The Complete IEP Guide (Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child)
by Lawrence M Siegel
"Helps navigate the complicated process of creating and maintaining an Individualized Education Program (IEP) by providing explanations of the law and guidance and tools for parents. The 7th edition covers recent court cases, plus has an expanded section about "appropriate" education measures and eligibility details"--Provided by publisher.
The Bigger Picture Book of Amazing Dyslexics and the Jobs They Do
by Kate Power and Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth
A beautifully designed book (packed with photos) full of wise words and encouragement from successful dyslexics working in comedy, architecture, law, fashion and many other amazing (and achievable!) careers.Honest about the challenges of dyslexia (like problems or embarrassment at school), while showing how its strengths can be used to your advantage (for example how visualising and big picture thinking can make you shine at work), this is a book of colourful conversations with creative, motivat...
The Gift of Adult Add: How to Transform Your Challenges and Build on Your Strengths
by Lara Honos-Webb
Discusses how dyslexics can use their talents and strengths to launch businesses, grow their companies, or accelerate their careers.
Constructing the (M)other (Disability Studies in Education, #22)
Constructing the (M)other is a collection of personal narratives about motherhood in the context of a society in which disability holds a stigmatized position. From multiple vantage points, these autoethnographies reveal how ableist beliefs about disability are institutionally upheld and reified. Collectively they seek to call attention to a patriarchal surveillance of mothering, challenge the trope of the good mother, and dismantle the constructed hierarchy of acceptable children. The stories c...
There is much literature about children with Attention Deficit Disorder. This work focuses on the experience of adults with the disorder, combining practical information and moral support. It explains the diagnostic process and distinguishes ADD symptions from normal lapses in memory, lack of concentrations, and impulse behaviour, and addresses: how to achieve balance by analyzing one's strengths and weaknesses; how to get along in groups, at work, and intimate and family relationships - includi...
Growing Up with Jessica, Second Edition (Growing Up with Jessica, #1)
by James Walker
