Book Description
This book is essential reading for all adoptive parents, those considering adoption, and the professionals who serves these families.
Customer Reviews:
What is best for the person separated from family?.......2005-12-11
I know people who have raised a grandchild and pretended to be the mother, rather than grandmother - which caused the adopted person intense grief and anger later on.
I know someone who cared for two kids who were not his own and was proud to be known as their "step-father", not pretending to be their father.
I know someone who cared for a child, loving him and providing for him in exactly the same way he would have if the boy was his own. He referred to himself as the "guardian" of the boy and still allowed the boy's family members (excluding the abuser) to communicate with the boy and referred to them as his relatives.
I believe it makes it more difficult for a child to discuss her very real loss (loss of her sister, grandparent or parent) when the people caring for her keep insisting they are her "real" family. Real caregiver, real guardian - and hopefully loving and considerate. But I question whether it is considerate or loving (in the long run) to pretend to be the real family members.
Indispensable help for anyone adopting an older child..........2004-11-29
I almost did not buy this book after reading a review that it was "too clinical." Thank heaven I went for it anyway. It was SO interesting and SO helpful, it has inspired me to write my first book review here on Amazon. I have read every book I can get my hands on since I adopted a 4-year-old from another country and this was by far the most useful to me. While it also covers adoption of infants and domestic adoption, Van Gulden delves deeply into adoption of older (more than a year old), international/interracial children and the issues they face. I especially like how - after each chapter - she gives a list of other resources/books to consult for more information. There are great suggestions of children's books that will help you approach most any difficult topic that can - and will - come up with your new child. I am back here shopping for more copies tonight - get a copy for grandma/grandpa and anyone else close to you who may need a little education on the unique intricacies of adopting an older child from another culture or race. I am so grateful to have found this book and highly recommend it. Adoption is one of life's richest blessings - and most worthy challenges. This book will help you appreciate and cope and know that you are not alone.
Too Clinical.......2004-03-26
I ordered this book & returned it after glancing through it. It seems too clinical & dry. It seemed like reading a college child development book. I'm sure there's lots of good information in there, but I want something that is easier to apply to my life. I also ordered "Keys to Parenting an Adopted Child" by Kathy Lancaster, and that seems like a better book to start with for me. Obviously, other people have enjoyed this book though - but it wasn't for me at this point in time (we're in the process of adopting an infant from Russia & don't have kids yet).
Very helpful book on many adoption fronts.......2003-09-11
Gulden and Bartels-Rabb cover a large number of issues that adoptive parents would greatly benefit knowing about, even if some don't apply to their personal situation, such as adoption of an older child and the consequent issue of bonding and attachment and re-naming the child. Also, the book offers a great bibliography. I could identify with several points brought up. Preplacement and postplacement stress (and joy!) is one issue I can still vividly remember. Also the fact that parenting adopted children is, in fact, different from parenting birth children. In our case, I found this to be especially true during the first year of our daughter's life when nature had not prepared me for the arrival of a child. Our daughter was four days old and loved around the clock. However, I found that the difference between her and our two birth children lasted only as long as the milk flowed. After that, I saw three unique individuals, and as the years went by, the issue of adoption was no more a household word than the issue of biological birth. We spoke lovingly of her birthmother and brought her up at special events, yet our daughter, very easy-going in temperament, never seemed to suffer an identity crisis or later, an interest in searching. When her birthmother appeared 29 years later, she began a cordial relationship with her but claims that the reunion has not made her whole while before she was fragmented. She had merely made a new friend. Perhaps our daughter was like the little eleven-year old boy quoted by Gulden and Bartels-Rabb: "You know all those things you've been saying about my birth parents? Well, I've come to the conclusion that those poor suckers lost a good thing." It would be nice if all adopted kids felt as confident, but that's sadly not true.
Gisela Gasper Fitzgerald, author of ADOPTION: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice?
Super!.......2002-03-20
Not only is this a fantastic resource for adoptive parents, but an incredible review of normal childhood development and the grieving process. The authors address all scenerios for adoption (foreign, domestic, cross-cultural, from infancy and beyond, from foster care, etc.) in a clear and informative way. The research into this book must have been phenomenal. Recommended reading for parents well into the process as well as prospective parents. It's both honest and hopeful. Bravo!
