Books for learning....
This is the page with direct links to Amazon.com to help you find the books that are listed in the main pages. This is offered to help you find those books that will help you in the education process. Whenever possible, I've added the recommendations that came with the referrals of these books, but because I try not to use names without permission - some books are referred by actual people without the actual review. Some of the books listed below also have reviews on the Amazon site - just use your back button to come back to this list.
* Means the book is highly recommended
(On Autism)
* Asperger's Syndrome : A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Tony Attwood, Lorna Wing
Hearing Equals Behavior by Guy, M.D. Berard (on AIT)
Targeting
Autism : What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children With Autism and
Related Disorders
by Shirley Cohen (great reviews covers recent studies)
Living With Autism : The Parents' Stories by Kathleen M. Dillon
Some Perceptual Prerequisites for Reading by Uta Murrar, Frank B Frith (Editor)
Autism and Asperger Syndrome by Uta Frith (Editor)
Autism : Explaining the Enigma (Cognitive Development) by Uta Frith
Emergence : Labeled Autistic by Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano (Temple Gandin has autism, and garners great reviews. Definately a work to read to understand autism from the inside)
* Thinking in Pictures : And Other Reports from My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks (Temple Gandin has autism, and garners great reviews. Definately a work to read to understand autism from the inside)
Siblings of Children With Autism : A Guide for Families (Topics in Autism) by Sandra L. Harris
A Parent's Guide to Autism by Charles A. Hart includes success rates for popular "treatments"
* Homeschooling Children with Special Needs by Sharon Hensley, MA (1995 version) - This book will give you confidence to teach your child at home, help you find resources and guidelines for planning and effective home-school program, give you the vocabulary and ideas to make good decisions for your child, provide you emotional strength and help you identify attitudes that support effective teaching. Noble Publishing Associates, P.O Box 2250, Gresham, OR 97030 (800) 225-5259 Her book is excellent IMHO!!! :-) (Tammy G) (Aut-2b-Home recommended)
Homeschooling Children with Special Needs by Sharon Hensley, MA (1997 version Not yet shipping, on order) - This book will give you confidence to teach your child at home, help you find resources and guidelines for planning and effective home-school program, give you the vocabulary and ideas to make good decisions for your child, provide you emotional strength and help you identify attitudes that support effective teaching. Noble Publishing Associates, P.O Box 2250, Gresham, OR 97030 (800) 225-5259
* Learning
in Spite of Labels by Joyce Herzog - This book is written by an LD specialist with 25
years experience and provides teaching tips and explanations of learning styles, vision
therapy, IEPs and speech and language development in understandable language.
Greenleaf Press, 3761 Highway 109 North, Unit D, Lebanon, TN 37057 (800) 311-1508,
greenleafp@aol.com, http://www.greenleafpress.com (Aut-2b-Home
recommended)
Choosing and Using Curricula: For your Special Child by Joyce Herzog
Autism : Preparing for Adulthood by Patricia Howlin
Understanding the Nature of Autism : A Practical Guide by Janice E. Janzen (great review)
Understanding and Teaching Children With Autism by Rita Jordan, Stuart Powell
Ian's Walk : A Story About Autism by Laurie Lears, Karen Ritz (Illustrator), Judith Mathews (explaining autism)
A Miracle to Believe in by Barry Neil Kaufman
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Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children : The Me Book by O. Ivar Lovaas
The
Autistic Child : Language Development Through Behavior Modification O. Ivar Lovaas /
Published 1977 (out of print, click for instructions on availability)
Behavioral
Problems of Autism : Experimental Analysis of Autism O. Ivar Lovaas / Published 1986
(out of print, click for instructions on availability)
Behavioral
Research on Autism : Behavior Problems Vol 1 O. Ivar Lovaas (Editor) / Published 1994 (out
of print, click for instructions on availability)
Perspectives
in Behavior Modification With Deviant Children. Ole Ivar, Comp. Lovaas / Published 1974
Kristy and the Secret of Susan (Baby Sitters Club, No 32) by Ann M. Martin (Susan has autism)
Let Me Hear Your Voice : A Family's Triumph over Autism by Catherine Maurice (great reviews)
Diagnosing Learning Disorders : A Neuropsychological Framework by Bruce F., Ph.D. Pennington
Preschool
Children With Inadequate Communication : Development Language Disorder, Autism, Mental
Deficiency (Clinics in
Developmental Medicine, No 139 by Isabelle Rapin (Editor) (description by
Amazon) Book Description :
Accurate diagnosis of the cause of ineffective communication in the preschool child is not
possible simply through use of
standard neurological and medical examinations. Distinguishing language limited disorders
from those concommitant with mental
deficiency or autism requires careful attention to a wide range of behaviour patterns,
study of creative play and analysis of
neuropsychologic and language tests. This volume presents the results of one of the
largest multidisiplinary studies which
considers the practical problems of diagnosis through use of these different criteria.
* IHELP: Individualized Home Education for Life Preparation by Rhonda Robinson - This book helps you write an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) by providing forms, checklists, examples and other methods of logging and documenting the work you do with your child. Christian Life Workshop (Aut-2b-Home recommended)
Parent Survival Manual : A Guide to Crisis Resolution in Autism and Related Developmental Disorders by Eric Schopler (Editor) (sounds like a must have for agressive children. Review anyone?)
The World of the Autistic Child : Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders by Bryna Siegel great reviews
Sound of a Miracle : A Childs Triumph over Autism by Annabel Stehli,
* The Way They Learn by Cynthia Tobias - This book is not about homeschooling, but does describe learning styles of children and teaching to their strengths. Christian Book Distributors, 140 Summit Street, Peabody, MA 01960-5156 (978) 532-5300, webmaster@christianbook.com, http://www.cbdinc.com (Aut-2b-Home recommended)
Every Child Can Succeed : Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
Talking to Angels by Esther Watson explaining autism - great review
Like Color to the Blind by Donna Williams
Nobody Nowhere : The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic by Donna Williams
Somebody Somewhere : Breaking Free from the World of Autism by Donna Williams
(On Home Education)
(On other subjects)
Toys and Things Water Paint Board
Tyco R/C Canned Heat: Pajero Radio Control Vehicle (27 MHz): Silver
Tyco R/C Canned Heat: Red White and Blue
Tonka Remote Control Power Digger