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Appalachian Cultural Competency by Susan E. Keefe thumbnail

Appalachian Cultural Competency by Susan E. Keefe - 221038
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(173791) by Susan E. Keefe

Assembles fifteen essays by a multidisciplinary set of scholars and professionals to argue for the development of a cultural model of practice based on respect for local Appalachia knowledge, the value of community diversity, and collaboration between professionals and local communities, groups, and individuals.

About the Author
Susan E. Keefe is professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University. She is the editor of Appalachian Mental Health and Negotiating Ethnicity, and coauthor of Chicano Ethnicity.

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Cultural Competence by Medifecta (DVD) (Curriculum) - 221036
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(180956) Culturally competent health care includes a variety of cultural beliefs and customs rather than imposing one standard of behavior or belief upon everyone. You can use this training to educate professional and paraprofessional home care and hospital staff about behaviors and communication tools that foster respect and sensitivity.

This program explores how cultural beliefs and values affect communication and understanding. Interviews with experts in the field provide further insight on how to provide culturally competent care.
Topics include:

• Family structure
• Personal space
• Eye contact
• Touch
• Gestures
• Gender roles
• Sexual orientation
• Verbal communication style
• Time orientation
• Literacy
• Beliefs about medicine, illness and health

Program comes with support materials, which include outline, learning objectives, key points and definitions, test and answer key.

Length: 40 minutes

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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities (Parenting) - 219755
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219755) 2020 (8th Edition)

How to advocate for your child's education
Children with learning disabilities have different needs than other kids in special education -- let Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities help you make sure those needs are met. Learn how to:
understand your child's rights
untangle eligibility rules and evaluations
develop effective IEP goals
obtain the services and supports your child needs
Get the most up-to-date information available in this guide!
June 2020, 8th Edition

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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew - 219453
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219453) By Ellen Notbohm

Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative book in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book describes ten characteristics that help illuminate—not define—children with autism.

Ellen’s personal experiences as a parent of children with autism and ADHD, a celebrated autism author, and a contributor to numerous publications, classrooms, conferences, and websites around the world coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. This updated edition delves into expanded thought and deeper discussion of communication issues, social processing skills, and the critical roles adult perspectives play in guiding the child with autism to a meaningful, self-sufficient, productive life.

A bonus section includes ten more essential, thought-provoking "things" to share with young people on the spectrum as they cross the threshold of adulthood, and an appendix of more than seventy questions suitable for group discussion or self-reflection. This new edition sounds an even more resonant call to action, carrying the reader farther into understanding the needs and the potential of every child with autism.

2012

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Joy in a Foreign Land: A Family That Overcame When Their World Was Coming Apart (Autobiography) - 219452
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219452) Joan and Ron Denlinger, 2019

Serving and caring for people in pastoral ministry was their dream for their new life, but shortly after the birth of their first child the authors found themselves in a foreign land of the unfamiliar world of caring for a special needs child. When their second child was also born disabled, their hope for a meaningful life seemed to disappear. In this gripping true story, Joan shares her heart with tenderness and transparency. Ron shares things they’ve learned on their journey. Walk with them and be strengthened in your own set of challenges.

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EXTREME PARENTING: Raising children who have disabilities - 219451
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219451) Kylie McClelland, 2011

For parents of children with special needs, to achieve visibility and meaningful interaction in their communities takes a whole set of skills and commitment quite different to those required to achieve the same outcomes for a family of typically developing individuals.This is an everyday struggle that not all parents face. It requires 'Extreme Parenting' and that's what author Kylie McClelland shares in her new book- her personal experience, the issues these parents need to deal with, and the strategies and techniques they must equip themselves with to achieve the parenting required to guide their challenging children toward lives of dignity and choice.

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A Guide to Helping Your Child at Home (Reading & Writing Skills; curriculum) - 219450
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219450) Diana Hanbury King, 2015

This is the book for you if you:
-want to know how to help your child develop good reading and writing skills
-are the parent of a child who struggles in school
-want the best teaching strategies for helping your child at home

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The Down Syndrome Transition Handbook - 219086
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219086) Jo Ann Simons, M.S.W., 2010

The Down Syndrome Transition Handbook helps parents prepare their child for independent adult life. It's full of practical tips and step-by-step instructions to help families envision their child's future, develop a transition plan, and implement it. There's also a wealth of information about adults in their twenties or thirties living at home who are still struggling with finding a job, locating housing, or establishing a meaningful life in their community, and who could achieve more independence with the right guidance and supports.