Book Description
It's winter break, and Raisin's heading back home to Berkeley, California, where—for a twist—she's blogging to her new Philly friends about the visit with her dad and old friends Pia and Claudia. Raisin can't wait to pick up where she left off, but she's in for a rude awakening. First there's her dad's new girlfriend, Angelique, who came out of nowhere. Worse—who's the new girl Pia and Claudia are suddenly doing everything with? It's like Raisin doesn't even belong in her old life anymore . . . but maybe she's finally ready to see that the new one isn't so bad?
Book Description
If your child -- or some of your students or clients -- have learning or attentional problems, *you need this book.* TAMING THE DRAGONS was written by a teacher who worked with struggling students for nearly 20 years. The author's children have ADHD, and one also has a learning disability, and so the author has a unique and personal knowledge of what children with learning or attentional problems need. Both teacher and parent, she understands the need for solutions that are simple, fast, and *effective.* The result has been a book that provides hundreds of simple, common-sense solutions to all sorts of problems in a variety of subjects: reading, written expression, spelling, math and many more. Parents, teachers, special educators, and other professionals will all find this book easy to read and easy to use.
Customer Reviews:
This book helped my son and myself end the frustration........1996-09-07
Taming the Dragons : Real Help for Real School Problems : The author explains the terms that we had heard many times and didn't have a true understanding of what they meant. The "Tips and Tricks" on each academic subject is easy to use. I find myself pulling out the book and looking at the "icons" that apply to my child with in a matter of a few moments my child has a way to approach the problem that he is able to comprehend. I have given this book to friends who have children that don't have a learning disorder. They find it to be a useful tool in helping their child with the struggle of challenging homework. If there was to be a "handbook" for parents and teachers to come to common ground this would be the book
A must-read for anyone involved in educating an ADD child........1996-09-05
Knowledge is a lot like fertilizer; it is only useful when it is spread around, helping young things to grow. With her book "Taming the Dragons", author Susan Setley has turned her twenty years of teaching children with ADD and other special needs into a fountain of information for the professional educators and the parents responsible for the education of children who have attention problems. Too frequently, these children are the "square pegs" who cannot fit into the "round hole" of the conventional classroom. As a result of their disorder and their frequent inability to benefit fully from more traditional educational methods, children with ADD often develop academic deficiences unrelated to their intelligence or innate potential. Rather than labeling these children as "problems" to be corrected, author Setley offers specific techniques to enable children who suffer from ADD to succeed academically. Her methods of adjusting teaching and class room environment to foster student achievement are useful not only for the 3- 5% of American children who have ADD but could be beneficial to any child who has difficulty in an academic environment. As someone who tutors adults in basic skills, I have to wonder how different my students' lives would have been if they'd had a Susan Setley for a teacher when they were young
Full of great techniques that have worked for us!.......1996-09-02
This book, great at explaining learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder, was one of the most useful I've read. The language is easy to understand, and full of wonderfully simple, concrete examples and tips. I was able to take specific ideas and put them to use immediately!
Ms. Setley's tip on using index cards for writing assignments has made a big difference not only in my son's compositions, but has helped reduce his frustration level when faced with the task. We've also used this method when studying for spelling and social studies tests.
I would highly recommend this book to any parent or teacher working with a child with learning difficulties. Wish I'd had it a couple of years ago!
Book Description
Packed with inspiring ideas and tips that can be used with any curriculum and on any budget, Homeschooling the Child with Asperger Syndrome explains how to design a varied study programme built around the child's own interests, making use of simple material as well as computers and on-line resources. Parents planning to homeschool their child with Asperger Syndrome will appreciate Lise Pyles' encouraging and practical advice, including step-by-step instructions on how to assess and improve body language and social skills, accommodating the child's need for ritual or perfectionist tendencies, and how to develop handwriting and coordination skills.
Customer Reviews:
Like talking to a friend.......2007-08-25
I am reading my way through this book. It's been great to receive confirmation that a lot of the things that I'm doing are right on. There aren't too many people I can talk to about Asperger's Syndrome. This book gives me ideas and resources that are quite helpful. Another home school mom actually referred me to this book. Asperger's Syndrome is a fairly new diagnosis, so I expect that more will be known and written about it in the next 10 years.
She Hits the Nail on the Head Time and Again.......2007-02-20
The author, Lise Pyles, and I have known each other most of our lives. We were best friends in elementary school and lived just across the street from each other. Interestingly, we both had children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, which kind of makes me wonder about whether environmental factors might contribute to the rise of this condition, since we both drank the same water growing up.
