Disabled Books

From this book I learned to respect my son for what he is, not what he should be. Learning can only take place when you accept your child for what he/she is. My attitude toward my son was that I needed to "fix" him, so that he could be the same as other children. I learned to accept and celebrate his uniqueness. This book is from a Christian perspective but I think it would help anyone who has a child who is struggling academically, emotionally, or physically. We homeschool our special needs son. As per Joyce Herzog's advice, he spends a lot of time doing things he is interested in, rather than trying to grind the academics in him. He's much more receptive to doing his school work if he's able to play with his Legos or look at maps, things he loves doing! As I said, this book was life changing for our family! The author's suggestions are practical and easy to implement, which is great for families who are already worn out from dealing with their special needs children. The chapters are short and easy to read - no education jargon here! This is a very helpful book, written for parents in a style easy to understand.

Of all the books about educating children with learning disabilities, this is my favorite. It is written from a Christian perspective, so it may not be for everybody. However, Herzog has many years of experience, practical suggestions, and she puts all of the jargon and psychobabble in the proper perspective.

My favorite section of the book is where she lists the qualities and characteristics many LD children have -- the POSITIVE qualities, as well as the problem areas. This is the whole key to having the proper attitude towards these children, and teaching them effectively.

Herzog also points out that school is but one aspect of any person's life, and it is TEMPORARY. She gives many specific examples of people who did miserably in school, but had very successful lives anyway.

An extremely helpful and welcome book.

Mr. Funk uses the principles of Love and Logic and applies them to working with special needs kids. Lots of stories illustrate his points. This book answered many of my questions about how Love and Logic works with students who are cognitive and behavior impaired.

This book has a great philosophy behind it and is very helpful for both parents and educators.

Our company have taken part to CONTACT-ART EUROPEAN PROJECT, with artistic-disabled and no persons.
I feel a very very excating-human experience.
This book "tell" about these experience.

We had expirence adam bengamin's dance workshops for disable and non-disable dancers, and found a new world. We dicided to continue practicing in this field and read and reread this beautiful book, worked with the exercises and the idea they present, and passed them to other dancers which found this new world too, found a place in themself that let them do and feel things they didn't believe.
This book is a must for anybody who wants to go to these places.

If Shackelton made it across the antartic as planned he probably would not be as well-known as he is today. The feat he and his crew managed to pull is simply astounding. One of the most inspiring adventure stories of all time in my opinion.
Amru Albeiruti

The collective effort of Jonathon Shackleton (Antarctic special and a cousin of the famed explorer) and biographer John Mackenna, Shackleton: An Irishman In Antarctica is an informed and informative portrayal of Ernest Shackleton's historic, dramatic, highly dangerous South Pole expedition. Even though the voyage's ultimately failed to achieve it's stated goal, and Shackleton's crew were stranded on ice floes, all hands worked together to survive for a year before the perilous return to civilization could be made. Not a single man died in Shackleton's expedition, a credit to Shackleton's leadership and determination. His is a profound, inspirational, and keenly engaging story which is very highly recommended reading.

This book offers a wealth on insight into the difficulties faced by adults with ADHD. The author, who has ADHD herself, gives a series of bite-sized suggestions, all of which add up to an excellent program for self-help. As a person who has a child with ADHD and works with adults with ADHD, I found this book to be informative, well-written and well worth reading. The suggestions in the book are simple, yet innovative and they come from the author's own personal experience and knowledge of this disorder. I would highly recommend this book to adults with ADHD, spouses of those with ADHD and anyone else who would like to help an adult with ADHD to gain a greater sense of control and accomplishment over his or her life.

Diagnosed with ADD or another LD problem? Buy this book.

Plenty has been written on LD in recent years, especially with the explosion of media coverage on ADD. Ignored by the publishers are practical, get-down-to-business how-to-live-with-LD books. Elaine McEwan has put together a collection of strategies to live with LD, ways of making life work.

