Library Books, Video and Journals

Library Books, Videos and Journals
Our extensive library has a wide range of books, journals and videos for you to choose from. Our list below is sorted in Book Title Order. There is also a brief description of the resource and a field to view the book, journal or video availability. To request a book, journal or video, fill in the form by clicking here. All requests will be sent to our staff. Once the request has been confirmed, you will receive the book via post. The date of return will be in the parcel sent to you
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Library Books
Title	Author	Description	Year	Country
A Dignified Choice	Funeral Choice	Alternative ways to celebrating funerals		NZ
A Letter to a Child with Cancer	Elisabeth Kubler Ross	This simple little booklet is written in different coloured felts, explaining to a child 'What is life?...What is death?...Andy why do young children have to die?'	1978	USA
A Handful of Hope	Mary Pinkava	Helpful suggestions for Grandparents of children with disabilities (12 pages)	1991	USA
A Memory Book –someone I love has died.	Tricia Irving & Bev Gatenby	(Reference Only)	2002
A twist of fate	John B Pearce	The psychological problems of coping with scoliosis, especially for young people		UK
Accessible New Zealand	Alexia Pickering.	A complete visitor guide for the traveller with restricted mobility.	2000	NZ
Action for Inclusion		How to improve schools by welcoming children with special needs into regular classrooms	1989
Activities Handbook & Instructors' Guide	Marion Stroud & Evelyn Sutton	For Expanding Options for Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities.	1988	USA
Adolescents with Limb Loss	Area Child Amputee Centre & Mary Free Bed Hospital	A handbook for adolescents and their families	1990	USA
All About A.D.D Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder	Mark Selikowitz	A reliable, compassionate and comprehensive book offering help for those with Attention Deficit Disorder and their families	1999
Amazing Schemes within your Genes	Dr Fran Balkwill	A lively and informative book, illustrated with cheerful cartoons, explaining all about the genetic code	1993	USA
An Emotional Roller-Coaster	Colleen E Bennett - Massey University Research Fund Project	Stories from mothers of young disabled children. A Research Project	Aug 2002	NZ
An exploration of Womens Feelings when Receiving the Diagnosis of their Baby Born with an Unexpected Visible Disability	Midwifery Students	A research study	1994	NZ
…And as you can see	D. Ross McKenzie	A manual for teachers with a partially sighted pupil in a regular classroom.	1987	NZ
Answering your Questions about Spina Bifida	Programme Dept of General Paediatrics	A guide for the Spina Bifida	1995	USA
Assitive Technology	Karen Filippo, Katherine Inge and Michael Barcus	A Resource for School, Work and Community	1995	USA
Autism - PDD	Janice I Adams	Strategies for Parents and Professionals. This book recognises the uniqueness of each autistic or PDD individual and attempts to give both parents and professionals a manner to recognise the immediate programme needs of child in the areas of communication, behaviour, living skills and socialisation	1995	Canada
Because You are my Friend (3 books)	Illustrated by Adele Jackson	For the Epilepsy Association NZ (Inc)	1995	NZ
Behaviour Skills for Parents and Support People	Trevor Lewis	A Parents, Teachers and Support Workers guide to understanding behaviour, and knowing the basics of how to manage and modify unwanted behaviour.	2007	NZ
Brothers & Sisters - A special part of Exceptional Families	Thomas H Powell and Peggy Ahrenhold Gallagher (2nd Ed)	Powell and Gallagher are the founders of the Sibling Information Network. This book is devoted to special sibling relationships. It is written for both professionals and parents who wish to learn more about special siblings and to help family members. Siblings speak openly about the challenges they encounter in day-to-day interactions with their brother or sister and discuss how these interactions affect them not only at home, but also at school, in the community and in their adult lives.	1993
Breaking Bad News – Current Approaches		Duphar Medical Relations	1989
Breaking Down the Barriers	Peggy Buchanan	Aspects of the first 25 years of SPELD in New Zealand.	1996	NZ
Caring about Kids/Talking to Children about death.	US Dept of Health & Human Services		1980	USA
Celebrating Family Strengths	PACER Centre	A handbook for families focussing on the strength and richness of family life.	1993	USA
