Author: Rebecca Dr. Landa Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1611592224 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
With its 101 stories from other parents and experts, this book will comfort, encourage, and uplift parents of children with autism and Asperger’s. If you are the parent of a child – from newborn to college age – with autism or Asperger’s, you will find support, advice, and insight in these 101 stories from other parents and experts. Stories cover everything from the serious side and the challenges, to the lighter side and the positives, of having a special child on the autism spectrum.
Author: Jack Canfield Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1453275827 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 350
Book Description
Raising a child with special needs is a lifelong commitment that is as unique as each person who embarks on it. Written by a variety of authors who share in this distinctive relationship, Chicken Soup for the Soul Children with Special Needs offers a glimpse into the lives of others who are on a similar path. These stories provide insight, comfort, and connection with others who have walked this powerful and transformational journey. The authors of these candid stories relate their own experiences of adjusting, reaching out, and flourishing and share their universal worries, their tears, and the laughter that come with this extraordinary relationship. Most important, through these stories, you will be guided with the wisdom of fellow parents, caregivers, and those with special needs to help you be the very best parent or caregiver you can be.
Author: Amy Newmark Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1942649053 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Tolerance, respect, compassion and other values start at home, in healthy, strong relationships between the generations. These stories provide practical, insightful tips for parents and grandparents looking to strengthen their families and raise successful children. As role models, parents and grandparents teach good values, like tolerance, accepting differences, shedding prejudices, and making good decisions. And having those traits makes us more successful as adults, too. The personal stories in this collection not only show adult readers how to be their best selves, but also offer great advice on how to raise resilient, confident, upstanding kids — kids who exhibit all the qualities of acceptance, courage, and inner strength. These stories provide practical, insightful tips for parents and grandparents looking to strengthen their families and raise caring, confident, successful children. This book harnesses the power of storytelling to inspire and teach while also entertaining readers. Key issues such as bullying; religious, ethnic, and lifestyle tolerance; values; and making good decisions are addressed in stories selected from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s vast library of bestselling books, representing the best on these topics from the company’s 22-year history. This book is a joint project of Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Boniuk Foundation, which are working together to promote tolerance, respect, and compassion, inspiring young people and adults to embrace their differences, reject stereotypes, and make good choices. It’s part of a larger effort that includes additional books for kids and preteens, teens, and college students, as well as a family television show every Saturday morning starting in October.
Author: Kathleen Deyer Bolduc Publisher: ISBN: 9780817015688 Category : Autism Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
In this series of slice-of-life vignettes, God's grace glimmers through as Joel, an intellectually challenged young adult with autism, teaches those who love him that life requires: childlike faith, humility, trust, compassion, forgiveness, and openness to all of God's gifts. --from publisher description.
Author: Kyra Anderson Publisher: ISBN: 9781606130025 Category : Autistic children Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"View the universe of autism--its marvels, chaos, and life-changing impacts--through the eyes of the contributors to Gravity Pulls You In. In 33 essays and poems, mothers and fathers raising children on the autism spectrum explore their lives in the context of autism's own special gravity, discovering what's important and what they find centering. Their slice-of-life depictions are a refreshing departure from the usual diagnosis/grief/acceptance arc of many autism accounts. Readers are invited into contributors' lives, where they're sure to find an attitude, a circumstance, an epiphany they can relate to."--Back cover.
Author: Wendy Sparrow Publisher: Entangled: Teen ISBN: 1633759695 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
Something is wrong in Hidden Creek. The sleepy Alabama town is more haunted than any place fiend hunter Grisham Caso has ever seen. Unearthed graves, curse bags, and spilled blood all point to an evil that could destroy his gargoyle birthright. The town isn’t safe for anyone, and everyone says fiery Piper Devon knows why. Piper wants to leave Hidden Creek behind. She’s had enough of secrets—they hide in the shadows of her room and tell her terrible things are coming. Too-charming city boy Grisham might be her only chance to save herself. To survive, Piper and Grisham have to shed their secrets and depend only on each other. But what lurks in Hidden Creek still might take everything away from them, including each other.
Author: Amy Newmark Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1611592356 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia? You are not alone. With 101 encouraging and inspiring stories by others like you, this book is a source of support and encouragement throughout your caregiving journey. Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia affect millions of people, and this book is especially for caregivers. This collection, a joint project with the Alzheimer's Association, is filled with 101 stories of love and lessons from others like you, will support and encourage you as you care for your loved one.
Author: Jack Canfield Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1611592216 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 409
Book Description
The 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood will touch your heart, make you laugh, and remind you why there is no better job than being a parent! Parenting – it’s a tough job, but also the best. Filled with anecdotes and advice from parents raising children of all ages, this book will uplift, inspire, and encourage you. Other parents, just like you, share their personal stories about all the joys, and the trials, of raising children.
Author: Harold Reitman Publisher: Health Communications, Inc. ISBN: 0757318533 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
"In Aspertools you will discover everything you need to understand your loved one, student, co-worker, or friend, whose brain might be 'a little different.' This is the first book to offer simple tools, action plans, and resources to deal with neurodiverse conditions such as Asperger's or any of the other neurological, psychological, or learning disability labels applied to individuals"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Rebecca Dr. Landa
Author: Jack Canfield
Author: Amy Newmark
Author: Kathleen Deyer Bolduc
Author: Kyra Anderson
Author: Michele Borba
Author: Wendy Sparrow
Author: Amy Newmark
Author: Jack Canfield
Author: Harold Reitman