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Meet Charlie Chaloosy, a boy who avoids strange foods or breaking routine. But when he opens up to a new friend, Charlie discovers the thrill of trying new things. Join him on a journey of bravery and fun, and be inspired to step out of your comfort zone. In the first book of Charlie Chaloosy's Adventures, embrace the excitement that comes with taking risks--you never know what kind of joy awaits!

Ellie is ready to have the best summer ever.

She's especially excited to draw under her favorite tree and hang out with her big brother, Ben. But all Ben seems to care about is impressing the new lip-glossy neighbor, Sara. And all Sara seems to care about is turning Ellie's brother into a Hawaii husband!

Luckily, Ellie's best friend, Ling, has the marriage list--a top-secret tool to track the lovebirds and stop a wedding before it starts. But nothing goes to plan, and while trying to rescue Ben, Ellie ends up putting the weeping willow in her garden in danger. Faced with losing everything she loves most, can Ellie find a way to win back her brother and save her beloved tree?

An utterly charming story about a lovable 10-year-old with Down syndrome whose extra sparkle never fails to shine bright.

Understand your unique brain, maximize your strengths, and find the confidence to shine with this engaging workbook--just for you.

If you're a teen girl with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)--or suspect you may be--you've probably experienced a number of challenges in your life, including struggling in school, difficulty making friends, feeling like you have to be perfect, negative self-talk, fear of rejection, and intense emotions. You aren't alone. Although some people think that ADHD is "just for boys," rest assured that there are many, many girls out there just like you. This empowering guide offers tons of tips and tools to help you overcome your struggles, focus on what makes you awesomely unique, and live your best life.

Written by a mental health professional with first-hand experience living with ADHD, this friendly workbook offers evidence-based tools to help you gain a better understanding of your neurodivergent brain, focus on your strengths, advocate for yourself, and build the self-confidence needed to reach your fullest potential. You'll also find fun and easy activities to help you:

• Work through difficult or negative emotions
• Be your own ally
• Stop letting negative thoughts define your life
• Prioritize what really matters to you
• Stop masking your symptoms and start advocating for yourself
• Discover your own social style

Being a teen girl in today's world isn't easy--and it's even trickier when you have ADHD. But there are skills you can learn that will help you on the road to adulthood. With this workbook, you'll find powerful ways to manage your symptoms, make the most of your strengths, and even educate others about ADHD, so you can get the support you need to thrive.

A Note to Parents and Clinicians: The activities and exercises in this workbook are grounded in proven-effective therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness, life coaching, self-compassion, and more. Teens will find self-assessments and tools to help them improve their executive functioning skills, deal with rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD), and handle the challenges of adolescence while living with ADHD.

You're autistic - but what does that really mean?

Welcome to the ultimate guide to understanding who you are and what it means to be autistic!

In this fully illustrated graphic guide to what it means to be autistic and discover the differences between sensory seekers and avoiders, why you might find some things super easy and other things extra challenging and even begin to understand and navigate all of your big (and small) feelings.

Best of all, learn what makes you totally unique. You might just come away with some cool facts to share with your friends and family!

"Clever, quippy dialogue and enjoyable first-person voice make the sassy, inner-monologuing Lucy a pleasure of a protagonist...A sweet, sincere look at the complexities of female friendship between competitive athletes. This book tackles a lot and scores at every turn." --Booklist

Seventeen-year-old Lucy "Lucky" Graves is devoted to her championship rugby team, but her dreams of a scholarship are destroyed when she breaks her ankle during an important game. If it doesn't heal properly, Lucy could be benched for the rest of the year. Goodbye pro career, goodbye college, goodbye future. Without rugby, who is she? Now her anxiety and OCD are getting worse, and a past trauma has resurfaced to haunt her. Lucy needs to stop running from her past to discover what it really means to be a team player.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Designed by Amy Sharony, decade-long homeschooler and founder of home/school/life magazine, this homeschool planner has everything you need to organize curriculums for up to six subjects. Plan the big picture and stay on top of the day-to-day, with customizable templates for yearly goal mapping and detailed progress tracking.

However you like to stay organized, this homeschool planner is:

• Undated and fully customizable for year-round use.
• Flexible, designed to teach one to six students of varying grade levels.
• User-friendly, with 250+ pages that include color-coded tabs for yearly, monthly, and weekly planning.
• Comprehensive, with a carefully curated mix of guided templates and space to make your own.
• Full of expert insights and thoughtful quotes to motivate you throughout the year.

Get inspired to plan your best year yet with a homeschooling planner that makes it easy to manage your classroom with confidence.

Being a slow reader and poor speller can be confusing and discouraging for kids. For many however, learning that there is a reason for these weaknesses - that they are smart but dyslexic - can be an enormous relief. This book is designed to be a tool for parents who want to teach their kids the facts about dyslexia. Too many resources today focus on the negative side of being dyslexic. "What is Dyslexia? A Parent's Guide to Teaching Kids About Dyslexia" also focuses on the many unique strengths of dyslexia.

This essential manual helps educators comfortably and knowledgeably bring comprehensive sex education to the special education classroom.

Drawing on firsthand experience and real-world examples, the first half provides background material-including common roadblocks-and tools for how to effectively partner with parents. The second half breaks down the how-tos of implementing a successful sex education program and troubleshoots tricky situations that might come up in the special education classroom.

Written in accessible, person-first language, this guide equips you with best practices for providing students with developmental disabilities with the knowledge and tools to engage in healthy relationships and live full lives as self-advocating sexual beings.

Does your middle or high school student struggle with sensory challenges? A Buffet of Sensory Interventions: Solutions for Middle and High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders offers a smorgasbord of sensory-based interventions for use by educators, occupational therapists and parents.

This practical and well-researched tool is unique because it focuses on middle and high school students, whose sensory needs are often overlooked. For this age group, the author emphasizes the importance of fostering independence, self-advocacy and self-regulation as a way to for teens with autism to take ownership of their sensory needs as they transition into adulthood. Using simple terminology and illustrations, the book also explains sensory basics, describes the sensory systems, discusses sensory challenges experienced by those with autism, and helps develop daily educational interventions through assessment of sensory needs. Parents and educational team members working with teens with autism will benefit from adding this resource to their library.

Award-winning author and occupational therapist Barbara Sher has over 45 years experience helping children with sensory processing disorder, autism and Asperger's learn and thrive. In this new solutions-based guide, she's collected 100 sensory-rich games that make working with your child a joy.

Whimsy and wisdom pour forth from this wonderful book. The fun and functional sensory-motor ideas are easily adaptable to suit all environments, all abilities, all kids and all their grown-ups. --Carol Stock Kranowitz, Author of The Out-of-Sync Child and The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun

If you're looking for new strategies to manage your child's sensory processing disorder, this book is a perfect companion to classics such as The Out-of-Sync Child and Raising a Sensory Smart Child.

Everyday Games for Sensory Processing Disorder advocates play as the most effective approach for children with sensory processing disorder, and illustrates the many ways that play can lead to significant breakthroughs, including:

• 100 fun and simple games for parents to play with their kids
• An easy-to-grasp overview of sensory processing disorder
• Inventive ideas for engaging kids, using materials easily found around the house
• Inclusive games geared toward varying degrees of development, with modifications for older children

Blast Off to Reading! is designed for children, ages 7-13, who are reading below grade level. This is for children who have dyslexia, speech delays, auditory processing disorder (APD), and other learning difficulties.

This multisensory, Orton-Gillingham based program will systematically teach your child to read starting from the most basic units of sounds to multi-syllable, complex words in just 50 lessons.

Each lesson includes a new sound or rule, followed by several exercises, which review concepts taught in the lesson as well as those taught previously. This provides the perfect blend of reading and writing with review. Your student will become aware of sounds and how they are put together to form words.

Why Use Blast Off to Reading

• The program is highly structured, gradually building up on what was taught.
• This program, while covering topics taught to younger students, is made for the maturity level of this age group (7-13).
• The lessons are easy to implement, little to no lesson planning is needed.
• This book is colorful, with large text and a simple layout that is created to be visually appealing to children.
• There is an answer key included, so if you aren't sure, you can always check.
• Spelling is also addressed.
• The back of the book includes the complete phonics reference chart (all of the sounds taught) for a quick review or reference.
• There are teaching tools and online activities to augment this program available at the Blast Off to Learning website.

Who Can Use This Program

• Parents, family members, or anyone who can work with the child on a consistent basis.
• Tutors - This program is easy to implement, just begin your session where you left off.
• Teachers - This program can be used with small groups; however, it's recommended to use the lesson slides to present the lessons.

In this updated and expanded fifth edition, The Way I See It, Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the REAL issues of autism--the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day.

Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research. Revised and updated chapters include: