Books for Parents:

Reading books to a young child on a daily basis provides consistent and constant rehearsal of early childhood concepts as well as fostering appropriate social engagement. Please consider the following recommended books grouped according to the topics that they promote.

These books are colorful, stimulating and well-loved by pre-schoolers. The pictures are concrete and allow for easy visual comprehension. The books reinforce concepts taught in education and language sessions and promote enjoyable rehearsal sessions.

Since most of these books are utilized in nursery school programs, they provide opportunities to prepare children for future group activities.

Curriculum Resources

• Behaioral Interventions for Young Children with Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professions - Edited by Catherine Maurice, Prd-Ed Inc.
• A Word in Progress: Behavior Strategies and Curriculum for Intensive Behavrioral Treatment of Autism - By Rob Leaf and John McEachin, DRL Books
• The ABA Program Companion: ORganizing Quality Programs for Children with Autism and PDD - By J. Tyler Fvel, DRL Books
• Teaching Developmentally Disabled Children: The Me Book - By Dr. Ivar Lovaas
• Teaching Language to Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities - BY Mark Sundberg and James Partington

Parenting Guide Books

• A Special King of Love: For This Who Love Children with Special Needs - By Susan Titus Osborn & Janet Lynn Mitchell, Broadman & Homan Publishers
• Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism - By Temple Grandin, Vintage Books
• My Baby Can Dance (Stories of Autism, Asperger’s & Success Through Relationship Development) - By Stephen Gutstein, Hannah R. Gutstein & Carlotta Baira
• The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children - By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Addison-Wesley Publishing
• The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth - By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. & Serena Wieder, Ph.D, Addison-Wesley Publishing
• The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction - By Carol Stock Kranowitz, A Perigree Book, Berkley Publishing

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