2012 Special Needs Valentine
This year’s special needs Valentine treat isn’t chocolate, but it’s the next best thing for me. Different Dream Parenting: A Practical Guide to Raising a Child with Special Needs made the Special Needs Book Review’s list of the Top 20 books on parenting or teaching children with special needs!
The Special Needs Book Review’s Top Twenty List
If you’re looking for a good read, here’s the complete list.
- Uncommon Beauty: Crisis Parenting from Day One by Margaret Meder
- Your Child’s Motor Development Story: Understanding and Enhancing Development from Birth to Their First Sport by Jill Howlett Mays
- The Common Sense Guide to Your Child’s Special Needs: When to Worry, When to Wait, What to Do by Dr. Louis Pellegrino
- Optimistic Parenting: Hope and Help for You and Your Challenging Child by V. Mark Durand, Ph.D.
- What Children Need to Be Happy, Confident, and Successful: Step by Step Positive Psychology to Help Children Flourish by Jeni Hooper
- Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow by Carol Kranowitz, M.A. and Joye Newman, M.A.
- From Rattles to Writing: A Parent’s Guide to Hand Skills by Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L
- Different Dream Parenting: A Practical Guide to Raising a Child with Special Needs by Jolene Philo
- Happy Mealtimes with Happy Kids: How to Teach Your Child About the Joy of Food! Practical and Surprising Tips from a Pediatric Feeding Specialist by Melanie Potock, MA, CCC –SLP
- Special Diets for Special Kids, Volumes 1 and 2 by Lisa Lewis, Ph.D.
- The Kitchen Classroom: 32 Visual GFCF Recipes to Boost Developmental Skills by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
- Behavior Solutions for the Inclusive Classroom: A Handy Reference Guide by Beth Aune, Beth Burt, and Peter Gennaro
- More Behavior Solutions In and Beyond the Inclusive Classroom: A Must Have for Teachers and Other Educational Professionals by Beth Aune, Beth Burt, and Peter Gennaro
- The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students by Jessica Minahan and Nancy Rappaport
- Gardening for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Educational Needs: Engaging with Nature to Combat Anxiety, Promote Sensory Integration and Build Social Skills by Natasha Etherington
- Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery with Community Resources and Family Support by Paul Komarek & Andrea Schroer
- Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story for Children by Jill Osborne
- Nix Your Tics! Eliminate Unwanted Tic Symptoms: A How-To Guide for Young People by Dr. Duncan McKinlay
- Unthinkable: A Mother’s Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph through a Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury by Dixie Fremont-Smith Coskie
- Adopting a Child with Trauma & Attachment Disruption History: A Practical Guide by Theresa Ann Fraser
To read more about each book, go to Special Needs Book Review.
Your Special Needs Book Picks?
Are your favorite special needs books from 2012 on the list? If not, leave a comment to add your picks to the mix. Thanks!
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By Jolene
Jolene Philo is the author of several books for the caregiving community. She speaks at parenting and special needs conferences around the country. Sharing Love Abundantly With Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, which she co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman, was released in August of 2019 and is available at local bookstores, their bookstore website, and Amazon. See Jane Dance!, the third book in the West River cozy mystery series, which features characters affected by disability, was released in October of 2023.
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Dear Lorna,
You are welcome. Thanks for including “Different Dream Parenting” on the list. Readers, you really should visit Lorna’s site. It is bursting with resources for parents of kids with special needs.
jolene
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Thanks Jolene for posting our list with all the links of our top 20 books on parenting or teaching children with special needs. Your book we reviewed, Different Dream Parenting: A Practical Guide to Raising a Child with Special Needs, was certainly high on our list!