FORMS and RESOURCES
FORMS
RESOURCES
AUTISM BOOKS & RESOURCES
Is This Autism: A Guide For Clinicians and Everyone Else by Donna Henderson, Sarah Wayland, with Jamell White
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
Neuro-tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
Partnership for Extraordinary Minds (XMinds)
What makes a Good Therapist for your Autistic Child? (video)
SOCIAL SKILL BOOKS
Thinking About You, Thinking About Me by Michelle Garcia Winner
The Science of Making Friends by Elizabeth Laugeson
The Asperkid’s Secret Book of Social Rules by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
RELATIONSHIP BOOKS
The New Rules of Marriage by Terrence Real
Us by Terrence Real
The Good Marriage by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
The Science of Trust by John Gottman
The Good Divorce by Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.
The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
PARENTING BOOKS and RESOURCES
Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel
The Self Driven Child by William Stixrud
Differently Wired by Deborah Reber
Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments by Brenda Smith Miles and Jack Southwick
Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents by Reid Wilson, Ph.D. and Lynn Lyons, LICSW
The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D. and Norman Spack, MD
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel
OTHER BOOKS
I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh
TRAUMA RESOURCES
International wars and conflict bring about fear and worry about our sense of safety and stability. Below are some resources that may help children, teens, families, educators, and health care providers understand how to navigate traumatic times and events.
General Child Trauma Resources
from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Assisting Parents/Caregivers in Coping with Collective Trauma
Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children: Tips for Current Caregivers
Helping Children with Traumatic Grief: Young Children, School-Age Children, and Teens
Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN) to Promote Wellbeing (for providers)
“This is a wonderful program! I partly developed the witnessing model from observing our son be a witness to his sister, who had significant medical issues. I did see him, he wasn’t glass, but we were often overwhelmed by our daughter’s needs and didn’t attend as intensively as we might have to his. I would certainly have wanted him to join such a group. I am so glad you are doing this!”
Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Creator and Founder of the Witness To Witness Program
COMMENTS AND TESTIMONIALS
"...I think this is a great idea for a group! I could have used it myself as a girl, with a one-year-younger brother who was born with many serious health issues and disabilities, both physical and cognitive (and who acquired more over his life time), and for whom I felt enormously protective and responsible, and toward whom I did not allow myself feelings of jealousy or resentment….. My relationship with him was challenging, but it contributed greatly to the best of who I am, because I learned patience, compassion, and deep commitment to people marginalized by conditions out of their control through my relationship with him. And it was awfully hard to be his older sister when we were kids!
I am delighted that you are doing this! I wish you’d been around 60 years ago!”
—J.K.