Here are a few of our favorite books!!
Understanding Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Educators
Tourette Canada publishes this book for use in the classroom as well as throughout the school. Teachers, assistants, administrators and any other school staff that come in contact with a child who has TS will benefit from this book.
This handbook was written to help dispel the myths in dealing with exceptional children's challenging behaviours. It guides the reader through the process of change by using specific strategies in dealing with situations and creating a more successful school experience for all parties.
Order this book by either contacting our chapter or through our national office at www.tourette.ca.
Tourette Canada publishes this book for use in the classroom as well as throughout the school. Teachers, assistants, administrators and any other school staff that come in contact with a child who has TS will benefit from this book.
This handbook was written to help dispel the myths in dealing with exceptional children's challenging behaviours. It guides the reader through the process of change by using specific strategies in dealing with situations and creating a more successful school experience for all parties.
Order this book by either contacting our chapter or through our national office at www.tourette.ca.
Understanding Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Families
We highly recommend that you consult the Tourette Canada publication Understanding Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook For Families (pictured left), which provides comprehensive information from diagnosis through to young adulthood.
This resource covers everything from diagnosis to getting a driver’s license and going to school. Readers have called it the ultimate guide to Tourette Syndrome for all things related to the family. Written by experts, volunteers, and families, this comprehensive handbook is sure help you find answers to all your questions about TS. It’s no wonder that the Family Handbook is a Tourette Canada bestseller.
Order this book by either contacting our chapter or through our national office at www.tourette.ca
We highly recommend that you consult the Tourette Canada publication Understanding Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook For Families (pictured left), which provides comprehensive information from diagnosis through to young adulthood.
This resource covers everything from diagnosis to getting a driver’s license and going to school. Readers have called it the ultimate guide to Tourette Syndrome for all things related to the family. Written by experts, volunteers, and families, this comprehensive handbook is sure help you find answers to all your questions about TS. It’s no wonder that the Family Handbook is a Tourette Canada bestseller.
Order this book by either contacting our chapter or through our national office at www.tourette.ca
Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome
In Tic Talk - Living with Tourette Syndrome, Dylan Peters shares what he has learned of tolerance and acceptance during the five years he’s had Tourette Syndrome.
In a style that is often humorous and always insightful, Dylan helps others, young and old understand TS and the enormous pressures this little-understood affliction places on those who have it and on those who love them.
http://www.tictalkbook.com/
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1-58985-162-7/1-58985-162-5
In a style that is often humorous and always insightful, Dylan helps others, young and old understand TS and the enormous pressures this little-understood affliction places on those who have it and on those who love them.
http://www.tictalkbook.com/
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1-58985-162-7/1-58985-162-5
I Can't Stop: A Story about Tourette Syndrome
One day Nathan starts blinking--a lot. It bothers his parents and his sister. After a while the blinking stops, but then Nathan starts sniffing. A doctor explains that Nathan''s movements are called tics.
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 9780807536209
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 9780807536209
Taking Tourette Syndrome to School
These beautifully illustrated and fun-to-read storybooks simplify and normalize complicated childhood conditions, like Tourette Syndrome. When read aloud, other children can identify why a peer may be treated differently and begin to empathize with them. In addition, children whose conditions set them apart as being different begin to feel accepted and safe. Each book includes a Kids' Quiz to reinforce new information and Ten Tips for Teachers to provide additional facts and ideas for teacher use. In Taking Tourette Syndrome to School, Megan's story helps children understand that her tics are not something she can control, but are part of her life.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1891383120
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1891383120
Hi, I'm Adam: A Child's Story of Tourette Syndrome
Adam tells this story from a child's viewpoint, how it feels to have the symptoms of TS when no one, including the author, knew why he was jerking, making noises and having temper tantrums. Adam relates the problems of getting a diagnosis, school problems, the side effects he had with some of the medications, and how he has now come to terms with his disorder. It is richly illustrated with pictures drawn by Adam to help demonstrate his feelings and those of the people around him.
