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have to come to the office to borrow a book, we are more than willing to
mail them. Contact us for help or Information.
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This list is not a complete list, that is currently under construction, a complete list of books is available by mail.
Progress Without Punishment – Anne M. Donnellan,
Gary W. LaVigna, Nanette Negri-Shoultz, Lynette L.
Fassbender
Language And Thought In Normal And Handicapped Children
– Richard F. Cromer
Understanding Other Minds – Simon Baron Cohen
Communication Unbound – Douglas Biklen
Hearing Equals Behavior – Guy Berard
Autism Through The Life Span, The Eden Model – David
L. Holmes
Nonaversive Intervention For Behavior Problems –
Luanna H. Meyer, Ian M. Evans
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children with
Disabilities, Principles For Assessment, Program Planning,
And Evaluation – Martin A. Kozloff
Assistive Technology For Children With Learning
Difficulties – Schwab Foundation for Learning
Toilet Training for Individuals with Autism & Related
Disorders – Maria Wheeler
Transitions – The Geneva Centre
Including Students With Special Needs – Marilyn
Friend, William D. Bursuck
Including Students With Severe And Multiple Disabilities
In Typical Classrooms – June E. Downing
Exploring The Options For Young Children With Autism –
Massachusetts Dept. Education
Unlocking The Potential Of Secretin – Gary And Victoria
Beck, Bernard Rimland
The Source For Autism – Gail J. Richard
For Parents And Professionals-Autism – Kathie Harrington
The Sound of a Miracle – Annable Stehll
Emergence Labeled Autistic – Temple Grandin, Margaret M.
Scariano
The Siege – Clara Claiborne Park
Let Me Hear Your Voice – Catherine Maurice
Nobody Nowhere – Donna Williams
Somebody Somewhere – Donna Williams
Son Rise – Barry Neil Kaufman
Sensory Integration And The Child – Jean Ayres
Quality Of Life For Persons With Disabilities – David
Goode
Teaching Children With Autism – Kathleen Ann Quill
Asperger’s Syndrome, A Guide for Parents and
Professionals – Tony Atwood
Confronting Autism: The Aurora On the Dark Side Of Venus – Victoria A. Beck
Mixed Blessings – William & Barbara Christopher
There’s A Boy In Here – Judy Barron, Sean Barrow
News From The Border – Jane Taylor McDonnell
A Slant Of Sun – Beth Kephart
Dancing In The Rain – Annabel Stehli
Safe And Secure, Six Steps To Creating A Personal Future
Plan For People With Disabilities – Al Etmanski with Jack
Collins & Vickie Cammack
The Ultimate Stranger, The Autistic Child – Carl H.
Delacato
Descartes’ Error – Antonio R. Damasio
The Creation Of Dr. B – Richard Pollak
Like Color To The Blind – Donna Williams
A Child Of Eternity – Andriana Rocha, Kristi Jorde
Laughing And Loving With Autism – R. Wayne Gilpin
Thinking In Pictures – Temple Gradin
The World Of The Autistic Child – Bryna Siegel
Activity Schedules For Children With Autism, Teaching
Independent Behavior – Lynn E. McClannahun, Patricia J.
Krantz
Autistic Adults At Bittersweet Farms – Norman S. Gidden,
Jane J. Gidden
Autism An Inside-Out Approach – Donna Williams
Proceeding Of The Fifth International Tinnitus Seminar –
Gloria E. Reich, Jack A. Vernon
Backyards And Butterflies – Doreen Greenstein
My Autobiography – David Miedziank
A Dietary Resource Guide For Parents Of Children With
Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Pamela J. Ferro
What’s Next, Preparing the Student with Autism or Other
Developmental Disabilities for Success in the Community –
Jenison Public Schools, Jenison, Michigan
Developing Transition Plans – Paul Wehman
Transition From School To Young Adulthood – James R.
Patton, Caroline Dunn
Teaching Occupational Social Skills – Nick Elksnin,
Linda K. Elksnin
Reaching The Child With Autism Through Art – Toni
Flowers
When Snow Turns To Rain – Craig B. Schulze
You Don’t Have Words To Describe What I Experience – The
Geneva Centre
What We Are Learning About Autism And Pervasive
Development Disorder – Contract Consultants, Inc.
