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While not exhaustive, this list should aid individuals interested in readings on these topics. If you are aware of books which you think could be added, or find errors please email them to us at booklist@mslbd.org.

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Abbott, D.E., & Carter, J. (1991). I cried, you didn't listen: A survivor's expose of California Youth Authority. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Anderson, L.H. (1999). Speak. Fiction; Sexual Abuse.

Anonymous. (1971). Go Ask Alice. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse.

Applestein, C. (1994). The Gus Chronicles: Reflections from an Abused Kid. Fiction; Child Abuse; Delinquency and the Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Ashton-Warner, S. (1963). Teacher. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.

Axline, V. (1969). Play Therapy. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Axline, V. (1964). Dibs: In Search of Self; personality development in play therapy. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

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Barron, J. & Barron, S. (1992). There's a Boy in Here. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Barry, A. (1971). Bellevue is a State of Mind. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Beers, C. (1921, 1981). A Mind that Found Itself. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Berger, D., & Berger, L. (1991). We Heard the Angels of Madness: A Family Guide to Coping with Manic Depression. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Depression or Suicide.

Berne, E. (1972). What Do You Say After You Say Hello? Nonfiction; Resources and Psychology.

Berne, E. (1996). Games People Play. Nonfiction; Resources and Psychology.

Bernstein, N. (2001). The lost children of Wilder: The epic struggle to change foster care. Nonfiction; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Bettelheim, B. (1950). Love is Not Enough: the treatment of emotionally disturbed children. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Bettelheim, B. (1955). Truants From Life: the rehabilitation of emotionally disturbed children. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Bettelheim, B. (1967). The Empty Fortress: infantile autism and the birth of the self. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Blatt, B. (1970). Exodus from Pandemonium. Nonfiction; Disabilities; Institutions and Institutional Life

Blatt, B. (1973). Souls in Extremis. Nonfiction; Disabilities; Institutions and Institutional Life

Bloomfield, H. Cain M. P., & Jaffee, D. T. (1975). TM: Discovering Inner Energy and Overcoming Stress. Nonfiction; Resources and Psychology.

Bonner, H. (1995). The Laid Daughter: A true story. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Sexual Abuse

Brinker, E. (2000). Education of a felon: A memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Brown, C. (1965). Manchild in the Promised Land. Fiction; Poverty.

Burch, J.M. (1984). They cage the animals at night. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Burroughs, A. (2002). Running with scissors: A memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Buten, H. (2004). Through the glass wall: Journeys into the closed-off worlds of the autistic. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Cameron, C. C. (1973). A Different Drum. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Disabilities.

Canfield, J., & Wells, H. (1976, 1994). 100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Resources.

Carkhuff, R. (1980). The Art of Helping IV. Nonfiction; Resources

Carlson, T. (2000). The life of a bipolar child: What every parent and professional needs to know. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Carlson, T. (1995). The suicide of my son: The story of childhood depression. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Carter, R., & Golant, M. (1999). Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families; Resources.

Casey, J. F. & Wilson, L. (1991). The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Sexual Abuse.

Chase, T. (1987). When Rabbit Howls. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse.

Clarks, J. C. (1985). Agoraphobia: A Clinical and Personal Account. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Colin, A. (1997). Willie: Raising and loving a child with Attention Deficit Disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Attention Deficit Disorder; Parenting and Families.

Collins, P. (2004). Not even wrong: Adventures in autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Copeland, J. (1973). For the Love of Ann. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Craig, E. (1972). P.S. You're Not Listening. Fiction; Teachers and Teaching; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Curran, D. (1983). Traits of a Healthy Family: Fifteen Traits Commonly Found in Healthy Families by Those Who Work With Them. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Resources; Parenting and Families.

Currie, E. (1992). Dope and trouble: Portraits of delinquent youth. Nonfiction; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse; Poverty; Delinquency and the Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Cassel, P. & Dreikurs, R., (1971). Discipline Without Tears. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Resources.

Cassel, P. & Dreikurs-Ferguson, E., (2004). Discipline Without Tears. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Resources.

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Dambrosio, R. A. (1971). No Language but a Cry. Nonfiction; Child Abuse.

