BOOKS/LEARNING TOOLS
Benefit from a growing number of books and learning tools designed to help children and adults with special needs.
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Plural Publishing
5521 Ruffin Rd.,
SD, 92123
858-492-1555
Make the Connection: A Practical Guide to Parents and Practitioners for Teaching the Nonverbal Child to Communicate
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Meet Thotso, Your Thought Maker
An interactive book for ages 3-5 that teaches children about the thoughts they make
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You are a Social Detective (English and Spanish)
A comic book intended for elementary school-aged children that teaches children to develop their own social detective tools and introduces the concepts of “expected” and “unexpected” behaviors. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com.
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Superflex Series
Comic books and a curriculum that introduces Superflex, a social thinking superhero who must defeat the Team of Unthinkables, characters with common unexpected behaviors. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com. Intended age 6-10
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DVDs
Social Thinking Across the Home and School Day
A DVD of a Michelle Garcia Winner presentation that introduces the ILAUGH Framework. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com.
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Time for a Playdate
Video modeling with topics covering greeting friends, losing, using eye contact. Intended for elementary school-aged children. Can be purchased on www.modelmekids.com.
Model Me Friendship
Video modeling of skills needed to make and maintain friends including compromising, handling rejection, and initiating conversation. Intended for children who are 9-17. Can be purchased on www.modelmekids.com.
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Model Me Conversation Cues
Models nonverbal cues for children who are 9-17. Can be purchased on www.modelmekids.com
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Inside Out: What Makes a Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick?
A resource for parents that introduces social thinking and Michelle Garcia Winner’s ILAUGH model that helps to pinpoint specific challenges. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com.
Thinking About YOU Thinking About ME, 2nd Edition
A resource for parents that provides information about social interaction and social awareness. Sets the foundation for using Superflex and Social Detective books. Includes lessons and activity ideas. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com.
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Socially Curious and Curiously Social: A Social Thinking Guidebook for Teens & Young Adults with
Asperger’s, ADHD, PDD-NOS, NVLD, or other Murky Undiagnosed Social Learning Issues
A guidebook for teens to read themselves about how the social mind works. Can be purchased on www.socialthinking.com.
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The New Social Stories Book: 10th Anniversary Edition
A collection of 150 Social Stories TM and includes a CD. Can be purchased on www.thegraycenter.com.
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Pro.Ed
800-897-3202
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ELV Enterprises
Ashley Pfohl
P.O. Box 2225
La Jolla, Ca 92038
Driven to Distraction : Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit
Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
The Child With Special Needs
Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth by Stanley I., Md. Greenspan, Serena, Ph.D. Weider, Robin Simon (Contributor), Serena Wieder
The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids
How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child by Sally Yahnke Walker, Susan K. Perry
Guiding the Gifted Child : A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers
by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, Stephanie S. Tolan (Contributor)
Teaching Kids With Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom
Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students by Susan Winebrenner, Pamela Espeland (Editor)
Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook
Ready-To-Use Techniques for Teaching Learning-Handicapped Students
by Joan M. Harwell
Complete Guide to Special Education Transition Services
Ready-To-Use Help and Materials for Successful Transitions from School to Adulthood by Roger Peirangelo, Rochelle Crane, Roger, Ph.D. Pierangelo
A Survival Kit for the Special Education Teacher
by Roger Pierangelo
Add/Adhd Behavior-Change Resource Kit
Ready-To-Use Strategies & Activities for Helping Children With Attention Deficit Disorder
by Grad L., Ph.D. Flick
How to Reach and Teach ADD/ADHD Children
Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions for Helping Children With Attention Problems and Hyperactivity
by Sandra F. Rief
Peterson's Colleges With Programs for Students With Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders (Peterson's Colleges With Programs for students)
by Charles T. Mangrum (Editor), Stephen S. Strichart (Contributor), Jon Latimer (Editor)
Introduction to Learning Disabilities
by Daniel P. Hallahan, James M. Kauffman, John Lloyd
Teaching Study Skills and Strategies to Students With Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders, or Special Needs
by Stephen S. Strichart, Patricia Iannuzzi, Charles T., II Mangrum, Patricia Ianuzzi
Supporting Children With Communication Difficulties in Inclusive Settings
School-Based Language Intervention
by Linda McCormick, Diane Frome Loeb (Contributor), Richard L. Schiefelbusch (Contributor)
The ABCs of Learning Disabilities
by Bernice Y. L. Wong
The Exceptional Student in the Regular Classroom
by Bill R. Gearheart, Mel W. Weishahn, Carol J. Gearheart
Young Children With Special Needs
by Warren Umansky, Stephen R. Hooper, Nancy H. Young
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders : Theory and Practice
by Margaret Cecil Coleman, David S. Coleman
Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settings
by Judy W. Wood
Developing and Implementing Individualized Education Programs
by Bonnie B. Strickland, Ann P. Turnbull, Bonnie R. Strickland
Exceptional Children and Youth
by Norris G. Haring, Linda McCormick, Thomas G. Haring
Life Skills Activities for Special Children
by Darlene Mannix
Social Skills Activities for Special Children
by Darlene Mannix
Meeting the Needs of Students With Special Physical and Health Care Needs
by Jennifer Leigh Hill, Ann Castel Davis
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