Hi, I'm Adam is written for children ages 4 to 14, whether they have TS or not. If your children have been diagnosed as having Tourette syndrome, this book will help them realize they are not alone. Adam has written about his frustrations, fears and embarrassments, as well as his successes. He has a simple message for others, "learn about what you have, then teach others about Tourette syndrome." If you know a child that has tics, temper tantrums, unreasonable fears, or problems dealing with school, you will find this a reassuring story.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1878267290
Hi, I'm Adam is written for children ages 4 to 14, whether they have TS or not. If your children have been diagnosed as having Tourette syndrome, this book will help them realize they are not alone. Adam has written about his frustrations, fears and embarrassments, as well as his successes. He has a simple message for others, "learn about what you have, then teach others about Tourette syndrome." If you know a child that has tics, temper tantrums, unreasonable fears, or problems dealing with school, you will find this a reassuring story.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1878267290
Ticcing Thomas: The World's Fastest Arm Flapper, Tourette Syndrome
Ticcing Thomas is the World's Fastest Arm Flapper. Thomas is the terrific story of a boy with Tourette Syndrome. Thomas explains how Tourette Syndrome isn't just about having a tic. Join Thomas on his journey and learn about Tourette Syndrome. Ticcing Thomas is part of the WE ARE POWERFUL children's book series.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409524
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409524
Anxious Annie: The World's Greatest Thinker, Anxiety & OCD
Anxious Annie is the World's Greatest Thinker. Annie is the heartwarming story of a girl who has anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder and who still believes she's awesome! Join Annie as she shares the challenges she lives with both at home and at school. Annie is part of the WE ARE POWERFUL children's book series.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409531
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409531
Eager Eddy: The World's Most Active Dude, ADHD
Eager Eddy is the World's Most Active Dude. Eddy is the exciting story of a boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder who takes the reader along on his journey of endless energy at home and at school. Eddy is part of the WE ARE POWERFUL children's book series.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409500
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409500
Daydreaming Dakota: The World's Greatest Daydreamer, ADHD
Daydreaming Dakota is the World's Greatest Daydreamer. Dakota is the inspiring story of a girl with Attention Deficit Disorder who shares with us the challenges she faces when she daydreams about travelling the world. Come read Dakota's fascinating story. Dakota is part of the WE ARE POWERFUL children's book series.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409517
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409517
Sad Sad Seth: The World's Greatest Writer, Depression
Sad Sad Seth is the World's Greatest Writer. Seth is the touching story of a boy who suffers from depression and finds comfort in telling and writing stories. Join Seth on his journey where he describes his challenges at home and at school. Seth is part of the WE ARE POWERFUL children's book series.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409586
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0978409586
Adam and the Magic Marble
A marvelous story of three heroes - Adam, Chris (both have Tourette syndrome), and Matt (afflicted with cerebral palsy). Constantly taunted by bullies , the boys find a marble full of magic powers that are nearly impossible to control. They accidentally aim a magical spell at the bullies, and ... the adventure begins. Humorous and delightful, this fantasy will take you from laughter to tears and happily back to laughter again every time you read it. Exciting reading for all ages, and a must for those who have been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome or other disabilities.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1878267306
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1878267306
Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had
As a child with Tourette syndrome, Brad Cohen was ridiculed, beaten, mocked, and shunned. Children, teachers, and even family members found it difficult to be around him. As a teen, he was viewed by many as purposefully misbehaving, even though he had little power over the twitches and noises he produced, especially under stress. Even today, Brad is sometimes ejected from movie theaters and restaurants.
But Brad Cohen's story is not one of self-pity. His unwavering determination and fiercely positive attitude conquered the difficulties he faced in school, in college, and while job hunting. Brad never stopped striving, and after twenty-four interviews, he landed his dream job: teaching grade school and nurturing all of his students as a positive, encouraging role model.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1609182298
But Brad Cohen's story is not one of self-pity. His unwavering determination and fiercely positive attitude conquered the difficulties he faced in school, in college, and while job hunting. Brad never stopped striving, and after twenty-four interviews, he landed his dream job: teaching grade school and nurturing all of his students as a positive, encouraging role model.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1609182298
Ticked
When Jeff Matovic burst into the office of Dr. Robert Maciunas, he had very few options left. Matovic had suffered for years from Tourette Syndrome, his full-body spasms and outbursts getting progressively worse, to the point that he saw suicide as a viable option. Drugs, physical therapy, prayer—nothing was working. But Dr. Maciunas was a pioneer in deep brain stimulation (DBS), a new therapy that had worked to correct other brain disorders. Could it fix Matovic’s Tourette’s? All Matovic had to do was convince Dr. Maciunas that he was a perfect candidate for the procedure. That, and have several electrical leads—a “brain pacemaker”—implanted into his skull.
Author Jim Fussell is uniquely qualified to tell Matovic’s story—he suffers from Tourette Syndrome as well. Fussell’s job as a feature writer for the Kansas City Star brought him in contact with Oprah Winfrey, who first told him about Jeff Matovic, the “Miracle Man.” As Fussell learned about Matovic’s remarkable journey, he vowed to seek him out. This is their story.
When Jeff Matovic burst into the office of Dr. Robert Maciunas, he had very few options left. Matovic had suffered for years from Tourette Syndrome, his full-body spasms and outbursts getting progressively worse, to the point that he saw suicide as a viable option. Drugs, physical therapy, prayer—nothing was working. But Dr. Maciunas was a pioneer in deep brain stimulation (DBS), a new therapy that had worked to correct other brain disorders. Could it fix Matovic’s Tourette’s? All Matovic had to do was convince Dr. Maciunas that he was a perfect candidate for the procedure. That, and have several electrical leads—a “brain pacemaker”—implanted into his skull.
