-- Mitzi Waltz
The Child With Special Needs:
Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth
By Stanley Greenspan, MD; Serena Weider, PhD; and Robin Simon
ISBN: 0201407264
Dr. Greenspan's theories on child development and general categories of developmental disability are useful to any parent or professional who needs to understand more about the basics. His floor-time play therapy approach to helping children with special needs can be adapted for use in your home or in a clinical setting.
The Explosive Child:
A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children
By Ross Greene, PhD
ISBN: 0060175346
Ross Greene validates what parents of children with mental illness have long known but been afraid to say out loud: our kids need a different approach to parenting, and what worked with their siblings is usually not be effective. Greene offers concrete suggestions and guidelines for parenting techniques that really work for kids whose reactions to time-outs, withdrawal of privileges, and corporal punishment are out of the ordinary, a category that includes many children with bipolar disorder, ADHD, and Tourette's syndrome.
The Out-Of-Sync Child:
Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
ISBN: 0399523863
Sensory integration dysfunction is a symptom of many childhood developmental disorders, particularly those on the autistic spectrum. Kranowitz translates Jean Ayres' theories into plain language and offers ideas for handling sensory issues at home and at school.
Raising Your Spirited Child:
A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
By Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
ISBN: 0060923288
If the subtitle of this book contains all of the most positive labels you could put on your child's behavior, that's exactly Kurcinka's point: many of the traits that can be seen as deficits also have their positive side. Her book provides ideas for channeling your child's high energy level and other differences for his or her greatest benefit.
When You Worry About the Child You Love:
Emotional and Learning Problems In Children
By Edward Hallowell, MD
ISBN: 0684832682
This is an excellent book for parents who instinctively feel that something about their child is just not right, but who have not found (or perhaps even pursued) a diagnosis. Hallowell describes common and uncommon childhood challenges in simple language and with candid case studies.
Bipolar Disorders:
A Guide to Helping Children and Adolescents
By Mitzi Waltz
ISBN: 1565926560
This is my new book on bipolar disorders. It covers pretty much everything that parents or and helping professionals need to know about the range of bipolar mood disorders in children and teens, treatment options, tackling healthcare and insurance problems, special education for bipolar kids, and transition to adulthood.
The Bipolar Child
By Demitri Papolos, MD, and Janice Papolos
ISBN: 0767903161
Dr. Papolos is one of the best-known medical researchers working in the field of childhood bipolar disorders. If you want to explore medical issues in bipolar more deeply, this is the book for you.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:
Help for Children and Adolescents
By Mitzi Waltz
ISBN: 1565927583
When OCD strikes in childhood, it can disrupt normal development and learning. My book covers all of the topics that parents, helping professionals, and older teens with OCD need to know about, including how the disorder is diagnosed, what's known about its causes, treatment options, and handling school, family, insurance, and community issues.
OCD in Children and Adolescents:
A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Manual
By John S. March, MD and Karen Mulle
ISBN: 1572302429
Dr. March is a pioneer in field of treating OCD in young patients. I strongly recommend this book to any therapist who needs to know more about working with this population, and also to parents whose child needs cognitive-behavioral therapy but who cannot find competent professionals in their area.
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing:
The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
By Judith Rapoport, MD
ISBN: 0451172027
This classic overview of OCD is a good read, and now available as an inexpensive paperback. The treatment information is out of date, but the general descriptions of OCD and its sub-types are excellent.
Passing For Normal:
A Memoir of Compulsion
By Amy S. Wilensky
ISBN: 076790186X
Sometimes families and professionals need an "inside view" to really understand. Wilensky's funny and touching book about living with OCD and Tourette's syndrome combines accurate information on these medical conditions and a well-written memoir.
Pervasive Developmental Disorders:
Finding a Diagnosis and Getting Help
By Mitzi Waltz ISBN: 1565925300
This is the only book available that concentrates on PDD-NOS, atypical PDD, and "autistic-like" conditions within the pervasive developmental disorder spectrum. Written for parents, professionals, and newly diagnosed adults, it has been useful for many families coping with all forms of autism.
Autism Treatment Guide
by Elizabeth K. Gerlach
ISBN: 0963757806
The world of autism is confusing enough, but the terminology and in-fighting between different treatment approaches can drive you crazy. Gerlach's slim and inexpensive reference book cuts through the clutter to define and explain the buzzwords, acronyms, and treatment options.
Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism:
A Manual for Parents and Professionals
By Catherine Maurice, Gina Green, and Stephen C. Luce
ISBN: 0890796831
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is one of the most effective treatments for people with autism. Maurice's book is a hands-on treatment manual for designing and implementing ABA programs. Useful for parents, teachers, and therapists.
Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder:
A Mother's Story of Research and Recovery
By Karyn Seroussi
ISBN: 0684831643
Biological interventions are a hot topic in the autism community right now. Serrousi's book combines her family's compelling story with copious information on gluten-free/casein-free diets, supplements, and other options that may help many people with autistic spectrum disorders.
Just This Side of Normal:
Glimpses into Life With Autism
by Elizabeth King Gerlach
ISBN: 0963757849
Elizabeth Gerlach's family memoir is a sensitive, open-hearted story about living with and loving a child with autism. If you've been there, this will ring true and offer you hope and inspiration. If you haven't, you'll gain new insight.
Partial Seizure Disorders:
Seized:
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Medical, Historical, and Artistic Phenomenon
by Eve LaPlante
ISBN: 0595094317
This is a fascinating (and somewhat controversial) look at how the experience of temporal lobe epilepsy may affect personality, creativity, and even spirituality.
Epilepsy: A New Approach
What Medicine Can Do; What You Can Do For Yourself
by Adrienne Richard and Joel Reiter, MD
ISBN: 0802774652
If you're interested in a holistic approach to living with partial seizures or any form of epilepsy, be sure to check out this book. It includes common-sense advice on medical care as well as augmentative therapies, such as supplements, aromatherapy, and stress reduction techniques.
A Cursing Brain?
The Histories of Tourette Syndrome
by Howard I. Kushner
ISBN: 0674180224
I love well-written medical history, and this is one of my favorite books in the genre. Kushner tells how people with TS endured decades of psychological misinformation and malpractice until Tourette's was once again recognized as a neurological disorder.
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