Book List
January 2004

Parenting and Families
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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.

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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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. (1996). Escape from Childhood: The needs and rights of children. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; 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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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

Picoult, J. (2003). Nineteen Minutes. Fiction; Parenting and Families.

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

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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.

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

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.

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, R. J. & Roorda, R. M. (2007). In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories. Nonfiction; Parenting and Families; Memoirs and Autobiographies

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.

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.

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

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.