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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
This game turns cooperating, negotiating and learning the importance of being a good friend into a win-win game. It aims to: develop critical thinking skills; express ideas and emotions in words; expand understanding of self and others; respect the ideas and differences of others; understand the co…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | ||
| copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Monday, March 18, 2024 |
For individuals with Asperger syndrome, high-functioning autism, pervasive developmental disorder, nonverbal learning disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other social cognitive learning challenges.
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Mine de rien, une opération, c'est toujours une aventure importante, qui fait un peu peur mais qui fait grandir...
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"Charlie has autism. His brain works in a special way. It's harder for him to make friends. Or show his true feelings. Or stay safe." But as his big sister tells us, for everything that Charlie can't do well, there are plenty more things that he's good at. He knows the names of all the American pre…
| copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Monday, March 4, 2024 | ||
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The award-winning team who brought us My Brother Charlie present a companion book that celebrates the power of water for those who have autism.; Like many kids on the autism spectrum, Charlie finds solace and empowerment in pools, ponds, sprinklers, visiting the aquarium, and swimming in the ocean.…
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On its own or as a companion to the book "101 Ways to Make Friends: Ideas and conversation starters for people with disabilities", this collection of strategies is for parents, leaders and teachers of all kinds. It's a book about being a friend, learning ways to make a contribution to community, an…
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Authors Susan Stanfield and Aaron Johannes use their 50+ years of experience of working with folks with disabilities to offer this compendium of simple, practical strategies for expanding and deepening relationships.; The ideas were generated by folks with disabilities, their families, and those wh…
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While waiting for his kidney transplant, Rudy the poodle needs to be on dialysis to clean his kidneys. This book explains how dialysis works in a language kids can understand, and using colourful illustrations.
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Thinksheets for Tweens and Teens focuses on the social issues and challenges faced by pre-adolescents and adolescents and introduces social concepts and strategies that can help individuals navigate these tricky years. Social rules and expectations change with age; thinking and behavior that was ap…
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This innovative, family-focused group therapy program helps children with high-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome conquer their anxiety-and participate more fully in home, school, and community life. Includes 15 complete sessions for children 8-14 and their parents.
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No two snowflakes are alike, almost, almost . . . but not quite.; Follow a pair of birds on a snowflake-filled journey though a gorgeous winter landscape to explore how everything everywhere is wonderfully unique - from branches and leaves to forests and trees to friends and loved ones.
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This pamphlet offers advice to parents and caregivers on how to care for your child with croup. It explains croup, the symptoms, what you can do at home, how it's diagnosed and also how it's treated.
Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulne…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, March 15, 2024 |
This booklet describes the condition, including the physiology of the adrenal pathway, but it has an emphasis on practical details, such as measuring/giving salt to infants, preventing adrenal crisis, giving emergency injections, etc. There is also a section on issues for families and girls whose f…
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Presents a step-by-step guide for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to help them develop more advanced communication skills, focusing on helping the child reach the following four goals: 1) improved two-way interaction, 2) more mature and conventional ways of communication, 3) bette…
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Meant to be read with a parent, this book addresses big questions ("What's ASD?" "Why me?") and provides strategies for communicating, making friends, and succeeding in school. Filled with quotes and stories from real kids, the book also offers helpful facts, checklists, dialogues, and resources.
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Practical and hands-on, with clear and concise instructions, Building Your Child's Self-Esteem shows parents how to identify healthy and low self-esteem behaviors in their children. Parents will also learn how to overcome and correct unproductive habits that limit their child's performance.; From d…
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A game to encourage social thinking and social problem solving. Appropriate for pre-teens, teens, and young adults with and without autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, nonverbal learning disorder, and other social learning challenges.
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Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) is a developmental disorder that is being increasingly recognized as part of the autism spectrum. The main characteristic is a continued resistance to the ordinary demands of life through strategies of social manipulation, which originates from an anxiet…
| copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, February 15, 2024 | ||
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"Patch the heart lion doesn't think of himself as brave or strong. He gets upset when he can't keep up with everyone else. But is he really as weak and scared as he thinks he is? Find out just how brave and strong Patch really is"
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Learn what to expect after your child has ear tube surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
Information on how to care for a child with a pacemaker used to treat an irregular heart rhythm (arrythmia). Including: how to care for the incision; activity recommendations; signs of possible problems; travel information; environmental hazards.
