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Funding Information | New additions to Library
Parent to Parent of Vermont Funding
Many families have benefited from funding assistance made available through Parent to Parent.
The following is a description of the various funds:
Family Support Fund: This fund is used by families who self-identify a need related to their child's diagnosis. It can be used for equipment, therapies, emergency childcare, camp, or any other need as it relates to the child's diagnosis and is not otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid. The Family Support Fund is primarily composed of resources from: Brookes Baker Trust, Tom Sustic Fund, Doug Flutie Foundation, and the Vermont Department of Children and Families.
Conference Fund: Parents may request funds from Parent to Parent to attend conferences relating to their child's disability or special need. The Conference Fund is made up of resources from the State Department of Education and the Kelsey Trust.
Support Group Fund: This fund is designed to assist parents with the start-up costs of launching a support group in a specific geographic area or by diagnosis. One-time funding of $200 is available for advertising, speakers, refreshments, space rental, etc.  The Support Group Fund is made possible by the VT Dept. of Health 
Respite Fund: Parent to Parent has a grant from the Agency of Human Services for flexible respite funding through the Prevention Committee of Children and Family Council for Prevention Programs.

For Parent to Parent Funding information & opportunities, call Family Support at 764-5290 or (800) 800-4005.
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books

161 books were added to our Lending Library this year!
The Family Support Team has been busy ordering new books and reorganizing the topics for easier browsing*-- check it out!

*we are now organizing our bookshelves by topics instead of by author! We can supply to you bibliographies sorted by topic OR by author
Find newly added books of interest to you under the following new categories; click on: 

ADD/ADHD
General Parenting
Adoption/Foster Care
Grief
Autism Hospital-Baird 5 location
Cerebral Palsy
Inspiration
Communication Learning Disabilities
CSHN
Mental Health
Diabetes
Misc - diagnosis
Down Syndrome
Neurological Disorders
Education Physical Disabilities
Families with CSHN Prematurity
Food/Diet/Allergy Sensory Impairment
Friendship/Recreation Siblings
Future Planning or:  Type 'control' + 'F', then type in a keyword to search

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADD/ADHD

A.D.D. & Romance, Halverstadt

Food/Diet/Allergy

Control Your Child's Asthma, Farber, MD

The Complete Kid's Allergy and Asthma Guide: The Parent's Handbook for Children of all Ages, Gold

Adoption/Foster Care

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, Gray

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special-Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, Keck

Fostering Health in the Foster Care Maze A Guide for Social Service Professionals, Healy

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Friendship/Recreation

Adapted Games & Activities: From Tag to Team Buildings, Rouse

Adapt My World: Homemade Adaptions for People with Disabilities, Plaxen

Life Skills Activities for Special Children, Coloroso

The Calico Buffalo, Stapleton

Bullying

Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How to Deal with Bullies, Depino

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School--How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence

Social Skills

Raise Your Child's Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids, Cohen, LCSW

The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends, Madorsky Elman

Yoga for the Special Child: A Therapeutic Approach for Infants and Children with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disabilities, Sumar

Future Planning

The ABC's of Special Needs Planning Made Easy, Stevens

Special Needs Trust Administration Manual A Guide for Trustees, Jackins, Esq.

Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child's Financial Future, Ellas

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Autism

Teach Me Language, Freeman, Ph.D.

The Essential Difference, Baron-Cohen (Brain Science)

Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism, Grandin

Songs of the Gorilla Nation, Prince-Hughes, Ph.D.

-ASD

Activity Schedules for Children with Autism/Teaching Independent Behavior, McClannahan,Ph.D.

Asperger's Huh? A Childs Perspective, Schnurr, PHD

Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence/helping preteens and teens get ready for the real world, Bolick, PH.D.

Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments, Myles

Asperger Syndrome and Young Children, Bolick, Ph.D.

Asperger's What does It mean To Me?, Faherty

Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD, Shaw, Ph.D.

Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism, Grandin

Evidence of Harm, Kirby

Facing Autism - Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Help, Hamilton

Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults, Gutstei

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General Parenting

Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense, Satter

Grandparents as Parents: A Survival Guide for Raising a Second Family, de Toledo

How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger, Verdick

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids will Talk, Faber

It is Just a Phase, Anderson Swedo

Parenting with Dignity, Bledsoe

Purrfect Parenting, Guhl

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistant, Energetic, Kurcinka

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Early Childhood

Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children, Greenspan

The Family Bed, Thevenin

The Preschool Years, Galinsky

Sexual Abuse

Teen to Teen, Herrerias

Grief

On Children and Death, Kubler-Ross

Recovering from the Loss of a Child, Donnelly

Sad Isn't Bad, Mundy

Shelter from the Storm, Hilden, MD

When Dinosaurs Die A Guide to Understanding Death, Brown

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy: A Complete Guide for Caregiving (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book), Miller

My Perfect Son Has Cerebral Palsy: A Mother's Guide of Helpful Hints, Kennedy

Nathan's Wish: A Story About Cerebral Palsy, Lears

Rolling Along: The Story of Taylor and His Wheelchair, Heelan

The Official Parent's Sourcebook on Cerebral Palsy, Parker, MD

 

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Hospital-Baird 5

Celebrating and Caring for Your Baby with Special Needs, Craver

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff, Canfield

Childhood Leukemia A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers, Keene

Clifford Visits the Hospital, Bridwell

Henry and the White Wolf, Karu

I'll Carry the Fork recovering a life after brain injury, Swanson

Living Well with Autoimmune Disease, Shomon

My Body is Private, Girard

The Children's Hospital Guide to Your Child's Health and Development, Woolf, MD, MPH

Your Child in the Hospital, Keene

Eating Disorder

Help Your Teenager Beat An Eating Disorder, Lock, MD, Ph.D.

My Rory A Personal Journey Through Teenage Anorexia, Biederman

When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder A Step-by Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers, Natenshon

Inspiration

A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, Pelzer

From the Heart On Being the Mother of a Child with Special Needs, Marsh, D.B., ed.

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Communication

-Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Signing for Kids, Flodin

Signing Time, Volume I, First Signs (Ages 0-5), DVD

Signing Time, Volume 2 Playtime Signs, DVD

-Speech and Language

Teach Me How to Say it Right: Helping Your Child with Articulation Problems, Dougherty

Does My Child Have a Speech Problem, Martin

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Learning Disabilities

Many Ways to Learn: Young People's Guide to Learning Disabilities, Stern

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home: A Parent's Guide, Tanguay

Raising NLD Superstars: What Families with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Need to Know about Nurturing Confident, Competent Kids, Rubinstien

Misc

Cancer

100 Questions & Answers about Your Child's Cancer, Carroll, MD

Living with Childhood Cancer A Practical Guide to Help Families Cope, Woznick

What is Cancer Anyway? Barklay and Eve Series, Book 5, Carney

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family (Third Edition), Orenstein, MD

The Spirit of Lo: An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Journey, Detrich

The Parent's Guide to Children's Congenital Heart Defects: What They Are, How to Treat Them, How to Cope with Them, Kramer

CSHN

Caregivers and Personal Assistants: How to Find, Hire and Manage the People Who Help You (or Your Loved One) (Revised 3rd Edition), Degraff

The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth, Greenspan, M.D.

Uncommon Fathers/Reflections on Raising a Child with a Disability, Meyer

Mental Health

Adolescent Depression: A Guide for Parents, Mondimore

Secret Scars Uncovering and Understanding the Addiction of Self-Injury, Turner

Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids, Braaten, Ph.D.

The Essential Guide to Mental Health, Gorman, MD

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, Greene

The Worried Child: Recognizing Anxiety in Children and Helping Them Heal, Foxman, Ph.D.

Understanding Teenage Depression: A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management, Empfield

When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD - Reactive Attachment Disorder, Thomas

Your Anxious Child How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children, Dacey

Bipolar

If Your Child is Bipolar: The Parent-to Parent Guide to Living with and Loving a Bipolar Child, Singer

The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder (Revised and Expanded Edition), Demitir, MD

 

Neurological Disorders

Becky the Brave: A Story about Epilepsy, Lears

Growing Up with Epilepsy: A Practical Guide for Parents, Blackburn, Ph.D.

Journey of Love, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Tucson, AZ

The Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Epilepsy, 3rd Edition, Freeman

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Diabetes

Cooking Up Fun for Kids with Diabetes: Recipes, Crafts, Games and More, Geil

Getting a Grip on Diabetes, Loy

Management of Diabetes for Children in School, VT Dept of Health, Diabetes Control Program

Real Life Parenting of Kids with Diabetes, Loy

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Sensory Impairment

Dad and Me in the Morning, Lakin

Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues, Biel

The Out-of-Sync Child has Fun, Kranowitz

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You are Sensory Defensive in an Over-stimulating World, Heller, PhD.