Lise and I lost touch throughout much of our adult lives, but when we reconnected some years ago, she was a wonderful source of support to me while I was homeschooling my daughter. (My kid is the one in the book who loved mules, when all the other little girls were into horses.) Every time I would email Lise, wondering whether I was doing the right thing or if I was on the right track, Lise would write back with positive observations that I had not been able to make myself. That's because I was in the thick of it--the everyday challenges of homeschooling made it hard for me to step back and make observations about the overall progress that was happening.
What I loved about Lise's book when it was later published is that it was just like the actual conversations we'd had, by email and in person, about homeschooling an Aspy. She is a practical, down-to-earth person who can wisely see how Asperger kids are able to flourish when they're taught at home, without the distractions, transitions, and other challenges that occur at school.
I'm happy to report that after about five years of homeschooling, my daughter was able to handle the social challenges of attending a private alternative school. The years when we home schooled prepared her for going out into the larger world. In her school, where they practice democratic decision-making and where students initiate their own learning experiences, my daughter has continued to grow socially. As with many Asperger kids, we never had to worry about my daughter's academic abilities, but we did wonder if she would be able to stand being in a room full of other people, and now she can do that and fully participate in school meetings. She has important jobs at school and at home, and we don't really worry about whether she'll be able to function as a working adult in a few years.
Lise's earlier book, "Hitchhiking Through Asperger Syndrome," also helped prepare me for the possibility that some years it may be better to home school my daughter and other times it may be better for her to be in a school setting. That's what I like about Lise's practical approach and advice. She advocates that you stay in tune with your child's needs and continue to evaluate how to get those needs met. I think this is a realistic approach, because there is no one-size-fits-all solution for how to educate your child.
Absolutely fantastic.......2005-08-16
It is hard to believe Lise Pyles packed so much into such a thin little book. She expertly balances the personalized POV of a mother who homeschooled her Asperger-affected son for several years with the POV of a self-taught expert on raising kids with Asperger's. The book itself has a very conversational and personal style, sympathetic to the parent's concerns without ever being patronizing.
The book is not comprehensive about any one particular topic, but gives practical and diverse starting-off points for many issues facing AS-affected homeschooling families, including tackling the mindset of teaching the "whole child" instead of just academics, how to choreograph tailored social opportunities for all ages and gauge their successes, childhoood depression vs. AS kids' real need for decompression and heaps of alone-time, how to keep a proper perspective and avoid burnout, how to model social skills in everyday situations, the concept of "learning styles" through the lens of Asperger's and how AS kids employ them in slightly different ways, lists of practical life-skills and social skills at various age and developmental levels, special issues to consider when homeschooling an AS child, lists of web sites that help with teaching face recognition/ idiom use/ communication/ "sensory diets," brief curriculum reviews, and many other subjects.
Again, it is amazing that so much information was successfully packed into such a slim volume. The author achieves this by employing the frequent use of well-organized and well-conceived bullet point lists, and the nearly dozen appendixes are a wealth of AS-specific information not just for American homeschoolers but for families in Australia, the UK and Canada as well.
Aside from the concise and robustly practical nature of the information in this book, what I found most helpful is the positive and upbeat point of view of Pyles herself. In every chapter, she includes real-life success stories, including her own as well as that of 40 other AS-affected homeschooling families. But the real boon of these is that she gradually redefines what "success" really means - not the best grades or the most awards or anything like that, but that even things that look like "failures" on the outset can be viewed as successes with just a slight attitude shift. For example: A trip to the museum that ends in a meltdown after an hour. The meltdown might be perceived as a failure at first, but the fact that a sensory-sensitive child survived an hour at a noisy, confusing museum is a success. Nuggets like this are peppered throughout the book. I suppose she is "modeling" what it looks like to turn lemons into lemonade. =)
This book has changed my entire perspective on raising and educating an Asperger-affected child entirely at home, 100% for the better and with great heaps of optimism. I am now going to order her other books, and hope that she knows how much her work has helped people.
Very helpful and easy to read.......2004-09-11
I work with a child who has Aspergers and found this book to be invaluable. Lisa Pyles has put together a very informative collection of information, tips, and strategies that will likely be helpful to anyone who is working or living with an Aspergers child. Strategies involving utilizing and capitalizing on the child's particular area of interests were particularly helpful to me. I look forward to future texts by this author as I plow through the joys and challenges of knowing my Aspergers student, I can use all the help I can get!