Dennison, G. (1970, 1999). The Lives of Children: The Story of the First Street School. Non-fiction; Teachers and Teaching.

Dreikurs, R., et al. (1982). Maintaining Sanity in the Classroom: Classroom Management Techniques. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Teachers and Teaching.

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Eliot, S. (2003). Not the thing I was: thirteen years at Bruno Bettelheim's Orthogenic School. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Ellis, A., Harper, R., & Powers, M. (1961). A Guide to Rational Living. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Resources.

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Fagen, S., Long, N., Stevens, W. (1975). Teaching Self-Control in the Elementary School. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Resources; Teachers and Teaching; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions.

Flesch, R. (1955, 1983). Why Johnny Can't Read and What You Can Do About It. Nonfiction; Resources; Disabilities; Teachers and Teaching.

Fling, E.R. (2000). Eating an artichoke: A mother's perspective on Asperger's Syndrome. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Florence, C.L., & Gazzaniga, M. (2004). Maverick Mind: A Mother's Story Of Solving The Mystery Of Her Unreachable, Unteachable, Silent Son. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Foucault, M. (1965) Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in an Age of Reason. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Resources.

Franchi, E. (1975). The Long Road Back. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse.

Freed, A., Ferreri, D., & Dick, J. A. (1973). T.A. for Tots. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Teachers and Teaching; Resources.

Frye, T. (1993). Scratchin' on the Eight Ball. Fiction; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse; Delinquency and the Justice System.

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Garbarino, J., Guttman, E., & Seeley, J. W. (1986). The Psychologically Battered Child. Nonfiction; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Garbarino, J. (1999). Lost Boys: Why our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Ginott, H. (1972). Teacher and Child: A Book for Parents and Teachers. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Teachers and Teaching; Parenting and Families.

Ginott, H., Ginott, A., & Wallace Goddard, H. (2003). Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Parenting and Families.

Ginsberg, D. (2002). Raising Blaze. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; and Teachers and Teaching.

Glasser, W. (1986). Control Theory in the Classroom. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions.

Glasser, W. (1969). Schools Without Failure. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Teachers and Teaching.

Glasser, W. (1965). Reality Therapy. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions.

Goffman, E. (1961). Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. Nonfiction; Institutions and Institutional Life; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Goldstein, J., Freud, A., & Solnit, A. J. (1973). Beyond the Best Interests of the Child. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness and Psychology.

Gordon, T. (2000). Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Parenting and Families.

Gordon, T. (2003). Teacher Effectiveness Training: the program proven to help teachers bring out the best in students of all ages. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Teachers and Teaching.

Gottlieb, L. (2000). Stick figure: A diary of my former self. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Grandin, T., & Scariano, M.M. (1986). Emergence: Labeled autistic. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Grandin, T. (1995). Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Gravitz, H., & Bowden, G. (1985). Guide to Recovery: A Book for Adult Children of Alcoholics. Nonfiction; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Greene, R. W. (1998). The Explosive Child: a new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, "chronically inflexible" children. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Parenting and Families.

Greenberg, J. (2004). I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Greenfeld, J. (1972). A Child Called Noah: A Family Journey. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Greenfeld, J. (1978). A Place for Noah. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Gregory, J., & Feldman, M.D. (2003). Sickened: The memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy childhood. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Grossman, H. (1972). Nine Rotten, Lousy Kids. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Teachers and Teaching.

Guest, J. (1976). Ordinary People. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

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Haddon, M. (2003). The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Fiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Hannon, Bill (1997). Agents in my Brain: How I Survived Manic Depression. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Harris, T. A. (1969). I'm OK - You're OK. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions, and Psychology.

Hautzig, D. (1981). Second Star to the Right. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Hawley. (1973). Human Values in the Classroom: Teaching for Personal and Social Growth. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Resources; Teachers and Teaching.

Hawley. (1975). Human Values in the Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers. Nonfiction; Therapies, Classroom Models, Interventions; Resources; Teachers and Teaching.

Hayden, T. (1991). Ghost Girl: The True Story Of A Child In Peril And The Teacher Who Saved Her. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Child Abuse.

Hayden, T. (1995). The Tiger's Child. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Child Abuse.