When the Brain Can't Hear: Unraveling the Mystery of Auditory Processing Disorder, Bellis

Down Syndrome

Adventures in the Mainstream: Coming of Age with Down Syndrome, Palmer

A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome (Newly Revised and Updated), Pueschel

Choosing Naia: A Family's Journey, Zuckoff

Down Syndrome: The First 18 Months, Schermerhorn

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic, Beck

Russ and the Firehouse (Day with Russ), Rickert

We'll Paint the Octopus Red, Stuve-Bodeen

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Physical Disabilities

Children with Visual Impairments: A Parents' Guide, Holbrook, Ph.D.

Growing Up with Scoliosis, Spray

Ileitis, Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

It's Not Just Growing Pains: A Guide to Childhood Muscle, Bone and Joint Pain, Rheumatic Diseases and the Latest Treatments, Lehman

Kids on Wheels A Guide to Wheelchair Lifestyle for Parents, Teachers and Professionals, Dobbs

Kids on Wheels A Young Person's Guide to Wheelchair Lifestyle (Kids' Volume), Dobbs

Management of Patients with Neuromuscular Disease, Bach, MD

Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Idenity, and Muscular Dystrophy, Wolfson

Partial Seizure Disorders, Walz

Taking Seizure Disorders to School, Gosselin

The Heart of a Child What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children (2nd Edition), Neill, MD

The New Eating Right For a Bad Gut, Scala, Ph.D.

Your Child with Arthritis A Family Guide for Caregivers, Tucker, MD

Hearing Impairment

The Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet (2nd Edition), Riekehof

Your Child's Hearing Loss: What Parents Need to Know, Waldman

Tourette Syndrome

Don't Think About Monkeys, Extraordinary Stories Written by People with Tourette Syndrome, Seligman (Editor)

Tics and Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals, Chowdhury

Traumatic Brain Injury

Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Parent's Guide (The Special Needs Collection), Schoenbrodt,

Coping with Mild Tramuatic Brain Injury A Guide to Living with the Challenges Associated with Concussion/Brain Injury, Stoler, Ed.D.

Siblings

Being the Only One: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister Who Has Special Needs, Strohm

The Sibling Slam Book: What It's Really Like to Have A Brother or Sister With Special Needs, Meyer (Editor)

What About Me? When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick, Peterkin, MD

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Prematurity

Alex: The Fathering of a Preemie, Stimpson

An Innocent a Broad, Leary

Parenting Your Premature Baby and Child: The Emotional Journey, Davis, Ph.D.

The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need To Know about Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One (Sears, William, Sears Parenting Library), Sears

Early Childhood

The Baby Book, Sears MD, William

The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies, Linden

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Education

A Smile as Big as the Moon: A Special Education Teacher, His Class, and Their Inspiring Journey Through U.S. Space Camp, Kersjes

Achieving Learning Goals Through Play Teaching Young Children with Special Need (Second Edition), Winderstrom

How to Compromise With Your School District Without Compromising Your Child: A Field Guide for Getting Effective Services for Children with Special Needs, Mayerson

How to Get Services by Being Assertive, Des Jardins

Promoting Social Success A Curriculum for Children with Special Needs, Siperstein

Surviving Due Process: When Parents and the School Board Disagree, Stephen Jeffers v. School Board, Wright

The School-Savvy Parent: 365 Insider Tips to Help You Help Your Child, Clark

Transition Trek, Pacer Center (Game)

You, Your Child, and "Special" Education, Cutler

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Families with Children with Special Needs

If you've ever wanted to crawl in the closet with an OREO Tips for parenting a child with special needs, Downey

Playing the Hand That's Deal to You: A Guide for Parents of Children with Special Needs, Morel

The Parent to Parent Handbook/Connecting families of Children with Special Needs, Santelli

Adults with Disabilities

Reflections from a Different Journey: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew, Klein, Ph.D., ed.

Advocacy

How to Organize an Effective Parent/Advocacy Group and Move Bureaucracies

Des Jardins

So You Want to Make a Difference, Amidel

Children with Disabilities

Disability is Natural: Revolutionary Common Sense for Raising Successful Children with Disabilities, Snow

Healthcare

Real Clout, Meredith

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Contact Clare (800)800-4005 x11 to check out books, for a personalized bibliography, or for more informationY

Fall 2005 - In this Issue:
Family Connections: Button Story
From Our Director: People Work Together

Conference Fund:
Rasmussen Story
Families Who 'Give Back'
: Tom Sustic Fund
Where's the Waste Update

Community News: ASD Support Group & Therapeutic Riding
Family Voices of Vermont
Thanks, Development & Outreach

Our Calendar | News & Note

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