Challenges for a Service System in Transition		Ensuring Quality Community Experiences for Persons with Developmental Disabilities	1994	USA
Changing Lives, Changing Communities	Harriet Ziegler		2004	AUS
Child Lost	Barry Buckley	Words of help/encouragement for grieving parents, families and caregivers.	1994	NZ
Children with Cerebral Palsy	Elaine Geralis	A completely updated parents guide covering all the concerns and issues central to helping children with CP.	1998	NZ
Children with Facial Difference	Hope Charkins	A parents guide to understanding and coping with the many challenges presented by facial differences	1996	USA
Children with Limb Loss	Area Child Amputee Centre Michigan	A handbook for teachers.	1990	USA
Children with Limb Loss	Area Child Amputee Centre Michigan	A handbook for families. Ages 6 -12 years (34 pages)	1990	USA
Children of Parents who Separate	Marie Clay & Viviane Robertson		1978	NZ
Choice	Kirstie Magowan	A guide to services for children with special needs in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Choosing to be Different	Robert T Murphy PhD	Achieving long-term results by providing positive change and personal growth within the counselling relations.	1992	NZ
Circle of Friends	Robert Perske	People with disabilities and their friends enrich the lives of one another. This warm, sensitive collection of true stories and friendships between people with disabilities shows how these circles cut across age groups, generations and races	1988	USA
Coming to Grief	Pam Heaney	A survival guide to loss and grief.	2002	NZ
Congratulations! It’s Asperger’s Syndrome	Jen Birch	Jen grew up knowing something was different about her. Doctors and the psychiatric system were unable to help. At the age of 43, Jen attended a university lecture, which gave the facts about Asperger’s Syndrome – a condition on the mild end of the Autistic Spectrum. Recognising herself, she obtained an official diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome. Jen had another life challenge also. This autobiography is a first of it’s kind in New Zealand.	2002	NZ
Coping with Cerebral Palsy	Jay Schleichkorn (2nd Ed)	Answers to questions parents often ask. Sharing concerns of other families, this book is based on material obtained from parents of children with CP. It represents much needed information and guidance and enables much better adjustment in dealing with present and future problems of the child.	1993
Classroom Learning and Teaching	By Robert L Hohn.		1995	USA
Counselling – A Skills Approach		The purpose of this book is to describe how people can improve their methods of helping others to understand themselves better and to be more effective in solving their problems. (Revised Edition)	1983
Community Based Carriculum	Mary A Falvey, Ph.D	Instructional Strategies for Students with Severe Handicaps	1989	USA
Creativity and Collaborative Learning	Richard Villa and Ann Nevin	A Practical Guide to Empowering Students and Teachers. By Jacqueline Thousand	1994	USA
Disability in Pregnancy and Childbirth	Edited by Stella McKay-Moffat	No other book advises midwives on the special needs of mothers with disabilities. Although an increasing number of women with disabilities are having children, the needs of this minority group are not always being effectively met. This book provides essential practical information to healthcare professionals working with this group.	2007	UK
DNA is Here to Stay	Dr Fran Balkwill	This book explains in simple terms and with helpful cartoon illustrations, all about chromosomes, genetic code and double helix	1993	USA
Down But Not Out	Elizabeth Berns	Down But Not Out is a true account of the life of a girl who has Down Syndrome. It is a story that offers a fascinating and revealing insight into Lee’s joys and trials as she moves through her childhood years and develops into a young adult. Through conversations and interviews with Lee’s parents, teachers, siblings, friends, and with Lee herself, the author sensitively explores the everyday realities and boundaries of a girl with Down Syndrome (128 pages).	2004	NZ
Downs Syndrome - The Facts	Mark Selikowitz		1991	Australia
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Educational Psychology	Steven Banks and Charles Thompson	For Teachers in Training	1995	USA
Educational Psychology	Jeanne Ellis Ormrod	Principles and Applications	1995	USA
Emma	Grace Moulton	Photocopy of book	1986	NZ
Everybodys Different	Nancy B Miller & Catherine C Sammon	Full of practical ways to improve our personal, professional and community relationships, this book will give new awareness of disability differences in others, a better understanding of our internal emotional reactions to disability differences and increased skills for interacting with people who have disability differences	1999
