G.R.A.S.E. LIBRARY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anderson,  Winifred, and others.  Negotiating the Special Education Maze.   Maryland: Woodbine House, 1990.
An easy step-by-step guide for parents of children with special needs and the teachers and professionals who assist them.

Barnes, Donald L., and Kenneth Miller.  The Decision-Making Skillbook.  Maine:  J. Weston Walch, Publisher, 1989.
This workbook helps develop important decision-making skills through a step-by-step program of lessons, activities, and problem-solving exercises.

Bireley, Marlele.  Crossover Children.  Reston.  The Council for Exceptional  Children, 1995.
 A rich resource that provides specific strategies to help children who are gifted and learning disabled and/or ADD to control impulsivity, increase attention, enhance memory, improve social skills, and develop a positive self-concept. It also provides recommendations for academic interventions and enrichment activities.

Bratman, Fred.  Everything You Need To Know When A Parent Dies.  New York:
the Rosen Publishing Group, 1995.
This book assists children in dealing with the loss of a parent.

Brigman, Greg, and Barbara Earley.  Peer Helping . A Training Guide.  Maine: J.
Weston Walch, Publisher, 1990.
A well-planned peer helping program can develop teens' leadership skills, provide assistance for students who need extra help, and extend the services of counselors and teachers.

Canter, Lee, and Marlene Canter.  Assertive Discipline Positive Behavior  Management For Today’s Classroom. Santa Monica:  Lee Canter &  Associates,1992.
This book provides a base needed to be consistent in discipline in schools.  The program focuses on self-esteem as a vital component in positive behavior.

The Difficult Child.  Videotape.  Dr. Stanley Turecki, 1995.
Raising children to become healthy, responsible adults presents a never-ending challenge to parents and teachers alike.  Some behavior seems particularly hard to live with e.g. when children are angry, stubborn and disruptive. This videotape is the lecture presented by Dr. Turecki in 1995 to the Glen Ridge Community.

Faber, Adele, and Elaine Mazlish.  How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So  Kids Will Talk.  New York: Avon, 1980.
An effective method that is supportive, friendly, and best of all effective.  How to listen and understand your child's concerns is necessary in developing a relationship to help your child attain a positive self-image.

Grandin, Temple.  Thinking in Pictures and other reports from my Life with  Autism.  New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Here, in Temple Grandin’s  own words, is the story of what it is like to live with autism, to be among the few people who have broken through many of the neurological impairments associated with autism and to live again.

Grosshandler-Smith, Janet.  Coping When A Parent Dies.  New York: The Rosen
 Publishing Group,1995.
Deals with the grief after a parent dies and the experiences of many different adolescents.

Hayes, Marnell L. The Tuned-In, Tuned-On Book About Learning Disabilities.
Novato:Academic Therapy Publications,1994.
A book dealing with the realities of and reactions to learning disabilities.

Holt, John. How Children Learn.  New York: A Dell Book, 1967.
A chilling paradox is explored in this book. In a country where the most urgent cultural value is education, the "educational experience" itself is small and degrading, especially on the primary level.

How Difficult Can This Be?  The F.A.T. City Workshop. Videotape. PBS Video,  1989. 70 minutes.
An informative and entertaining film which looks at the world through the eyes of a learning disabled child.

Last One Picked.... First One Picked On. Videotape. Richard Lavoie, 1995. 62  minutes.
A video tape about the social aspects of learning disabilities.

Levine, Mel, M.D.  All Kinds Of Minds.  Toronto: Educators Publishing Service,  Inc., 1993.
This book is mainly a fictitious account of five appealing and realistic characters. Each of these children has one or more learning disorders: an attention deficit, a reading disorder, memory problems, a language disorder, social skills problems, or motor skills problems. Young readers will easily identify with the experiences of the characters  as they appear in a variety of real-life situations.