When your child is having surgery, this virtual tour of BC Children's Hospital shows you what to expect during your child's stay. It's designed for the caregiver to watch first, and then share parts with your child that you know would be helpful.
This pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
This pamphlet explains Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) and External Ventricular Drains (EVD), including information for parents on how to take of your child with a CSF or EVD.
Written in Traditional Chinese, this pamphlet includes helpful tips for parents about helping children cope with medical procedures and surgery.
Written in Vietnamese, this pamphlet includes helpful tips for parents about helping children cope with medical procedures and surgery.
Written in Traditional Chinese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Written in Vietnamese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Written in Simplified Chinese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Written in Punjabi, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
This 1 page pamphlet provides information to parents about pressure sores- why they happen, where they happen, and how to prevent them.
After your child's spine surgery to correct scoliosis, it is important that safety measures are taken when moving him or her. Please follow the instructions on this pamphlet. The Occupational Therapist or Physical Therapist may talk with you about specific safety measures for your child.
Join us on the adventures of our four charming characters, Evan, Ellie, Jessie and Molly as they earn about thinking thoughts and feeling feelings.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
Understanding what it means to be part of a group is a fundamental social concept to develop in our early learners. It's a precursor to so many other aspects of our social lives: having friends, working in a classroom, having a successful career and being part of our community. In this storybook, w…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, March 1, 2024 |
Our four characters blast off into outer space and land on an alien planet. They learn that while verbal communication with the aliens may be challenging, by thinking with their eyes they can figure out how to interact - and have fun - with the creatures they encounter.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
While we often realize the importance of verbal language and what to say in a conversation, it is important to understand that physical proximity is also a key ingredient to successful social interactions. Keeping your body in the group means maintaining a comfortable physical presence around other…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, March 1, 2024 |
The concept of whole body listening was introduced in 1990 by Susanne Poulette Truesdale to help young children understand that listening is an "active" process. We introduce this child-friendly vocabulary so our young ones begin to understand that listening is more than just using their ears.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, March 1, 2024 |
A loving sister finds a positive way to look at her sisters diagnosis of Autism while providing unconditional love and support to her.
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A clinical practice framework, the Hypotonia Wheel, was developed during an international project to support the development of intervention strategies for infants and young children with neuromotor disabilities in Guangzhou, China. This practice framework was developed to guide therapists' interve…
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An easy-to-use resource for professionals and parents, this book provides fun and practical ideas to help motivate and extend communication and play skills in children with autism with the support of pictures.; The book describes how picture scripts can help facilitate play and learning and provide…
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Describes caring for yourself after having scoliosis surgery. Includes: going back to school; care of the incision (scar); aches, pains and funny feelings; wearing braces and eating well.
Information about the halo thoracic brace used during recovery of from spinal injury or surgery. Includes sections on: preparing for the brace; what to expect after the brace is on; coping at home; personal care; transportation issues; coping outside of home; what to do in emergencies.
Provides information about scoliosis and scoliosis surgery, and answers the questions: How does scoliosis surgery work? How do I get ready for the surgery? What tests do I need to have done? What happens the day of my surgery? How long will I be in the hospital? Will I be in a lot of pain? Am I rea…
This 1 page handout describes to parents how and why to give nasal spray to your child.
This pamphlet provides information about C. difficile, also known as Clostridium difficile or C.diff. It's a germ (bacteria) that can cause diarrhea.; It answers the questions about what it is, who can get it, how it's treated, how it spreads, how the hospital prevents the spread, what you can do t…
This booklet tells the true story of Juan and his experience with unilateral congenital cataract. Juan and his mom, Sandra, share their journey of finding out about his diagnosis and their experience of the hospital, treatment and caring for him. It ends with a happy look at how Juan is doing now.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, January 26, 2024 |
Sexual health and sexuality can be difficult subjects for parents and caregivers to broach with autistic children, made more challenging when children are at the severe end of the autism spectrum. Some parents may even question the validity of teaching sexuality to those who are severely autistic. …
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