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2022 Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner The groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Difference (SPD)--and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents--now revised and updated. Does your child exhibit... Over-responsivity--or under-responsivity--to touch or movement? A...

Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly all young kids - including those with ASD - have an amazing capacity to learn. Drs. Sally Rogers, Geraldine Dawson, and Laurie Vismara make it surprisingly simple to turn daily routines like breakfast or bath time into fun learning experiences.

Acclaimed professional organizer Judith Kolberg and Dr. Kathleen Nadeau, renowned ADHD clinical psychologist, are back with an updated edition of their classic text for adults with ADD. Their collaboration offers the best understanding and solutions for adults who want to get and stay organized. Listeners will enjoy all new content on organizing digital information, managing distractions, organizing finances, and coping with the "black hole" of the Internet.

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are. Most resources available for parents come from psychologists, educators, and doctors, offering...

Wondering when to expect baby's first word? Want to get your toddler talking? Worried your child is not speaking as clearly as his peers? When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions, and Time to Talk has the answers.

Do you know children who get upset when their routines change? They might also struggle to see the big picture, make friends, solve a problem in real time, and read nonverbal communication. Meltdowns, tantrums, and other challenging behaviors might be common. This audiobook was designed to teach you how making small shifts in your language and speaking style that will produce important results.

Mehr als jedes vierte Kind in Schule, Kita und Krippe ist (hoch)sensibel. Sie haben es besonders schwer, sich zurechtzufinden, und durch die Pandemie ist ihr Leidensdruck weiter gewachsen. Ihre Eltern leiden mit, sind ratlos und frustriert. Häufig leidet auch ihre Beziehung zum Kind. Kathrin Borghoff, Mutter eines hochsensiblen Kindes und selbst hochsensibel, hilft Eltern, die Stärken ihrer (hoch)sensiblen Kinder in Schule und Kita zu fördern und Probleme aufzufangen bzw. gar nicht erst entstehen zu lassen. Denn Eltern und Kinder haben viel mehr Möglichkeiten zur Mitgestaltung als sie denken.

Sprache ist das Tor zur Welt: Wie Sie Ihr Kind mit spielerischer Sprachförderung ganz einfach und effektiv bei der wichtigsten Lernerfahrung seines Lebens unterstützen können + BONUS: Fremdsprachenerwerb fördern. Sie wollen das Allerbeste für Ihr Kind und möchten ihm aktiv in seiner Entwicklung helfen können? Sie möchten ihm die Türen der Welt weit öffnen, sodass ihm später einmal alle Möglichkeiten offenstehen? Sie wollen von Anfang an den Grundstein legen für eine chancenreiche, glänzende und erfolgreiche Zukunft?

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle - three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak.

Parenting Bright Kids Who Struggle in School guides parents through the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape of raising kids who have been labeled with learning differences, including dyslexia, ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, and more. Drawing from her own experience as a parent of a child with learning differences - who is now a highly successful adult - the author outlines clear lessons from a quarter century of advocating for kids who learn differently.

Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . . After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a...

Jennifer Giustra-Kozek is a therapist who practices in Connecticut, and is also the mother of a son with Autism Spectrum disorders. After treating Evan bio-medically, along with other healing practices, Jennifer witnessed the kind of improvements that every parent of a similarly diagnosed child dreams of: Evan no longer grunts and screams, throws toys, hits others, or has mood swings. He no longer throws himself into fits of uncontrollable rage; he now listens to his teachers and responds appropriately. He copes better with changes in routine and makes eye contact more often.

At the age of thirty, just as everything was falling into place for him, Lee Pesky died of brain cancer. For his father, Alan, grief came with the realization that he had lost the chance to love Lee as he was—not as he wanted him to be. Ambitious, successful, and always striving for more, Alan had a hard time relating to a son who struggled with learning disabilities at a time when there was little understanding or help for kids who had them. Their relationship was complicated, and now, Lee was gone.

For the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely updated with the latest research and treatment information, All About ADHD is a comprehensive guide to ADHD's symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in children and adults.

Niemand ist perfekt, daher ist jeder Mensch auf seine eigene Art und Weise beeinträchtigt. Ein Zitat von mir persönlich, mag es im ersten Augenblick etwas seltsam klingen, doch beim Wiederholen jedes einzelnen Wortes wird einem schnell klar, welche Kernaussage diese Erläuterung mit sich bringt. Wir alle sind Menschen. Lebewesen, aus tiefstem Herzen fühlend, lachend, lebend. Und auch, wenn jeder von uns verschiedene Erfahrungen macht, so haben wir doch eines alle gemeinsam: Eine perfekte Unperfektheit.

Born with a hole in his heart that required invasive surgery when he was only three months old, Quinn Bradlee suffered from a battery of illnesses - seizures, migraines, fevers - from an early age. But it wasn't until he was 14 that Bradlee was correctly diagnosed with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS), a widespread, little-understood disorder that is expressed through a wide range of physical ailments and learning disabilities.