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Somebody Hear Me Crying: Youth in Protective Services
Joyce Libal
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 15, 2007)The personal story of a boy with abusive and neglectful parents is accompanied by information about topics related to the child protection system.
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Breaking Down Barriers: Youth With Physical Challenges
Joan Esherick
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 15, 2007)Provides both fact and fiction to convey information on children dealing with physical challenges, including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and muscular dystrophy.
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Somebody Hear Me Crying: Youth in Protective Services: Youth with Special Needs
Joyce Libal
Hardcover (Mason Crest Publishers, Jan. 1, 2009)From living with blindness, deafness, autism, or brain injury to struggling through the juvenile court or foster care systems, there are many types of special needs among youth today. This 15-book series explores the challenges facing youth with special needs, as well as the many types of services available to support these young people in their quest for personal achievement and social acceptance. By combining factual information with fictional stories, these books bring to life the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of youth with special needs, providing an education of the heart as well as the mind.
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On the Edge of Disaster: Youth in the Juvenile Court System: Youth with Special Needs
Donna Lange
Hardcover (Mason Crest Publishers, Jan. 1, 2004)From living with blindness, deafness, autism, or brain injury to struggling through the juvenile court or foster care systems, there are many types of special needs among youth today. This 15-book series explores the challenges facing youth with special needs, as well as the many types of services available to support these young people in their quest for personal achievement and social acceptance. By combining factual information with fictional stories, these books bring to life the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of youth with special needs, providing an education of the heart as well as the mind.
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Guaranteed Rights: The Legislation That Protects Youth with Special Needs
Joan Esherick
Hardcover (Mason Crest Publishers, Jan. 1, 2004)From living with blindness, deafness, autism, or brain injury to struggling through the juvenile court or foster care systems, there are many types of special needs among youth today. This 15-book series explores the challenges facing youth with special needs, as well as the many types of services available to support these young people in their quest for personal achievement and social acceptance. By combining factual information with fictional stories, these books bring to life the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of youth with special needs, providing an education of the heart as well as the mind.
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On the Edge of Disaster: Youth in the Juvenile Court System
Donna Lange
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 15, 2007)From living with blindness, deafness, autism, or brain injury to struggling through the juvenile court or foster care systems, there are many types of special needs among youth today. This 15-book series explores the challenges facing youth with special needs, as well as the many types of services available to support these young people in their quest for personal achievement and social acceptance. By combining factual information with fictional stories, these books bring to life the struggles, challenges, and triumphs of youth with special needs, providing an education of the heart as well as the mind.
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Guaranteed Rights: The Legislation That Protects Youth With Special Needs
Joan Esherick
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 15, 2007)Discusses the passage and enforcement of laws protecting young people with special needs and examines how such laws relate to education, medical care, and equal access to jobs, public places, and social services.
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Youth With Special Needs
Patti Souder
Library Binding (Mason Crest, March 1, 2004)The personal story of a girl with a severe eye injury is accompanied by information about topics related to blindness.
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Something's Wrong!: Kids With Emotional Disturbance
Shelia Stewart, Camden Flath
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2010)"Emotions can be tricky things. Sometimes, a person has lots of negative emotions, and he doesn't know what to do with them. Kids with emotional disturbance often don't know how to deal with the overwhelming emotions they experience, and sometimes they react in inappropriate ways, disrupting their own lives and the lives of people around them. This can be scary for both the person dealing with emotional disturbance and for the other people. For all the people in the situation, understanding what is goingon is important"--Cover, p. 4.
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Listening With Your Eyes: Kids Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Shelia Stewart, Camden Flath
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2010)Uses a story about a girl who is deaf to explain hearing loss, with information on causes of deafness, hearing aids, sign language, and implants.
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Why Can't I Learn Like Everyone Else?: Kids With Learning Disabilities
Shelia Stewart, Camden Flath
Library Binding (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2010)Discusses the different types of learning disabilities and what may cause them, and describes the different ways to treat and teach children with learning disabilities to help them succeed in school.
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I Can Do It!: Kids With Physical Challenges
Shelia Stewart, Camden Flath
Paperback (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2010)"Kids with physical challenges have some kind of difficulty using their bodies that might make it harder to do things like get around or use their hands to write or draw. Sometimes, the physical challenge is something a person is born with and sometimes it's something that happens later. Some people with physical challenges use wheelchairs, some use crutches, and some have an artificial limb. There are many different types of physical challenges and different ways to deal with each type. But all kids with physical challenges are still kids, living their lives and having friends, interests, and their own likes and dislikes"--Cover, p. 4.
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