Hayden, T. (2002). Beautiful Child. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Hayden, T. (1980). One Child. Nonfiction; Child Abuse; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Teachers and Teaching.

Hayden, T. (1988). Just Another Kid. Nonfiction; Child Abuse; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Teachers and Teaching; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse.

Hayden, T. (1981). Somebody Else's Kid. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Hayden, T. (1983). Murphy's Boy. Nonfiction; Child Abuse; Teachers and Teaching; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Heinrichs, R. (2003) Perfect Targets: Asperger Syndrome and Bullying, Practical Solutions for Surviving the Social World. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Hendricks, J. (2003). Slim To None: A Journey Through The Wasteland Of Anorexia Treatment. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Henry, B., & Pastore, V.L. (2004). Mending wounded minds: Seeking help for a mentally ill child. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Henry, J. (1971). Pathways to Madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Herndon, J. (1971). How to Survive in Your Native Land. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Memoirs and autobiographies.

Herndon, J. The Way Its Spozed to Be. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Memoirs and autobiographies.

Hesser, T.S. (1998). Kissing Doorknobs. Fiction; Children and Young Adult Literature; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Hewett, F. M. (1968). The Emotionally Disturbed Child in the Classroom. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Hill, E. (1998). A life for a life. Fiction; Children and Young Adult Literature; Poverty; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Holley, T.E., & Holley, J. (1997). My mother's keeper: A memoir of growing up in the shadow of schizophrenia. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Holt, J. (1964). How Children Fail. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Holt, J. (1967). How Children Learn. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Holt, J. (1970). What Do I Do Monday? Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Holt, J. (1996). Escape from Childhood: The needs and rights of children. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Homme, L. (1970). How to Use Contingency Contracting in the Classroom. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Horwitz, A.V. (2002). Creating Mental Illness. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Hornbacher, M. (1998). Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Hughes, S. (1996). What Makes Ryan Tick: A Family's Triumph Over Tourette Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Attention Deficit Disorder; Disabilities; Parenting and Families.

Humes, E. (1996). No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year In The Life Of Juvenile Court. Nonfiction; Delinquency and the Justice System.

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Illich, I. (1970). Deschooling Society. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Isanon, A. (2001). Spirituality and the Autism Spectrum: Falling Sparrows. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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James, M. & Jongeward, D. (1971). Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models, and Psychology.

Jamison, K.R. (1995). The unquiet mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Jamison, K.R. (1999). Night falls fast: Understanding suicide. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Joseph, S. (1969)The Me Nobody Knows: Children's Voices from the Ghetto. Nonfiction; Poverty; Memoirs and autobiographies; Children and Young Adult Literature.

Johnson, A. G. (1993). A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse.

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Kaysen, S. (1993). Girl, interrupted. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Kettlewell, C. (1999). Skin game: A cutter's memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Kesey, K. (1962). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Keyes, D. (1981). The Minds of Billy Milligan. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Koch, K. (1970). Wishes, Lies and Dreams. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching.

Kohl, H. (1967). 36 Children. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.

Kohl, H. (1969). The Open Classroom. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Kotlowitz, A. (1991). There Are No Children Here: The Story Of Two Boys Growing Up In The Other America. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty.

Kozol, J. (1991). Savage inequalities. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Teachers and Teaching.

Kozol, J. (1995). Amazing grace: The lives of children and the conscience of a nation. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Parenting and Families.

Kozol, J. (2000). Ordinary resurrections: Children in the years of hope. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty.

Kozol, J. (1994). On Being a Teacher. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching.

Kozol, J. (1988). Rachel and her children: Homeless families in America. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Parenting and Families.

Kozol, J. (1967). Death at an Early Age. . Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Teachers and Teaching.

Kranowitz, C., Sava, D., Haber, E., Balzer-Martin, L., & Szklut, S. Answers to Teacher's Questions about Sensory Integration. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Lachenmeyer, N. (2000). The outsider: A journey into my father's struggle with madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Laing, R. D. (1959). The Divided Self. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Lane, R. (1983). A Solitary Dance. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Landsman, J. (1993). Basic needs: A year with street kids in a city school; Teachers and Teaching; Poverty.

