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GMDSA Greater Manchester Branch of the Down's Syndrome Association Reg. Charity 1061474 |
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GMDSA Greater Manchester Branch of the Down's Syndrome Association Reg. Charity 1061474 |
GMDSA Library and Resources
A full catalogue of the library resources is now available. It's a substantial document and is best viewed on our website.
Please note this page needs to be added to and revised - this will be done as soon as possible (honest).
You may collect them from the library itself which is attached to the Health Promotion Resources and Information Service, Greenfield Street, Hyde. Telephone 0161 368 4242 for directions.
Leaflets and Booklets
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Medical Series
| TITLE | Number of copies | ||||||
| 1. | |||||||
| 2. | Thyroid Disorder | 2 | |||||
| 3. | Atlanto Axial Instability | 1 | |||||
| 4. | Hearing Problems | 10 | |||||
| 5. | Diabetes and Downs Syndrome | 17 | |||||
| 6. | Eye Problems | 15 | |||||
Leaflets
| TITLE | No. of Leaflets |
| Your Questions Answered | 3 |
| Downs Syndrome Information for Teachers | 1 |
| Downs Syndrome Information for Journalists | 1 |
| Your Baby has Downs Syndrome | 26 |
| Downs Syndrome Association Literature List | 5 |
| The Genetics of Downs Syndrome | 2 |
| Working with People with a Learning Disability | 2 |
| What Can you Claim? | 1 |
| Education for People with a Learning Disability | 1 |
| Community Care - People and Principles | 1 |
| Acts of Parliament Relevant to People with a Learning Disability | 1 |
| Special Educational Needs: A Guide for Parents | 1 |
| Dysfluency, Stammering and Downs Syndrome | 12 |
| Helping Your Child with Downs Syndrome to Talk | 11 |
| Games to Develop Listening Ability | 2 |
| Teaching makaton to Chloe | 10 |
| Healthy Eating for your Child | 11 |
| Healthy Eating and Exercise | 6 |
| Communication for Living | 16 |
| I Can Talk | 11 |
Manuals
| Making the Right Start | M: DS 001 |
| Getting Involved | M: DS 002 |
| Making the Right Start | M: DS 003 |
| Manual for Primary Carers Workshop 3A | M: DS 004 |
| Manual for Primary Carers Workshop 3A | M: DS 005 |
| Manual for Primary Carers Workshop 2 | M: DS 006 |
Reports
| Right from the Start | R: DS 001 |
| Disabled in Britain | R: DS 002 |
| Society, Down on Downs | R: DS 003 |
Guides
| Psychobable – A Parent’s Guide to Psychological Reports | G: DS 001 |
| Caring for the Person with Dementia | G: DS 002 |
| From Claim to Appeal | G: DS 003 |
| Breaking the News | G: DS 004 |
| The Next Step | G: DS 005 |
| A Parent’s Guide for Children with Special Needs | G: DS 006 |
Videos
| TITLE | CATALOGUE NO. | ||||||
| Helen’s Story | V: DS 001 | ||||||
| The Calvert Trust | V: DS 002 | ||||||
| The Decision: | A Mixed Blessing | V: DS 003 | |||||
| First Sex | |||||||
| Early Intervention: Physiotherapy for Babies | V: DS 004 | ||||||
| Education: Preparation for Life x 2 | V: DS 005 | ||||||
| V: DS 006 | |||||||
| One of Us | V: DS 007 | ||||||
| Play and Say | V: DS 008 | ||||||
| Pengwern: An Education for Life | V: DS 009 | ||||||
| Will | V: DS 010 | ||||||
| Educational Choices | V: DS 011 | ||||||
Books
| BOOKS | TITLE BOOK NO. | ||||||
| The Carer’s Guide 1995 | B: DS 001 | ||||||
| Know Me As I | B: DS 002 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome Moving Through Life | B: DS 003 | ||||||
| Positive Tales | B: DS 004 | ||||||
| Uncommon Fathers | B: DS 005 | ||||||
| When Dad Died | B: DS 006 | ||||||
| Going to Court | B: DS 007 | ||||||
| Hug Me Touch Me | B: DS 008 | ||||||
| Aromatheraphy and Massage for People with Learning Disabilities | B: DS 009 | ||||||
| Our Brother has Downs Syndrome | B: DS 010 | ||||||
| You Choose | B: DS 011 | ||||||
| Counselling in Child Disability | B: DS 012 | ||||||
| Feeling Blue | B: DS 013 | ||||||
| Using Counselling Skills on the Telephone | B: DS 014 | ||||||
| Living in the Real World | B: DS 015 | ||||||
| Thumbs Up, Rico | B: DS 016 | ||||||
| Let’s Join In | B: DS 017 | ||||||
| Couples with Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Living and Loving | B: DS 018 | ||||||
| Shared Feelings | B: DS 019 | ||||||
| After Age 16 What Next | B: DS 020 | ||||||
| Disability Rights Handbook 1994-1995 | B: DS 021 | ||||||
| Disability Rights Handbook 1997-1998 | B: DS 022 | ||||||
| Our Brother has Downs Syndrome | B: DS 023 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease | B: DS 024 | ||||||
| Dealing with Problem Behaviour | B: DS 025 | ||||||
| Medical Help for Children with Downs | B: DS 026 | ||||||