The book is the culmination of the author's professional and personal experiences guiding hundreds of families through the transition process, and parenting her own son with Down syndrome, now an adult living independently. Its conversational style reassures parents overwhelmed by a complex process and its frank advice offers a reality check for parents whose child will soon venture into the adult world, or whose adult child has yet to leave the nest.

Your Struggling Child - 219085
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

A Guide to Diagnosing, Understanding, and Advocating for Your Child with Learning, Behavior, or Emotional Problems - Robert F. Newby, PhD, 2006

Here is a practical, compassionate book parents can turn to when they first recognize that their child has a "problem" –– but aren't sure what it is or where to seek help.

At this very moment, millions of children across the U.S. are falling behind in school, acting out impulsively at home, having problems making friends, suffering dramatic mood swings, and more. Their parents are frustrated and afraid, aware that something's wrong, but not sure where to turn for help or how to cope with their child's behavior. "Is it a learning disorder, ADHD, anxiety disorder, or some combination?" they wonder. "Are these moods and behaviors normal or abnormal? Will my child outgrow them?"

This book by a noted neuropsychologist explains the different and overlapping symptoms of learning, mood, and behavior disorders and guides parents in getting the right diagnosis and treatment.

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Transition Methods for Youth with Disabilities - 219083
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219083) David W. Test, Nellie P. Aspel, and Jane M. Everson, 2006

Comprehensive text shows the "how" or methods for successful transitions.

Instructs future teachers how to prepare students with disabilities for quality lives as adults through evidence-based best practices and skills that promote self-determination skills.

Explores the historical foundations and legal requirements for providing transition services.

Offers practical, hands-on information about how to provide quality transition services to students.

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Discover What Triggers Your Child's Meltdowns - 219081
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219081) Collegiate Learning, 2018

Are you dealing with meltdowns seemingly without provocation. Charting may offer you some insight. Charting can also help you figure out whether a behavior is positively or negatively triggered. This knowledge can help you to intervene appropriately. More importantly, it can help you determine whether or not a behavior requires medication or professional intervention.Charting can also get special needs professionals to take you seriously. Once a mom spoke to psychiatrist about her son’s erratic behavior at home; he seemed to hold it together in school. She was not taken seriously due to his seemingly stellar behavior in school, until she brought in an ABC chart. After the professionals viewed the charts, they were able to address his behavior and come up with a valid diagnosis. While these charts are primarily used in school, they can and do help parents at home. The “Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence” or an ABC chart is simply writing down what happens before the behavior occurs. Ask yourself, what happened just before the behavior occurred - known as the antecedent. Then record the actual behavior, and finally what happened afterward as a result or the consequence.This journal has helped families dealing with a wide variety of special needs including: Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), those on the Autism spectrum, Down’s Syndrome, sensorimotor etc

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Moving Out: A Family Guide to Residential Planning for Adults with Disabilities (Transitions) - 219080
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219080) Dafna Krouk-Gordon and Barbara D. Jackins, 2013

Finding the right residential situation for an adult child with an intellectual disability doesn't have to be overwhelming. The authors share decades of experience counseling families on housing options to help parents prepare themselves and their children for a new living arrangement. Discover the universal considerations most families should face before putting plans in place:
-Planning early
-Residential models
-DIY or hire an agency?
-Costs & funding
-Hiring staff
-Group living
-Legal ownership
Use this authoritative guide (full of checklists and forms) to make educated decisions and secure the housing that's best for your child and family.

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Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2019 - 219079
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219079) Peter W.D. Wright, Esq and Pamela Darr Wright, MA, MSW, 2019

Learn about current and emerging issues in special education law including:

All decisions in IDEA and Section 504 / ADA cases by U.S. Courts of Appeals in 2019

How Courts of Appeal are interpreting two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

How Courts of Appeal are deciding cases about discrimination in day care centers, private schools, higher education, discrimination by licensing boards in national testing, damages, higher standards for IEPs and "least restrictive environment"

Strategies to help you develop expertise in special education law

Tutorial about how to find relevant state and federal cases using your unique search terms

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Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children - 219077
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219077) Rita Eichenstein, PhD, 2015

As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices – and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children’s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval – for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.

With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.

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A Life Beyond Reason: A Father's Memoir - 219075
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219075) Chris Gabbard, 2019

Before becoming a father, Chris Gabbard was a fast-track academic finishing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford. A disciple of Enlightenment thinkers, he was a devotee of reason, believed in the reliability of science, and lived by the dictum that an unexamined life is not worth living. That is, until his son August was born.

