Recommended Readings
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Understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders
A Mind Apart: Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome
ADD in the 21st Century by Hallowell Format: DVD
ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control
Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Other ASDs
*Andrew Wakefield: MMR & the Gut/Brain Connection (2001) BHARE Foundation Conference. Format: Audiotape
*Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior
Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome: A Different Mind by Baron-Cohen
*Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
*ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder: A common but often overlooked disorder of children
*Attention Deficit Disorder
*Autism: Explaining the Enigma
Autism in the Early Years: A Practical Guide (Resource Materials for Teachers Series)
*Autism: Information and Resources for Parents, Families and Professionals
*Autism: The Causes & Increase in Cases. Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: Audiotape
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Transactional Developmental Perspective (Communication and Language Intervention Series)
Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z: Assessment, Diagnosis… & More!
Autism Through the Lifespan: The Eden Model
Beyond F.A.T. City: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
*Developing Minds: Developing Minds Multimedia Library
Developmental Disabilities: Etiology, Assessment, Intervention, And Integration
*Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Exploring the Spectrum of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Intervention Strategies
*From Ritual to Repertoire: A Cognitive-Developmental Systems Approach with Behavior-Disordered Children (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)
*Hyperactivity & Attention Disorders in Children (Health Information Network)
*Hyperactivity: Why Won't My Child Pay Attention
Is It Sensory or Is It Behavior?: Behavior Problem Identification, Assessment, and Intervention
*Jeff Bradstreet: An Overview of Autism (2001). Format: Audiotape
*Learning and Cognition in Autism (Current Issues in Autism)
*Learning Outside The Lines : Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities And Adhd Give You The Tools F
*Maybe You Know My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Identifying, Understanding and Helping Your Child With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
*Put Yourself in Their Shoes: Understanding Teenagers With Attention Deficit Hyperactvitiy Disorder
*Suffering Silently. Format: VHS
The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing
*The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
*The Puzzle of Autism (2006)
*The Strong-Willed Child: Birth Through Adolescence
*Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
Understanding Sensory Dysfunction: Learning, Development And Sensory Dysfunction In Autism Spectrum Disorders ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Bipolar Disorder
*Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research and Recovery
*What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't?: Social Skills Help for Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
*What the Silenced Say…An Evening with Jonathon Mooney. Jonathon Mooney. Format: VHS
*You & Your Add Child: Practical Strategies for Coping With Everyday Problems
Strategies & Approaches to Address Challenges
*Adhd-Hyperactivity: A Consumer's Guide
A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive
*A User Guide to the GF/CF Diet for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and AD/HD
*An Activity-Based Approach to Early Intervention
*Andrew Paulson: Putting It All Together, Intensive Treatment (2001) . Format: Audiotape
*Answers to Distraction
*Lee Canter's Assertive Discipline for Parents
*Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Transactional Developmental Perspective (Communication and Language Intervention Series)
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Identification, Education, and Treatment
Autism Treatment Guide, Third Edition
*Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals
*Betty Prohaska & Vicki Maring: Gluten/Casein-Free Diet Discussion (2001) BHARE Foundation Conference. Format: Audiotape
Bipolar Patterns in Children: New Perspectives on Developmental Pathways and a Comprehensive Approach to Prevention and Treatment
*Brain Gym (Teachers Edition: Revised)
*Brothers & Sisters–A Special Part of Exceptional Families
Building a Joyful Life With Your Child Who Has Special Needs
Building Bridges through Sensory Integration, Second Edition
Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children
*Coping in Young Children: Early Intervention Practices to Enhance Adaptive Behavior and Resilience
DAN Protocol
Defying Autism: Keeping Your Sanity And Taking Control
*Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
Early Intervention: The Essential Readings
Enhancing Everyday Communication for Children With Disabilities (Communication and Language Intervention Series)
Exploring the Spectrum of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Intervention Strategies
*Families, Professionals, and Exceptionality: Collaborating for Empowerment (4th Edition)
*Floortime DVD Training Series. Set 1 The Basics: Relating and Communicating
*Floortime DVD Training Series. Set 2 Sensory Regulation and Social Interaction
*FloortimeDVD Training Series. Set 3: Symbolic and Logical Thinking
*Frontiers – Biomedical Treatment – Autistic Disorders. Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: Audiotape
Functional Analysis: A Guide for Understanding Challenging Behavior by Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Functional Behavior Assessment for People With Autism: Making Sense of Seemingly Senseless Behavior
Functional Behavioral Assessment and Function-Based Intervention: An Effective, Practical Approach
*Glen Sallows: Replicating Lovaas Treatment and Findings (2001) BHARE Foundation Conference. Format: Audiotape
