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Autism Essentials - For Parents
The fourth in this series, For Every Caregiver, is a group of books and manuals that no caregiver of children on the spectrum should be without.
It's truly a treasure chest of resources hand-selected and bundled together by the Autism Today team.
This must-have bundle includes...
 Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew About Autism
by Ellen Notbohm
Winner of the iParenting Media Award, Greatest Products of 2005! A leading therapist said, “This book should be in the hands of every parent, caregiver, teacher, aide, bus driver, administrator, law officer, who work with a child diagnosed with autism.” Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen’s personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines combine to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. A gift of understanding.
click to purchase $14.95
Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge
by Barbara, Ph.D. Firestone, Teddi Cole, Gary Cole, and Catherine Lord
Few have the combination of compassion, rigorous knowledge, passion for the field, and accomplishments in helping literally thousands of children with autism spectrum disorders as does Barbara Firestone. She is also an extraordinary listener, and a great observer of people, making her perspectives and collection of family stories coupled with Joe Buissink's photography extremely rich, inspiring, and instructive.
click to purchase $34.95
Strengthening Relationships: When Our Children Have Special Needs
by Nicolas Martin
Strengthening Relationships deals with the impact a special needs child has on the family and, most particularly, the parents' relationship. Subjects covered include avoiding blame, support and guidance; sex, affection, and intimacy; money matters; time alone; effective communication; divorce; and affordable child care. It even contains a six-week program for couples. click to purchase $24.95
Navigating the Social World
by Jeannette McAfee
Offers a definitive program with forms, exercises, and guides for the student. Presents significant educational guidance and supportive assistance to caregivers and teachers. Great, durable format with incredibly helpful, reproducible forms. Strongly endorsed by Tony Attwood at his Keys to the Treasure Chest conference.
click to purchase $49.95
 The Autism Sourcebook
by Karen Siff Exhorn
When Karen Siff Exkorn’s son Jake was diagnosed with autism at age two, she found herself wading through hundreds of books and articles just to find the answers to basic questions: What is autism? Why does her son have it? Who are the right people to diagnose the condition? What treatments are available? Ultimately, her singular devotion to understanding autism helped lead to Jake’s full recovery. With The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing – From A Mother Whose Child Recovered, Siff Exkorn offers parents all the information she wished she’d had in the beginning -- an unparalleled resource encompassing diagnosis, treatment, coping, and healing.
click to purchase $17.95
 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Veronica Zysk and Ellen Notbohm
A time-saver. A life-saver. Parents and professionals can now bypass countless hours spent seeking answers to the mystifying day-to-day challenges of autism.
In snappy, can-do format, 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum offers page after page of try-it-now solutions that have worked for thousands of children grappling with sensory, communication, social, behavior, self-care issues and more. click to purchase $24.95
 Chicken Soup for the Soul - Children with Special Needs
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather McNamara, Karen Simmons
A virtual alphabet soup of physical and mental disabilities is prevalent in today's world. From ADHD to visual impairments, from autism to paralysis, 20 percent of the U.S. population has some form of special need. Multiply that number by the families, friends, teachers, caregivers, and others whose daily lives are intertwined with theirs and it becomes obvious that most of us are in some way touched by someone with a mental or physical disability. "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs: Stories of Love and Understanding for Those Who Care for Children with Disabilities" is full of powerful testaments to the love and strength of families, the dedication and promise of teachers and caregivers, and the resiliency and hope. click to purchase $14.95
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