| Emily's Sister: A Family's Journey With Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Contributor(s): Gianetti, Michele (Author), Russita, Tanja (Illustrator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1909320633 ISBN-13: 9781909320635 Publisher: Your Stories Matter OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.18 lbs) 68 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This story, written by the parent of a child with Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), paves the way for parents, teachers and medical professionals to discuss these specific learning difficulties with children (aged around 7-9). Unlike most other books on the subject, this book has been written from a child's perspective: enabling young people to ask questions of the story in a non-threatening way and encouraging them to discover how it relates to them. This book can be shared with children having special needs, their family, or their classmates. As with all of its books, the publisher aims to help people know they are not alone with what makes them different. If a young person or adult can relate to a story, it gives them hope and encourages them to share their concerns. The publisher aims to provide free teaching resources for all of its books that can be used in schools, to help improve understanding and celebrate differences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gianetti, Michele: - Michele Gianetti is a registered nurse, who previously worked as a school nurse before becoming a stay-at-home mom and eventually an advocate for her second child, who has special needs. She and her husband, an Internal Medicine physician, make their home in Ohio. They are also parents to their older daughter Emily and son Michael. Seeing the love between her children, through it all, was the motivation for Gianetti writing this children's book. The hope is that by helping siblings understand their special brother or sister, it will help draw them closer as friends. |