Books in Kids With Special Needs series

"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.

"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.

"Our brains are the control centers of our bodies, so it's not surprising that when they get hurt, many different parts of our bodies can be affected. Traumatic brain injury might happen when someone hits her head or when the brain doesn't get enough oxygen. Kids with traumatic brain injury might have trouble remembering things or moving their muscles as easily as they did before their injury, and this can be very frustrating and scary. Their friends and families often find it scary as well, because it sometimes seems like the person they knew has changed so much she isn't the same person anymore. But even though she has changed in a lot of ways, she can still use understanding and friendship from the people around her"--Cover, p. 4.