Product Description
Covering all kinds of disabilities--including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems--this comprehensive guide offers parents specific ways of helping all special needs children reach their full intellectual and emotional potential.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 31 reviews)

Highly Recommended! by Erik Linthorst (Manhattan Beach, CA)

5 Stars
December 13, 2008
This book was a real difference maker for us in our quest to find the right diagnosis and the right treatment for our little guy. It's not a super easy read, but it's got tons of great insights.

wonderful, insightful book by Hope McDonald (Yakima, WA USA)

5 Stars
June 09, 2008
I have a daughter with special needs and I was completely lost. Dr. Greenspan's book opened my eyes to what should have made sense in the first place. He offers people hope and realistic ways to positively interact with your child. I read this book quickly and would recommend it to anybody with questions about why their child may be showing some questionable behaviors. I truly believe this book will make a great change in my daughter's life and the lives of all of us around her. Thank you so much.

Great Understanding for those who cannot always speak by TallBrunette (Seattle, USA)

4 Stars
April 04, 2008
This is a very hepful and interesting insight on understanding those with special needs. Greenspan specifies a light and patient approach for the lay person as well as professionals. This book is a staple in most school districts and should be in each home.

The Child with Special Needs book by Isis Leo (Maryland)

5 Stars
August 17, 2007
This is an excellent book and resource for any parent or teacher, nanny or counselor or therapist who may interact with children with disabilities. It is extremely useful and is an easy read (much easier and more friendly to read than Greenspan's other works). I'd recommend it especially for parents when they first learn that a disability may exist.

Engaging Autism is better by NC Mom (Raleigh, NC)

3 Stars
August 16, 2007
After our son was diagnosed with developmental delay, this was the first book I read. It was helpful, but since he was subsequently diagnosed with ASD a few weeks later, I read Greenspan's other book (Engaging Autism) and found it to be more detailed. The jargon is somewhat difficult to follow at times, and it seems as though both books could be shortened by about 200 pages without much loss of information. I feel obliged to write that the best book about helping your child with ASD that I've found so far is "More Than Words" by Fern Sussman. It has almost all of Greenspan's points in an easy-to-read, illustrated "how-to" format. You can also order it from the North Carolina Autism Society bookstore's website for less than half of Amazon's price. (Hopefully the Amazon people won't delete this review now!) Good luck.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS

	Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think (Merloyd Lawrence Book) by Stanley I. Greenspan (Author), Serena Wieder (Author) Grateful parents and professionals worldwide have welcomed this essential guide to the highly recommended Floortime approach for treating children with any of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now available in paperback, Engaging Autism includes new, exciting information on neuroscience research into the effects of this approach, plus guidance for parents navigating the controversies surrounding the treatment of autism. Unlike approaches that focus on changing specific behavior,...
	The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children by Stanley I. Greenspan (Author), Jacqueline Salmon (Contributor) Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. Stanley Greenspan, M.D., is the first to show parents how to match their parenting to the challenges of their particular child. He identifies and vividly describes these five universal temperaments and then, with great empathy, shows parents how each of these children actually...
	Great Kids: Helping Your Baby and Child Develop the Ten Essential Qualities for a Healthy, Happy Life by Stanley I Greenspan (Author) Parents all over the world have certain universal aspirations. They want their children to contribute meaningfully to society and to pursue their own dreams. But we appear to be missing the essentials. In this inspiring book, based on 30 years of research and practice, Dr. Stanley Greenspan redefines the qualities of an emotionally and intellectually healthy child and identifies the ways that parents can help their children develop each quality. The qualities that make us call a child a...
	Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children by Stanley I Greenspan (Author), Nancy Lewis (Author), Stanley I. Greenspan (Author) The book that applies Dr. Greenspan's developmental theories to a child's everyday life-with practical, delightful, deeply insightful observations and advice. Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan investigated the building blocks of cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin. In this book Dr. Greenspan, the internationally admired child psychiatrist, identifies...
	The Growth of the Mind: And the Endangered Origins of Intelligence by Stanley I. Greenspan (Author), Beryl Lieff Benderly (Author) One of America's most prominent psychiatrists reveals the missing link between neuroscience and the qualities that make us fully human, arguing that new child-rearing patterns and impersonal technologies may interrupt the natural development of children.