Autism/Neurodiversity
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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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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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Jane Whelen-Banks 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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McAlister Greiner Huynh, Elizabeth A. Sautter, Kristen Wilson Listen, Learn, and Grow
Listening Larry is back, and he’s learned a few things about neurodiversity. It’s true that when we listen, we often use each ear. But listening is more than receiving what we hear! Listen, Learn, and Grow is a delightful rhyming story that explores the many ways kids can use their whole body as a listening tool. And here’s a hint: Listening looks different for everyone! Readers will join Larry and his friend Lori in their classroom as they discover that listening is more than just “hearing” with their ears. It’s about using their eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, body, brain, and heart to help them remain regulated, focused, and engaged so they can be successful learners at school. As a bonus, Listen, Learn, and Grow also includes a variety of activities that educators and parents can use at home, in the classroom, and in the community to encourage whole body listening throughout the day.
$21.95
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Lisa Morgan, Mary P. Donahue 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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Brian Attwood 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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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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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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Roz MacLean More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean
Nathan doesn't say much. He sure has a lot on his mind, though. At school, Nathan quietly observes the ways his peers communicate. Even when they're not talking, they're expressing themselves in all sorts of ways! By witnessing the beauty of communication diversity, Nathan learns and shows his classmates the essential lesson: Not only does everyone have something to say, but seeking to understand one another can be the greatest bridge to friendship and belonging.
$24.99
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Simone Griffin, Dianne Sandler Motivate to Communicate!: 300 Games and Activities for Your Child with Autism
This practical resource is brimming with exciting ideas and guidance for motivating children with autism and other communication difficulties. The clear, user-friendly format enables quick access to over 300 practical, fun-filled games and activities for developing your child's communication skills.
$31.95
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Robert Schramm Motivation and Reinforcement: Turning the Tables on Autism
The second edition of the book Educate Toward Recovery is now called Motivation and Reinforcement. This book is the ultimate guide to home based autism intervention. It is a forward-thinking guide that translates the Verbal Behavior Approach to ABA into everyday language. With over 100 new pages of material including new Chapters on Social Skills, Behavior Plans, Token Economies, and Advanced Instructional Control methods, this book is a must have. Robert Schramm, explains how you can keep your child engaged in motivated learning throughout his entire day without forcing participation, blocking escape, or nagging procedures.
$76.95
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Anna Vagin Movie Time Social Learning: Using Movies to Teach Social Thinking and Social Understanding
This social learning method explains different easy-to-find movies and their accompanying lessons. Each lesson plan identifies the clips used in the movie, and then for each clip, presents ideas and suggestions for teaching Spy Eye, Detective Head, and Me Too! tasks. These tasks help students develop their abilities to identify context, take perspective and make personal connections. Instead of a CD, handouts that include all seven lesson plans as well as ready-to-print templates, handouts, and letters are available to download. (The book outlines directions and website to do this.) Ages 4-18
$50.95
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Wallis A. Simpson My Andrew: Day-to-Day Living With a Child With an Autism Spectrum Disorder
When the author's son was diagnosed with ASD at the age of 4, she began collecting files of paperwork from doctors and therapists, test results, IEPs, and her own journal writings. She combined this information in chronological order and used it as a resource to explain her son to teachers, grandparents, caregivers, therapists, and other parents. This book prepares teachers, therapists, doctors and family member for that proverbial emotional roller-coaster associated with living with ASD.
$26.95
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Gloria Dura-Vila & Tamar Levi My Autism Book
Child's Guide to their Autism Spectrum Diagnosis My Autism Book is a beautifully illustrated picture book that helps parents to explain an autism diagnosis to their child in a sensitive, positive and accurate way. It explains what an autism diagnosis means and encourages an exploration of the child's likely strengths and differences using clear language that speaks directly to the child. The colourful pictures throughout show how the world looks from the child's perspective and the book ends with a summary checklist to encourage the child to record and discuss how autism affects them.
$29.95
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Prasha Sooful, Geeta Ladi My Brain is Magic: A Sensory-Seeking Celebration
Is your brain magic? Whether your brain buzzes around the room like a bee or tells you to be loud and roar like a lion, celebrate the many things that it can be! This sensory-seeking celebration shines a light on neurodiversity and sensory processing in a fun and action-packed way for all children to enjoy.
$28.95
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Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, Shane Evans My Brother Charlie
"Charlie has autism. His brain works in a special way. It's harder for him to make friends. Or show his true feelings. Or stay safe." But as his big sister tells us, for everything that Charlie can't do well, there are plenty more things that he's good at. He knows the names of all the American presidents. He knows stuff about airplanes. And he can even play the piano better than anyone he knows. Actress and national autism spokesperson Holly Robinson Peete collaborates with her daughter on this book based on Holly's 10-year-old son, who has autism.
$25.99
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Beverly Bishop, Craig Bishop My Friend with Autism: Enhanced 3rd Edition
This is the exceptional result of author and parent Beverly Bishop's determination to educate her son's classmates about autism, thus helping her son fit in at school. A peer narrator explains that his friend with autism is good at some things and not so good at others-just like everyone else! In an informative, positive tone, he addresses issues such as: Sensory sensitivity, communication differences, unique ways of playing, and insistence on routine. At the end of the book are page-by-page notes for adults, which supplement the text with facts and explanations to further educate teachers and classmates' parents.
$22.50
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Lauren H. Kerstein My Sensory Book: Working Together to Explore Sensory Issues and the Big Feelings They Can Cause: A Workbook for Parents, Professionals, and Children
This interactive workbook enables children to develop a better understanding of their sensory systems by helping their parents and teachers create an individualized sensory profile. Through numerous strategies broken down by the different sensory systems, tactile, vestibular, proprioception, visual, auditory, gustatory and olfactory, children can learn to cope more effectively with the world around them. This is a practical tool for both home and school.
$36.95
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