| Taking Care | B: DS 027 | ||||||
| Friends at School | B: DS 028 | ||||||
| Organising Local Events | B: DS 029 | ||||||
| Play Helps | B: DS 030 | ||||||
| Alzheimer’s | B: DS 031 | ||||||
| Supporting Special Educational Needs in Secondary Schools | B: DS 032 | ||||||
| Getting your Message Across | B: DS 033 | ||||||
| Home at Last | B: DS 034 | ||||||
| Working with People with Learning Disabilities | B: DS 035 | ||||||
| Tried and Tested Ideas for Raising Money Locally | B: DS 036 | ||||||
| The New Language of Toys | B: DS 037 | ||||||
| Help Starts Here | B: DS 038 | ||||||
| Young Adults with Special Needs | B: DS 039 | ||||||
| Taking Action | B: DS 040 | ||||||
| Medical and Surgical Care for Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 041 | ||||||
| Language Development in Children with Special Needs | B: DS 042 | ||||||
| Adults with Learning Difficulties | B: DS 043 | ||||||
| Starting Off | B: DS 044 | ||||||
| All Dressed Up | B: DS 045 | ||||||
| Differences in Common | B: DS 046 | ||||||
| Let Me Speak | B: DS 047 | ||||||
| Helping Your Child | B: DS 048 | ||||||
| Special Educational Needs in School | B: DS 049 | ||||||
| Talking and Your Child | B: DS 050 | ||||||
| Dressing Matters | B: DS 051 | ||||||
| Movement Activities for Children with Learning Difficulties | B: DS 052 | ||||||
| Dramatheraphy for People with Learning Disabilities | B: DS 053 | ||||||
| Getting Your Message Across | B: DS 054 | ||||||
| Making Music | B: DS 055 | ||||||
| Read Easy | B: DS 056 | ||||||
| Heart Children | B: DS 057 | ||||||
| Children with Special Needs | B: DS 058 | ||||||
| Why am I Different | B: DS 059 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome | B: DS 060 | ||||||
| Managing Problem Behaviours | B: DS 061 | ||||||
| The Silent Minority | B: DS 062 | ||||||
| The Community Care Handbook | B: DS 063 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome - An Introduction for Parents | B: DS 064 | ||||||
| Micros for Children with Special Needs | B: DS 065 | ||||||
| Common-sense Methods for Children with Special Needs | B: DS 066 | ||||||
| Hear and Say | B: DS 067 | ||||||
| Learning about Self-Advocacy (Booklet 3) Running a Group | B: DS 068 | ||||||
| Learning about Self-Advocacy (Booklet 4) What Next? | B: DS 069 | ||||||
| Special Education Handbook - The Law on Children with Special Needs | B: DS 070 | ||||||
| Supporting Support Assistants | B: DS 071 | ||||||
| Ready to Play | B: DS 072 | ||||||
| A Benefit Guide for Children and Young People with Disabilities | B: DS 073 | ||||||
| Computers and Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 074 | ||||||
| Dealing with Problem Behaviour | B: DS 075 | ||||||
| Teaching the Infant with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 076 | ||||||
| Caring Together | B: DS 077 | ||||||
| Where’s Chimpy | B: DS 078 | ||||||
| Explaining Adoption | B: DS 079 | ||||||
| Disability and Work | B: DS 080 | ||||||
| Gross Motor Skills in Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 081 | ||||||
| Face to Face | B: DS 082 | ||||||
| Useful Addresses for Special Needs | B: DS 083 | ||||||
| Living a Full Life | B: DS 084 | ||||||
| Peter’s New Home | B: DS 085 | ||||||
| Jenny Speaks Out | B: DS 086 | ||||||
| When Mum Died | B: DS 087 | ||||||
| Hug Me, Touch Me | B: DS 088 | ||||||
| Going to Court | B: DS 089 | ||||||
| Sexuality, Relationships & Adolescents with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 090 | ||||||
| When Dad Died | B: DS 091 | ||||||
| What about us? | B: DS 092 | ||||||
| Supporting Support Assistants | B: DS 093 | ||||||
| The Support Assistants Survival Guide | B: DS 094 | ||||||
| A Handbook for Special Needs Assistants | B: DS 095 | ||||||
| Special Education Handbook | B: DS 096 | ||||||
| Feel Better, Take a Stroll down the Healthy Way | B: DS 097 | ||||||
| Positive Tales | B: DS 098 | ||||||
| Helping your Handicapped Child | B: DS 099 | ||||||
| Talking about Adoption | B: DS 100 | ||||||
| Medical & Surgical Care for Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 101 | ||||||
| Children with Special Needs | B: DS 102 | ||||||
| Let’s Talk | B: DS 103 | ||||||
| Let’s Join In | B: DS 104 | ||||||
| Let Me Speak | B: DS 105 | ||||||
| Special Educational Needs in Schools | B: DS 106 | ||||||
| Psychobabble | B: DS 107 | ||||||
| Supporting Special Education in Secondary Schools | B: DS 108 | ||||||
| Useful Addresses for Special Needs | B: DS 109 | ||||||
| Why Am I Different | B: DS 110 | ||||||
| Veronica’s First Year | B: DS 111 | ||||||
| Thumbs Up Rico! | B: DS 112 | ||||||
| Young Adults with Special Needs | B: DS 113 | ||||||
