Author

Duron, Lori

Harris, Neil Patrick (foreword)

Burtka, David (foreword)

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Broadway Books

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

Softcover: 278 p.

Subject

Gender Reassignment

Sexual Health

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues

Children's Self-Identity

Young Adults Sexuality

LGBT

Abstract

Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron's frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, her younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi."

C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff - really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow.

ISBN

9780770437725

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

GK 716 DUR 2013

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Author

Addington, Brenda

Place of Publication

Indianapolis, IN

Publisher

PRO-ED, Inc.

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

Workbook with card stand and 480 cards

Subject

Autism

Intellectual disability

Developmental Disabilities

Abstract

Establish a 400-word vocabulary in nonverbal children and lay the foundation for communicating with pictures and signs. Children learn the new vocabulary in a variety of formats so they truly comprehend the words.

The teaching methods are what most nonverbal children need: rote, systematic, and familiar. The activities progress in the hierarchy that most verbal children acquire language:

- learning labels and attaching meaning

- developing vocabulary and concepts

- expanding vocabulary knowledge through associations and experience

The vocabulary is divided into five themes: Home, Community, Food, School, and Animals. Each theme consists of eight units and each unit teaches 10 functional vocabulary words (total of 80 vocabulary words in each theme).

Language

English

Material Type

Kit

Call Number

FM 272 ADD 2008

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