Autism and Employment: Raising Your Child with Foundational Skills for the Future

 by Lisa Tews, MS, CCC-SLP & Diane Zajac, LMSW (XAT Tew 2018) This book was written to help parents raise their child with the foundational skills he or she will need for the future. If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no cost.

Out and About Preparing Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Participate in Their Communities

Out and About Preparing Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Participate in Their Communities by Jill Hudson & Amy Bixler Coffin (XSS Hudso 2007) This book focuses on everyday events and how to enable and support individuals on the autism spectrum to be active participants in the world around them. Created as a Blueprint to […]

The Child with Autism at Home & in the Community

The Child with Autism at Home & in the Community by Kathy LaBosh and LanNita Miller (XFM 2011 Labos) Hundreds of easy-to-read bullet points provide tips that readers can put into action immediately. First they cleverly tackle home life, from breakfast to bedtime, and then they take readers on a trip through the community, offering […]

Helping Your Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Helping Your Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Stephanie Lockshin, PH.D., BCBA, Jennifer Gillis, MA, BCBA, & Raymond Romanczyk, PH.D., BCBA (XFM Locks 2005) With this workbook, parents learn the latest and most effective ASD management techniques for their children, including the use of the family enhancement treatment model designed by the authors—a program that […]

Going Solo While Raising Children with Disabilities

Going Solo While Raising Children with Disabilities by Laura E. Marshak, Ph.D (XFM Marsh 2015) The author weaves together extensive interviews and survey results of solo mothers and fathers (and grandparents, too) with reliable coping strategies gleaned from 25 years as a practicing psychologist and specialist in disability adjustment. The book’s insightful personal narratives and […]

Parenting without Panic

Parenting without Panic by Brenda Dater (XFM Dater 2014) The author offers advice and tried-and-tested solutions to parents’ top concerns, all in an accessible and easy-to-read format. Filled with the voices of other parents in the same situations, the book covers everything from the first steps to take after diagnosis, to advocacy and disclosure, behavior, […]

Second Shelter

Second Shelter by Rebecca Haid, M.Ed. and Elizabeth W. Donnelly, Ms (XFM Haid 2013) Second Shelter gives a comprehensive overview of therapeutic boarding schools and residential treatment facilities in a format that is readable and accessible for counselors, educators, and parents alike. The book examines which adolescents are best served in these environments as well […]

TIPS: Teaching Important Parenting Strategies

TIPS: Teaching Important Parenting Strategies by Megan Ahlers, MS and Colleen Hannigan Zillich, MS CCC-SLP (XFM Ahler 2014) This book can be used as a reference for finding practical, user-friendly solutions to common universal challenges encountered by parents and caregivers, including communication, behavior, technology, community outings, and sensory needs. All answers follow best practice and […]