| Language Development in Children with Special Needs | B: DS 114 | ||||||
| You Choose | B: DS 115 | ||||||
| Meeting the Educational Needs of Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 116 | ||||||
| Friends At School | B: DS 117 | ||||||
| Heart Children | B: DS 118 | ||||||
| Code of Practice | B: DS 119 | ||||||
| Disability & Special Needs Training | B: DS 120 | ||||||
| Learning Difficulties and Computers | B: DS 121 | ||||||
| Adults with Learning Difficulties | B: DS 122 | ||||||
| Am I Allowed to Cry | B: DS 123 | ||||||
| Children’s Understanding of Disability | B: DS 124 | ||||||
| Daycare for Kids | B: DS 125 | ||||||
| Communication Skills for Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 126 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome Children Growing Up | B: DS 127 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome & Dementia | B: DS 128 | ||||||
| Everyone Belongs | B: DS 129 | ||||||
| Dramatherapy for People with Learning Disabilities | B: DS 130 | ||||||
| Facing the Crowd | B: DS 131 | ||||||
| The Carer’s Guide | B: DS 132 | ||||||
| The Development of Language & Reading Skills in Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 133 | ||||||
| New Approaches to Downs Syndrome | B: DS 134 | ||||||
| Downs Syndrome Living & Learning in the Community | B: DS 135 | ||||||
| Children with Downs Syndrome | B: DS 136 | ||||||
| Dealing with Problem Behaviour | B: DS 137 | ||||||
| Dealing with Problem Behaviour | B: DS 138 | ||||||
Author: Simon Crompton
Publisher: MacMillan Magazines
ISBN: 0333 645 480
Accessible and essential information for those whose look after others.
Author: Dorothy Atkinson and Fiona Williams
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Educational
ISBN: 0 340 51329 2
A unique collection of prose, poetry and art by people with learning difficulties. This book gives voice to a group of people who in the past were shut away and ignored. It is a testimony to the dignity of the lives of such people and to the capacity of the survival of the human spirit.
B: DS 003 Down Syndrome - Moving Through Life
Author: Yvonne Burns and Pat Gunn
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
ISBN: 0 412 46180 3
A book which suggests activities that foster the development of movement in persons with Downs Syndrome.
The book outlines principles and practices gained from co-operation between therapists, teachers and other professionals.
It is suitable as a supplementary text for final year undergraduates and post graduate students and of interest to professionals concerned with movement, e.g. physiotherapists, occupational therapists and Physical Education teachers.
Editor: Individual Authors
Publisher: Living Archive Press
ISBN: 0 904847 28 4
People with learning disabilities rarely get a chance to tell their stories. This book includes nine "life story" works.
Editor: Donald J Meyer
Publisher: Woodbine Hoose - U.S.A.
ISBN: 0 933149 68 9
A collection of essays by fathers of a child with a disability. Nineteen stories with an honest and introspective look at this deeply emotional subject.
Editor: Sheila Hollins
Publisher: St George’s Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 06 0
A fully coloured cartoon book with a gentle but honest and straightforward approach to death in the family told in a simple but moving way.
Editor: Sheila Hollins, Valerie Sinason and Julie Boniface
Publisher: St George’s Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 087
This book is about being a witness in a Crown Court.
Editor: Sheila Hollins, Terry Roth
Publisher: St George’s Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 05 2
This book is told in pictures along to allow individual interpretation in the process of teaching of person with learning disability when they can or can’t hug one another.
B: DS 009 Aromatheraphy and Massage for People with Learning Disabilities
Editor: Helen Sanderson and Jane Harrison
Publisher: The Abbott Press Ltd.
ISBN: 0 951 8172 05
A lively and informative book providing comprehensive introduction to the ways in which aromatheraphy and massage can be used with people with learning difficulties. Introducing two new concepts: Interactive Massage and Multisensory Massage.
B: DS 010 Our Brother Has Down’s Syndrome
Editor: Shelley Cairo
Publisher: Anick Press Ltd.
ISBN: 0 920 303 30 7 (Bound) 0 920 303 31 5 (Paperback)
An introduction for children.
Editor: Jenny Mosley
Publisher:
ISBN: 1 85503 2023
An immensely readable and practical book for anyone interested in self esteem and self advocacy work with people who have learning disabilities.
