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Sensitivity And Awareness Guide/4th Edition
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By Rosanna Scott
Illustrated by Todd Fargo
Author Biography
Eight year old Peter, who has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and Dalton who has cerebral palsy attend camp for the first time. Both are afraid of some new experiences, but find that, with friends to cheer them on, everything becomes easier. As their friendships grow, they are able to reach out and enjoy many new activities as well as increasing their personal independence. Becoming real friends can even happen.
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By Bill and Laurie Brady
Illustrated by Todd Fargo
Jo has faced many new things—a new home, a new state and a new type of school. Her mother lets her wear a charm to help her face the newness of school. But, when Jo arrives, she finds that the school has made many preparations to make her first day a happy one. Jo finds that, though she has muscular dystrophy, she is very much like her new friends.
32 pages
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By Sheri Plucker
You will definitely want to meet Hailey! She has bounce, personality and assurance and also has Down syndrome! She starts school with enthusiasm, shares her ability to sign the alphabet—but can’t keep track of her glasses. She helps others during her day and needs lots of help keeping track of those glasses! Don’t miss this one!
32 pages
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TWO TRACKS IN THE SNOW
By Louella Bryant
The child with the disability is the helper and problem solver for Will, a young beginning skier. With adaptive equipment and enthusiastic instructors, winter sports are available and fun for children with disabilities. As we see in this story, confidence is in bloom! Learning to ski is harder than Will imagined, but he finds help and new possibilities from nine year old Ari and the ski instructor. Ari, who has spina bifida and uses a monoski, has been skiing for years. With Ari’s help, six year old Will learns to manage the snowboard and they come down the mountain together, making two tracks in the snow.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-45-4
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ISBN:978-0-944727-46-1
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Andy has cerebral palsy. He is unable to walk and talk. Andy's physical therapist calls him a turtle one day when he's feeling uncooperative. But, what is a turtle? His attempts to discover what a turtle is lead to an important lesson about himself as well as motivation for physical therapy.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-02-7
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-13-3
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ANDY OPENS WIDE
By Nan Holcomb
Andy has cerebral palsy. Andy has problems with voluntary oral motor control. This story helps friends and family understand the frustration children with disabilities feel at times.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-06-5
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-17-1
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A SMILE FROM ANDY
By Nan Holcomb
Andy wants attention from the people he meets, but he won't try to reach out in a positive way. Andy learns that, despite cerebral palsy he can control his own reactions and as a result, affect the reaction of others towards him.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-04-1
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-15-7
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BUDDY'S SHADOW
By Shirley Becker
Author Biography
Buddy has Down Syndrome. Buddy wants a best friend, but can't run fast or catch a ball like other children. A new puppy helps Buddy realize that running fast isn't important to best friends.
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- ISBN: 978-0-944727-08-9
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-19-5
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COOKIE
By Linda Kneeland
Molly has Down Syndrome. Molly's frustrations in speech development lead to temper tantrums. With the help of a speech therapist she learns to sign and express her wants. An entertaining way to introduce signing as an alternative method of communication.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-38-6
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-39-3
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DANNY AND THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
By Nan Holcomb
A day on the playground brings new friends and new fun for Danny, a child with cerebral palsy. Great for working on the concepts of self- and social-acceptance. This is an excellent book to help the person who is not disabled learn how to approach a person who has a disability.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-00-3
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-11-9
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By Nan Holcomb
Kevin wants to play and win or lose fair and square. His occupational therapist teaches him to play using a computer and a switch. At last he knows the joy of winning fair and square.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-09-6
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-10-2
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By Nan Holcomb
A young girl with Down Syndrome works hard at all her daily activities at home and school. She receives hugs for completing her tasks and learns "hug etiquette." (P.S. The hugs are special -- read carefully and discover!!)
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-01-0
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ISBN:978-0-944727-12-6
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THE NIGHT SEARCH
By Kate Chamberlin
Author Biography
The Night Search is written especially for our young readers who are blind and for their friends.
Heather, who is blind, resists using her white cane until one night while camping her puppy wanders off. Heather tries to find the puppy. She finds a stick which helps, but she realizes that her white cane is a very valuable helper.
New! The Night Search is now available in a Braille Edition, which comes with the text, illustrations, and braille text on acetate overlays. It is hard cover with spiral bound pages for easy turning.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-31-7
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-32-4
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-33-1
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By Nan Holcomb
Patrick, who has cerebral palsy, and Emma Lou, who has spina bifida, encourage each other as they use their walkers. Patrick's dream of walking like other children make this an excellent story for classmates and peers of children with disabilities.
