
Reiff, Michael I. ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide, 2004.
Sears, William, M.D. The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child, 1998.
Silver, Larry B. Dr. Larry Silvers Advice to Parents on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 1999.
Stevens, Suzanne H. The LD Child and the ADHD Child: Ways Parents and Professionals Can Help, 1996.
Stevens, Laura J. 12 Effective Ways to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child: Drug-free Alternatives for Attention Deficit Disorders, 2000.
Asperger Syndrome
Attwood, Tony. Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 1998.
Boyd, Brenda. Parenting a Child with Asperger Syndrome: 200 Tips and Strategies, 2003.
Gutstein, Steven E. and Rachelle K. Sheely. Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD, and NLD, 2002.
Jackson, Luke. Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome. A User Guide to Adolescence. 2002.
Ozonoff, Sally. A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, 2002.
Sohn, Alan T. Parenting Your Asperger Child: Individualized Solutions for Teaching Your Child Practical Skills, 2005.
Szatmari, Peter. A Mind Apart: Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, 2004.
Autism
Bonnice, Sherry. The Hidden Child: Youth with Autism, 2004.
Buten, Howard. Through the Glass Wall: Journeys into the Closed-Off Worlds of the Autistic, 2004.
Frith, Uta. Autism: Explaining the Enigma, 2003.
Gutstein, Steven E. Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD, and NDL, 2002.
Ozonoff, Sally. A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, 2002.
Powers, Michael D. Children with Autism; A Parent’s Guide. Second Edition. 2000.
Richman, Shira. Raising a Child with Autism: A Guide to Applied Behavior Analysis for Parents, 2001.
Stacey, Patricia. The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autism, 2003.
Szatmari, Peter. A Mind Apart: Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, 2004.
Blindness and Visual Impairment
Holbrook, M. Cay. Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents’ Guide, 1996.
Souder, Patti. A Different Way of Seeing: Youth with Visual Impairments and Blindness, 2004.
Cerebral Palsy
Geralis, Elaine, editor. Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Parent’s Guide, (Second Edition) 1998.
Deafness and Hearing Impairment
Libal, Autumn. Ocean Inside: Youth Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2004.
Marsh, Valerie. Beyond Words: Great Stories for Hand and Voice, 1995.
Olsen, Wayne. Mayo Clinic on Hearing, 2003.
Pope, Anne. Hear: Solutions, Skills, and Sources for People with Hearing Loss, 1997.
Down Syndrome
Kumin, Libby. Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 2003.
Pueschel, Siegfried M. A Parent’s Guide to Down’s Syndrome; Toward a Brighter Future (Revised Edition), 2001.
Winders, Patricia C. Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 1997.
Dyslexia
Baumer, Bernice H. How to Teach Your Dyslexic Child to Read: A Proven Method for Parents and Teachers, 1998. (J P/T 371.9144 Bau)
Donnelly, Karen. Coping With Dyslexia, 2000.
Frank, Robert. The Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child, 2002.
Reid, Gavin. Dyslexia: A Complete Guide for Parents, 2004.
Robb, Diane Burton. The Alphabet War: A Story about Dyslexia, 2004. Picture book.
Shaywitz, Sally E. Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level, 2003.
Fragile X syndrome
Weber, Jayne Dixon, editor. Children with Fragile X Syndrome: A Parents’ Guide
Muscular Dystrophy
Siegel, Irwin M. Muscular Dystrophy in Children: A Guide for Families, 1999.
Wolfson, Penny. Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy, 2003.
Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Nathan, Peter E. A Guide to Treatments that Work, 2002.
Niner, Holly L. Mr. Worry: A Story About OCD, 2004.
Oppositional Defiant disorder
Barkley, Russell A. Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to Better Behavior, 1998.
Hendren, Robert L., editor. Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents, 1999.
Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Kranowitz, Carol Stock. The Out-of-sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, 1998.
Kranowitz, Carol Stock. The Out-of-sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, 2003.
Spina Bifida
Lutkenhoff, Marlene, editor. Children with Spina Bifida: A Parent’s Guide, 1999.
Tourette Syndrome
Brill, Marlene Targ. Tourette Syndrome, 2002.
Landau, Elaine. Tourette Syndrome. 1998. (J 616.83 Lan)
Moe, Barbara A. Coping with Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders, 2004.
Personal and Family Perspectives
Ball, Marshall Stewart. Kiss of God: The Wisdom of a Silent Child, 1999. Religious poetry.
Ford, Anne. Laughing Allegra: The Inspiring Story of a Mother’s Struggle and Triumph Raising a Daughter with Learning Disabilities, 2003.
Raeburn, Paul. Acquainted with the Night: A Parent’s Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in his Children, 2004.
Roseman, Bruce. A Kid Just Like Me: A Father and Son Overcome the Challenges of ADD and Learning Disabilities, 2001.
Smith, Bob. Hamlet’s Dresser: A Memoir, 2002. Memoir of a man who spent his boyhood caring for his mentally disabled sister and his adulthood working in the theater.
Sylvester, Harry. Legacy of the Blue Heron: Living with Learning Disabilities, 2002.
Weinstein, Lissa. Reading David: A Mother and Son’s Journey through the Labyrinth of Dyslexia, 2003. As a clinical psychologist, Lissa Weinstein counseled the parents of kids with learning disabilities. This book describes her experiences after her own son was diagnosed with dyslexia.
Wolfson, Penny. Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy, 2003.
Zuckoff, Mitchell. Choosing Naia: A Family’s Journey, 2002. A family faces difficult ethical decisions together when their unborn daughter is diagnosed with down syndrome.
Suspected Risk Factors
Huggins, Hal A. Uninformed Consent: The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care, 1999. |