Light On The Horizon – Thomas A. McKean
Inside Out – Ann M. Martin
Andy Finds A Turtle – Nan Holcomb
Able Autistic Children, Children with Asperger’s
Syndrome, a booklet for brothers and sisters – Julie Davies
Russell Is Extra Special – Charles A. Amenta
Trevor Trevor – Diane Twachtman Cullen
Kristy And The Secret Of Susan – Ann M. Martin
In Our Own Words: Stories By Brothers And Sisters Of
Children With Autism and P.D.D – Patricia Leonard-Toomey,
editor
Being The Best Me – Sandy Mercer
Practical Advice To Parents, A Guide to Finding Help For
Children With Handicaps – Barbara Scheiber, Cory Moore
Treatment Of Obsessive And Ritualistic Behaviors –
Patricia Howlin, Michael Rutter
A Think Spot Skill Book: Classification – Remedia
Publications
A Think Spot Skill Book: Analogies – Remedia
Publications
A Think Spot Skill Book: Absurdities – Remedia
Publications
A Think Spot Skill Book: Sequence – Remedia Publications
A Think Spot Skill Book: Similarities And Differences –
Remedia Publications
Helpful Responses To Some Of The Behaviors Of
Individuals With Autism – Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Learning To Be Independent And Responsible – Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Teaching Strategies For People With Autism – Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities Sex
Education: Issues For The Person With Autism – Carol Detmer,
Nancy Dalrymple, Linda Sinex
Institute For the Study Of Development Disabilities:
Developing A Functional And Longitudinal Individual Plan –
Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Reading – Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Facts About Autism – Marci Wheeler, Suzie Rimstidt, Susan
Gray, Valerie DePalma
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Learning Self-Care Skills - Valerie DePalma, Marci Wheeler
Institute For The Study Of Developmental Disabilities:
Enhancing Communication In Individuals With Autism Through
The Use Of Pictures And Word Symbols – Michelle G. Winner
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Growing Towards Independence By Learning Functional Skills
And Behaviors – Barbara Porco
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities:
Functional School Activities – Nancy Dalrymple
Institute For The Study Of Development Disabilities: Let
Community Employment Be The Goal For Individuals With Autism – Joanne Suomi, Lisa Ruble, Nancy Dalrymple
Introduction To Autism, Self Instructional Module –
Indiana Resource Center for Autism
Helping People With Autism Manage Their Behavior – Nancy
Justin Dalrymple
Record Book For Individuals With Autism – Nancy
Dalrymple, Beverly Purdue
Bibliographics Of Topics In Autism – Suzie Rimstidt
150 Skill-Building Reference Lists – Catharine S. Bush
Emotional Maturity And Well-Being: Psychological Lessons
Of Facilitated Communication – Paul Haskew, Anne M.
Donnellan
The Relationship Of Learning Problems And Classroom
Performance To Sensory Integration – Norma J. Quirk, Marie
E. Dimatties, MS, OTR
Estate Planning For Families Of Person With Disabilities – Susan Hartly, John Stewart, Margo Tesch
Developing Social Skills With Language – Sharon Vaughn,
Linda M. Levine, Carl A. Ridley
Getting In Touch: A Workbook On Becoming A Facilitator –
Barbara Barker, Martha Leary, Susan Repa, Philip Whissell
Step By Step – Jodie Kamholz Schuller, Fredi Diamond
Seraydarian
Simple Augmentative Communication, being creative and
effective, second edition – J. Adams
Unlocking The Mysteries Of Sensory Dysfunction –
Elizabeth Anderson, Pauline Emmons
Auditory Training: A Parent’s Perspective – Lynn Adams
Taming The Recess Jungle – Carol Gray
Ragged Edge: Getting Our Vision To The People
Ragged Edge: Death In Doorway
The Disability Rag And Resource: Cutting The
Communications Ties That Bind
Understanding And Managing Child Behavior In The 90’s –
Ann Patterson Wildemann
Assistive Technology And The Individualized Education
Program Resna Technical Assistance Project
Right From The Start: Behavioral Intervention For Young
Child With Autism – Sandra L. Harris, Mary Jane Weiss
Family Involvement In Transition Planning And
Implementation – Michael L. Wehmeyer, Mary Morningstar,
Doris Husted
Autism-P.D.D.- More Creative Ideas from Eight to Early
Adulthood - Janice I. Adams
Movement Differences and Diversity In Autism/Mental
Retardation - Anne M. Donnellan, Ph.D. and Martha R. Leary,
MA, CCC-SLP
Joey and Sam - Illana Katz and Edward Ritvo, M.D.