B: DS 012 Counselling in Child Disability
Editor: Gary Hornby
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
ISBN: 0 412 55350 3
This book is mainly aimed at helping professionals who wish to improve their working relationships with parents of children with disabilities.
Editor: Sheila Holins and Jenny Curran
Publisher: St George’s Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 09 5
This book shows what happens to Ron when he is depressed and how he is helped to feel better.
B: DS 014 Using Counselling Skills on the Telephone
Editor: Peter Sanders
Publisher: PCCS Books, Manchester
ISBN: 1 898059 00 4
A down to earth guide packed with practical information for everyone with an interest in telephone counselling skills. Core skills, agency policy and suggestions for training are the major themes linking all chapters.
B: DS 015 Living in the Real World
Editor: C F Goodey
Publisher: Moffat Press Group
ISBN: 0 9517838 07
Parents speak here about the intelligence, physical beauty and sexuality of their children (all who have Down’s Syndrome) and their places within families, school and society, as well as their own personal and intellectual growth as parents.
Editor: Maria Testa
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
ISBN: 0 8075 7906 8
Three short stores about Rico, his sister and other children.
Editor: Dorothy Jeffree and Sally Cheseldine
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 64985 X
This book, intended primarily for parents of handicapped people, concentrates on activities for more than 1 person as they approach adolescence when normally they become isolated due to their lack of skills in joining in.
B: DS 018 Couples with Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Living and Loving
Editor: Karen Helberg Schwier
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 65 4
This book is an inspiring collection of profiles of people who have found meaningful intimate relationships. They are of different ages, come from different countries and have different disabilities.
Editor: Diane Maksym
Publisher: G Allan Roeher Institute
ISBN: 0 920121 91 8
The goal of this book is to help parents of children with mental handicaps learn how to teach their sons and daughters about relationships and sexuality.
B: DS 020 After Age 16 What Next?
Editor: Michael Hirst and C Glendinning. Updated by Alison Cowen 1993
Publisher: Family Fund, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
ISBN: 1 872470 82 3
Services and benefits for young disabled people.
B: DS 021 Disability Rights Handbook 1994-95
Editor: Judith Paterson
Publisher: Disability Alliance
A guide to rights, benefits and services for all people with disabilities and their families.
B: DS 022 Disability Right Handbook 1997-98
Editor: Judith Paterson
Publisher: Disability Alliance
A guide to benefits and services for all disabled people, their families, carers and advisers.
B: DS 023 Our Brother Has Down’s Syndrome
Editor: Shelley Cairo
Publisher: Annick Press Ltd.
ISBN: 0 920 303 30 7 (Bound) 0 920 303 31 5 (Paperback)
An introduction for children.
B: DS 024 Downs Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease
Editor: Richard Marler and Cliff Cunningham
Publisher: Down’s Syndrome Association
ISBN:
A guide to coping with ageing and the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease in Down’s Syndrome.
B: DS 025 Dealing with Behaviour Problems
Editor: East Devon Behaviour Support Team
Publisher: Devon County Council
ISBN: 1 85522 244 2
This booklet is a resource for classroom assistants who are supporting children of primary school age with significant behavioural problems in mainstream or special schools.
B: DS 026 Medical Help for Children
Editor: Dr Mollie Hunton
Publisher: Mark and Moody Ltd.
ISBN: ISBN 0 9506439 1 2
Down’s children and normal children get exactly the same illnesses. As Down’s children have a lot to cope with frequent illness is a further problem. The aim of the book is to ease the burden by helping parents understand their child’s illness.
Editor: Alison Cowen
Publisher: Joseph Rowntre Foundation
ISBN: 1 872470 95 5
Taking Care is the result of research carried out by Bryony Beresford at the Social Policy Research Unit. Her in-depth study of 20 families resulted in this significant partnership between researchers, practitioners and families.
B: DS 028 Friends at School
Editor: Rochell Bunnett
Publisher: Star Bright Books
ISBN: 1 887734 01 5
Even though some children look different on the outside, and some have different abilities, this book conveys the importance that they all like to do the same things.
B: DS 029 Organising Local Events
Editor: Sarah Passingham
Publisher: The Directory of Social Change
ISBN: 1 873860 10 2
This guide is not meant as a definitive work on organising events but as a help to events being trouble free and to enabling you to be able to enjoy yourself and to bring joy into the lives of those less fortunate than yourself.
Editor: Roma Lear
Publisher: Butterworth - Heinemann Ltd.
ISBN 0 7506 0572 3
Parents of children with special needs know how difficult it can be to find a suitable toy in the shops. This book contains suggestions for occupations and games as well as toys. The ideas have been grouped under the headings of the five senses and can be shared by all the family.
Author: Fiena Gray Davidson
Publisher: Judy Pratkins Ltd.
ISBN: 0 7499 1455 6
This inspiring book will help you to care for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. Written by a long term carer, it is full of sound and thoughtful advice on what to do.