Author Jim Fussell is uniquely qualified to tell Matovic’s story—he suffers from Tourette Syndrome as well. Fussell’s job as a feature writer for the Kansas City Star brought him in contact with Oprah Winfrey, who first told him about Jeff Matovic, the “Miracle Man.” As Fussell learned about Matovic’s remarkable journey, he vowed to seek him out. This is their story.
In the opening pages of On Fire, fourteen-year-old Matti Iverly tells us, “At school they called me Tourette’s Girl, like I came out of a phone booth in a costume and made funny noises for their entertainment.” She goes on to point out that she’s really a serious person who’s been waiting for a serious purpose.
When a young man with amnesia stumbles into her wildfire- threatened mountain village, she thinks she’s found that purpose. She’ll save his life and restore his memory.
Dan, she decided to call the stranger, since he can’t or won’t remember his own name. And he does seem to be making progress. Then he disappears, just before fire forces the evacuation of her village.
Dan then takes up the narrative. And the world he describes is darker than anything Matti could have imagined. It’s a place full of ghosts and shadows, and danger.
There is mystery at the heart of this novel and a plot laid down in serpentine twists and turns. Reading it, we become aware that we can never know exactly what life is like for anyone else.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-1927068380
When a young man with amnesia stumbles into her wildfire- threatened mountain village, she thinks she’s found that purpose. She’ll save his life and restore his memory.
Dan, she decided to call the stranger, since he can’t or won’t remember his own name. And he does seem to be making progress. Then he disappears, just before fire forces the evacuation of her village.
Dan then takes up the narrative. And the world he describes is darker than anything Matti could have imagined. It’s a place full of ghosts and shadows, and danger.
There is mystery at the heart of this novel and a plot laid down in serpentine twists and turns. Reading it, we become aware that we can never know exactly what life is like for anyone else.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-1927068380
Icy Sparks
A New York Times Notable Book and the March 2001 selection of Oprah's Book Club® !Icy Sparks is the sad, funny and transcendent tale of a young girl growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky during the 1950’s. Gwyn Hyman Rubio’s beautifully written first novel revolves around Icy Sparks, an unforgettable heroine in the tradition of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird or Will Treed in Cold Sassy Tree. At the age of ten, Icy, a bright, curious child orphaned as a baby but raised by adoring grandparents, begins to have strange experiences. Try as she might, her "secrets"—verbal croaks, groans, and physical spasms—keep afflicting her. As an adult, she will find out she has Tourette’s Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, but for years her behavior is the source of mystery, confusion, and deep humiliation.
Narrated by a grown up Icy, the book chronicles a difficult, but ultimately hilarious and heartwarming journey, from her first spasms to her self-acceptance as a young woman. Curious about life beyond the hills, talented, and energetic, Icy learns to cut through all barriers—physical, mental, and spiritual—in order to find community and acceptance.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-0142000205
Narrated by a grown up Icy, the book chronicles a difficult, but ultimately hilarious and heartwarming journey, from her first spasms to her self-acceptance as a young woman. Curious about life beyond the hills, talented, and energetic, Icy learns to cut through all barriers—physical, mental, and spiritual—in order to find community and acceptance.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-0142000205
Nix your Tics: Eliminate unwanted tic symptoms. A how-to guide for young people.
Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist (‘Dr. Dunc’) has Tourette Syndrome. That means he’s been living with both motor tics (movements he has a hard time stopping) and phonic tics (noises he has a hard time stopping) for most of his life. He knows firsthand how annoying, embarrassing, misunderstood, painful, and disruptive tics can be. For years, he’s been educating people all around the world by means of his presentations & Website, and through appearances on television, in magazines, and on film. Now, in “Nix Your Tics!”, he wants to share with you a little-known but well-established, evidence-based practice* he uses to manage tic symptoms in both himself and in his patients.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0-9810684-0-4
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0-9810684-0-4
The Explosive Child:
A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
What′s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration-crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help. Most of these parents have tried everything-reasoning, explaining, punishing, sticker charts, therapy, medication-but to no avail. They can′t figure out why their child acts the way he or she does; they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don′t work for theirs; and they don′t know what to do instead.
Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and he has good news: these kids aren′t attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren′t passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0061906190
Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children, and he has good news: these kids aren′t attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren′t passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0061906190
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, Third Edition
Deciding whether to give your child medication for an emotional or behavioral problem is one of the toughest choices a parent can face. Will medication really help? How long will it be needed? The doctor may say it's perfectly safe--but what about the news stories about overuse and risks? From experienced child psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Wilens, this bestselling guide has already empowered many tens of thousands of parents to become active, informed managers of their children's care. Dr. Wilens explains how medications work; their impact on kids' emotions, personality, school performance, and health; the risks and benefits of widely used antidepressants; and much more.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593858421
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593858421
Putting on the Brakes: Understanding and Taking Control of Your ADD or ADHD
Now in its 20th year of publication, Putting on the Brakes remains the essential go-to resource for kids, parents, and professionals looking for tips and techniques on managing attention disorders.
