false 2 695 597 true 5660118 read 4 true 1820172 currently-reading 94 true 1820171 to-read 4 false 5533538 started--but-put-aside-for-later 2 false 5467681 books-started-not-able-to-finish <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up With a Brother or Sister With Special Needs']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78570837 to: Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up With a Brother or Sister With Special Needs (Paperback) by Cary Pillo
Wow! Edited by Donald Meyer, this collection of kids' reflections give us glimpses of their honest frustrations, anger, questions, and affirmations that come with living with a sibling who struggles with some type of special need. It also includes a resource list and a glossary so that it's perfect reading for young kids. ]]> <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with SpecialNeeds']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78570077 to: Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with SpecialNeeds (Paperback) by Suzanne Kamata
“The first literary collection—fiction, essays, and poetry—on raising special-needs children.”
I especially liked the poignancy of Barbara Crooker’s poem “Form and Void” – “This is the only magic the mother can conjure:/ She cannot help him talk or say his name/ but they can do this together, / blow bubbles on a breezy afternoon / make a strand of hand-blown beads / to grace the throat of the lawn.”
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Extremely accessible reading for parents and educators – includes separate chapters on the developmental aspects of each learning difference, and includes chapters on what gifted children are like, what constitutes the diagnosis of AD/HD, the diagnosis of AS, and how to assess children. ]]> <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62872106 to: Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood (Paperback) by Edward M. Hallowell
Synopsis: Hallowell begins by stating that in order to understand what ADHD is and is not, one must look at what it is like to live with this disorder. He then proceeds to share his own growing up experiences having ADHD, and the case studies he has collected over the years. Hallowell concludes his book with a discussion of problems in the treatment of ADD, and he lists specific, practical strategies for living with ADHD--strategies to be used by the patient, the parent, and the teacher--100 tips in all! (page 245)
for more, see: http://www.adhdkids.info/book.html

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]]> <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78553226 Faking It: A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner (Paperback) by Christopher Lee
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]]> <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Jesus, the One and Only']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77051333 Jesus, the One and Only (Hardcover) by Beth Moore
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Just starting this book...I actually have not read anything by Beth Moore, but I have heard so much about her Bible studies, etc. ]]> <![CDATA[Laurie added 'Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77051102 to: Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (Paperback) by John Piper
Needing to see our Lord -- this small, easy read lifted my eyes/heart to Him through a focus on the Word. ]]>