*Going in Circles: A View from the Floor…A Parent's Perspective (1999) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*Helping Your Hyperactive Child
*How to Own and Operate an Attention Deficit Kid (1989) by HAAD
(1993) by Reif*Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home (2005)
*In Time and With Love: Caring for the Special Needs Infant and Toddler, Second Edition
*It Takes Two To Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Communicate
Just Take a Bite
*Keys to Parenting a Child With Attention Deficit Disorder (Barron's Parenting Keys)
Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, Bipolar, And More!: The One Stop Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Other Professionals (2005) by Kutscher, Attwood & Wolff
Learning Language and Loving It: A Guide to Promoting Children's Social, Language and Literacy Development
*Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
*More Than Words: Helping Parents Promote Communication and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
*Occupational Therapy for Children
Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope by Koegel
*Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level
*Parent Panel. Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: Audiotape
*Paul Shattock: Practical Biomedical Approaches to Autism, Theory to Practice (2001) BHARE Foundation Conference. Format: Audiotape
*Physical Therapy for Children
A Picture's Worth: PECS and Other Visual Communication Strategies in Autism by Bondy & Frost
Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development
Planning for Special Needs Children
*Positive Behavioral Support: Including People With Difficult Behavior in the Community
Preventing Problem Behaviors: A Handbook of Successful Prevention Strategies
*Problem Solver Guide for Students With Adhd: Ready-To-Use Interventions for Elementary and Secondary Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues
Reading and Writing Program: An Alternative Form of Communication by Lovaas & Lovaas
Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, PDD and NLD
Seeing Through New Eyes: Changing the Lives of Autistic Children, Asperger Syndrome and Other Developmental Disabilities Through Vision Therapy
*Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head
*Study Strategies Made Easy (School Success Series)
*Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete Authoritative Guide for Parents
*Targeting Autism: What We Know, Don't Know, and Can do to Help Young Children with Autism and Related Disorders
*Teaching Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Instructional Strategies and Practices (2005)
Teaching Children With Autism: Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities
*Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book
*Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success
The Affect-Based Language Curriculum (ABLC), Second Edition
*The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children
*The Child With Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth (Merloyd Lawrence Book)
*The Defiant Child: A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder
The Dominance Factor: How Knowing Your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand, & Foot Can Improve Your Learning
The Efficacy of Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Toward Evidence-Based Practice by Schossler
*The Experts Speak: Parenting the Child with Learning Disabilities
*The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
*The Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy: Wheat-Free With Less Fuss and Fat
*The Hyperactive Child Book: Treating, Educating & Living With An Adhd Child – Strategies That Really Work, From An Award-Winning Team Of Experts
*The Impossible Child in School, at Home: A Guide for Caring Teachers and Parents
The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet
*Milk Free Kitchen: Living Well without Dairy Products
The Myth of the A.D.D Child:50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion
*The Normal One: Life With a Difficult or Damaged Sibling
The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome: Completely Revised and Updated: Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration
The TEACCH Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders by Mesibov
*Thinking Games to Play With Your Child: Easy Ways to Develop Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
*Through the Night: Helping Parents and Sleepless Infants – With a new preface
*Transitional Skills for Post Secondary Success
A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals with Autism
Visual Perception Problems in Children With AD/HD, Autism, And Other Learning Disabilities: A Guide for Parents And Professionals
Visual Strategies for Improving Communication : Practical Supports for School & Home by Hodgdon
*What About Me?: Growing Up With a Developmentally Disabled Sibling
*Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
*Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent's Guide to Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder
*From Emotions to Advocacy by Wright & Wright
Getting Services for Your Child on the Autism Spectrum
Healthcare for Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide to Medical, Nutritional, and Behavioral Issues (Topics in Autism)
*I.D.E.A. 2004 by Wright & Wright
*No Child Left Behind by Wright & Wright
*Special Education Law by Wright & Wright
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
A Parent's Guide to Special Education: Insider Advice on How to Navigate the System and Help Your Child Succeed
(2002) by Moyes*All About Child Care and Early Education: A Comprehensive Resource for Child Care Professionals
*All About Child Care (Trainee's Manual)
Educating Children and Youth With Autism: Strategies for Effective Practice
Guided Comprehension: A Teaching Model for Grades 3-8
Guided Reading: Making It Work (Grades K-3)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Preschool Issues in Autism by Schopler, Bristol, and Van Bourgondien
You're Going to Love This Kid!: Teaching Students With Autism in the Inclusive Classroom
*A Teacher's Window into the Child's Mind: And Papers from the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology.