Expanding Options for Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities	Marion Stroud and Evelyn Sutton	Practical Guide to Achieving Community Access	1988	USA
Facing the Crowd	Deborah Fullwood & Peter Cronin	Managing other peoples insensitivities to your disabled child	1986	Australia
Families in Context	Edited by Barry Carpenter	Emerging Trends in Family Support and Early Intervention	1997	UK
Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Young People	Health Information Network California	A guide for parents	1994	USA
Finding a Common Language (2 copies)	Thomas Bergman	Children living with deafness	1989	Australia
Finding People To Be There – rebuilding a sense of belonging.	By Neil & Penny Barringham	A resource about developing community connections with people who have become isolated and socially vulnerable due to institutionalisation and mental health challenges.	2002
Footprints – Harnessing an inheritance into a legacy	Roy McKenzie		1998	NZ
For the Rest of our Lives - After the Death of a Child	Bev Gatenby	This book is the result of her own experience together with other NZ parents who had a child, of any age, die.	1998	NZ
From Me to You	Ann Whaite & Judy Ellis.	Advice for Parents of Children with Special Needs	1987	Australia
From the Heart. On Being the Mother of a Child with Special Needs	Jayne D B Marsh.		1994	NZ
Fund Raising	Penny Eames		1995	NZ
Getting Famous for Free in New Zealand	Jenni Raynish	A step by step guide to how your business, sports club or service group can hit the headlines	1996	NZ
Give and Take	Jack Gratus	This is a practical guide to making the most of meetings. It gives advice on how to prepare properly, how to help ensure the meeting stays on course and how to contribute effectively.	1990	UK
Gluten Free Cook Book	Coeliac Society of New Zealand	Compiled by coeliacs for coeliacs, helping add variety to their diet.	1984	NZ
Gluten Free Cook Book, Volume 2.	Coeliac Society of New Zealand	A follow on to their first very successful cook book, also issued by the Coeliac Society of New Zealand.	1995	NZ
Gluten Free Commercial Food List	Coeliac Society of New Zealand in May	A comprehensive list of foods available in New Zealand	2005	NZ
Guide for Voluntary Associations	N.E. Renton	Provides practical guidance on the setting up and running of non-profit organisations	1991	AUS
Hands Up for Andie	Brenda Palmer	Published by Hemi-Help in Northern Ireland, this book is about an eight year old girl with Hemiplegia
Head Injury / The Facts: A Guide for Families and Care Givers	Dorothy Gronwall, Phillip Wrightson and Peter Waddell		1990	NZ
Helping Persons with Severe Mental Retardation Get and Keep Employment	Sherril Moon, Katherine Inge, Paul Wehman, Valerie Brooke and Michael Barcus.	Supported Employment Issues and Strategies	1990	USA
Home Care for the Chronically Ill or Disabled Child	Monica Loose Jones	A manual and sourcebook for parents and professionals	1980	USA
Hope for the Families	Robert Perske.	New Directions for Parents of Persons with Retardation or Other Disabilities	1973	USA
How you can be boss of the Bladder	By Dr Janet Hall,	Dr Janet hall is the founder of The Boss of the Bladder Program in Melbourne which has over 20 years treated hundreds of children and adolescents who have experienced problems with staying dry	1997	AUS
Human Exceptionality	Michael Hardman, Clifford J Drew, M Winston Egan.	Society, School and Family	1996	USA
Huntington’s and Me - A Guide for Young People	Alison Gray	This book acknowledges what young people experience and how they feel. Some have just learned that Huntington’s Disease is in their family, others are considering predictive testing. Some have already experienced a loss of a parent. Their stories show that the experience of coping with Huntington’s Disease is not all negative. Young people in Huntington’s Disease families gain strength and courage. They learn to face the present and the future with love, acceptance, compassion and hope. This book is essential guide for that journey – for both young people and adults.	2005	NZ
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I Have Eczema	Althea, pictures by Sarah Altham	An easy read, childs book for children suffering with this skin condition.	1988	England
