Autism/Neurodiversity
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It's My Brain!
From bestselling author Elise Gravel comes a book that celebrates our beautiful brains. Through her trademark quirky monster characters, author Elise Gravel shows the amazing things that our brains can do. They work with our senses and control our bodies. Brains do our thinking and are where our emotions live. And just like no two bodies are alike, no two brains are either. Brains learn and do things in different ways - and that's okay. It's My Brain celebrates everyone's amazing and unique brain. The best one is the one that belongs to you . . . so take good care of it!
$19.99
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Adam Devine, Quentin Devine It's Raining And I'm Okay: A Calming Story To Help Children Relax When They Go Out And About
This book helps children aged 3-7 face unfamiliar surroundings and experiences and feel less anxious when they are out and about. It offers calming techniques that can help when things don't go to plan, when you get stuck in a crowd, or when you start to feel tired at the end of a long day. Particularly suited to children with special needs and learning differences, including autism, symbols on each page help pre-readers begin to recognise words.
$25.95
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Job Skills Skill Development Cards
Ages: 15-Adults. This card game is designed for people considering entering the workforce, re-entering, presently working, or volunteering. 72 cards.
$32.95
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Just Take A Bite
Easy, Effective Answers To Food Aversions And Eating Challenges Is your child a "picky" eater or a full-fledged resistant eater? Does he or she eat only 3-20 foods, refusing all others? Eat from only one food group? Gag, tantrum, or become anxious if you introduce new foods? If so, you have a resistant eater. Learn the possible causes, when you need professional help, and how to deal with the behavior at home. Learn why "Don't play with your food!" and "Clean your plate!"-along with many other old saws-are just plain wrong. And who said you have to eat dessert last? Get ready to have some stereotypes shattered.
$38.95
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Key to Autism
An Evidence-based Workbook for Assessing and Treating Children & Adolescents. Filled with dozens of case examples, exercises to understand how the brain with autism works, the latest tools for screening and assessment, and
$38.95
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Kids' Guide to Staying Awesome and In Control
Simple Stuff to Help Children Regulate their Emotions and Senses From breathing exercises and pressure holds to noise-reducing headphones and gum, this illustrated book is packed with simple strategies and tools to help children with emotional and sensory regulation difficulties aged approximately 7 to 14 years to stay cool, calm and in control.
$32.95
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Large Weighted Shoulder Wrap (2.3 kg)
This weighted wrap in ultra-soft polar is ideal for soothing and reducing tension in the shoulders and upper back. It can help: improve attention and concentration, soothe excess energy, encourage relaxation and sleep, reduce anxiety, and regulate emotions and behaviors. Ages 3 and up. Dimensions: 32 x 37 cm. NOTE: This item may incur extra shipping costs. Submit Order as Quote at checkout, and staff will contact you to provide you with complete shipping costs for your items.
$62.95
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Launching Your Autistic Youth to Successful Adulthood
Everything You Need to Know About Promoting Independence and Planning for the Future As the mother of a child on the autism spectrum and a child psychiatrist, Katharina Manassis shares common transition-related challenges and offers real solutions for each. The book helps parents and teens plan for every stage of the journey. The book includes discussion of what a successful transition means and how to set realistic goals. It explores specific aspects of the transition such as employment, independence and social life, and looks at how to address long-term concerns such as living arrangements and financial support.
$29.95
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Lava Flow Liquid Timer
You will instantly become visually engaged with the Liquid Color Timer as two rows of soft circles float down to the bottom. Each row features complimentary colors that fall for approximately one minute. Use it as a transition tool to prepare the kids you work with to move on to the next activity, or place it in the calming corner of your classroom to use as another relaxation tool. Use it as a reward for participating in therapy or for positive behavior. Or, give it as a gift-- it's a big hit with those who are visually oriented! Each timer is 2 x 5.75 inch long with an hourglass shaped display. It's made of thick acrylic plastic that will stand up to regular use. Once the colored drops have all reached the bottom, simply turn it over to restart the action.
$12.95
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Bex Ollerton Lavender Clouds: Comics about Neurodivergence and Mental Health
A dazzling, humorous, and highly personal portrayal of neurodivergence from a leading voice in mental health comics. Eisner Award nominated author Bex Ollerton ”known as Schnumn to her thousands of followers” is a talented comic artist who feels energized and courageous on some days and exhausted and emotionally depleted on others. In Lavender Clouds, she translates her experiences with Autism, ADHD, and mental health into a series of colorful, emotionally resonant comics that tell stories of neurodiversity and resilience. With a tone that is sharp but always sensitive, this debut book collection describes the many insights and strategies the author has learned on her journey to self-acceptance. Among the many topics addressed in the book are the folly of foolproof organization strategies, the perils of burnout, the joy of small hopes, and the importance of growing at your own pace and on your own path.
$22.99
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Learning Social Rules in School
Dr. Playwell has brought us another great game designed to help students think about the consequences of their behavior and distinguish good choices from bad ones. The game will also help children practice relaxation and self-control, learning that they can control their bodies as well as their behavior. For children who are having difficulty learning social rules, particularly children on the Autism Spectrum and children with ADD/ADHD. This game is designed to be played in a regular classroom or as part of a social skills training program. Ages 6-12.
$89.50
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Let's Talk: Feelings Card Deck
Let's Talk: Feelings is a card game to enable people to become more aware of their feelings. It is an adaptable resource, designed for use as a 5-minute ice breaker, in a one-hour discussion, or in a series of more detailed workshop sessions. The cards are presented in 6 sections: 1.Give an example of when you felt...? 2. How would you feel if...? How would you show it? 3. You are feeling...? 4. Dealing with different emotions 5. Helping friends to deal with different feelings 6. Other people's feelings (e.g. You boast about your achievements. How might the other person feel?; You ask for help from a friend even though you know they are busy. How might they feel?). 78 cards plus instructions and ideas are included in the box.
$58.95
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Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke Let’s Solve It! Step-by-Step Social Problem Solving with Kids
Let’s Solve It! Step-by-Step Social Problem Solving with Kids, 3-book Teaching Set, gives educators, therapists, parents, and caregivers a structured, visual, step-by-step way to teach kids about social problem solving through illustrated stories and problem-solving templates. Two story books help kids explore situations through multiple perspectives, while the companion teaching templates enhance understanding of basic concepts, encourage engagement, and build critical thinking skills. Ages: 7-9
$87.25
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Liam Goes Poo In The Toilet
A Story About Trouble With Toilet Training. For a typical child, learning to gain control over the body's internal stimuli can be at best challenging. For many children, however, these internal cues can be overwhelming and confusing, leading to both a frustrating and traumatic toileting experience. This book illustrates the relationship between eating and excreting. It provides visual instructions on how to "relax and push". After much fanfare Liam finally masters going poo in the toilet and both he and Mum bask in the glory of a job well done.
$23.95
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Life on the Autism Spectrum
A Guide for Girls and Women Essential reading for parents of daughters on the spectrum, as well as girls and women who carry the diagnosis themselves. Straightforward information and advice is provided on key topics including social skills and communication, how to overcome bullying, the need for routine, sensory issues and food sensitivity, perceptions of gender and physiological changes.
$35.95
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Life Skills Activities For Secondary Students With Special Needs 2nd Edition
This book offers teachers and parents a unique collection of more than 200 worksheets to help adolescents with special needs build the life skills they need to achieve independence and succeed in everyday life. The book provides 22 complete teaching units focusing on basic life skills such as handling money, succeeding at school, using the Internet safely, getting and keeping a job, and much more. The book contains 90 reproducible worksheets for teaching students how to apply these life skills to real-life situations. Includes complete teaching units with reproducible worksheets and discussion questions that teach basic life skills.
$51.50
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Living with PTSD on the Autism Spectrum: Insightful Analysis with Practical Applications
In this unique collaboration, Lisa Morgan and Mary Donahue explore PTSD in autistic adults as patient and practitioner. Lisa shares her personal experiences as an autistic adult, reflecting on emotionally traumatic events and their effect on her daily life. Mary examines the challenges surrounding diagnosis, reworking and developing communication and clarifying the symptoms of PTSD within the autistic population. Combining lived experience with professional expertise, this clear and accessible guide will provide a better understanding of autism and PTSD, providing support and direction to autistic adults processing trauma and those involved in their care.
