Autism Speaks, Community, Resources, Magazines

A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member and Teacher Needs to Know
www.amazon.com

Administering a Special Needs Trust: A Handbook for Trustees
www.specialneedsalliance.org/common/files/sna handbook for trustees.pdf

Adult Autism and Employment: A Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals
www.dps.missouri.edu/autism/adult autism & unemployment.pdf

Autism and Faith: A Journey into Community
rwjms2.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/products

Autism Early Intervention Fast Facts: A Guide that Explains the Evaluations, Diagnoses, and Treatments for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
www.amazon.com/Autism-Early-Intervention-Evaluations-Treatments/dp/1932565590

Autism, Epilepsy and Seizures: How to Recognize the Signs and Basic First Aid When You Do
fiddle.readvantage.com/news/attach/DJF-EpilepsyBrochure.pdf

Autism Flip-Chart
www.shop.algra.com

Autism Guidebook for Washington State
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/mch/Autism/documents/Guidebook/Guidebook.pdf

The Autism Handbook
www.jackegeorge.com

Autism Speaks School Community Tool Kit
www.autismspeaks.org/school

Cutting Edge Therapies for Autism 2010-2011
www.amazon.com

The Everything Guide to Cooking for Children with Autism
www.amazon.com

First Signs Screening Kit for Pediatric Practitioners
www.firstsigns.org

Innovative Learning - Leading Resource for Accredited & Certified Autism-Related Online Courses
innovative-learning.com

Kind Find: Keeping Spectrum Kids Safe
www.kind-find.com

Life Cycle: How We Grow and Change - A Human Development and Sexuality Education Curriculum
www.lifecycleeducation.com

Life Journey Through Autism (An Educator's Guide)
www.researchautism.org/resources/OAR_EducatorsGuide.pdf

Life Journey Through Autism: An Educator's Guide to Asperger Syndrome
Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
www.researchautism.org/resources/OAR_Guide_Asperger.pdf

Life Journey Through Autism: A Guide for Transition to Adulthood
Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
www.researchautism.org/resources/reading/documents/TransitionGuide.pdf

The Official Autism 101 Manual
by Karen L. Simmons (Compiler)
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Next Chapter Book Club: A Model Community Literacy Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities
by Tom Fish & Paula Rabidoux with Jillian Ober & Vicki L. W. Graff
www.woodbinehouse.com

Operation Autism: A Resource Guide for Military Families
www.operationautismonline.org

PACER Center Transition Resources
These handouts help ease the process for parents of transition-age youth with disabilities.
www.pacer.org/publications/transition.asp#handouts

A Parents Guide to Assessment
This new Parents Guide to Assessment will serve to provide the tools to better understand the assessment process and,subsequently, utilize assessment outcomes to improve services and interventions for their children.
www.researchautism.org/resources/reading/documents/AssessmentGuide.pdf

Peer Mentoring Program Training Manual
This handbook is a guide to creating a peer mentoring program that brings typically developing students together with children with autism. Through this effort, we hope that students will gain an understanding of autism and what children with autism need in order to learn, and some basic skills that will allow them to teach, interact and play with children with autism.
Click here to view the guide.

The Planner Guide - An Organizational and Reference System for People with Social and Cognitive Challenges
by Jane Burke, Bob Steinkamp, Chantal Charron
www.theplannerguide.com

Raising A Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues
by Lindsey Biel, MA, OTR/L and Nancy Peske
www.amazon.com

Same Child, Different Day: One Family's Experiences During the First Year After A Child's Autism Diagnosis
by Jon R. Gilbert
This booklet was written by the family of a child with autism. It is meant to provide a little insight into what you could expect during the first year after the diagnosis, based on our own experiences.
www.thesamechild.blogspot.com

Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities
An instructional manual for parents and caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities on sexuality throughout the lifespan.
www.albany.edu/aging/IDD/documents/parentworkbook.pdf

Sibling Support Project
A guide to workshops in which school-age sibs connect with peers and form friendships that can provide a lifetime of support.
PDF Information
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Social Skills Groups: What Does the Research Tell Us?
by Lynda Geller, PhD, Asperger Institute, NYU Child Study Center
www.aboutourkids.org/files/institutes/assets/social_skills_groups_asn.pdf

The Socially Included Child: A Parent's Guide to Successful Playdates, Recreation, and Family Events for Children with Autism
by Laurie LeComer, M.Ed.
ebookstore.sony.com

Students with Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for College Personnel
by Lorraine E. Wolf, PhD, Jane Thierfield Brown, EdD, and Ruth Bork MsEd
www.asperger.net/bookstore_9026.htm

TERI Comprehensive Training Program for Special Needs Life Coaches
www.ialq.org/life-span-services/special-needs-life-quality-coach

Training Manuals
by University of California Santa Barbara Koegel Autism Center
kady.education.ucsb.edu/autism/behaviormanuals.html

Your Child's Brain: A Parent's Guide to Educating Their Special Needs Child
by Paul Novak
www.yourchildsbrain.com