Sample Books & Ebooks
Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families
by Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals provides a guide for addressing the challenges of providing optimal general and routine care for the special needs population. More than just caring for the patients, the text stresses the importance of caring for their families as well. The book begins with chapters on common aspects of this population, including physical or sensory disabilities and developmental and learning disabilities. Subsequent chapters expound on more specific topics related to communication, mobility, emotional issues, quality of life, and end-of-life. Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families is a must-have book for family and pediatric nurse practitioners, registered nurses, healthcare technicians, physician assistants and social services professionals who see these patients regularly as part of their daily patient load.Publication Date: 2013-04-22
Did I Say Never?
by Did I Say Never? Dr. Kim Nugent is the best-selling author of Did I Say Never? Kim shares her personal 32-year spiritual journey, a true story, filled with sorrows and joys, challenges and tears that unfolded during her marriage and life as a stepparent. The intention of the book is to provide ideas, questions, resources, and heartfelt encouragement for parent's to help their special needs child or adult so they achieve their full potential and improve the overall quality of their life. Kim never thought she would marry again and for sure not to a man who had children. Little did she know that her life would change, in unimagin able and dramatic ways, and this is where the story begins Did I Say Never? is an emotional journey of love, frustration, and overwhelm. Kim step-by-step describes the details of each step she took on the path and talks about the Angels that appeared just at the right time to guide and uplift her. While Kim does not have all the answers for you and your family, she knows the struggles, pains, joys and victories. Kim offers remarkable disability resources and questions for consideration for you, your family, teachers, and caregivers. Have you ever felt completely lost, confused or extremely overwhelmed about what to do next with your disabled child or adult? Have you ever felt clueless as to what questions to ask next or what resources might be available to you? Then grab a copy and don't let anyone stop you from "designing your life without limits" Did I Say Never? is a must read. My name is Kim Nugent and I have a passion for helping people achieve their goals. After having spent my adult career in both the hospitality industry and higher education, I combined my education and experience, to operate my business, become an author, and speak nationally and internationally. I did not start out to ever wanting to write a book. In fact, I was never going to write a book until one day my church, Unity Church of Christianity, offered a writing workshop. I decided to sit in for 2.5 hours convinced I would simply hang out and see what it was all about. With Tom Bird's encouragement and system, my story and book are a reality today. The reason for this book's existence is the absolute need for parents and caregivers who do not have the resources, feel overwhelmed, confused and frustrated as I heartily wished this book had existed for me when I was challenged or feeling lost. In Did I Say Never, I share my honest and real feelings about how much I did not want to ever be a "step parent." What I found over the course of 32 years, was that being a step parent is actually an asset and a privilege. The other reason I wrote the book was to share my discoveries and a-ha moments to encourage you. My first meeting as a step-parent of a special needs child with school administrators still gives me goosebumps, a memory full of helplessness and defeat. I distinctly remember that meeting facing 12 school administrators. I said to myself: I am married, in a supportive family, well-educated, and English is my first language. So, what could go wrong? It is a simple meeting. I cannot imagine what it would be like if English was not my first language. The school administrators were speaking English but it was Greek to me. I felt the language they used excluded me instead of included me. So, at that time I simply trusted what they said was the right thing. Years later I found this not to be true. While educators are well-intentioned professionals, they do not know your child as well as you do. They do not know your child, nor should they be expected to. You know your child the most. So, let's partner together on this journey to designing lives without limits. Kim is a native Texan and loves everything about Texas.Call Number: WS 107.5.R3 N966d 2017Publication Date: 2017-06-23
Supportive Parenting
by When Jan Campito first entered the world of special needs, she trusted the experts to tell her what was wrong, and how to proceed to help her children. Here she was, an articulate, well-educated person, usually confident in navigating whatever situations were required, and yet she became passive and trusting when it came to assuming people would tell her what was wrong with her children's development and what to do to help them. As she realized more and more that no one else was stepping into the lead position to obtain appropriate help for her children, she realized that she needed to take on that responsibility.Since then, she has learnt to take an active role in advocating for her children, and helping meet their needs. From procuring evaluations, to understanding what the diagnoses mean, to selecting therapies and therapists, to following through on therapies at home and targeting needs to be addressed, to helping formulate IEPs, and to monitoring and intervening in their school settings, she has become a comprehensive advocate for her children with special needs, and in this book Jan shares with other parents some of her experiences and some of what she has learnt in the process.Publication Date: 2007-06-15
Cultures - Find Books & Ebooks
Search subjects and keywords in the library catalog and ebook databases to find books and ebooks.
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Search subjects, keywords, a country, or other key terms in the catalog to find books and ebooks.
Sample subject searches:
-opens new windowChildren with disabilities AND famil*
-opens new windowParents of children with disabilities
Ebook Databases
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- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Sample Articles - Families, Special Needs
Sample Database Search Results
opens new windowDE "Families of people with disabilities" (in Education Source database; DE=subject term)
opens new windowDE "Families of people with disabilities" (in Family Studies Abstracts and Sociological Collection databases)
To use the thesaurus or subject headings in a search, key in a term for Browsing, then mark and click ADD to put the term in the search box.
