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Recommended Reading |
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There are a number of books about Autism available on the market today, but it is often difficult to find the right one to meet your needs.
This is list of books that I have found most helpful in my experience working with children with Autism. |
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1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. by Veronica Zysk, Ellen Notbohm (2004). |
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This is an absolute must have book for parents and educators! It is full of practical activities, tips, and solutions for home and school covering most of the big issues that come with Autism. It touches on everything from Sensory Integration to Special Education Law in an easy to read how-to format.. |
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Other ASDs.
by Chantal Sicile-Kira, foreword by Temple Grandin (2004). |
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This guide covers every stage of Autism from diagnosis to adulthood, touching on many difficult issues in between. Every chapter is packed with tips, explanations, and resources. Personal stories are scattered throughout the pages, including those of the author and her teenage son. |
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The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder.
by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A. (1998). |
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This book gives a clear and easy to understand overview of Sensory Integration Dysfunction. It includes questionnaires to assess your child's sensory needs, detailed explanations of the Vestibular and Proprioceptive senses and suggested coping methods and activities. |
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The Child With Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth.(1998)
Engaging Autism (2006)
by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D. |
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These books present a thorough account of social-emotional development and offer a definitive guide to The DIR / Floortime Approach. The information in these books focuses on discovering and working with each child's unique strengths and challenges and empowering parents to become key players in their child's intervention. |
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Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child's Life. by Lynn Kern Koegel Ph.D., Claire LaZebnik (2004). |
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This is an outstanding book that offers the clinical perspective and suggested methods of Dr. Koegel, while being balanced by the motherly insights of Ms. LaZebnik. Overcoming Autism is extremely reader friendly. Each chapter contains a series of Frequently Asked Questions, which are answered with clear explanations and specific intervention techniques based on the principles of ABA. Then each chapter closes with the parental perspective and personal stories of Ms. LaZebnik and her son. |
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Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew. by Ellen Notbohm (2005). |
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This is an extension of a previous article written by Ms. Notbohm, the parent of a child with Autism. Here she goes into further explanation of the ten statements written from the child's point of view, by infusing the chapters with her own motherly perspective and experience with Autism. |
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It is essential that educators and other professionals understand the daily
struggles families experience due to Autism. I suggest these personal accounts. |
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Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Help. by Lynn M. Hamilton (2000).
Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autism. by Catherine Maurice (1993).
The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autism. by Patricia Stacey (2003).
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