Special Needs Books

Happy Ever Afters

Kathy Saunders
Price: £10.99
Paperback - 124 pages (February 2000) ISBN: 1858562139

Most people will be involved with or affected by disability, yet we rarely teach children how to manage when they encounter disability in themselves, their families or their communities. Too often their perceptions are formed by unhelpful ideas portrayed in the books they are encouraged to read.

A Special Needs Handbook for Health and Social Care

Carolyn Meggitt
Price: £15.99
Paperback - 225 pages ( 6 October, 1997) ISBN: 0340683600

This text covers all the themes included in GNVQ option units and the NVQ in Care at Levels 2 and 3. Key chapters are on promoting autonomy and independence, attitudes and values within society, and planning activities.

What is Asperger Syndrome, and How Will it Affect Me?

National Autistic Society, Matt Watkins (Illustrator)
Price: £1.50
Paperback (March 1999) ISBN: 1899280049

Cerebral Palsy

Marion Stanton
Price: £7.99
Paperback - 318 pages ( 3 April, 1997) ISBN: 009181507X

This guide to the practicalities of living with a child with cerebral palsy is by an author whose own son was born with the disability. She highlights the positive and emphasizes the common parental wish to raise bright, confident, happy children - whatever the obstacles.

Teaching Reading and Spelling to Dyslexic Children

Margaret Walton, T.R. Miles
Price: £16.00
Paperback - 142 pages (18 June, 1998) ISBN: 1853465658

This text aims to help teachers and parents to teach dyslexic children reading and spelling. It can be used either as a step-by-step teaching programme or as a reference resource.

Helping Children with Dyspraxia

Maureen Boon
Price: £10.95
Paperback - 112 pages (November 2000) ISBN: 1853028819

Although many dyspraxic children are of normal intelligence, they may have difficulty organizing or carrying out movement, speaking clearly or expressing ideas. This work begins by answering the questions commonly asked by parents about behaviour causes, diagnosis and assessment, before going on to discuss theraputic inventions.

The Care and Education of a Deaf Child

Pamela Knight, Ruth Swanwick
Price: £12.95
Paperback - 208 pages ( 9 October, 1999) ISBN: 185359458X

This text is intended primarily for parents but should also be of interest to teachers and related professionals. It addresses both practical and theoretical issues related to the development and education of deaf children. It considers these areas largely from a sign bilingual perspective.

Language Development in Children with Special Needs

Irene Johansson, Eva Thomas (Translator)
Price: £10.36
Paperback - 160 pages (28 August, 1994) ISBN: 1853022411

This practical guide offers parents, and other carers, a week-by-week programme that encourages language acquisition, and aims to teach the child to use the type of language and communication that is appropriate in differing situations.

The Illustrated Junior Encyclopedia of Epilepsy

Richard Appleton
Price: £9.95
Paperback - 64 pages (31 December, 1996) ISBN: 0948270608

This encyclopaedia is written for young people (9-14), and is aimed at helping them and their carers understand more about epilepsy. Illustrated throughout with colour pictures, the topics covered include the scientific, medical, historical and social aspects of epilepsy.

Forgotten Children of the AIDS Epidemic

Shelley Geballe, Janice PhD Gruendel, Warren MD Andiman
Price: £9.50

Issues facing children whose parents are dying of AIDS: children experience; how it affects them; emotional needs and second families found; and the stigmas they face. Stories of children, told in their own words, are included.

Early Learning Goals for Children with Special Needs: Learning Through Play

Collette Drifte
Price: £15.00
Paperback 108 pages (21 August, 2002) ISBN: 185346936X

In this text practitioners will find clear and workable suggestions for opening up early learning goals to children with special educational needs. Play is the focus throughout the book as the means of helping children to learn.

Introduction to Children with Special Needs

Michael Alcott
Price: £11.99
Paperback 158 pages (31 May, 2002) ISBN: 0340848189

Working with children with special educational needs is part of the syllabus for all child care and teacher training courses. This second edition of the established text provides a clear, accessible overview of this complex field, providing students with a framework from which to develop their approach to unfamiliar situations.

Living with Down's Syndrome

Jenny Bryan
Price: £4.99
Paperback 32 pages (15 June, 2000) ISBN: 0750228393

This book explains clearly why some people are born with Down's Syndrome and discusses what it is like going to a mainstream and to a special school. It also shows how, with help, children with Down's can learn to do many things independently.

Good Practice in Caring for Young Children with Special Needs

Angela Dare, Margaret O'Donovan
Price: £15.95
Paperback 416 pages (29 August, 2002) ISBN: 0748768378

The book is divided into two parts. Part one addresses the background to disability, the complexity of the legislation and other related issues. Part two gives factual information and practical care advice on some of the more common conditions of young children.