McCarney, Stephen B., Ed.D.  and Angela M. Bauer, M.Ed. The Parents Guide:
Solutions To Today’s Most Common Behavior Problems at Home.  Missouri: Hawthorne, 1989.
The Parent’s Guide is the perfect resource for parents of special needs children, foster parents, adoptive parents, or any parent who wishes to improve his or her skills in dealing with the demands of raising children today. As parents use this guide their shills will improve as they apply the specific intervention strategies to behavior problems they encounter.

McCarney, Stephen B. Ed.D.  and Janet K. Tucci, M.Ed. Study Skills For Students
 In Our Schools.  Missouri: Hawthorne, 1991.
This guide was designed to provide study skills mastery for students in elementary as well as secondary grade levels. For the at-risk and special needs student, the guide is a must for academic survival. This book is also useful for students who do not have learning problems as it helps develop the  practical skills necessary to process the vast amount of information our students must contend with today.

Moss, Robert A., M.D. Why Johnny Can’t Concentrate.  New York: Bantam  Books,1990.
Attention Deficit Disorder, the inability to focus or concentrate, affects at least one child in as average classroom and often goes undiagnosed.  Dr. Robert Moss, provides not only a comprehensive plan, but all the support and knowledge a parent and teacher needs to help a child with A.D.D.

Osman, Betty B.  No One to Play with.  Novato: Academic Therapy Publications,  1982
 This compassionate, practical, readable guide describes everyday social problems and situations and offers invaluable advise on how to deal with them effectively.

Schachter, Robert, M.D. When Your Child Is Afraid.  New York: Simon and  Schuster, 1988.
Helps parents understand the normal fears of childhood from birth through adolescence and offers advise on how to overcome them.
 
 
 

Shore, Milton F.  When Your Child Needs Testing.  New York: Crossroad, Steele,
1992.
While especially helpful to parents and teachers, this book will also be of immense value to school psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors, and many others. No other book in this genre answers the questions and meets the needs of concerned individuals as practically and assuredly as this one.

Spies, Karen. Everything You Need To Know About Grieving.  New York: The  Rosin Publishing Group, 1995.
This book addresses the experience of grieving.  At some time or another, everyone will have to grieve over the loss of a loved one.  This book discusses the necessity for talking about your emotions while grieving.

Steele, Bill.  The Need to Fail. Novato: Learning Programs to Behavioral  Specifications.1974.
 Some children “need to fail” in order to remain secure in their environment. Teachers, parents and other adults can help these children discover more productive and appropriate patterns of behavior. Common factors in the failing person are highlighted along with effective ways to alter behavior.

Stevens, Suzanne H. The LD Child and the ADHD Child.  Salem: John F. Blair,
Publisher,1996.
Invaluable insights are threaded throughout this concise handbook for parents of a child who learns differently than others. Presents a wealth of information about learning disabilities so parents can be well-informed and make realistic decisions. Advises parents on what to do when professional help is not available as well as examines the type of help that can be expected from schools and therapists. Gives parents practical suggestions on how to become an advocate for their LD child.

Turecki, Stanley, M.D.  The Difficult Child.  New York: Bantam Books,1989.
Dr. Stanley Turecki offers compassionate and practice advice to parents of hard-to-raise children.

Turecki, Stanley, M.D.  The Emotional Problems of Normal Children.  New York:  Bantam Books,1994.
"Normal children can have problems," and "Parents can help them."  Step-by-step, Dr. Turecki shows how mothers and fathers can use their intimate knowledge of their child to understand what's happening and to intervene effectively.

Wolf, Anthony E., Ph.D. Get Out of my Life, But First Could You Drive Me And
 Cheryl to the Mall?  Farrar: The Noonday Press,1991.
The title of this wonderful book reveals at once that Dr. Wolf  does more than listen to young people.  He hears them and then goes beyond their pleading to provide us with an understanding of their lives.  Without pity, self-righteousness or arrogance, he offers assistance and advice for living with teens in a loving and compassionate manner.