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Parenting a child with autism spectrum disorder : practical strategies to strengthen understanding, communication, and connection / by Knapp, Albert,author.;
Includes bibliographic references (pages 151-155) and index."Practical and compassionate strategies to help your child with autism thrive. Get the guidance you need to meet the challenges of raising an exceptional child, Parenting a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder offers several approaches to help you effectively manage everyday situations. Cut down on stress with practical advice drawn from clinical knowledge. Whether building a personal support network, creating safe environments, or navigating your child's relationship with others, you'll discover a variety of ways to set your child and yourself up for success"--Back cover.
Subjects: Autism in children.; Autistic children; Autistic children; Child rearing.; Children with autism spectrum disorders; Interpersonal communication in children.; Parenting.; Parents of autistic children.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Ghost boy [sound recording] : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body / by Pistorius, Martin,1975-author.; Bubb, Simon.narrator.;
Read by Simon Bubb.In January 1988, Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Pistorius, Martin; Communication devices for people with disabilities.; Communicative disorders in children; Communicative disorders; Mutism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ghost boy [large print] the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body / by Pistorius, Martin,1975-(CARDINAL)600709; Lloyd-Davies, Megan.(CARDINAL)565341;
"With unflinching candor, Martin describes the chilling details of life as a secretly lucid vegetable--from the perversion of some who believed him to be brain dead, to the grace of those who sought recognition in his eyes"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Autobiographies.; Large print books.; Pistorius, Martin, 1975-; Communication devices for people with disabilities.; Communicative disorders in children; Communicative disorders; Mutism;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body / by Pistorius, Martin,1975-author.(CARDINAL)600709;
Includes bibliographical references and index.January 1988. Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating. Then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought. "Ghost Boy "is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body. We also see a life reclaimed, a business created, and a new love kindled.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Anecdotes.; Pistorius, Martin, 1975-; Communicative disorders in children; Mutism; Communicative disorders; Communication devices for people with disabilities.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 21
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Made to hear : cochlear implants and raising deaf children / by Mauldin, Laura,1977-author.(CARDINAL)412441;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: medicalization, deaf children, and cochlear implants -- A diagnosis of deafness: how mothers experience newborn hearing screening -- Early intervention: turning parents into trainers -- Candidates for implantation: class, cultural background, and compliance -- The neural project: the role of the brain -- Sound in school: linking the school and the clinic -- Conclusion: the power and limits of technology."A mother whose child has had a cochlear implant tells Laura Mauldin why enrollment in the sign language program at her daughter's school is plummeting: "The majority of parents want their kids to talk." Some parents, however, feel very differently, because "curing" deafness with cochlear implants is uncertain, difficult, and freighted with judgment about what is normal, acceptable, and right. Made to Hear sensitively and thoroughly considers the structure and culture of the systems we have built to make deaf children hear.Based on accounts of and interviews with families who adopt the cochlear implant for their deaf children, this book describes the experiences of mothers as they navigate the health care system, their interactions with the professionals who work with them, and the influence of neuroscience on the process. Though Mauldin explains the politics surrounding the issue, her focus is not on the controversy of whether to have a cochlear implant but on the long-term, multiyear undertaking of implantation. Her study provides a nuanced view of a social context in which science, technology, and medicine are trusted to vanquish disability--and in which mothers are expected to use these tools. Made to Hear reveals that implantation has the central goal of controlling the development of the deaf child's brain by boosting synapses for spoken language and inhibiting those for sign language, placing the politics of neuroscience front and center.Examining the consequences of cochlear implant technology for professionals and parents of deaf children, Made to Hear shows how certain neuroscientific claims about neuroplasticity, deafness, and language are deployed to encourage compliance with medical technology. "--
Subjects: Hard of hearing children; Deaf children; Hearing disorders in children; Cochlear implants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Literacy for visual learners : teaching children with learning difficulties to read, write, communicate and create / by Devine, Adele,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : A Fairy Tale -- Visual Learners are in EVERY Classroom : Preventing a learning difference from becoming a learning difficulty -- Learning Differences and Disabilities : Autism Spectrum Conditions, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dysfraxia, Downs Syndrome, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy and physical disabilities affecting communication -- Gifted Visual Learners Past and Present -- Visual Teachers : Past and Present -- First Impressions! : How we introduce literacy can help develop positive attitude to learning -- Motivation to learn : Finding out what motivates the individual child can be the key to engaging them to want to learn -- Teaching writing right : Setting them up to succeed, by stepping learning to meet individual needs- sandpaper letters, stamps and pencil grips -- What's in a name? : How names and labels give reading and writing a purpose -- Reading : Practical strategies including teaching children who do not "get" phonics -- Sight Reading High Frequency Words : a structured approach -- Visuals for Communication : An Introduction to Picture Exchange Communication and going beyond "I want" -- Augmentative Assistive Communication : Switches, buttons, android, eye gaze and iPad Apps -- Actions speak louder! : Gaining attention, adding meaning and improving communication through actions and signing -- Listening and Gaining Attention : Becoming a good listener, Tutorials, Intensive Interaction and Attention Autism -- Functional Communication : Within school and out and about -- Implementing subject based TEACCH -- SEN Assist : Teaching Literacy through the Class Computer -- Drama and Dance and Shakespeare : Bringing stories to life using costume, masks and puppets -- Look here! They can! : Believing in futures -- Happy Endings.