A Certain Kind of Love - E. Deborah Wright and Jean Joy
Crowley
Solving Behavior Problems in Autism, Improving
Communication with Visual Strategies - Linda A. Hodgdon,
M.ED., CCC-SLP
Asperger’s Syndrome, A Guide for Educators and Parents - Brenda Smith Myles, Richard L. Simpson
Siblings of Children with Autism - Sandra Harris
Fighting for Darla - Ellen A. Brantlinger, Susan M. Klein,
Samuel L Guskin
The New Social Story Book - Jenison Public Schools,
Jenison, Michigan
You, Your Child & Special Education, A Guide to Making
the System Work - Barbara Coyne Cutler
Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Finding Diagnosis and
Getting Help - Mitzi Waltz
Unlocking the Mysteries of Sensory Dysfunction - Elizabeth
Anderson and Pauline Emmons
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children with
Disabilities, Guidelines and Protocols for Practice - Martin
A. Kozloff
Talking to Angels - Esther Watson
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee - Mary Thompson
For Parents and Professionals, Autism In Adolescents &
Adults –Kathie Harrington
People with Disabilities Who Challenge the System - Donna
H. Lehr, Fredda Brown
Autism, Preparing for Adulthood - Patricia Howlin
A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for
Individuals with Autism - Beth Fouse, Ph.D. and Maria Wheeler,
M.Ed.
Targeting Autism, What We Know, Don’t Know, and Can Do
to Help Young Children with Autism and Related Disorders - Shirley Cohen
Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Finding a Diagnosis
and Getting Help - Mitzi Waltz
The Out-of-Sync Child, Recognizing and Coping with
Sensory Integration Dysfunction – Carol Stock Kranowitz,
M.A.
Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD - William Shaw,
Ph.D.
The Challenging Child- Understanding, Raising, and
Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children - Stanley I.
Greenspan
Unraveling The Mystery Of Autism and Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, A Mother’s Story of Research &
Recovery - Karyn Seroussi
Special Diet Celebrations, No Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, or
Eggs - Carol Fenster, Ph.D.
Topics in Language Disorders, Vol. 12, No.4 –
Facilitated Communication: Implications for People with
Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities - Katharine G.
Butler, editor
Here’s To Your Student’s Future! A Parent’s Guide To
Transition Planning - RI Parent Information Network and The RI
Transition, Independence, Employment (RITIE) Publications
Workgroup
Pervasive Developmental Disorders: PDD-NOS, Asperger’s
Disorder and Autism, Parent Information Booklet - Karen
Levine, Ph.D.
Ian's Walk= A Story About Autism - Laurie Lears
Biomedical Assessment Options For Children With Autism
And Related Problems- A Consensus Report of Defeat Autism
Now! (DAN) Scientific Effort - Jon. B. Pangborn Ph.D. and
Sidney Baker, M.D.
DAN! Conference Proceedings Fall 2004 - Autism is
Treatable! - The Conference Proceeding of the DAN Conference
held in Los Angeles, CA in October of 2004.
Helping Children with Dyspraxia - Maureen Boon
Everyone Dies One Day- Assisting people with Autism
Spectrum Disorder to understand the concept of death, loss
and the grieving process - Kathleen O'Brien
Developing Talents- Careers for Individuals with
Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism - Temple Grandin
& Kate Duffy
Perfect Targets- Asperger Syndrome and Bullying - Rebekah
Heinrichs
Taking Care of Myself- A Hygiene, Puberty and Personal
Curriculum for Young People with Autism - Mary Wrobel
Jenison Autism Journal,Spring 2003, Vol 15 #1, Loss and
Children with ASD - Carol Gray
Stepping Out- Using Games and Activities to Help Your
Child with Special Needs - Sarah Newman
Calling the Shots- Childhood Vaccination One Family's
Journey - Mary Alexander
Eating Gluten-Free with Emily- A Story for Children with
Celiac Disease - Bonnie J. Kruszka
Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence- Living with the Ups,
the Downs and Things in Between - Edited by Liane Holliday
Willey
Stephen Harris in Trouble- A Dyspraxic Drama in Several
Clumsy Acts -Tim Nichol
Asperger Syndrome- What Teachers Need to Know - Matt
Winter
Estrategias Visuales para Mejorar la Comunicacion - Linda
A. Hodgdon, M.ED., CCC-SLP(This is the Spanish edition of
"Visual Strategies for Improving Communication"). -
Hechos Sobre El Autismo - (Facts About Autism in Spanish)
Centro De Recursos Para El Autismo De Indiana
Universidad De Indiana - (Indiana Center for Autism)
Animals in Translation- Using the Mysteries of Autism to
Decode Animal Behavior -Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
A Thorn in My Pocket - Eustacia Cutler
Exploring Feelings - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy To
Manage ANGER - Dr. Tony Attwood
Autism-Asperger's & Sexuality- Puberty and Beyond -Jerry
and Mary Newport
Giggle Time- Establishing the Social Connection, a
Program to Develop The Communication Skills fo Children with
Autism, Asperger Syndrome and PDD - Susan Aud Sonders
Videotapes in the Community Autism Resource’s
Lending Library
Autism – Being Friends. This autism awareness videotape
was produced specifically for use with young children. The
program portrays the abilities of children with autism as
well as the things that are difficult for them.