B: DS 032 Supporting Special Educational Needs in Secondary Schools
Author: Jane Lovey
Publisher: David Fulton
ISBN: 1 85346 339 6
This book will help teachers in secondary schools to maximise the impact and effectiveness of their work together. It acknowledges the distinct roles of each and suggests optimum strategies for addressing a range of special needs.
B: DS 033 Getting your Message Across
Author: Barbara Lowndes
Publisher: Blackrose Press
ISBN:
The object of this guide is to help the members of community organisation to achieve good publicity and build up the best image.
Author: Pat Fitton, Carol O’Brien and Jean Wilson
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1 85302 273 X
How two young women with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities achieve their own home.
B: DS 035 A Practical Guide to Working with People with Learning Disabilities
Author: Hilary Brown and Sue Benson
Publisher: Butler and Tanner
ISBN: 1 874790 00 0
This book is written for care assistants and support workers to show how empowering people with learning disabilities and helping them take control of their lives can be translated into day to day practice.
B: DS 036 Tried and Tested Ideas for Raising Money Locally
Author: Sarah Passingham
Publisher: Directory of Social Change
ISBN: 1 873860 36 6
A practical fund-raising guide for community groups, local charity projects, schools and any small scale fund-raisers.
B: DS 037 The New Language of Toys
Author: Sue Schwardz and Joan Heller Miller
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 73 5
This reader friendly resource guide provides a wealth of information on how play activities affect a child’s language development and where to get the toys and materials to use in these activities. Even though it is written with children with special needs in mind, every parent can use these ideas.
Author: Sheila Gadiss and Philippa Russell
Publisher: National Children’s Bureau
ISBN: 0 902817 98 1
A guide for parents of children with special needs.
B: DS 039 Young Adults with Special Needs
Author: John Friel
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1 85302 280 2
An essential handbook for parents, carers and educators of young people with special needs. This book provides a detailed guide to recent development in law and practice.
Author: Joh Wright and Richard Poynter
Publisher: Questions Publishing Co.
ISBN: 1 898149 38 0
An essential guide for parents, advice workers, advocates, teachers, Special Needs Co-ordinators and everyone concerned with children who have special educational needs - before assessment, during assessment and after assessment.
B: DS 041 Medical and Surgical Care for Children with Down Syndrome
Author: Dyke, Mattleis, Eberly and Williams
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 54 9
Children with Down Syndrome need the same measure of preventative health care as other children. Having Down Syndrome increases the risk of certain medical problems and well informed parents and families will be more able to recognise potential problems and thus be able to make decisions regarding their child’s health. The book is written to inform parents about specific medical conditions that are more common among children with Down Syndrome.
B: DS 042 Language Development in Children with Special Needs
Author: Irene Johansson
Publisher: Biddles Ltd.
ISBN: 1085302 241 1
This practical guide offers parents and other carers a week by week programme that encourages language acquisition and aims to teach the child to use the type of language and communication that is appropriate in children where speech and language skills are often severely delayed.
B: DS 043 Adults with Learning Difficulties
Author: Jeannie Sutcliffe
Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
ISBN: 0 335 09609 3
This handbook describes a variety of innovative practices to provide a broadly based practical approach for staff working in a teaching or enabling role with adults who have learning difficulties.
Editor: Kieran Jordan and Saunders
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 64852 7
This unique book is the first to detail new methods of helping very young or severely handicapped children and adults in learning.
Editor:
Publisher: Disabled Living Foundation
ISBN: 0 901908 65 7
A guide to choosing clothes and useful dressing techniques for the elderly and for those with disabilities.
B: DS 046 Differences in Common
Editor: Marilyn Trainer
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 40 9
A collection of 50 essays which bring a fresh, candid outlook to the challenges, hopes and fears of family life, a life shaped by a child with Down Syndrome, but one which strikes a cord in all of us.
Editor: Dorothy Jeffree and Roy McConkey
Publisher: Souvenir Press Educational
ISBN: 0 28 64829 2
The learning games in this book, designed to be played by parents with their children, represent one of the most exciting modern advances in the techniques of teaching the handicapped.
B: DS 048 Helping Your Handicapped Child
Editor: Janet Carr
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0 14 025331 9
This is a practical guide for parents and carers, helping them play an active guide in promoting the skills and happiness of their child. It explains how to follow step by step behaviour method in all aspects of child development.
B: DS 049 Special Educational Needs in Schools
Editor: Sally Beveridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0 415 07551 3
The Education Reform Act gave all pupils the legal right to access a common curriculum. This entails risks as well as opportunities for children with special educational needs. This provides an introduction to the issues involved in meeting special educational needs of children in ordinary classrooms.
B: DS 050 Talking and Your Child
Editor: Clare Shaw
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
ISBN: 0 340 57526 3
This handbook explains in simple terms each stage of development of speech and language from meaningless babbles of a new baby to the rich fluency of an 11 year old.
