children with disabilities

A collection of simple step-by-step instructions of recipes for children with special needs.

"Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is determined to learn how to focus"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of how Briley Rossiter and her family started running in marathons with her sister Ainsley who has infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD).

Middle-schooler Lexi has always tried to keep the chaos under control by keeping to a carefully planned schedule, but today things have just gone wrong: her little brother is back in the hospital because of his twisted-up insides, she is late for school, and her best friend Cassa is hanging out with the new girl; but when she finds a bag of four wishing stones in the antique shop and wishes that Cassa would stop talking to Marina, and it actually happens . . . she begins to believe in the magic--and mostly her wishes work, just not quite as anticipated, and suddenly she has new levels of chaos to deal with.

"Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center. Amy is the new girl at school who tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after and does not want to live above her uncle's funeral home. Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way . . . and it is the beginning of everything"--Dust jacket.

In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.

The author details her life and the life of her developmentally disabled sister, Michele "Mikey" Sullivan, focusing on how caring for Mikey influenced relationships within her family, and how those relationships changed after her sister was institutionalized, and reflecting on how those changes affected her life.

"Sixth-grader Alba is strengthening her left leg after a final surgery to correct her congenital clubfoot. Her friendship with intellectual classmate Levi is threatened when he scoffs at Alba's plans to run in an upcoming cross-country race, and she responds by scorning his theory that the school librarian has discovered a wormhole in her office"--Publisher.

Examines the attributes, modifications, learning strategies, career paths and resources, for special needs students, including learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, intellectual disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders.