Parenting Reading List

Mother and child reading

General Parenting Resources

Babies First Years
Amazing Baby: the Amazing Story of the First Two Years of Life by by Desmond Morris

The Baby Book by William Sears

Your Baby's First Year Week by Week by Glade Curtis. & Judith Schuler

Challenging Children
The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene


Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Child Development
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 by Steven P.Shelov

Touchpoints Birth to 3: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development by T. Berry Brazelton


Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence by Jane M. Healy

Discipline

1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan


The Discipline Miracle: the Clinically Proven System for Raising Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Kids by Linda Pearson

The No-Cry Discipline Solution : Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior without Whining, Tantrums, and Tears by Elizabeth Pantley

Toilet Training
American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training by Mark Wolraich

The No-Cry Potty Training Solution : Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-bye to Diapers by Elizabeth Pantley

Toilet Training: the Brazelton Way by T. Berry Brazelton

Children with Special Needs

ADHD
ADHD: A Complete Authoritative Guide by Michael Reiff


Parenting Children with ADHD by Vincent Monastra

Aspergers Syndrome

Oasis Guide to Aspergers Syndrome: Advice Support, Insight by Patricia Romanowsk Bashe

Autism

Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing by Karen Siff Exkorn


Could it be Autism?: a Parent's Guide to the First Signs and Next Step
by Nancy D.Wiseman

Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate and Think by Stanley I. Greenspan


Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Child: the Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder by Demitri Papolos

Parenting a Bi-polar Child What To Do and Why byGianni L. Faedda and Nancy B. Austin.

Understanding the Mind of Your Bipolar Child: the Complete Guide to the Development, Treatment, and Parenting of Children with Bipolar Disorder by Gregory T. Lombardo

Dual Diagnosis
Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's Bipolar and More!! by Martin L. Kutscher


Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression and other Disorders by James T. Webb

Down Syndrome
Babies with Down Syndrome: a New Parent's Guide by Susan Skallerop

Learning Disabilities

The Misunderstood Child: Understanding and Coping with Your Child's Learning Disabilities by Larry B. Silver.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Help for Children and Adolescents by Mitzi Waltz

Psychiatric Issues
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids by Timothy E. Wilens

Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids by Ellen Braaten & Gretchen Felopulos

Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz

Sensational Kids : Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder by Lucy Jane Miller

The Sensory Processing Disorder Answer Book by Tara Delaney

Special Education
50 Ways to Support Your Child's Special Education: from IEPs to Assorted Therapies by Terri Mauro

Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open Doors to Success by Fernette Eide


School Success for Children with Special Needs: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn by Amy James

Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education by Rich Weinfeld

Speech & Language Issues

The Parent's Guide to Speech & Language Problems by Debby Feit

Updated by Nicole Guenkel, Youth Services Librarian, 12/11