Anyone stumbling through broken relationships, lost employment, and a confused personal life due to ADD or LD will find McEwan's step-by-step methods right on the mark.

As you read it, you might, as I did, want to think, "Of course, I know that." You might. I don't think she is putting forth any extraordinary ideas. She is, however, emphasizing the discipline of actually applying them.

She covers time management, "getting along with those you love," "getting a job and keeping it," "The ABCs of Living Fully: The Spiritual Connection" plus several encouraging chapters on realizing ADD is not as tragic as it might feel. She provides ways of living life with ADD, providing hope for anyone with a litter of failures behind them.

This book... another of Harold Shaw Publishers line of educational books, is easy to read, written by an expert in education who knows ADD from her own life. Her introduction, "I really do understand" is heartwarming. Smile when you nod, "Hehehe... yep... that's how it is," as she reflects on her struggles to do only one thing at a time or leave a party gracefully, etc.

I fully recommend this book.

Anthony Trendl

If you have a child with any range of learning disabilities this book is a must. We were at a frustration level with our child at home and at school, until we read this book that explained our child completely. It has taught us how to deal with the LS and how to help our child achieve now and in the future. If you have a child in Learning Support please do yourself a favour early and read this book. I only wish we would have read this book 4 years ago when our child was placed in a Learning Support classroom.

As the parent of two bright children, who could never quite pass in school, I found this book to be enlightening and have given many copies to other parents and school teachers. It is full of useful information on various forms of verbal and non-verbal disabilities, as well as testing, school procedures, legalities and useful tips!

I found this book to be excellent. It covered all the issues pretaining to counselors in an easy to read format. The information was to the point and it was exactly what a grad student such as myself, needs to know. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it to everyone.

As a recent School Counselor graduate, I found "Motivating Kids to the Max" to be an invaluable tool. Grad school taught mainly theory and expected the internships to teach you dealing with the practical situations. This book was a practical and inspiring read, that helped
prepare for specific situations that guidance counselors experience. It also included plenty of suggestions and ideas for different dilemmas that may come up as a guidance counselor, such as dealing with parents, not having time to meet with student, etc. Certainly, this is a must for grad students and new counselors.

Mather and Goldstein's book is a wonderful find for parents whose child is having a reading, writing, behavioral, or school problem. They simplify an often frustrating and confusing situation by asking ten clear and simple questions which are then used to identify what to do. We found the specific recommendations of how and what to do very useful. Chapter 8&9 had very concrete and straightforward "language" things to do that made us feel like we were not just spinning our wheels anymore. This book was recommended by our elementary school after our son was tested. I would recommend this book for people as they begin testing to help explain what is going on and what they can and must do. Thanks Nancy & Sam for clarifying the process and making it easier to be an advocate for my child.

Finally a text that not only helps parents understand the forces that shape success or failure at school, but offers a set of practical guidelines and strategies to help all children succeed.

A practical review of growth and nutrition for children with disabilities. Significant space is dedicated to nutritional evaluation in the beginning of the text. This is followed by many chapters for specific conditions that are found in the developmentally disabled pediatric population. The Appendices cover (but are not limited to) the RDA's and the RNI's, several condition specific growth charts, sample records and protocols, and quality assurance standards. If you work with this population you should have access to the Ekvall text.

I found this book to be the most comprehensive compulation that I have come across in a long time. It was facinating. My fiends were laughing at me for reading it nightly before I went to bed. Then again I am a dietitian to the core. The chapters were full of facts you just can't find anywhere. The charts and appendicies were equally helpful. As a dietitian for Early Intervention is is nice to have ONE book you can look to for information about some of these really rare metabolic disorders.
The author was readily available to answer any question.

I really enjoyed this book. The authors know how to explain their material without using a lot of technical jargon. If you have read and enjoyed "The Out of Sync Child", I would recommend this as Part 2. It goes a little more in-depth and has lots of great ideas for activities. Very Smart!