Autism Insights. An Insightful Interview with Temple
Grandin, Ph.D. and Lorna Jean King, OTR,FAOTA
Autism: Learning to Live. Filmed throughout the state of
Indiana, this public television documentary focuses on
children and young adults with autism as they learn in
community settings.
Day by Day: Raising a Child with Autism. An Intimate
look into the daily lives of two preschool children with
autism.
Eye to Eye Report on BRI. A report by Connie Chung about
the Behavior Research Institute.
Imagery Procedures for People with Special Needs:
Breaking the Barriers II. Dr. Cautela and Dr. Groden have
pioneered the use of imagery techniques for people with
special needs as a means of helping them cope with stress
and develop self-control. This video features numerous
training sessiions in which clinicians lead students through
imagery scenes.
Making Contact- Sensory Integration & Autism. The use of
Sensory Integration techniques is featured in this video.
Teaching Children with Autism and PDD using Visual Aides
to Enhance Learning. A 1991 Northeast Regional Conference
presentation by Kathleen Quill .
Choices. This video functions as a generator of ideas, a
springboard for discussion, a glimpse at the profound
enthusiasm the program has inspired in those who are
familiar with project CHOICES and a source of inspiration
for those new to the program.
Use of Aversive Therapy: Oprah Winfrey Show. A
discussion of the use of aversive therapy.
Building Independence Through the Use of Adaptations and
Enablers. This video shows nine categories of enablers or
adaptations that can be used to build the independence of an
individual with autism or other severe developmental
disabilities.
Teaching Nontraditional Communicative Behaviors.
Discusses and demonstrates how nontraditional communicative
behaviors can be taught to children with autism.
Managing Behaviors in Community Settings. (2). This tape
takes the viewer through the development of a philosophy,
searching for the purpose of behaviors, environmental plans,
and reactive plans.
Interchange Symposium C.A.R. May 5 1993 "Autism Today".
A Conversation With… C.A.R. (2) Temple Grandin spoke on
11/12/95.
A Different Journey, Program #1, "The Families". Five
families of children with autism tell of their journeys.
They discuss the period of wondering if something is wrong
with their child, the process of evaluation and diagnosis,
looking at potential treatments, and finally reaching a
point of acceptance. They talk about the joy of sharing life
with their child.
A Different Journey, Program #2, "The Real Experts". In
this video young adults and adults with autism and
Asperger’s disorder discuss what it is like to grow up with
their disorder and the adaptations they had to make to "fit
in".
A Different Journey, Program #3, "Current Medical
Knowledge". This is a series of lectures on the latest
medical information related to autism. Peter Tanquay, M.D.,
discusses the symptoms of autism and where the definition
and study of the disorder hare headed. Susan Smalley, M.D.,
discusses the genetic factors relating to autism. Finally,
Ricki Robinson, M.D., a pediatrician and a mother of a child
with autism, discusses the role of the pediatrician in the
early detection and treatment of the disorder.
A Different Journey, Program #4, "Treatment". In this
video a broad spectrum of treatment options are discussed.
Information on behavior therapy, occupational therapy,
speech therapy, facilitated communication, Irlen lenses and
auditory training is presented.
Mores Conference: Inclusion in the Catholic Community.
The Georgiana Organization, 20/20 Segment, Life Choices
Segment, Sally Jessy Raphael Segment
Transition Planning. A presentation about the transition
planning process.
Futures Planning. A presentation of the Futures Planning
process.
Opportunities for Growing & Learning. Information for
families in the Greater New Bedford area who have children
with Developmental Disabilities.
Hanen Teaching Tape. A presentation of the Hanen Method
for helping to foster communication abilities in children
with communication disorders.
The Hanen Method – Together We Can Know The World- Art,
Music, Games. Another tape portraying the use of the Hanen
Method in the context of art, music and games.
Integrated Playgroups. This tape is broken down into
phases listed as follows: Assessment, Intervention, and
Evaluation.
A Sense of Belonging: Including Students with Autism in
their School Community. This tape depicts students who are
included in various classrooms. Professionals discuss the
positive impact inclusion has had on students lives.
Independence Through Technology. There is an English,
Spanish and Portuguese edition of this tape.
Facilitated Communication – A Nightly News segment and a
Prime Time Live Segment.
Going To School With Facilitated Communication. A
Syracuse University produced tape on Facilitated
Communication.
A Nick News Segment on Autism. Several local children
with autism are portrayed in this segment.
Great Expectations: Living With More Able Levels of
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Autism Awareness Video For Law Enforcement. This video
was produced in order to inform law enforcement personnel
about autism spectrum disorders in order to prevent
misinterpretation of behavior during situations requiring
law enforcement involvement.
The Different Shades of Autism- The Screening and
Diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders
– Bernald Rimland