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Do you want to help your child with a disability live a more happy and fulfilling life?
Raising kids with disabilities is hard…
...but this book makes it a lot easier.
There are many different kinds of disabilities. There are physical and mental disabilities...
Some disabilities are more visible and disabling than others but all require an extra amount of attention and action, which can be very overwhelming for parents of a kid with a disability…
This...
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Cortical visual impairment (CVI), the leading cause of visual impairment in children today, is caused by damage to visual centers of the brain. Unfortunately, CVI is very often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed because many doctors, therapists, and educators simply do not know about it. What we want you to know, first and foremost, is that there is hope! Children with CVI can learn to see, and their vision can get better! As parents of a child with CVI,...
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Savor the sweetness of new love with Bliss's new romance...
She could never trust a cop...
Teacher Kate Abbott's fresh start in Still Harbor was the beginning of the life that she and her two best friends always imagined for themselves. Still, being a working single parent of a special needs daughter hasn't exactly improved Kate's love life. But Kate's preference for nachos over men quickly disappears when she meets the oh-so-sexy Matt Lane.
Until...
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"Ellen's personal experiences as a parent of children with autism and ADHD, a celebrated autism author, and a contributor to numerous publications, classrooms, conferences, and websites around the world coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. This updated edition delves into expanded thought and deeper discussion of communication issues, social processing skills, and the critical roles adult perspectives...
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Does your child get angry easily, throw tantrums or resist every rule?
Do you feel you are losing control over your child and parenting?
Do you want to understand your child's behavior better and help him or her regain serenity?
If you have already tried everything and you still do not know what to do, and your child with ODD is constantly fighting, it is time you get to know my Oppositional Defiant Disorder guide, where I'll tell you about the nature...
6) Parenting Young Toddlers: The Simplified Childrens Book with Perfect Ways of Caring for Your Baby
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Do you know that discovering and understanding how to flow perfectly with your toddlers and how to assist the youngster walk while pressing the wheel during playtime is important in parenting?
This book is centered on how to simply help parents understand what is expected of them while parenting toddlers which begins with;
• understanding how to improve a child behaviour,
• how to positively raise a child,
• how to enjoy parenting,
•...
7) Raising and Caring For Your Child: Parenting Your Young Toddlers of age 12 months to 5 years (Baby M
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Do you know that understanding how to flow perfectly with your toddlers and how to assist your baby walk while pressing the wheel during playtime is crucial in toddler parenting?
This book focuses on how to simply help parents understand what is expected of them while parenting toddlers which begins with:
• Understanding how to improve a child behaviour,
• How to positively raise a child,
• how to enjoy parenting,
• Methods of raising...
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Don't you wish children really did come with instructions? Caregivers of children with attachment difficulties, who have experienced childhood trauma, often don't know that they need to parent differently to meet their child's specific needs and help them to start making sense of the world. Seeing the Unseen is a one-stop-shop for families who are besieged.
Learn the founding principles of attachment and trauma theory.
Understand why it's important...
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This book is a highly informative, easy-to-read, clear and simple summary of what parents need to know about Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's, and the behavioral and emotional challenges that come along with them
Autism awareness is at an all-time high, and the concepts presented in major works are summarized and discussed here. There are many challenges involved in raising a child with autism, including obsessive behaviors, lack of social...
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The day I found Ben swinging from the chandelier, I knew two things - being his mom was going to be a wild ride, and if I ever decided to write a book about it, I had my title. This book started as a way to cope, a reminder to breathe as I raised three boys, including Ben, who was diagnosed with autism at age 2. It tells our story - from experiencing the complex emotions of fear and guilt at hearing the diagnosis, to fighting tooth-and-nail with the...
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Get the whole gang outside and enjoy hours of family fun! Discover the pleasures of lawn games with this guide to 40 time-tested favorites - from classics like capture the flag, croquet, badminton, and bocce to the lesser-known Cherokee marbles and kubb. Authors Paul Tukey and Victoria Rowell provide a quick overview of the basic structure of each game, then offer playing strategies and tips for creating fun variations. Spice up those long summer...
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"It sounded at first like something out of an old horror movie. I thought maybe someone was just playing around, but then I heard it again and again, a loud piercing cry, and less like Hollywood every time. The windows were down in my police cruiser on that warm fall day, but I still couldn't tell where the sounds came from. I began looking around for the unlikely sight of someone being disemboweled in a mall parking lot on a Saturday afternoon. Seeing...
13) The Other Side of Special: Navigating the Messy, Emotional, Joy-Filled Life of a Special Needs Mom
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As a special needs mom, you do not have to go through it alone. The Other Side of Special offers hope, joy, and community to help you navigate the emotional reality of raising a special child. Join three mothers who have experienced it all and get the encouragement and practical help you need.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's use in society was often little more than for cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her...
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"Where was God when? How could God allow? Why?" These questions flood our hearts and minds when the unimaginable happens. When things go horribly wrong and the world seems to be unraveling, how do you believe in God's goodness? How do you cling to hope? Chad Veach directs readers away from clichéd Sunday school answers that fail to offer real comfort or provide faith-building insights. Instead, he draws from God's promises in the Bible and from the...
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Welcome to an exploration of the divinity of the masculine and that of the feminine. Meet the universe; watch the stars shine throughout your world.
Hydration is the act or process of combining or treating with water.
Madration is the act or process of combining or treating with The Mother Spirit; the breath of all life.
Prayer invokes supranatural intervention by the universe in energetic form.
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Know That You Are Not Alone on This Journey
Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a child with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day.
Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular...
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The first new book from beloved therapist and writer Torey Hayden in almost fifteen years-an inspiring, uplifting tale of a troubled child and the remarkable woman who made a difference.
In a forgotten corner of Wales, a young girl languishes in a home for troubled children. Abandoned by her parents because of her violent streak, Jessie-at the age of ten-is at risk of becoming just another lost soul in the foster system. Precocious and bold, Jessie...
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In 1984, when he was ten months old, Laura's son Seth was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Suddenly the direction of Laura's life changed. She embarked on a journey to improve the quality of Seth's life, plunging into a world that lacked today's information-rich internet to get everything she could for Seth-at first within the mainstream and later in a wider world that came to include osteopathy, Feldenkrais, Iyengar yoga, and more.
In 1992 Laura wrote...
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Lisa Gungor thought she knew her own story: small-town girl meets boy in college and they blissfully walk down the aisle into happily ever after. Their Christian faith was their lens and foundation for everything-their marriage, their music, their dreams for the future. But as their dreams began to come true, she began to wonder if her religion was really representative of the 'good news' she had been taught.
She never expected the questions to lead...
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