$38.95
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Niamh Garvey Looking After Your Autistic Self: A Personalized Self-Care Approach to Managing your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being
Niamh Garvey offers tips and tricks designed to reduce sensory and emotional stress and look after your autistic self, from understanding what's happening when the stress response kicks in to using the 'detective habit' to spot your individual strengths and triggers. What's more, every element of this book can be personalized to you. Featuring strategies including 'quick calm plans' for managing triggers and lived-experience advice on understanding emotional regulation, coping with sensory overload and how to look after your senses during intimacy, this guide is here to ensure that you don't just survive adulthood, you thrive in it.
$29.95
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Make Your Own Picture Stories for Kids with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder): A DIY Guide or Parents and Carers
Brian Attwood took up pen and paper when his son John's meltdowns became harder to deal with. The effect was immediate and time and time again picture stories have bailed the family out of trouble and saved John from unhappiness and confusion. In this book, Brian describes step-by-step how to create simple yet effective picture stories using basic drawings and short lines of text, and provides examples based on real-life situations for you to adapt for your child. This book will give parents and carers the tools and confidence they need to create individualized picture stories to help their child with ASD cope with social situations, difficult emotions, transitions and other challenging situations.
$27.95
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Masturbation, Autism and Learning Disabilities
A Guide for Parents and Professionals Intimate self-touch and masturbation can pose many difficulties for people with learning disabilities and/or on the autistic spectrum, particularly when it happens in public settings. This frank and thorough guide looks at societal, cultural, and religious views of masturbation, how teens develop into sexual beings, the right to be sexual, how to masturbate, appropriate public and private behaviour, professional responsibilities and boundaries, and legal aspects of this topic. It also contains good practice responses providing examples of the issues and solutions in action.
$39.95
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Chris Martin May Tomorrow Be Awake: On Poetry, Autism, And Our Neurodiverse Future
Adults often find it difficult to communicate with autistic students and try to "fix" them. But what if we found a way to help these kids use their natural gifts to convey their thoughts and feelings? May Tomorrow Be Awake explores these questions and opens our eyes to a world of possibility. It is the inspiring story of one educator's journey to understand and communicate with his students-and the profound lessons he learned. Chris Martin, an award-winning poet and celebrated educator, works with non-verbal children and adults on the spectrum, teaching them to write poetry. The results have been nothing short of staggering for both these students and their teacher. Martin introduces the techniques he uses in the classroom and celebrates an inspiring group of young autistic thinkers. In telling each of their stories, Martin illuminates the diverse range of autism and illustrates how each so-called "deficit" can be transformed into an asset when writing poems. Meeting these remarkable students offers new insight into disability advocacy and reaffirms the depth of our shared humanity.
$33.50
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Me and My PDA: A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People
This beautifully illustrated guide helps young people with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) to understand their diagnosis, develop self-awareness and implement their own personalized problem-solving strategies. Written in consultation with young people with PDA and their families, this book recognizes the importance of handing control back to the young person, and that there is no one-size-fits-all PDA profile. Readers are encouraged to engage throughout with interactive writing, doodling and checklist exercises to explore their own particular characteristics, strengths and challenges. Me and My PDA is sensitively tailored to the needs and experiences of young people (aged 10-18) with PDA.
$32.95
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Metallic Pencil Grip
Assists with correct positioning of fingers for writing. This pencil grip is perfect for students who have trouble balancing a pencil in their fingers, who have difficulty getting the hang of how to print or write. For special needs, autism, or regular classroom users, it can also be doubled as a fidget to use when not in use for writing.
$2.95
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Fern Sussman, Robin Baird Lewis More Than Words: A Parent's Guide to Building Interaction & Language Skills for Children with ASD or Social Communication Difficulties
Updated to reflect the most current view on naturalistic models of communication, this beautifully illustrated guidebook provides a step-by-step guide for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other social communication difficulties. Presented in a user friendly format, the book s research-based strategies show parents how to turn everyday activities with their child into opportunities for interaction and communication. Also invaluable for SLP/Ts and other professionals who provide service to children with ASD and their families.
$54.00
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