Customer Reviews:
great resource for professionals.......2007-02-17
i loved the book and got a copy for the OT
Average customer rating:
- A book about feeling left out, then fitting in
|
My Real Family
Emily Arnold McCully
Manufacturer: Browndeer Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
 General
| Family Life
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Picture Books
| Ages 4-8
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Ages 4-8
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
McCully, Emily Arnold
| ( M )
| Authors & Illustrators, A-Z
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0152776982 |
Book Description
Caldecott Medal–winning author and illustrator Emily Arnold McCully tells a gentle and humorous story about feeling unappreciated at home.
Customer Reviews:
A book about feeling left out, then fitting in.......2001-06-22
The book explores jealousy as a little bear perceives her family is treating a non-family member better than her. I thought the book did a good job of exploring the different emotional swings and winding up with a happy ending, but I have to admit that my 4 year old daughter doesn't like it.
Average customer rating:
- Better than "Masquerade"
- Staying power?
- STOP BEING NEGATIVE!!!
- A treasure's Trove: A fairy taile about Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages
- Plagarized Kit Williams' Masquerade
|
A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale about Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages
Michael Stadther
Manufacturer: Treasure Trove, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Bedtime & Dreaming
| Baby-3
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Action & Adventure
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Ages 4-8
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Official Solution Book to A Treasure's Trove
-
Secrets of the Alchemist Dar (A Treasure's Trove)
-
100 Puzzles, Clues, Maps, Tantalizing Tales, and Stories of Real Treasure
-
101 NEW! Puzzles, Clues, Maps, Tantalizing Tales, and Stories of Real Treasure: Puzzle Book Companion 2 (A Treasure's Trove)
-
Wings and Rings (A Treasure's Trove)
ASIN: 0976061805 |
Product Description
--A Treasures Trove is a beautifully illustrated fairy tale suitable for parents and children of all ages about twelve forest creatures whose mates have disappeared after being crystallized by a dark dust that falls every evening. The forest creatures combine forces with Zac, the handsome woodcarver, Ana, his beautiful half-elf, half-human wife and their timid, chubby, winged doth, Pook to save the creatures and restore the dying forest. --Concealed in the pages of this wonderful, classically-written story, are the clues to twelve very real and very valuable treasures that are hidden around the continental United States -treasures similar to the crystallized Forest Creatures in the story -beautiful jewels worth over $1,000,000! --To find one of these fabulous jewels, decipher the clues in this story and go to an exact location to find a gold token. The gold token will give you the information you need to get your jewel. --The tokens are hidden around the continental United States at twelve separate locations. They are all easily accessible. The tokens are not buried but are cleverly hidden. Nothing should be disturbed in any way to find them. You wont need any special tools or knowledge for the hunt and you wont have to dig, pry, or move anything. Anyone who can read can discover the exact location of each treasure -just the way one of the characters does in the story. --This classically-styled story is enjoyable and meaningful for children and adults; it is all about family values, love and cooperation, loyalty and friendship, and its characters are fun. Parents will find themselves reading the story over and over to children at bedtime as they remind them not to be afraid of the dark. A Treasures Trove will be talked about for years to come. -A Treasures Trove teaches children the importance of saving the forests and working together to accomplish their goals.
Customer Reviews:
Better than "Masquerade".......2007-01-12
I also bought this book as a gift for my cousin and his son. I had bought it for myself previously, too. I don't feel this story plagiarizes "Masquerade". The treasure-hunt idea is the same, but other than that, it has nothing in common with "Masquerade." I like it better because in "A Treasure's Trove" the story is more enjoyable, with a good guy/bady guy story, and it's easier to understand.
Staying power?.......2005-11-09
Michael Stadther, A Treasure's Trove (Treasure's Trove Inc., 2004)
With most of the actual treasure now found, Stadther's preface is going to get more important as time goes on; the book will have to be judged as a story rather than as a treasure hunting guide. Which leads one, of course, to the question of how the story is.