Answers to Questions Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration
Assessing & Treating Infants & Young Children With Severe Difficulties in Relating & Communicating
Assessing Problem Behaviors (Innovations)
Assessment in Speech-Language Pathology: A Resource Manual
Beyond the Autism Diagnosis: A Professionals's Guide to Helping Families
*Case Studies in Infant Mental Health: Risk, Resiliency, and Relationships
*Coping with Children's Temperament: A Guide for Professionals
*Developmentally-Based Psychotherapy
*Diagnosing Learning Disorders: A Neuropsychological Framework
*Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood (ICDL-DMIC) by ICDL
*Diet Intervention and Autism: Implementing a Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet for Autistic Children and Adults: A Guide for Parents
*DIR Training : The Pscyotherapeutic Process (2000) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision) (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
*Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach
*Enhancing Children's Communication: Research Foundations for Intervention (Communication and Language Intervention Series, Vol 2)
*Frames of Reference for the Assessment of Learning Disabilities: New Views on Measurement Issues
*Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Healthcare for Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide to Medical, Nutritional, and Behavioral Issues (Topics in Autism)
Ideas for Inclusion: The Classroom Teacher's Guide to Integrating Students With Severe Disabilities
*Infancy & Early Childhood Training (2000) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*Infancy and Early Childhood: The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: A Comprehensive, Developmental Approach to Assessment and Intervention
Infant/Toddler Symptom Checklist: A Screening Tool for Parents
*Infants & Hearing (A Singular Audio Text)
*Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind
*New Visions for the Developmental Assessment of Infants & Young Children
*Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior: A Therapist's Guide to Assessment and Treatment (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional) … for the Mental Health Professional)
*Raising the Bar: Increasing Abstract Thinking, etc. Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: Audiotape
*Redefining the Standards of Care. Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: Audiotape
*Reflective Supervision: A Relationship for Learning. Zero to Three. Format: VHS
*Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice
The Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs
The Color of Autism
*The Effectiveness of Early Intervention
The Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) for Infancy and Early Childhood: Clinical and Research Applications; 2nd Edition 
*The Handbook of Pediatric Audiology
*The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience)
*Thinking Goes to School: Piaget's Theory in Practice
(1993) by Linder*Treating Troubled Children and Their Families
Understanding General Development
*Attention, Memory, and Executive Function
*Children : The Challenge
*First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child
*Imitation in Infancy
*Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self : 18 to 36 Months
*Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children
*Motor Skills Acquisition in the First Year of Life: An Illustrated Guide to Normal Development (1994) by Bly
*Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice
*Neuroimaging: A Window to the Neurological Foundations of Learning and Behavior in Children
*Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of the School-Age Child
*T. Berry Brazleton Lecture (2002) Unicorn Children's Foundation. Format: VHS
*The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience
*Emotional Life of the Toddler
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, And Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
*The Growth of the Mind: And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence
*The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish
*The Magic of Everyday Moments: 0-4 Months (2000) by Lerner, Dombro, & Levine
*The Magic of Everyday Moments: 4-6 Months (2000) by Lerner, Dombro, & Levine
*The Magic of Everyday Moments: 6-9 Months (2000) by Lerner, Dombro, & Levine
*The Magic of Everyday Moments: 9-12 Months (2000) by Lerner, Dombro, & Levine
*The Magic of Everyday Moments: 12-15 Months (2000) by Lerner, Dombro, & Levine
*Touchpoints: Birth to 3 : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development (Touchpoints)
*Touchpoints 3 to 6
*Touchpoints: The Essential Reference–Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development
*Your Child at Play: Birth to One Year : Discovering the Senses and Learning About the World (1998) by Segal
*Your Child at Play One to Two Years: Exploring, Daily Living, Learning, and Making Friends (1998) by Segal
*Your Child at Play Two to Three Years: Growing Up, Language, and the Imagination (1998) by Segal
*Unicorn Children's Foundation T. Berry Brazelton Conference (2002) . Format: VHS
*Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism
*Lucy's Story: Autism and Other Adventures (1999) by Blackman
*News from the Border: A Mother's Memoir of Her Autistic Son
*Seasons of Love, Seasons of Loss
*Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism
*Son Rise: The Miracle Continues
Soon Will Come the Light: A View from Inside the Autism Puzzle
*Sound of a Miracle: A Childs Triumph over Autism
Conferences, Data Sources, and Publications
*3rd Annual Conference Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (1999) by ICDL
*4th Annual Conference Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (2000) by ICDL
*5th Annual Conference Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (2001) by ICDL
*14th Annual CHADD International Conference Program Book (2002) by C.H.A.D.D.
*America's Babies: The Zero to Three Policy Center Data Book (2003) by Oser & Cohen
*Conference on Approaches to Developmental and Learning Disorders in Infants and Children (1997) Reuven Feuerstein. Format: VHS
*Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
*For Parents, By Parents: A Resource Guide (2003) by ICDL
*ICDL International Conference on Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (1997) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*ICDL International Conference on Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (1998) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*ICDL International Conference on Autism and Disorders of Relating and Communicating (1999) Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning Disorders. Format: VHS
*The Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders
For Children
*Russell Is Extra Special : A Book About Autism
*Taking A.D.D. to School: A Story about Attention Deficit Disorder (1999) by Weiner
*Taking Autism to School (2001) by Edwards
*Taking Dyslexia to School (Special Kids in School)
*Kristy and the Secret of Susan (Baby-Sitters Club, 32)
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