I Wish....	Kate Divine McAnaney	Dreams and Realities of Parenting a Special Needs Child. This is a book about conflict, courage and creative solutions. It tells what it is like to be the parent of a disabled child. It relates the experience of disabled adults and gives a new perspective to professionals who work with exceptional families. Wise, compassionate and deeply moving.	1992
In a Struggling Voice	Robert Williams	Selected Poems	1989	USA
Inclusive and Heterogeneous Schooling	Mary A Falvey	Assessment, Carriculum and Instruction	1995	USA
It Isn’t Fair!	Edited by Stanley D. Klein & Maxwell J. Schleifer	Siblings of Children with Disabilities	1993	USA
Kids are worth it!	Barbara Coloroso	Giving your child the gift of inner discipline. This book offers you solid advice and practical parenting techniques based on years of putting that theory into practice.	1995	CANADA
Letters for Tanya	Doug Bailes	A parent to parent handbook dealing with the realities of life with a child recently diagnosed as having a handicap
Life is for Living		This book is the collected stories of some ordinary people leading everyday lives. Most of those who told their stories belong to the community of the ‘one in five’ New Zealanders who experience disability. The others are caring for family members with impairments.	2005	NZ
Living with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs	Donald Meyer, Patricia Vadasy, Rebecca Fewell.	A Book for Siblings	1985
Living Successfully with Stress		By Consumers’ Institute of New Zealand and adapted from “Living with Stress” originally published in 1982 by the British Consumers Association.		NZ
Looking The Other Way	Stephanie Weaver	Raising children with Special Needs In Aotearoa/New Zealand. Armed with this book, parents will feel empowered to renew the struggle to cope with systems & prejudice, and bereassured by the first-hand experiences of others who have been there	1999	NZ
Loss, Grief & Grief Resolution	Bruce Hosking	A source book for Trainers and Tutors
Meeting the Challenge of Disability or Chronic Illness	Goldfarb, Brotherson, Summers, Turnbull.	A Family Guide	1986	USA
Melissa’s Rainbow	Josie Murrell	Melissa’s Rainbow is the story of the incredible journey of Melissa, her family and her community, and the challenges each faced. Melissa’s condition, Trisomy 18, is one that carries a poor prognosis and her story is one of unconditional love, hope, despair and joy, as she as struggled to hold onto her fragile life.	2004	NZ
Oil of Joy	Beth Wong	Beth’s story about her son Simon Isaac who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (also known as Cot Death). She shares her testimony about her Christian faith and how Simon’s death impacted her ability to deal with her grief	2001	NZ
New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations	Paid Workers.	Personnel Practices in Voluntary Agencies	1994	NZ
No Child in My Life	Regina Sara Ryan	This book is for the reader who grieves the absence of a child, whether the loss was due to conscious choice or the result of tragic circumstance. Whatever the reason for the loss – giving up a child for adoption, infertility, miscarriage, loss of custody, or even death – the grieving reader will find practical guidance and spiritual nourishment in this book.	1993	USA
Nobody's Perfect: Living and Growing with Children who have Special Needs	Nancy B Miller.	"A must for every parent and professional bookshelf" seems to be an apt quote for this book. Dr Miller draws on 25 years of experience counselling families with children who have special needs. With the help of four mothers she provides a framework to put life into persepective as you adapt to this new direction in your life - Surviving, Searching, Settling In and Separating..	1994	USA
'Only a Mother Could Love Him' - Attention Deficit Disorder	Benjamin Polis	My story and how I lived with A.D.D and overcame it.	2001	AUS
On Becoming a Special Parent	Marcia Routburg.	A Mini-Support Group in a Book	1986	USA
On Our Own Terms	Thomas Bergman	Children Living with Physical Disability
Our Mummy has Epilepsy (2 copies)	Barry Brailsford	True story written as a simple starting point to explain epilepsy for young children	1994	Australia
Pathfinder – He Aratohu	New Zealand CCS	Signposting the way forward for parents and caregivers of children with special needs	1999	NZ
Pathways to Hope	Maxine Throll	A History of the Schizophrenia Fellowship (NZ) INC.	1977-1997
People Skills	Robert Bolton.		1986	USA
Person to Person	Kate O'Loughlin, Lindsay Gething, Rosemary Leonard.	Community Awareness of Disability	1986	Australia
Physical Management of Multiple Handicaps	Beverly Fraser, Robert Hensinger and Judith Phelps	A Professional's Guide	1990	USA