Subjects: Learning disabled children; Autistic children; Language disorders in children.; Visual learning.; Communication;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Early communication skills for children with down syndrome : a guide for parents and professionals / by Kumin, Libby.(CARDINAL)718289;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-373) and index.
Subjects: Down syndrome; Down syndrome; Communicative disorders in children; People with mental disabilities; Child rearing.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Early communication skills for children with down syndrome : a guide for parents and professionals / by Kumin, Libby.(CARDINAL)718289; Kumin, Libby.Communication skills in children with Down syndrome.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and index.
Subjects: Child rearing.; Communicative disorders in children; Down syndrome; Down syndrome; People with mental disabilities;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Speech therapy for toddlers : develop early communication skills with 137 games designed by a speech and language therapist / by Kids SLT Publications,author,publisher.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167).Why you should give a hoot about OWLING -- What are early interaction skills and why are they so important -- What can you do for your 12-18-month-old -- Fun games and techniques to improve interaction skills for 24-36-month-olds -- Keeping your 2½-3-year-old entertained and learning -- From 3-3½ years - what's next to explore? -- How is it possible that your little one is nearly 4? What's next? -- Your 4-year-old thinks they know best - but you can still help them to be better -- From 4½-5 - the last boost before school -- Bonus play ideas for the over 5s to feel more confident with friends, family, and teachers -- How to start using social stories with children of all ages -- Walk a mile in the parents' shoes.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Oral communication; Oral communication; Speech disorders in children.; Speech therapy for children.; Speech therapy for children;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Underestimated : an autism miracle / by Handley, J. B.,author.(CARDINAL)788424; Handley, Jamison,author.;
In Underestimated: An Autism Miracle, Generation Rescue's cofounder J.B. Handley and his teenage son Jamison tell the remarkable story of Jamison's journey to find a method of communication that allowed him to show the world that he was a brilliant, wise, generous, and complex individual who had been misunderstood and underestimated by everyone in his life. Jamison's emergence at the age of seventeen from his self-described ٢prison of silence٣ took place over a profoundly emotional and dramatic twelve-month period that is retold from his father's perspective. The book reads like a spy thriller while allowing the reader to share in the complex emotions of both exhilaration and anguish that accompany Jamison's journey for him and his family. Once Jamison's extraordinary story has been told, Jamison takes over the narrative to share the story from his perspective, allowing the world to hear from someone who many had dismissed and cast aside as incapable. Jamison's remarkable transformation challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding autism, a disability impacting 1 in 36 Americans. Many scientists still consider nonspeakers with autism; a full 40 percent of those on the autism spectrum -- to be ٢mentally retarded.٣ Is it possible that the experts are wrong about several million people? Are all the nonspeakers like Jamison?
Subjects: Biographies.; Autism spectrum disorders; Autistic youth; Nonverbal communication.; Communication.; Communicative disorders in children.; Youth with mental disabilities; Autistic youth; Parents of autistic children.; Communication devices for people with disabilities.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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