New Third Printing -- Revised Four Color Artwork
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-03-4
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-14-0
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By Nan Holcomb
Six-year-old Sarah is unable to talk, but wants to sing "Happy Birthday." Sarah's speech therapist helps her progress from a picture board to an augmented communication device--and to a birthday surprise.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-07-2
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ISBN: 978-0-94472718-8
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By Candri Hodges
Author Biography
Jimmy has been deaf since birth. One day Jimmy asked if he would hear and speak when he grew up.
"If I can't hear, what can I do when I grow up?" Jimmy asked. Jimmy visits and talks with many interesting people and learns something very important about his possibilities as a grown up deaf person.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-26-3
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-27-0
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SENSITIVITY AND AWARENESS
- FOURTH EDITION
- A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING AMONG CHILDREN
- USE WITH TURTLE BOOK SERIES
Is your school involved in inclusion or mainstreaming programs? If so, the new 96 page guide is a must. It has easy-to-use background materials about various disabilities, session plans and activities for primary and middle school children by Norma McPhee, plans and activities for pre-primary children by Paddy Favazza, Ed.D., PLUS special sensitizing experiences for leaders and non-disabled children by Eleanor Grater Lewis. A new story, Hide and Seek by Sheri Plucker has been added as well as new take-home pages to reproduce.
Whether Turtle Books are being used by an advocacy group, a parent group within the schools and classrooms, or by classroom teachers preparing children to receive a child who has a disability, the carefully prepared discussions, suggested activities and take-home sheets will increase the effectiveness of the program. The guide is also a valuable tool for parents who are attempting to help siblings understand a disability of a family member.
Though the new guide has seven read aloud stories, reproduceable pages and many activities, the guide is not intended to be a stand-alone item. It is designed for use with the Turtle Books series.
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-34-8
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By Judith Mammay
Illustrated by Todd Fargo
Author Biography
Because of his autism, Tommy likes routine. Read this story with your class to help children grow in understanding of these special needs. The story realistically addresses some of the anxieties on Tommy's part as well as those of the children in his class. It's Time is brightly illustrated, providing insight as well as offering possibilities for others in the same situation.
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ISBN: 978-0-94472720-1
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ISBN: 978-0-944727-21-8
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SIGNS OF JAYS
By Linda Kurtz Kingsley
Illustrated by Linda Kurtz Kingsley
Author Biography
Peter and his mother rescued two abandoned jays. Caring for the baby birds became a project for Pete, Mike, who was deaf, and for Pete’s mother’s hearing impaired class students. Just as the children in the hearing impaired group were preparing to mainstream, so the boys prepared the jays to be mainstreamed back into the wild. This is a beginning signing book. It has twenty four signs and the standard ASL alphabet included.
Reading Signs of Jays together and learning some of the signs included may open areas of understanding and provide opportunity for discussion with friends and siblings as children are included in regular education classrooms.
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EAN 978-0944727-22-5
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EAN 978-0944727-23-2
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Six year old Ryan has autism. As he is non-verbal, it is difficult for him to let people know his wants. With help and prompting he uses pictures and icons in a book to help others know his needs. With his mother’s help, he programs his day on a schedule board. One day when everyone was busy, Ryan put the pictures, expressing what he wanted to do, in his book by himself. Ryan was a winner! He was able to let everyone know that he wanted to go to the park and play! What a victory!
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978-0-944727-53-9
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978-0-944727-54-6
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BRINGING UP SOPHIE
By Linda Kurtz Kingsley
Author Biography
Mike and Pete are once again working together on a project! Mike, who is deaf, and his family are raising Sophie who will one day become a service dog for someone with a disability. Again, Pete and Mike learn to communicate and work together using signs and speech. 24 signs to learn and a puppy to enjoy!
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ISBN: 978-0944727-24-9
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ISBN: 978-0944727-25-6
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The class package consists of one copy each of the 20 Turtle Book titles listed above.
(The list price is $199.00) Order all 20 Turtle Books as this Class Package for only $169.15.
The Library set consists of one copy of each of the reinforced library bound Turtle Books listed above. (The list price is $319.00) Order all 20 Turtle Books as this Library Package for only $271.15.
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