It's not a bad little story, as these things go. Good guy has to fight bad guy because bad guy is doing terrible things to the forest and its inhabitants. Sounds like a lot of fantasy stuff, right? Well, that's both the good point and the bad point; it's familiar because you've read it before, though usually in much greater detail. Probably a good jumping-off point to get kids who aren't old enough for Narnia or the Lord of the Rings reading fantasy, but it's possible they'll be put off by the rather saccharine tone of the whole thing. ** ½
STOP BEING NEGATIVE!!!.......2005-09-28
It breaks my heart to see such a good children's book being bashed!! It's a happy story.
A treasure's Trove: A fairy taile about Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages.......2005-08-24
Our family has enjoyed this book very much. My first grader has been able to read quite a bit of it without too much help and understand the story. It has been a treasure to read together.
Plagarized Kit Williams' Masquerade.......2005-08-12
This is a rip-off of the British artist Kit William's book "Masquerade" that came out in the 1980's, and caused a massive treasure hunt all over England. The difference is Masquerade had beautiful detailed artwork on every page. This book does not.
Book Description
Stein offers a powerful set of tools for parents of difficult teens, employing cognitive/behavioral, drug-free solutions.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book.......2007-01-22
Excellent Book. Perfect for Parents with a HyperActive child.
Very Sage advice.
Don't expect your child to admit that it works; but it works.
Average customer rating:
- Wonderful!
- A fantastic learning experience
|
Heartbreak and Roses: Real-Life Stories of Troubled Love (Single Title: Teen)
Janet Bode , and
Stan MacK
Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Teens
| Subjects
| Books
| Authors, A-Z
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Health, Mind & Body
| History & Historical Fiction
| Horror
| Literature & Fiction
| Manga
| Mysteries
| Reference
| Religion & Spirituality
| School & Sports
| Science & Technology
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Series
| Social Issues
Abuse
| Social Issues
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Social Issues
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Social Science
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0531164640 |
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful!.......2000-09-08
It was a great book! I loved it! The storys are so good! Trust me this is a book you would love to read. All my friends have read it and they all love it!
A fantastic learning experience.......1998-11-19
Heartbreak and Roses is a non-fiction book based on ordinary teenagers'heartbreaking stories. Many teenagers speak out from their former experiences. Instead of dwelling on their hurt and pain they learn from thier former relationships, they grow form it and they move on. This book in many ways helped me beleive the truth! That it is not the end of the world when you loose your other half. Heartbreak and Roses is one of those books that stick with you for the rest of your life!!!
Average customer rating:
|
Get Real
Betty Hicks
Manufacturer: Roaring Brook Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Teens
| Subjects
| Books
| Authors, A-Z
| Biographies & Memoirs
| Health, Mind & Body
| History & Historical Fiction
| Horror
| Literature & Fiction
| Manga
| Mysteries
| Reference
| Religion & Spirituality
| School & Sports
| Science & Technology
| Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Series
| Social Issues
Fiction
| Apes & Monkeys
| Animals
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Fiction
| Adoption
| Family Life
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Fiction
| Parents
| Family Life
| People & Places
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Literature
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
Similar Items:
-
The Off Season
-
The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)
-
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
ASIN: 1596430893
Release Date: 2006-09-05 |
Book Description
Dez is unusually neat. Her mom and dad are unusually messy. They like Cheez Whiz and swamps. Dez likes elegant food and grand pianos. How can she even be related to them? And how can Dez help her best friend, Jil, who’s adopted and who will stop at nothing in order to meet her birth mom? What is it, exactly, that makes a parent “real,” anyway? Get Real is about wanting a parent who is very different from the one you have. It’s about discovering, “Who am I?”
Books:
- Reconcilable Differences: with Study Guide
- Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models (Statistics for Biology and Health)
- Reiki The Ultimate Guide Learn Sacred Symbols & Attunements plus Reiki Secrets You Should Know
- Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
- Rise and Shine: A Novel
- Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled: The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm's Way and Thrive at Work
- Scrawny to Brawny: The Complete Guide to Building Muscle the Natural Way
- Secrets of an Irresistible Woman: Smart Rules for Capturing His Heart
- Sign Babies ASL Flash Cards, Set Three: Animals (Sign Babies Asl Flash Cards)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century
- Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen: A Cookbook
- Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
- Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England
- Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd Edition: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act F
- Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric Materials
- Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hija
- A pullet on the midden
- Asia-Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000
- 2005 Virginia Manufacturers Directory
Raising Adopted Children, Revised Edition: Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew
How It Feels to Be Adopted
Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers
Braun IRT 4020 ThermoScan Ear Thermometer
