Suggested Reading
Special Needs Children and Families
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Tony Attwood
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood
Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child by Lynn Kern Koegel
Pivotal Response Treatments for Autism: Communication, Social, & Academic Development by Robert L. Koegel, Lynn Kern Koegel
The Growth of the Mind: And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence by Stanley I Greenspan
Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach
by Stanley I. Greenspan
The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth
by Stanley I. Greenspan
Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Pdd and Nld
by Steven E. Gutstein
The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, Revised Edition
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin
The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism
by Temple Grandin
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
by Ellen Notbohm
Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues
by Lindsey Biel
Everybody Is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters with Autism
by Fiona Bleach
Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues: Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World
by Brenda Smith Myles
Driven to Distraction - Recognizing and Coping With
Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through
Adulthood
by Edward M. Hallowell
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose
Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive,
Persistent, and Energetic
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
General
When I say No, I Feel Guilty
by Manuel J. Smith
Necessary Losses – The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies and
Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order
to Grow
by J. Voirst
Couples/Marriage Books
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to
Your Mate
by Gary Chapman
How We Love: A revolutionary Approach to Deeper Connections in
Marriage
by Milan & Kay Yerkovich
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide
from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
by John M. Gottman, Nan Silver
Depression/Anxiety
Mind Over Mood
by Dennis Greenberger, Christine Padesky
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
by Martin Seligman
An End to Panic
by Elke Zuercher-White
Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks
by R. Reid, Ph,D.
Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions
by Edna B. Foa, Reid Wilson
Family/Child Dynamics
I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You!: A New Understanding of
Mother-Daughter Conflict
by Roni Cohen, Phd, Michelle Sandler, Roni Sliver, Michelle
Cohen-Sandler
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence
by Rosalind Wiseman
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
by Rachel Simmons
Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment
By Michael M. Pressman
Reviving Ophelia - Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
by Mary Pipher
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
by Dan Kindlon
Men’s Issues
Finding Our Fathers – How a Man’s Life Is Shaped by His
Relationship with his Father
by S. Osherson
Real Boys - Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by William S. Pollack
The Seasons of a Man’s Life
by D. Levinson
Women’s Issues
Healing the Trauma of Abuse – A Women’s Workbook
by M. E. Copland & M. Harris
My Mother, My Self – The Daughter’s Search for Identity
by Nancy Friday
The Wounded Woman – Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship
by L. Schierse Leonard
The Courage to Heal – A Guide for Women Survivors of Child
Sexual Abuse
by E. Bass & L. Davis
The Dance of Anger – A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of
Intimate Relationships
by Harriet Lerner