Landsman, J. (1994). From Darkness to Light. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Lauck, J. (2000). Blackbird: A childhood lost and found. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

LeBlanc, A.N. (2003). Random family: Love, drugs, and coming of age in the Bronx. Nonfiction: Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Parenting and Families.

Levenkron, S. (1978). The best little girl in the world. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Lorenz, K. (1963). On Aggression. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Resources.

Lychack, W. (2004). The Wasp Eater. Fiction; Parenting and Families.

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MacCracken, M. (1974). A Circle of Children. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Teachers and Teaching.

May, R. (1969). Love and Will. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Maurice, C. (1993). Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph Over Autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

McGinnis, E. & Goldstein, A. (2003). Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills. Nonfiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Michener, A. S. (1998). Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Miller, J. (2001). One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs, and Gender. Nonfiction; Delinquency and the Justice System; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Miller, A., Hannum, H., & Hannum, H. (2002). For Your Own Good. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Child Abuse.

Miller, A. (1996). Drama of the Gifted Child. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Child Abuse.

Mont, D. (2002). A different kind of boy: A father's memoir about raising a gifted child with autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Moon, E. (2003). Speed of Dark. Fiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Moustakas, C. (1959) Psychotherapy with Children (The Living Relationship). Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Moustakas, C. (1966). The Authentic Teacher: Sensitivity and Awareness in the Classroom. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Moustakas, C. (1961). Loneliness. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

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Neil, A. S. (1960). Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Nelsen, J. (1999). Positive Time Out: And Over 50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles in the Home and the Classroom. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching; Parenting and Families.

Nelsen, J. (1996). Positive Discipline: A Teacher's A-Z guide, Revised 2nd Edition : Hundreds of Solutions for Every Possible Classroom Behavior Problem. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Neufeld, J. (1969). Lisa, Bright and Dark. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Neugeboren, J. (1997). Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival: A Memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life; Parenting and Families.

Nylund, D. (2000). Treating Huckleberry Finn: A New Narrative Approach to Working with Kids Diagnosed ADD/ADHD. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Nonfiction; Attention Deficit Disorder; Teachers and Teaching; Therapies, Interventions & Educational Models.

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O'Brien, B. (1958). Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

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Papolos, D. & Papolos, J. (2002). The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Depression or Suicide.

Park, C. (1967, 1995). The Siege: A Family's Journey into the World of an Autistic Child. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.

Parker, B. (1962). My Language is Me: Psychotherapy with a Disturbed Adolescent. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Peele, S. & Brodsky, A. (1976). Love and Addiction. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families, and Psychology.

Pelzer, D. (1995). A Child called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse.

Pelzer, D. (1997). The lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Pelzer, D. (1999). A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse.

Pelzer, D. (2004). The privilege of youth: A teenager's story of longing for acceptance and friendship. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Pipher, M. (1995). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Resources.

Pirsig, R. M. (1974). Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Plath, S. (1971). The Bell Jar. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Polis, B. (2001). Only a mother could love him: My life and triumph over ADD. Non-fiction; Attention Deficit Disorder; Parenting and Family.

Pollard, M. (2004). In small doses: A memoir about accepting and living with bipolar disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.

Polsky, H. W. (1962). Cottage Six- The Social System of Delinquent Boys in Residential Treatment. Nonfiction; Delinquency and the Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Postman, N., & Wingartner, C. (1969). Teaching as a Subversive Activity. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Prince-Hughes, D. (2004). Songs of the gorilla nation: My journey through autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Pryor, K. (1999). Don't Shoot the Dog; The new art of teaching and training. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; teachers and teaching.

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Raebum, P. (2004). Acquainted with the night: A parent's quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder in his children. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide; Parenting and Families.

Rapoport, J.L. (1989). The boy who couldn't stop washing: The experience and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Rodriguez, L.J. (1994). Always running: La vida loca: Gang days in LA. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Redl, F., & Wineman, D. (1951, 1965). Children Who Hate: the disorganization and breakdown of behavior controls. Nonfiction; Delinquency and the Justice System; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Redl, F., & Wineman, D. (1952, 1965). Controls from Within: Techniques for theTreatment of the Aggressive Child. Nonfiction; Delinquency and the Justice System; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models

Redl. F. (1966). When We Deal with Children. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Rothman, E. (1977). Troubled Teachers. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Teachers and Teaching.

