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Pathways To Learning in Rett Syndrome	Jackie Lewis and Debbie Wilson	This book will give teachers strategies to utilize with girls with Rett Syndrome. It also will be a welcome resource to parents.
Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: The Art of Guiding Children’s Socialization and Imagination	Wolfberg, Pamela	This author essentially translates theory into effective and meaningful practice, giving practitioners, parents and other caregivers the tools to initiate peer play groups for children in school, home, and community settings.
Perfect Targets: Bullying and Asperger's Syndrome	Heinrichs, Rebekah	Many of the children with AS and HFA are targets of bullying. This book explores bullying and presents strategies and some possible solutions that adults could utilize.
Pirates: An Early-Years Group Program For Developing Social Understanding and Social competence for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Challenges	Dr. Margaret Anne Carter and Josie Santomauro	A social understanding program is for preschool-to-third-grand children who have social cognitive challenges, including ASD. Divided into four levels and can be used by a teacher, counselor, therapist, or paraprofessional with either full class or a small group.
Prescription for Success: Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Medical Environment	Jill Hudson	This book is designed to help make the medical experience easier for all involved. It presents information on ASD and the varying developmental levels, interventions, and assessments that medial staff, parents, educators, and key service providers can use to more effectively interact with and support children with ASD while in the medical setting.
Picture the Progress: Drawings of Positive Student Behavior for Behavior Cards, Discussion Cards, and Rule Charts	Street, Annabelle & Cattoche, Robert	Great Pictures to Use!
Playing Smart: The Family Guide to Enriching, Offbeat Learning Activities for Ages 4-14	Perry, Susan	While none of the activities in this creative collection of fun and games is specially designed to make a child read more , write better or score higher on tests, those are often the results of “playing smarter.” Fun and creative ideas.
Positive Behavioral Support: Including People with Difficult Behavior in the Community	Koegel, Lynn; Koegel, Robert; & Dunlap, Glen	Person and family centered book helps answer questions about strategies and approaches that make inclusion possible for individuals who engage in challenging and self-injurious behavior.
Power Cards:Using Special Interests to Motivate Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome and Autism	Elisa Gagnon	This is a step by step book for parents and teachers to help change an unwanted or inappropriate behavior by capitalizing on the special interests that characterize our kids. Good useful strategy.
Powerful Struggles: Managing Resistance, Building Rapport	Maag, John	A new look at managing resistance that challenges the traditional notion that resistance resides in students – that students’ behaviors are the source of the problem. In this book the reader will discover secrets of turning resistance into compliance.
Practical Solutions to Everyday Challenges for Children with Asperger's Syndrome	Myles, Haley	What do you say when someone gives you a gift? How do you handle somebody who brags and shows off? In this charmingly illustrated book, 9 year old Haley gives simple, no-nonsense suggestions and advice of how to handle these and other everyday occurrences that can be particularly challenging for children and youth with Asperger's Syndrome. The book is of particular interest for children 5-11
Pretending to Be Normal: Living with Asperger’s Syndrome	Willey, Liane; Forward by Tony Atwood	Wonderful story of discovery of AS and also coping strategies.
Puberty Happens		This is a great book for young people. It addresses some of the body changes that go along with puberty. It will help them learn to take care of themselves from head to toe.
Right Address . . . Wrong Planet	Barnhill, Gina	An important look at adolescents and adults with Asperger's Syndrome who have gone undiagnosed till late in life
Running on Dreams	Herb Heiman	A wonderful book about a friendship of a 15 year old boy with autism and a "cool" jock mentor. The book is written from both Justin's and Brad's perspectives as they struggle to understand each other and themselves.
Scripting: Social Communication for Adolescents	Mayo, Patty; & Waldo, Patti	This resource helps adolescents develop social communication skills that would allow them to function more effectively and independently at school, at home, and in the community. Can be used with a wide range of students and ability levels, including students displaying attention deficits and self-control problems.
Simple Strategies That Work! Helpful Hints for All Educators of Students with Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, and Related Disabilities.	Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon, and Dena Gitlitz	This book discusses problems that arise and how teachers can adjust the classroom to accommodate, while not interfering with normal classroom routines. It also has tables and boxes for quick reference and clear understanding. It also looks at what can cause anxiety for the AS/HFA student and how this can lead to decreased academic and social performance.
Sibshops: Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs.	Meyer, Donald J.& Vadasy, Patricia F.	This is a program that helps bring siblings together to help them understand their siblings while enhancing their own self-image.
Siblings of Children with Autism: A Guide for Families	Harris, Susan	This is an invaluable guide to understanding sibling relationships, how autism affects theses relationships, and what families can do to support their children as they cope with the intensive needs of a child with autism.
So, You Want To Be a Special Education Teacher	Yerman, Jim	A heart warming and very humorous view of the challenges and successes of those who teach students with special needs.
Social Skills Training	Baker, Jed	A “how to” manual. This book covers everything from assessment and strategies for social skills training to behavior management and peer acceptance through sensitivity training. Has lesson plans and activities.
Songs of the Gorilla Nation	Prince-Huges, Dawn	Best selling book on her journey through Autism.
Soon the Light Will Come	McKean, Thomas A.	Written by an autistic adult, this sensitive, humorous book documents the confusion of misdiagnosis, spending years in an institution, and finally journeying into adulthood, searching for answers.
Special People, Special Ways	Maguire, Arlene	A beautiful picture book that encourages the youngest readers to think positively about people with disabilities. Written in easy to understand rhyming verses, this book suggests that everyone has something to contribute.
Steps to Independence: Teaching Everyday Skills to Children with Special Needs	Baker and Brightman	Parents, this is a wonderful book! You are your child's first and most influential teacher! Utilize this resource to help with those everyday skills that will be so important to your child!
Succeeding with the Difficult Young Child	Benton, Gary	This is a live audio seminar with the manual from a conference given by Gary Benton in 2004
Sundays with Matthew: A Young Boy with Autism and an Artist Share Their Sketchbooks	Matthew Lancelle and Jennette Lesada	This is a first person account of a person who worked with a student on the spectrum and how shared interests make for friendships.
Super Silly Sayings that are Over Your Head: A Children's Illustrated Book of Idioms		This book is for anyone who struggles to understand what people mean when they say things that, taken literally, just don't make sense.