Profiles of the Other Child	McCaffey & FishA Sibling Guide for Parents
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Rain, Hail or Shine	Tricia Irving	Exploring change, loss and grief in a carers world Aimed specifically at carers, this new book talks honestly and openly about the kind of changes, losses and grief – often unacknowledged - that carers can experience and that can affect their emotions, physical health, mental well-being, and family life. “Rain, Hail or Shine” contains comments from carers right across New Zealand. In this book they talk about their own grief journeys, and about what has brought them – or its still bringing them – through. A wonderful companion for your journey as a carer and to encourage you to explore your personal experiences of loss and grief in your own way, and in your own time	2005	NZ
Read My Lips - It's my Choice	William T Allen Ph.D	Minnesota - Govenors Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities	1989	USA
Reducing Stress in Mothers of Children with Special Needs	Kirkham, Norelius, Meltzer, Schilling, Schinke	Manual (for workshops)
Schooling for Tomorrow	Thomas Sergiovanni and John Moore	Directing Reforms to Issues that Count.	1989	USA
Scoliosis in Infants	The Scoliosis Association			UK
Seeing in Special Ways	Thomas Bergman.	Children living with blindness	1991	USA
Severely Handicapped Students	Wayne Sailor and Doug Guess	An Instructional Design	1983	USA
Sexuality & Learning Disability - The Way Forward	Jennie Holmes of Contact a Family in England	A valuable resource aimed to offer parents and carers the opportunity to look at issues of sexuality and learning disability.		UK
Sexuality and Young People with Learning Difficulties	Karen Aram	Growing Up, Relationships and Sexuality. This booklet is about young people growing up, their feelings and friendships, their problems and pitfalls.. Illustrated by Ursula Sieger. Guidance recommended.	1995	UK
Sexuality and Young People with Learning Difficulties	Karen Aram	A Booklet for Parents and Carers. Written by Karen Aram. This text should be used in conjunction with the booklet for young people, and has been written with a parent readership in mind. Contents include some basic counselling skills, love and relationships, masturbation, menstruation, contraception and fertility, sexual safety and personal safety.	1995
Sexuality – Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities.	Foreword by Marian Burke. By Karin Melberg Schwier & Dave Hingsburger.	In this touching lively book, you’ll learn how to interact with your children – no matter their age or ability – in a way that increases self-esteem, encourages appropriate behavior, empowers them to recognise and respond to abuse, and enables them to develop lifelong relationships. Parents share with you the joys and challenges of raising a child with an intellectual disability as they offer you helpful advice and practical strategies. Individuals with intellectual disabilities explain, too, what is important to them.	2000	USA
Shonas Story	Shona Muir		1992	UK
Sibshops	D Meyer, P Vadasy, R Fewell.	A Handbook for Implementing Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs	1985	USA
Sibshops. Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs	Donald J Meyer & Patricia F Vadasy.	This practical resource details Sibshops, the award-winning programme that brings together 8-13 year olds to express their feelings about having brothers and sisters with disabilities	1996	USA
Sisters, Brothers, and Disability. A Family Album	Lydia Gans	Tells the stories of 26 families raising children with special needs at home. Author/photographer Lydia Gans has assembled 142 photographs of these famiies to produce a moving photo essay dealing with the challenges of living with a differently-abled sibling. An American publication	1997
Sophies Journey	Sally Collins	Sophie’s Journey traces the path of a remarkable young girl. It is told through the words of friends and family, hospital staff, emergency workers and high-profile supporters. The voices of Sophie’s parents, Ron and Carolyn, run through the story, describing the twists and turns of their journey so far. This book tells of a child’s resilience, of the choice between life and death, and of a strength that prevails through suffering. Sophie Delezio has a message of hope for us all. This is her story.	2007	AUS
Special Children Challenged Parents	Robert A. Naseef, Ph.D. Foreword by James May	The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child with a Disability. Revised Edition	2001	USA
Special in a Different Way	Julia Stuart - Survey conducted by P