Despite his faith that modern medicine would not fail him, August was born with a severe traumatic brain injury as a likely result of medical error and lived as a spastic quadriplegic who was cortically blind, profoundly cognitively impaired, and nonverbal. While Gabbard tried to uncover what went wrong during the birth and adjusted to his new role raising a child with multiple disabilities, he began to rethink his commitment to Enlightenment thinkers—who would have concluded that his son was doomed to a life of suffering. But August was a happy child who brought joy to just about everyone he met in his 14 years of life—and opened up Gabbard’s capacity to love. Ultimately, he comes to understand that his son is undeniably a person deserving of life.

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Radical Inclusion: What I Learned About Risk, Humility, and Kindness from My Son with Autism - 219074
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219074) Andrea Moriarty, 2018

Do you know an adult with autism, Down syndrome or another special need? One in eight people on our planet live with some form of disability. And they all deserve to live productive, engaged lives. Are we willing to help them accomplish this goal? The mother of an adult with autism, Andrea Moriarty leveraged her son’s passion, talent, and personality to help him create an out-of-the-box vocation: a podcast. After more than eighty interviews, she recognized three vital attitudes that people with disabilities teach us—risk taking, humility, and kindness. And when we integrate these people into society, we all thrive. Radical Inclusion is an entertaining glimpse behind the scenes of interviews with Temple Grandin, Aloe Blacc, Sesame Street’s Murray Monster, and others. Moriarty also shares how she grappled to embrace risk, humility, and kindness. Information on interacting with people on the spectrum and descriptions of model programs for adults provide practical help. And popular movies illustrate the concepts in unique ways. Above all, Radical Inclusion is a call to step out of our comfort zones, care about others, extend grace, and enhance our own lives and communities.

Special Ed Mom Survival Guide - 219073
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219073) Bonnie Landau, MS, PPS, 2017

In the Special Ed Mom Survival Guide, Bonnie leads you through the vital steps you need to survive as a Special Ed Mom. From learning how to manage the emotional overwhelm of parenting a special needs child, to figuring out how to get the school to say yes to special education services, Bonnie presents a roadmap so you can find your way through all the confusion. Sharing tried and true methods, Bonnie will teach you how to discover your own inner compass so you can gain the ability and confidence to make decisions that bring results. Based on personal and professional experience, Bonnie will help you to:- Create the Right Mindset- Take Care of Yourself- Take Care of Your Child- Take Charge of the Special Ed Process- Understand the Special Education Process

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Safety and Consent for Kids and Teens with Autism or Special Needs - 219068
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219068) Debra S. Jacobs, 2019

The developmental challenges of children with special needs means they are often more at risk of physical or emotional exploitation. This book provides invaluable tools to help parents, carers and teachers protect vulnerable children. Difficult topics are sensitively and straightforwardly addressed through step-by-step guidelines for parents and learning activities for children.

Guidance to carers includes information on how to identify warning signs of abuse, and recognise tell-tale behaviour changes in their child. Intervention activities help children learn which adults to trust and how to stay safe, while reducing the fear, shame or stigma surrounding abuse. Aimed at ages 5-12, these learning devices have been specifically designed to meet a range of comprehension and developmental abilities, with instructions for parents to adapt them to meet the specific needs of their child.

This important guidebook empowers adults to fulfil their responsibility to protect and support children, and to provide a safe environment in which every child can reach their highest potential free from coercion or abuse.

The Gift of Dyslexia - 219066
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219066) Ronald D. Davis, 2010

This book outlines a unique and revolutionary program with a phenomenally high success rate in helping dyslexics learn to read and to overcome other difficulties associated with it. This new edition is expanded to include new teaching techniques and revised throughout with up-to-date information on research, studies, and contacts.

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Secrets of a Special Education Advocate - 219065
Available for Loan Disability Resource Library South Charleston, WV

(219065) Yael Cohen, M.A., 2015

Did you make it out to the car before crying after that last Special Ed IEP meeting you attended? Were you confused with those Greek-sounding words? Are you upset about what’s going on with your child’s education and wondering what you should be asking for? Or are you wondering why, after three years of special ed lessons, your child STILL can’t read?

Have you begun to question how some parents seem to walk away with services for their kids that you seem to only dream of for yours? Or, as one of Yael’s clients exclaimed, was that last IEP meeting one of the 10 best days of your life? What is it they know -- that you don't?

Yael Cohen, MA, a Special Education Advocate who has changed the lives of kids (and their parents) for the last 25+ years, reveals secret after crucial secret that you must know before you walk into your child’s school again. Buy this “must-have” guide to help your child shine at school and to make those terrible IEP meetings a thing of the past.

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