The John Maxwell Biasco Foundation For Children with Autism Naples, Florida proudly joins Parent to Parent of Vermont and others in Providing Austism and Related Special Resources for Special Families

Each year Parent to Parent will receive new publications in the field of autism and general special needs as part of a matching grant through the Biasco Foundation for our Resource Library.

The Autism Information Center at www.autism-info.org has additional information on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

"We believe that parents are intelligent enough to make decisions regarding what's best for each child if they are given access to all available information" asserts Tambria Biasco, founder of the Biasco Foundation. After the family located relevant information, Maxie began receiving an appropriate education and made the kind of progress his parents had been led to believe wasn't possible.
Read more on their website: www.maxie.org

We invite you to take advantage of our Parent to Parent library. Our free lending library with books, videos, audio cassettes, articles and newsletters is available for both families and professionals to borrow. We can send you a copy of our most recent bibliography. Call Karen, 655-5290, 1-800-800-4005 or email Karen.Searles@partoparvt.org

We encourage families and professionals to use the "Books and Beyond" forum to share information about what you've seen or read with all readers. Call Joyce at 1-800-800-4005, or 655-5290, or email Joyce.Brabazon@partoparvt.org

We have received over 30 new books, in addition to videos and audio cassettes, from the John Maxwell Biasco Foundation
(see above) addressing autism and related developmental disabilities and general special needs and the effect these
disabilities have on families.

Some of the materials received through the Biasco Foundation include:
Sensory Motor Issues in Autism
By Johanna M. Anderson, OTR

Autism in Adolescents and Adults
By Eric Schopler, et. al.

Autism and Pervasive Development Disorder
By Fred R. Volkmar

Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide for Teachers
By Val Cumine, et. al.

A Passion to Believe - Autism and the Facilitated Communication Phenomenon
By Diane Twatchman-Cullen

Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
By Tony Atwood

Making Sense of Sensory Integration
By Jane Koomar Ph.D, OTR/L FAOTA, . et. al.

BORROWING PROCESS
Call or email Parent to Parent for a copy of our updated bibliography. You can drop by our office or we can mail you a book, video or cassette to borrow. Materials have an index card that will be filled out with your name and phone number. We ask that materials be returned within one month from the borrowed date so that others who are waiting can borrow the materials.

DONATING BOOKS
We welcome donations from our readers of books, videos and cassettes that you have found informative, enlightening, or
educational in dealing with children with special needs. Parent to Parent can create a bookplate to put on your donation
acknowledging you, your family or organization for the contribution.
A recent donation to our Resource Library is from our local branch of C.H.A.D.D. We are excited that they have entrusted
their books to us so that families can continue to have access to materials on ADD, ADHD, behavioral concerns, self esteem,
stress, learning issues and parenting.

Some of the donated books include:
Teenager's Guide to ADD-
By Anthony J. Amen, et. al.

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception
By Thom Hartman

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