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21) My pal, Victor
Author
Publisher
Raven Tree
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
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Description
Two Latino boys experience carefree camaraderie despite one boy's disability. Fun and friendship overpower physical limitations.
Author
Language
English
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Bridges Out of Poverty is a unique and powerful tool designed specifically for social, health, and legal services professionals. Based in part on Dr. Ruby K. Payne's myth shattering A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Bridges reaches out to the millions of service providers and businesses whose daily work connects them with the lives of people in poverty. In a highly readable format you'll find case studies, detailed analysis, helpful charts and...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"There was a time in the United States when children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education, so they went to court to fight for that right. The case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia led to laws ensuring children with disabilities would receive a free public education. Janine...
26) When the school says no, how to get the yes!: securing special education services for your child
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This book offers a unique approach for parents to determine the needs of their child and obtain key services from Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), explaining the process through real life scenarios and issues, and demonstrating how to achieve collaboration with school personnel.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Her promising career in 1960s London interrupted by an affair with a married professor that renders her a single mother, Jessica Speight faces wrenching questions about responsibility, potential, and compassion when her sunny child reveals unique needs.
29) Just because
Author
Publisher
Lion Children's
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Toby thinks his big sister Clemmie is the best.
Author
Publisher
Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this picture book about disabilities, meet 26 real kiddos with diagnoses like autism, hearing loss, epilepsy, and Down syndrome. It teaches young readers that it's okay to be different-in fact, it's what makes us special!
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Every parent hopes for a healthy child, the reality is that children face many common challenges, including medical issues like ADHD, asthma, food allergies, autism, school failure, depression, and developmental delays, throughout their formative years. As the role of a parent becomes one of a caregiver, it can be overwhelming for parents and children alike, particularly if money, time, access, or any combination of those are in short supply. As a...
34) Susan laughs
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental, or cultural factors that divide families.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Deprived of his sight at an early age, Wolfgang Fasser turns to his ears for access to a world he once feared would be closed off forever. Awed by the restorative powers of sound, Fasser established a physical therapy retreat for disabled children where they use music and noise to communicate with others and gain control of their own bodies. As they embrace the physicality of sonic vibrations, the children's bodies slowly begin to move in harmony...
Series
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Not only do parents Bob and Dorothy have six kids of their own, they have also opened up their hearts and their home to thirteen disadvantage and handicapped children. What results is an amazing mix of diversity. The multiethnic kids are heroes who belie the typical stereotype of being handicapped. They go to school, do chores, and "hang out" while simultaniously navigating the difficulties of their disablilties.
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