The library is being offered as part of FAVAN membership. Books are valuable resources but are also expensive and therefore we would like to help our members even further by offering this courtesy. If you would like to donate a book or video of your choice we would greatly appreciate it. Please call if you would like to do so but do not know what titles would be appreciated. There are many books we can recommend. As FAVAN funds increase, we would like to be able to buy further books for the library, perhaps on a one a month basis. Please give us any book recommendations that you may have or be interested in FAVAN purchasing. 

General Autism Spectrum
Special Education
Treatment and Interventions
Fiction
Behavior
Social Skills
Learning Disabilities
Childrens'
Biography
ADD & ADHD

General Autism Spectrum

The Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby.  2001

Asperger Syndrome & Your Child A Parents Guide Michael D Powers, PSY.D., with Janet Poland 2002

Asperger's Syndrome, A Guide for Parents and Professionals Tony Atwood, 1998

Autism: The Hidden Epidemic (DVD) A compilation of NBC News special reports, 2005

Asperger Syndrome in the Family (VHS) Liane Holliday Willey, Ph.D, Keynote Address at the 2001 AANE Conference

Jane Pauley Show Asperger Syndrome, 2004

A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome & High-Functioning Autism How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D, Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D, James McPartland, 2002

Eating an Artichoke A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome, Echo R. Fling, 2000

Asperger Syndrome A Guide for Educators and Parents, Brenda Smith Myles, Richard L. Simpson, 1998

Asperger Syndrome and Sensory Issues : Practical Solutions for Making Sense of the World, Brenda Smith Myles, Katherine Tapscott Cook, Nancy E. Miller, Louann Rinner, Lisa A. Robbins, 2001

The Child with Special Needs by Stanley I. Greenspan M.D. & Serena Wieder PH.D., 1998

The World of the Autistic Child, Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders by Bryna Siegel, 1998

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Special Education

The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child, Lawrence M. Siegel, 2004

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law Peter W. D. Wright, Pamela Darr Wright, 1999

Special Education is not a Place An Advocacy Guide for Parents and Students, State of Connecticut office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, 2002

School Succes for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome, Sephan M. Silverman, Ph.D., and Rich Weinfeld, 2007

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Treatment and Interventions

Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, Timothy E. Wilens, MD 1999

Treating Autism, Parent Stories of Home and Success, Edited by Stephen M. Edelson, Ph.D. and Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. 2003

A Work in Progress, Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism, Ron Leaf and John McEachin, Editors, 1999

The Defiant Child, A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Dr. Douglas A. Riley, 1997

Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In, Stephen Nowicki, Jr., Ph.D. and Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D., 1992

The Out-of-Sync Child, Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., 1998

The Out-of-Sync Child has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., 2003

Hearing Equals Behavior, Guy Berard, M.D., 2000

Bipolar Disorder, A Guide for Patients and Families, Francis Mark Mondimore, MD, 1999

The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, David Miklowitz, PhD, 2002

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Fiction

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon, 2003

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Behavior

Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments, Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns, Brenda Smith Myles, Jack Southwick, 1999.

Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, Winning for A Lifetime, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, 2000

Your Defiant Child, 8 Steps to Better Behavior, Russell A. Barkley, PhD and Christine M. Benton, 1998

Raising your Spirited Child, Winning for A Lifetime, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, 1991

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems, Richard Ferber, M.D., 1985

Winning Bedtime Battles: Getting Your Children Ages 2-10 to Sleep, Charles E. Schaeffer, Theresa Foy Digeronimo, 1992

Using Visual and Behavioral Cues in the Home, Teaching Functional Life Skills to Young Children with Autism and Other Significant Developmental Disorders, (VHS), Dr. Robert Allen, 2002

1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12, Thomas Pheelan, 2003

Introduction to How Does Your Engine Run?: The Alert Program for Self-Regulation, Mary Sue Williams OTR and Sherry Shellenberger OTR, 1996

The Explosive Child, Ross W. Greene, PhD, 1998

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Social Skills

Good Friends are Hard to Find, Help Your Child Find,  Make and Keep Friends, Fred Frankel, PhD, 1996

Social Skills Activities for Special Children, Darlene Mannix, 1993

Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Ph.D., Stephen Nowicki, Jr., Ph.D., and Elisabeth A. Martin, M.Ed.  Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, 1996

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Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities and Your Child, A Survival Handbook, Lawrence J. Greene, 1983

The Learning-Disabled Child, Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, 1992

In Their Own Way Discovering and Encouraging Your Child’s Personal Learning Style by Thomas Armstrong, Ph. D., 1987

The Survival Guides for Kids with Learning Differences, Gary Fisher, Ph.D and Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D., 1990

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Childrens'

Manners,  Aliki, 1997

Blue Bottle Mystery : An Asperger's Adventure, Kathy Hoopmann, 2001

Of Mice and Aliens: An Asperger Adventure, Kathy Hoopmann, 2001

Rules, Cynthia Lord, 2006

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Biography

Beyond The Wall, Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Stephen Shore, 2001

Freaks, Geeks, & Asperger Syndrome, A User Guide to Adolescence, Luke Jackson, 2002

Aquamarine Blue, Personal Stories of College Students with Autism, Edited by Dawn Prince-Hughes, 2002

Pretending to be Normal, Living with Asperger's Syndome, Liane Holliday Willey, 1999

Asperger Syndrome in the Family, Redefining Normal, Liane Holliday Willey, 2001

The Sound of A Miracle, A Child's Triumph Over Autism, Annabel Stehli, 1991

Emergence: Labeled Autistic, Temple Grandin and Margaret M. Scariano, 1996

Hitchhiking through Asperger Syndrome, Lise Pyles, 2001 

Dancing in the Rain: Stories Of Exceptional Progress, edited by Annabel Stehli, 2004

Born on a Blue Day, Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant, Daniel Tammet, 2006

Strange Son, Portia Iversen, 2006

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ADD & ADHD

The A.D.D. Book, New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child, William Sears, M.D., and Lynda Thompson, Ph.D., 1998

Rethinking Attention Deficit Disorders, Miriam Cherkes-Julkowski, Susan Sharp, Jonathan Stolzenberg, 1997

Driven to Distraction, Recognizing and Coping with ADD from Childhood through Adulthood, Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D., 1994

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, Thom Hartman, 1993

Maybe You Know My Kid, A Parent's Guide to Identifying, Understanding and Helping Your Child with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mary Cahill Fowler, 1990

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