Editor: Philippa Moore
Publisher: Disables Living Foundation
ISBN: 0 901908 50 9
"Dressing Matters" will enable all carers to help people with learning disabilities to decide when to get dressed, to choose appropriate clothing, to recognise on which part of the body a garment should be worn, and to develop the physical skills necessary to put on and remove clothes.
B: DS 052 Movement Activities for Children with Learning Difficulties
Editor: Bren Pointer
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN:` 1 85302 167 9
This book offers a variety of movement activities, in the form of games and skills for all those involved in educating children through movement.
B: DS 053 Drama Therapy for People with Learning Disabilities
Editor: Anna chesner
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
ISBN: 1 85302 208 X
Balancing theory with practice, the author explores the multidisciplinary potential of dramatheraphy and considers the fruitful incorporation of elements of music, movement, design, story and performance into therapy with clients with learning disabilities.
B: DS 054 Getting Your Message Across
Editor: Barbara Lowndes
Publisher: National Federation of Community Organisations
ISBN:
How to create an image, recruit members, mount a campaign, issue a press release, organise events, compile reports, make posters, write articles and cope with the media.
Editor: Elaine Streeter
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
ISBN: 1 85302 187 3
This guide will help parents and others to make the most of a child’s interest in music with practical help in starting to play simple musical instruments thereby adding to a child’s fun.
Editor: Margaret Marshall and Dorothy Porter
Publisher: J Whitaker & Sons
ISBN: 0 85021 210 3
This is a book for anyone who wants to help people with a mental handicap towards increasing enjoyment and success in reading and information skills.
Editor: Rees, Tunstill, Pope, Kinnear
Publisher: Heart Line Association
ISBN: 0 9515270 10
The discovery of a heart defect can be a very scary experience. Although doctors and nurses do their best to describe matters the condition are so complicated and surgical procedures so technical that parents are often left with an erroneous picture of what is to happen. The authors of this book seek to alleviate this.
B: DS 058 Children with Special Needs
Editor: Tessa Duffy
Publisher: Vision Design
ISBN: 0 9523703 0 1
This document will serve to underpin the practice of any group delivering services to children with special needs.
Editor: Norma Simon
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
ISBN: 0 8075 9076 2
This book shows everyday ways in which children see themselves as different. The gradual development of realistic self-image is a critical area of child growth. Self differences make our world more interesting than if everyone were alike. This book helps children feel pride in the specialness of "Being me!"
Editor: Dr Richard Newton
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co. U.K. Ltd.
ISBN: 0 356 19115 X
Written for carers of children with Down’s Syndrome, this book offers up to date information and practical advice
B: DS 061 Managing Problem Behaviours
Editor: Susan Dodd
Publisher: Maclennan and Petty
ISBN: 0 86433 096 0
This is a concise new guide to help you manage problem behaviours in caring for young children with special needs. Offered are a range of strategies to help; solve most behavioural problems and explains the principles behind each suggested solution.
Editor: Robina Shah
Publisher: National Children’s Bureau
ISBN: 1 874 579 44 X
This book focuses on services for children with disabilities in Asian families. It explores parent’s awareness of the services available to help them.
B: DS 063 The Community Care Book
Editor: Barbara Meredith
Publisher: Age Concern
ISBN: 0 86242 121 7
This handbook unravels the provisions of the 1990 NHS - Community Care Act. It explains the implications for services for older people of the legislation and the White Paper "Caring for People". The legislation provides for reformed inspection units and complaints procedures to help ensure quality of services and requires that community care plans should set out what is available in each area.
B: DS 064 Downs Syndrome (An Introduction for Parents)
Editor: Cliff Cunningham
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 64931 0
This is a positive and practical book enabling parents face shock and anxiety after learning their baby is handicapped. It helps parents make the right decisions for the child’s future and their own.
B: DS 065 Micros for Children with Special Needs
Editor: Mary Hope
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0285 65051 3
Recently microcomputers have been developed as a learning aid for children with special needs with dramatic results. In this book a microcomputer expert looks at current and future developments in the field of new technology for children with special needs.
B: DS 066 Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Needs
Editor: Peter Westwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0 415 08773 2
This book provides teachers with an immediate and comprehensive source of practical ideas of utilising modern methods of teaching whilst legitimising a sequential and common-sense approach to special education in the ordinary classroom.
B: DS 067 Hear and Say - Toys for Children with Difficulties
Editor: Susan Knowles and Helen Dawe
Publisher: Nat. Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries
ISBN: 0904 15839 X
Hear and Say is for parent and carers of children with hearing, speech and language difficulties. It includes ideas and suggestions for toy and play activities which create a range of opportunities to stimulate listening and language skills from birth upwards.
B: DS 068 Learning About Self-Advocacy - No. 3 - Running a Group
Editor: Crawley, Mills, Wertheimer, Whittaker, Williams and Billis
Publisher: CHH
ISBN:
This booklet is written for people who want to speak for themselves in order that their life goes the way they want it to.
