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How (and Why) to Become a Foster Parent

By Benjamin J. Dueholm — 2020

The licensing process – and the training, home visits and court dates – can be intimidating. Here’s what you need to know.

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We’ve Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents

How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? When writer and musician Eliza Hull was pregnant with her first child, like most...

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Eliza Hull (editor)
2022
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What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

You’ve read all the expert advice, but despite countless efforts to help your child cope better and stay on track, you’re still struggling with everyday issues like homework, chores, getting to soccer practice on time, and simply getting along without pushback and power struggles.

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Sharon Saline
2018
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The Parent’s Guide to Occupational Therapy for Autism and Other Special Needs

With the help of this handy guide, you can bring tried and tested occupational therapy activities into your home and encourage your child to succeed with everyday tasks while having fun in the process.

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Cara Koscinski
2025
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The Invisibles: Parenting With a Disability

Guthrie resident Kim Watson overcomes the physical and emotional challenges of parenting with a disability.

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2018
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Chicken Little, the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety

This is a comprehensive guide for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy, resilient adolescents in a time of great stress when anxiety and mental health disorders are epidemic. In these times of great stress for our kids, resilience is not a given.

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Erica Komisar
2021
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Focused: ADHD and ADD Parenting Strategies for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder

Equip Yourself with Practical Strategies to Help Your Child Manage ADHD from Preschool to Adulthood Written by an expert with over 15 years of experience in treating adult ADHD and ADHD in children, Focused offers essential information to empower parents and provide immediate assistance.

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Blythe N. Grossberg
2015
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The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students

The Behavior Code unlocks a wealth of proven practices to help teachers, counselors, and parents identify the messages underlying challenging student behaviors and respond in supportive ways.

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Jessica Minahan, Nancy Rappaport
2012
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Connecting and Communicating with Your Autistic Child

This book teaches drama and immersive theatre-based activities for parents and professionals working with children and young people on the autism spectrum.

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Tessa Morton, Jane Gurnett
2025
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Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Strategies for Maximizing Their Strengths, Coping with Adversity, and Developing a Social Mindset

In Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, noted psychologists and bestselling authors Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Brooks teach you the strategies and mindset necessary to help your child develop strength, hope, and optimism.

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Robert Brooks, Sam Goldstein
2012
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Grown and Flown

The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too.

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Lisa Heffernan, Mary Dell Harrington
2025
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