This third edition is updated and revised throughout with the latest info, resources, medication types, and glossary terms on ADHD. Written by two nationally recognized ADHD experts, Putting on the Brakes is loaded with practical ways to improve organizational, focusing, studying, and homework skills and contains more strategies for making friends, controlling emotions, and being healthy.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1557987952
This third edition is updated and revised throughout with the latest info, resources, medication types, and glossary terms on ADHD. Written by two nationally recognized ADHD experts, Putting on the Brakes is loaded with practical ways to improve organizational, focusing, studying, and homework skills and contains more strategies for making friends, controlling emotions, and being healthy.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1557987952
Driven To Distraction
Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers.
Through vivid stories and case histories of patients—both adults and children—Hallowell and Ratey explore the varied forms ADHD takes, from hyperactivity to daydreaming. They dispel common myths, offer helpful coping tools, and give a thorough accounting of all treatment options as well as tips for dealing with a diagnosed child, partner, or family member. But most importantly, they focus on the positives that can come with this “disorder”—including high energy, intuitiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345442314
Through vivid stories and case histories of patients—both adults and children—Hallowell and Ratey explore the varied forms ADHD takes, from hyperactivity to daydreaming. They dispel common myths, offer helpful coping tools, and give a thorough accounting of all treatment options as well as tips for dealing with a diagnosed child, partner, or family member. But most importantly, they focus on the positives that can come with this “disorder”—including high energy, intuitiveness, creativity, and enthusiasm.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345442314
Super-parenting for ADD
“The shelves of most bookstores are lined with volumes that define, explain, and demystify attention deficits. But Superparenting for ADD is different. An upbeat, positive, and constructive guide, it offers parents strategies that will assist them in the day-to-day challenges of raising their ADD child and help him to reach his fullest potential.”
–Richard Lavoie, author of It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345497772
–Richard Lavoie, author of It’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345497772
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
There's nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your "smart but scattered" 4- to 13-year-old might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger. Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare have great news: there's a lot you can do to help. The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial "executive skills"--the fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. Learn easy-to-follow steps to identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, use activities and techniques proven to boost specific skills, and problem-solve daily routines. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Small changes can add up to big improvements--this empowering book shows how.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593854454
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593854454
Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential
If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now you have an alternative to micromanaging, cajoling, or ineffective punishments. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills--the fundamental brain-based abilities needed to get organized, stay focused, and control impulses and emotions. Executive skills experts Drs. Richard Guare and Peg Dawson are joined by Colin Guare, a young adult who has successfully faced these issues himself. Learn step-by-step strategies to help your teen live up to his or her potential now and in the future--while making your relationship stronger.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1609182298
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1609182298
Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers:
Teaching Students with Tourette's, Bipolar Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, OCD, ADHD, and More
Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers is an educator's go-to source for creating a supportive environment to successfully teach children with multiple neurological disorders including Tourette's Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, LD, Nonverbal Learning Disability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Asperger's Syndrome, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Executive Dysfunction, Sensory Processing Disorder, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep (PANDAS), Bipolar Disorder, "Storms" or "Rages", Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Sleep Problems. Parents, school psychologists, and social workers will also find this book essential reading.
The wealth of practical tools and strategies discussed in this book are founded on the authors' considerable experience treating children with neurological disorders in their private practices and conducting training workshops for teachers, as well as parenting their own children with multiple diagnoses. Full of charts, graphs, lists, quotes, and vignettes, this well-organized resource makes it easy for busy teachers to find the information they need.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1890627829
The wealth of practical tools and strategies discussed in this book are founded on the authors' considerable experience treating children with neurological disorders in their private practices and conducting training workshops for teachers, as well as parenting their own children with multiple diagnoses. Full of charts, graphs, lists, quotes, and vignettes, this well-organized resource makes it easy for busy teachers to find the information they need.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1890627829
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Revealing OCD in a whole new light, this interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize OCD's tricks. Engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step instructions help children master the skills needed to break free from the sticky thoughts and urges of OCD, and live happier lives. This is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591478058
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591478058
What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Anger
Did you know that anger is like fire? It starts with a spark, igniting us with energy and purpose. But it can also blaze out of control, causing lots of problems. If you're a kid whose temper quickly flares, a kid whose anger gets too big, too hot, too fast, this book is for you. What to Do When Your Temper Flares guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with anger. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach children a set of "anger dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1433801341
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1433801341
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcome their overgrown worries.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591473145
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591473145
What to Do When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Negativity
"Guides children and their parents through cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat negative thinking. Lively metaphors and illustrations help kids see life's hurdles in a new way, while drawing and writing activities help them master skills to get over those hurdles. And step-by-step instructions point the way toward becoming happier, more positive kids. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change."