Rothman, E. (1970). The Angel Inside Went Sour. Fiction; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Teachers and Teaching.

Rubin, T.I. (1998). David and Lisa: Jordi: Little Ralphie and the Creature. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Ryan, K. (1970). Don't Smile Until Christmas: Accounts of the First Year of Teaching. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching.

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Sachs, O. (1985). The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Disabilities; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Sacks, O. (1995). An anthropologist on Mars. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Disabilities; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Salzman, M. (2003). True Notebooks. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Delinquency and the Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Schiff, J. L., & Day, B. (1971). All My Children. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional Life.

Schiller, L., & Bennett, A. (1970). The quiet room: A journey out of the torment of madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Institutions and Institutional Life; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Schrag, P., & Divoky, D. (1975). The Myth of the Hyperactive Child: and Other Means of Child Control. Nonfiction; Attention Deficit Disorder.

Sechehaye, M. (1951). The Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Secunda, V. (1997). When madness comes home. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Seligman, A. W. & Hilkevich, J. S. (1992). Don't Think About Monkeys: Extraordinary Stories Written by People with Tourette Syndrome. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Disabilities.

Seligman, M. E. (1990). Learned Optimism. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models, and Psychology.

Shapior, S. (1976). Feeling Safe: Making Space for the Self. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness and Psychology.

Sheehan, S. (1982). Is There No Place on Earth for Me? Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Silverman, S.W. (1999). Because I remember terror, Father, I remember you. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Sikes, G. (1997). Eight Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the Justice System.

Simmons, R. (2002). Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Simon, C. (1997). Mad house: Growing up in the shadow of mentally ill siblings. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Simon, L. (2002). Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip In 4-D. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression and Suicide.

Sizemore, C. C. & Pitillo, E. S. (1977). I'm Eve. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Skinner, B. F. (1971). Beyond Freedom and Dignity. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Skinner, B. F. (1948). Walden Two. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Slater, L. (2004). Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Smith, B. (2002). Hamlet's dresser: A memoir. Non-Fiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Parenting and Families; Disabilities.

Smith, C. (1998). The Magic Castle: A Mother's Harrowing True Story of her Adoptive Son's Multiple Personalities. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Smith, J. (1999). Where the roots reach for water: A personal and natural history of melancholia. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; depression or Suicide.

Smith, M. (1975). When I Say No, I Feel Guilty. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models, and Psychology.

Sparks, B. (1996). Almost lost: The true story of an anonymous teenager's life on the streets. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.

Stacey, P. (2003). The boy who loved windows: Opening the heart and mind of a child threatened with autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Steel, D. (1998). His bright light: The story of Nick Traina. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Steele, K. & Berman, C. (2001). The Day the Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Stehli, A. (Ed.). (1995). Dancing in the rain: Stories of exceptional progress by parents of children with special needs. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; Disabilities.

Stehli, A. (1991). The Sound Of A Miracle: A Child's Triumph Over Autism. Nonfiction; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models; Parenting and Families.

Styron, W. (1951). Lie Down in Darkness. Fiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Szasz, T. S. (1974). The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundation of a Theory of Personal Conduct. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

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Thompson, M., Grace, C. O., & Cohen, L. J. (2001). Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Nonfiction; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

Thompson, M. & Kindlon, D. (1999). Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.

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Viorst, J. (1986). Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow. Nonfiction; Mental Health and Mental Illness, and Psychology.

Vonnegut, M. (1975). The Eden Express. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

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Ward, M. J. (1946). The Snake Pit. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

West, C. (1999). First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.

Williams, D. (1992). Nobody, nowhere: The extraordinary autobiography of an autistic. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Williams, D. (1995). Somebody, somewhere: Breaking free from the world of autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Wilson, L. (1968). This Stranger My Son. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.

Wilensky, A. S. (1999). Passing for normal: A memoir of compulsion. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Disabilities.

Willey, L.H. (1999). Pretending to be normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Wurtzel, E. (1994). Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; depression and Suicide.

Wyden, P. (1997). Conquering schizophrenia: a Father, His Son, and a Medical Breakthrough. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.