B: DS 069 Learning About Self-Advocacy - No. 4 - What Next?
Editor: Crawley, Mills, Wetheimer, Whittaker, Williams and Billis
Publisher: CHH
ISBN:
B: DS 070 The Law on Children with Special Needs
Editor
Publisher: ACE
ISBN: 1 870672 00 3
This book is written for parents of children and young people who have special educational needs.
Government guidelines set out parents’ rights and responsibilities. The book explains the legal requirements in straightforward language so that parents know what to expect and what part to play in securing the best possible help for their children.
B: DS 071 Supporting Support Assistants
Editor Stephanie Lorenz
Publisher: Bury professional Development Centre
ISBN:
A practical handbook for SENCOs in Mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools.
Editor: Reed Davies, Dave Hooper
Publisher: Out of Hours
ISBN: 0 904158 15 2
The booklets in this series are aimed at people caring for a child with mental handicap and bring down to earth advice on how every day housekeeping routine and ordinary neighbourhood activities can be used to teach children new things.
B: DS 073 Benefit Guide for Children and Young People with Disabilities
Editor: B Graham and W Pegram
Publisher: Disability Alliance Educational and Research Association
ISBN: 0 946336 53 9
This booklet has been written for parents of disables children who may not be sure which benefits are available to help them with the costs of bringing up a disabled child.
B: DS 074 Computers and Children with Down’s Syndrome
Editor: Rebecca Stores
Publisher: University of Portsmouth
ISBN: 0 900234 94 6
The aim of this book is to provide an introduction for parents to use computers as a teaching aid for children with Down’s Syndrome who have no prior knowledge of computers.
B: DS 075 Dealing with Problem Behaviour
Editor: East Devon Behaviour Support Team
Publisher: Devon County Council
ISBN: 1 85522 244 2
This booklet is a resource for classroom assistants who are supporting children of primary school age with severe behavioural problems in mainstream or special schools but is also relevant to children of all ages.
B: DS 076 Teaching the Infant with Down Syndrome
Editor: Marcie J Hanson
Publisher: PRO-ED
ISBN: 0 89079 103 1
This book is written for parents of a Down’s Syndrome infant; it provides the latest information of teaching activities, resources for parents, medical facts and tips on how best to help and enjoy their baby.
Editor: Judy Wilson
Publisher: National Extension College
ISBN: 1 85356 005 7
Guidelines for carers self help and support groups.
Editor: Berniece Rabe
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
ISBN: 0 8075 8927 6
Illustrations show Misty, a child with Down’s Syndrome and her father reviewing her day’s activities in their search for her stuffed monkey.
Editor: Prue Chennells
Publisher: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
ISBN: 0 903534 71 1
This book is about explaining to our child that he or she is adopted. Contains also a book list about adoption itself.
Editor:
Publisher: LDR Publications Ltd.
ISBN: 0 946 898 883
Only a third of disabled people of working age are in employment and those who are, face considerable discrimination. Unions can fight to secure equal opportunities for disables workers and the workers themselves are often at the forefront of these initiatives.
This guide is for trade unionists to issues concerning disabled workers with examples of good practice agreements.
B: DS 081 Gross Motor Skills in Children with Downs Syndrome
Editor: Pat Winders
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 81 6
It is only recently that we have learned to work with Downs Syndrome children to maximise their potential. Motor skills are an area of development where progress is easy to see, and for most children, become one of their strengths.
This book tells what the child needs to develop its basic motor skills properly and how to provide support in a challenging way which will build confidence in his own physical ability.
B: DS 083 Useful Addresses for Special Needs
Editor: Ann Worthington
Publisher: Ann Worthington MBE
Useful addresses for parents with handicapped child/children.
Editor: Kenn Fupp
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 63175 6
This book follows people with learning disabilities through every stage of their life, how to avoid being sucked into a "special system" and describe practical alternatives which will lead to a fully meaningful and happy life from childhood and in the future. In fact this is the key to "peace of mind" for parents.
Editor: S. Hollins & D. Hutchinson
Publisher: St. George Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 87443901 X
Peter’s transition from family to group home is fun but many jobs are now shared that were previously done by mum. This book goes through all the traumas and thrills of getting ready to move which is a frightening experience.
Editor: S. Hollins & V. Sinason
Publisher: St. George Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 00 1
This book is designed to enable a person with learning disabilities open up about their experiences of sexual abuse.
Jenny’s carer helps her to disclose how she was sexually abused by her father and how warmth and trust from her carer begins a healing process which brings Jenny hope and a fresh start.
Editor: S. Hollins & Lester Stirling
Publisher: St. George Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 07 9
A gentle and honest approach to death in the family. The story is told in pictures alone.
Editor: S. Hollins & Terry Roth
Publisher: St. George Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1 874439 08 7
This book educates Janet on how to learn when & when not to hug and touch people.
Editor: S. Hollins, V. Sinason, J. Boniface
Publisher: St. Georges Mental Health Library
This book is about a witness at Crown Court. The story is told in pictures.
B: DS 090 Sexuality, Relationships & Adolescents with Downs Syndrome
Publisher: The Canadian Downs Syndrome Association
This book provides parents & carers of adolescent and Downs Syndrome children basic information of sexuality & relationship issues.
B: DS 091 When Dad Died
Editor: S. Hollins & Lester Stirling
Publisher: St. Georges Mental Health Library
ISBN: 1874439 06 0
A story told in pictures about the death of a parent.
Editor: A. Craft & D. Stewart
Publisher Home & School Council
ISBN: 0 901181 83 8
This book is intended for parents & carers of children, disabled or not. A completely frank guide to the needs of those with a particular disability.
B: DS 093 Supporting Support Assistants
Editor: Stephanie Lorenz
A practical handbook for SENCO’s in Mainstream Primary & Secondary School.
B: DS 094 The Support Assistants Survival Guide
Editor: Stephanie Lorenz
A practical handbook for SENCO’s in Mainstream Primary & Secondary School.
B: DS 095 A Handbook for Special Needs Assistants
Editor: Glenys Fox
Publisher: David Fultow Publishers
ISBN: 1 85346 286 1
This handbook is intended as a practical guide containing useful information, for special needs assistants & teachers working with special needs assistants.
B: DS 096 Special Education Handbook
Publisher: Advisory Centre for Education
ISBN: 1 870672 30 5
The law on Children with special needs.
B: DS 097 Feel Better – Take a stroll down the Healthy Way
A guide on what to do and where to go to stay healthy for people with learning disabilties.
B: DS 098 Positive Tales – Individual Authors 1996
Publisher: Living Archive Press
ISBN: 0 904847
Stories from ordinary people living in Milton Keynes.
B: DS 099 Helping your Handicapped Child
Author: Janet Carr
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0 14 025331 9
A practical, accessible guide for parents and carers in helping them play an active part of promoting skills and happiness in their child/children.
B: DS 100 Talking about Adoptions
Author: P. Chennells & M. Morrison
Publisher: British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering
ISBN: 1 873868 21 9
This book outlines why, when and how to tell the truth about an adopted child and it’s origins.
B: DS 101 Medical & Surgical Care for Children with Downs Syndrome
Author: DC Van Dyke MD
Publisher: Woodbine House
ISBN: 0 933149 54 9
Children with Downs Syndrome need the same measure of preventative health care as their peers. Having Downs Syndrome increases the risk of certain medical problems. The information will enable parents to recognise potential problems and make vital decisions if extra medical care is required.
The book is written by 25 authors who are experts in the field, and enables parents to help their child reach his highest potential.
B: DS 102 Children with Special Needs
Author: John Friel
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1 85302 231 4
This book should prove an essential guide for parents and educators of children with special educational needs and the legal procedures for obtaining the education they need.
Author: Roy McConkey & Penny Price
Publisher: Condor Book Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 65023 8
Parents who are worried because their child seems slow to learn & talk will find in this practical carefully planned book the means to play a vital part in encouraging speech and language.
DS 104 Lets Join In
Author: Dorothy M. Jeffrey & Sally Cheseldine
Publisher: Human Horizon’s Series – Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 285 64985 X
Teenage years isolate handicapped youngsters thereby making them more dependent on their families and carers to provide activities to fill their spare time.
This book, the result of a four year research project, is intended for parents, teachers, club leaders & volunteers work with those of special educational needs. The activities can be done at home, with more than 1 person and are based on well-known games. There are also suggestions for hobbies and interests in and out of doors. A chapter on activities for people with physical and sensory impairments.
Author: Dorothy M Jeffrey & Roy McConkey
Publisher: Souvenir Press
ISBN: 0 28 64829 2
The learning games in this book designed to be played by parents with their children, represent one of the most exciting modern advances in the techniques of teaching the handicapped. This is a complete teaching programme for parents or anyone in charge of children slow in acquiring language.
B: DS 106 Special Educational Needs in Schools
Author: Sally Beveridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0 0415 17551 3
This book provides a concise introduction to the issues involved in meeting the special educational needs of children in ordinary classrooms. If focuses on ways in which teachers can develop and extend their own practice in orders to cater for these areas of special difficulty and it emphasises the importance of links between teachers, other professionals and parents in promoting successful educational opportunities for all.
Author: Stephanie Lorenz
Publisher: David Polland of Bury Professional Development Centre
ISBN:
This booklet aims to empower parents in their dealings with schools, psychologists and local authority officers by explaining the most commonly used terms.
B: DS 108 Supporting Special Educational Needs in Secondary Schools
Author: Jane Lovey
Publisher: David Furton
ISBN: 1 85346 339 6
This book is to help teachers and support teachers maximise the effectiveness of their work together. It acknowledges the distinct roles of each and addresses a range of special needs in a practical & jargon free way.