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591474500
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1591474500
What to do when your child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
There are over one million children in the US who suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. These children often have uncontrollable worries and engage in seemingly senseless rituals. Parents and school professionals often feel helpless and frustrated as they struggle to understand and help the child stop the bizarre doubts and habits that take over the child's mind and life. Now, there is hope and help.Dr. Aureen Wagner brings you the latest scientific advances in the treatment of this beguiling disorder along with her many years of experience in treating children and teenagers. Using the metaphor of the Worry Hill, for which she has received international recognition, Dr. Wagner presents a powerful step-by-step approach that countless children have used successfully to triumph over OCD. Her skill, compassion and expert guidance will provide new hope, energy and resolve to help children and their caregivers conquer OCD. Designed to be used alone or with the children's integrated companion book: Up and Down the Worry Hill.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0967734712
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0967734712
Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" -- and Parents Say "Way to Go"
No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it. That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots--they do.
This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps young readers zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions.
The pages that follow the instructions for kids and teens show their parents how to be supportive without getting in the way.
After just a few months' practice, your family will get back to spending time on things that matter, instead of following pointless orders from the illness. The next time OCD butts in, you'll be prepared to boss back--and show an unwelcome visitor to the door.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593853556
This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps young readers zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions.
The pages that follow the instructions for kids and teens show their parents how to be supportive without getting in the way.
After just a few months' practice, your family will get back to spending time on things that matter, instead of following pointless orders from the illness. The next time OCD butts in, you'll be prepared to boss back--and show an unwelcome visitor to the door.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1593853556
Lost at School:
Why our kids with behavioral challenges are falling through the cracks and how we can help them.
Here, Dr. Ross W. Greene presents an enlightened, clear-cut, and practical alternative. Relying on research from the neurosciences, Dr. Greene offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the difficulties of kids with behavioral challenges and explains why traditional discipline is't effective at addressing these difficulties. Emphasizing the revolutionarily simple and positive notion that kids do well if they can, he persuasively argues that kids with behavioral challenges are not attention-seeking, manipulative, limit-testing, coercive, or unmotivated, but that they lack the skills to behave adaptively. And when adults recognize the true factors underlying difficult behavior and teach kids the skills in increments they can handle, the results are astounding: The kids overcome their obstacles; the frustration of teachers, parents, and classmates diminishes; and the well-being and learning of all students are enhanced.
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 9781416572275
Hardcover Nonfiction
ISBN 9781416572275
A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Special Needs
A diagnosis of a child's special need can be extremely difficult for parents. However, every day, these children accomplish small victories and make great strides that improve their own lives and brighten their parent's days. This collection brings to life fifty stories of parents who have struggled with a child?s diagnosis only to embrace the differences that make their children that much more special and even more loved.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 1605500887
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 1605500887
Quirky Kids:
Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In... When to Worry and When Not to Worry
From the fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because classmates think she’s “weird” to the geek who is terrific at math but is failing every other subject, quirky children are different from other kids in ways that they–and their parents–have a hard time understanding. They present a host of challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in Quirky Kids, seasoned pediatricians Perri Klass and Eileen Costello provide the expert guidance that families with quirky children so desperately need.
Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms often applied to quirky children–from Asperger’s syndrome and nonverbal learning disability to obsessive-compulsive behavior and sensory integration dysfunction. The authors also discuss various therapy options, coping strategies, and available medications. Most of all, they will help quirky kids lead rich, fulfilling lives at home, at school, even on the playground.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345451439
Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms often applied to quirky children–from Asperger’s syndrome and nonverbal learning disability to obsessive-compulsive behavior and sensory integration dysfunction. The authors also discuss various therapy options, coping strategies, and available medications. Most of all, they will help quirky kids lead rich, fulfilling lives at home, at school, even on the playground.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0345451439
Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents, 3rd Edition
From distinguished researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this treasured parent resource gives you the science-based information you need about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment. It also presents a proven eight-step behavior management plan specifically designed for 6- to 18-year-olds with ADHD. Offering encouragement, guidance, and loads of practical tips, Dr. Barkley helps you:
*Make sense of your child's symptoms, *Get an accurate diagnosis. *Work with school and health care professionals to get needed support. *Learn parenting techniques that promote better behavior.
*Strengthen your child's academic and social skills.
*Use rewards and incentives effectively.
*Restore harmony at home.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1462507894
*Make sense of your child's symptoms, *Get an accurate diagnosis. *Work with school and health care professionals to get needed support. *Learn parenting techniques that promote better behavior.
*Strengthen your child's academic and social skills.
*Use rewards and incentives effectively.
*Restore harmony at home.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1462507894
My Book Full of Feelings: How to Control and React to the Size of Your Emotions
My Book Full of Emotions: How to Control and React to the SIZE of Your Emotions This book will help teach children to identify, access the intensity of and respond appropriately to their emotions. This book is fully interactive and uses a dry-erase marker so that unique situations and solutions can be added and changed with a wipe of a paper towel, as the child masters a skill and grows. Also included is a Communication Pad for tracking and sharing information between home and school.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1931282833
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1931282833
All Dogs Have ADHD
All Dogs Have ADHD takes an inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a variety of traits that will be instantly recognisable to those who are familiar with ADHD. Following the style of the award-winning All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome, charming colour photographs of dogs bring to life familiar ADHD characteristics such as being restless and excitable, getting easily distracted, and acting on impulse. This delightful book combines humour with understanding to reflect the difficulties and joys of raising a child with ADHD and celebrates what it means to be considered `different'. This absorbing and enjoyable book takes a refreshing approach to understanding ADHD.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1843106517
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1843106517
Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents
Most children are afraid of the dark. Some fear monsters under the bed. But at least ten percent of children have excessive fears and worries—phobias, separation anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder—that can hold them back and keep them from fully enjoying childhood. If your child suffers from any of these forms of anxiety, the program in this book offers practical, scientifically proven tools that can help. Now in its second edition, ' Helping Your Anxious Child ' has been expanded and updated to include the latest research and techniques for managing child anxiety. The book offers proven effective skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to aid you in helping your child overcome intense fears and worries. You'll also find out how to relieve your child's anxious feelings while parenting with compassion. Inside, you will learn to: • Help your child practice “detective thinking" to recognize irrational worries • What to do when your child becomes frightened • How to gently and gradually expose your child to challenging situations • Help your child learn important social skills 'This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit—an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572245754
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572245754
The Gift of ADHD: How to Transform Your Child's Problems into Strengths
As a parent, you already know that your child has many gifts. What you may not know is that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) related symptoms—the very qualities that lead him or her to act out and distract others—may be among them. This second edition of ' The Gift of ADHD ' includes compelling new research indicating that the impulses that lead your child to act exuberantly may correspond with unusual levels of creativity and a heightened capacity for insight into the feelings and emotions of others. Could it be that ADHD is not a hindrance, but an asset in our fast-paced digital age? ADHD expert Lara Honos-Webb presents the evidence for this revolutionary concept and explains how you can help your child develop control over inattentive, hyperactive behavior and enhance the five gifts of ADHD: creativity, attunement to nature, interpersonal intuition, energetic enthusiasm, and emotional sensitivity. Filled with easy skill-building activities you and your child can do together, this book will help your child transform problematic symptoms into strengths, then build theself-esteem they need to let those gifts shine.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572248502
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572248502
How To Talk So Kids Can Learn: At Home and in School
Teaming up with two award-winning teachers who well know the problems of our faltering school system, Faber and Mazlish adapt their unique, time-tested communication strategies to the specific concerns of the classroom. Once aagin utilizing the dramatically effective "dialogue" technique (what to say and how and when to say it) that has made their work famous worldwide, they illustrate how to use this method to help kids handle the schoolwork and behavioral and peer problems that interfere with the learning process.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0684824727
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0684824727
Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration:
Forms, Checklists, and Practical Tools for Teachers and Parents
In this elegant approach to the often-elusive subject of sensory integration, Carol Kranowitz, M.A. (author of the best-selling book The Out-of-Sync Child) and expert occupational therapists Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L, Lynn Balzer-Martin, PhD, OTR, Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Elizabeth Haber, MS, OTR/L, and Deanna Iris Sava, MS, OTR/L, have assembled an extensive and easy-to-use set of checklists and other tools that will be invaluable to every teacher (and parent) who has children with sensory processing challenges.
You’ll find tried-and-true instructions for developing fine-motor, “organizing,” and motor-planning skills, and for providing an appropriate “Sensory Diet” that will benefit all your students. Checklists help you identify students who have difficulty processing sensory information. With up to 20% of the students in any given classroom affected by Sensory Processing Disorder, Answers to Questions is an invaluable resource for teachers of preschool through high school.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1932565461
You’ll find tried-and-true instructions for developing fine-motor, “organizing,” and motor-planning skills, and for providing an appropriate “Sensory Diet” that will benefit all your students. Checklists help you identify students who have difficulty processing sensory information. With up to 20% of the students in any given classroom affected by Sensory Processing Disorder, Answers to Questions is an invaluable resource for teachers of preschool through high school.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1932565461
Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder
The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families. Carol Stock Kranowitz continues her significant work with this companion volume, which presents more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.
Each activity in this inspiring and practical book is SAFE—Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy—to help develop and organize a child’s brain and body. Whether your child faces challenges with touch, balance, movement, body position, vision, hearing, smell, and taste, motor planning, or other sensory problems, this book presents lively and engaging ways to bring fun and play to everyday situations.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0399532719
Each activity in this inspiring and practical book is SAFE—Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy—to help develop and organize a child’s brain and body. Whether your child faces challenges with touch, balance, movement, body position, vision, hearing, smell, and taste, motor planning, or other sensory problems, this book presents lively and engaging ways to bring fun and play to everyday situations.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-0399532719
Coping with Tourette Syndrome: A Workbook for Kids with Tic Disorders
Tics are a fact of life for kids with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and related disorders. And for most kids, the symptoms of their disorder aren't even the most frustrating part-others' reactions can make children feel anxious and extremely self-conscious. Coping with Tourette Syndrome includes forty activities to help kids with TS, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) understand, prepare for, and mask their tics. Kids will also learn how to best explain their tics to friends and curious strangers using humor, games, or brief scripts they have prepared. The activities in this workbook address managing TS and related disorders in specific situations, such as at school, at the movies, when out to dinner, on special occasions, when visiting friends for sleepovers or parties, when taking tests, and in places of worship. After completing these exercises, kids with TS will have all the tools they need to handle their tics with confidence and grace in any situation.
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572246324
Paperback Nonfiction
ISBN 978-1572246324
The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination Of The Boy Who Lived
(We included this book in our list of favorites because Dr. Mulholland works closely with the
TS Clinic here in Edmonton and has graciously shared his expertise at our support groups!)
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED **
Leading psychologists delve into the world and characters of Harry Potter in this revealing look at J. K. Rowling's constructed universe, using the characters and their puzzling situations to offer insight into real-world psychology. Designed to appeal to both fans of pop culture and students of psychology, this unique blend of scholarship and contemporary criticism consists of essays by professional psychologists hailing from schools and clinical practices throughout the world. Every major area of psychology is covered as the contributors tackle such heady questions as Is Harry a cranky adolescent or suffering from real post-traumatic-stress disorder? Is Voldemort evil incarnate or a misguided boy now twisted beyond recognition? and Is Snape treacherous or struggling for redemption?, revealing the fictional world's complex psychological brew.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-1932100884
TS Clinic here in Edmonton and has graciously shared his expertise at our support groups!)
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED **
Leading psychologists delve into the world and characters of Harry Potter in this revealing look at J. K. Rowling's constructed universe, using the characters and their puzzling situations to offer insight into real-world psychology. Designed to appeal to both fans of pop culture and students of psychology, this unique blend of scholarship and contemporary criticism consists of essays by professional psychologists hailing from schools and clinical practices throughout the world. Every major area of psychology is covered as the contributors tackle such heady questions as Is Harry a cranky adolescent or suffering from real post-traumatic-stress disorder? Is Voldemort evil incarnate or a misguided boy now twisted beyond recognition? and Is Snape treacherous or struggling for redemption?, revealing the fictional world's complex psychological brew.
Paperback Fiction
ISBN 978-1932100884
The Learning Team: Handbook for Parents of Children with Special Needs, 2003
This handbook offers information and strategies for parents of children with special needs who want to be meaningfully involved in their children's education.This handbook emphasizes the diverse and changing learning needs of children with special needs. As well as offering support and encouragement to parents, the handbook describes services and activities for meeting children's diverse learning needs at school. It also provides suggestions for ways parents can support and enrich their children's learning. The handbook also includes information and strategies for helping children make successful transitions, for voicing parental concerns, and for staying informed.
The Learning Team is a revision and expansion of the resource Partners During Changing Times (1996), a parent handbook developed by Alberta Learning and the College of Alberta School Superintendents.
Online Download: http://education.alberta.ca/admin/supportingstudent/engagingparents/learningteam.aspx
The Learning Team is a revision and expansion of the resource Partners During Changing Times (1996), a parent handbook developed by Alberta Learning and the College of Alberta School Superintendents.
Online Download: http://education.alberta.ca/admin/supportingstudent/engagingparents/learningteam.aspx
The Journey: Handbook for Parents of Children Who Are Gifted & Talented, 2004
This handbook offers information and strategies that parents can use to nurture their child's learning and emotional well-being at home, in school, and in the community. The department collaborated with the Alberta Associations for Bright Children in the development of this handbook for parents of children who are gifted and talented.
This resource is in portable document format (PDF) and is divided into sections. The number of pages and file size of each chapter is provided for reference when downloading and/or printing.
Online Download: http://education.alberta.ca/admin/supportingstudent/engagingparents/journey.aspx
This resource is in portable document format (PDF) and is divided into sections. The number of pages and file size of each chapter is provided for reference when downloading and/or printing.
Online Download: http://education.alberta.ca/admin/supportingstudent/engagingparents/journey.aspx
HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE DVD'S!!
I Have Tourette's, but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
Children with Tourette's Syndrome discuss the challenges of living with Tourette's, a misunderstood and often stigmatizing condition. They demonstrate some of their tics, and talk about their lives with tics including embarrassing and isolating situations at school and among friends. Professionals and experts offer further information about Tourette's on the DVD.
The documentary received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, tying with the Disney Channel movie High School Musical. It was nominated for 2006 Emmy Awards in two categories: Outstanding Children's Program, and Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming—Single-Camera Productions.
The documentary also won a Clarion award from The Association for Women in Communications in the category "TV Children's Educational Program—Target Audiences ages 11 and up." It also won a Parents' Choice Award, a Voice Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and a Media Access Award, recognizing those who use their medium to increase public awareness and understanding.
It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs.
The documentary received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program, tying with the Disney Channel movie High School Musical. It was nominated for 2006 Emmy Awards in two categories: Outstanding Children's Program, and Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming—Single-Camera Productions.
The documentary also won a Clarion award from The Association for Women in Communications in the category "TV Children's Educational Program—Target Audiences ages 11 and up." It also won a Parents' Choice Award, a Voice Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and a Media Access Award, recognizing those who use their medium to increase public awareness and understanding.
It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs.
Phoebe in Wonderland
The film tells a story of a 9 year old girl, Phoebe (Elle Fanning), with apparent Tourette syndrome. While she deals with being odd and insecure, her mother (Felicity Huffman) and father (Bill Pullman) are dealing with complexities in their relationship with each other and their challenging child. Her younger sister (Bailee Madison) feels neglected as Phoebe gains more attention.
Phoebe seeks a role in her school's play, Alice In Wonderland, directed by her school's off-beat drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson). Phoebe flourishes on stage, relaxing and feeling normal, but her impulsive speech and behavior persist off stage. Her parents hire a therapist for her, but after he proposes medication, Phoebe's mother fires him. She does not want to accept that there is anything wrong with Phoebe; when the principal questions if Phoebe behaves oddly outside of the classroom, her mother denies it even though she has many times witnessed her daughter's self-destructive rituals at home. When Phoebe is taken out of the play due to her classroom behavior, her dreams are shattered. Her mother, desperate to help her daughter feel normal, works with the drama teacher to bring Phoebe back on stage.
Although Phoebe is put back into the play, her challenges continue as she is driven to behavior she doesn't understand. She hurts herself jumping off the catwalk onto the stage, and the drama teacher is fired. Phoebe's fellow-actors descend into chaos, but Phoebe alone clings to a sense of purpose. She urges her classmates to continue their rehearsals on their own, and they do. Her mother, who has resisted efforts to label Phoebe, tells Phoebe that she has Tourette Syndrome, and Phoebe helps her classmates understand her by explaining the condition to them.
Phoebe seeks a role in her school's play, Alice In Wonderland, directed by her school's off-beat drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson). Phoebe flourishes on stage, relaxing and feeling normal, but her impulsive speech and behavior persist off stage. Her parents hire a therapist for her, but after he proposes medication, Phoebe's mother fires him. She does not want to accept that there is anything wrong with Phoebe; when the principal questions if Phoebe behaves oddly outside of the classroom, her mother denies it even though she has many times witnessed her daughter's self-destructive rituals at home. When Phoebe is taken out of the play due to her classroom behavior, her dreams are shattered. Her mother, desperate to help her daughter feel normal, works with the drama teacher to bring Phoebe back on stage.
Although Phoebe is put back into the play, her challenges continue as she is driven to behavior she doesn't understand. She hurts herself jumping off the catwalk onto the stage, and the drama teacher is fired. Phoebe's fellow-actors descend into chaos, but Phoebe alone clings to a sense of purpose. She urges her classmates to continue their rehearsals on their own, and they do. Her mother, who has resisted efforts to label Phoebe, tells Phoebe that she has Tourette Syndrome, and Phoebe helps her classmates understand her by explaining the condition to them.
Front of the Class
Brad Cohen's story starts as a young boy whose mother helped doctors to realize that he had Tourette syndrome. With his mother's help and the support of his school principal, Brad eventually becomes an award-winning teacher.
Thanks to his mother never giving up, Brad is a success story and shares his success with everyone around him.
Thanks to his mother never giving up, Brad is a success story and shares his success with everyone around him.
The CPRI Brake Shop: Leaky Brakes and What They Are, What they Aren't.
This 74-minute DVD features Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist for CPRI's Brake Shop, explaining Leaky Brakes: What They Are, What They Aren't.
includes shipping within Canada)
Available at: http://www.vocpri.ca/estore/lb-dvd
includes shipping within Canada)
Available at: http://www.vocpri.ca/estore/lb-dvd