Can anyone recommend any good general books on parenting an SN child?

[heartinthecountry]

You know, something you could read when your child is first diagnosed which would give you some sense of what to do and take you through the early years.

I know I looked when dd1 was first diagnosed and I've just had another search on amazon. But there seems very little out there, and what there is is mostly american.

Has anyone found anything they have found useful?

There is one called 'Parenting a SN child' Naturally I can't find the darn thing but i got it in Waterstones.

amaze a local chrity to us do a brilliant hand book.
was my bible.

anyone else?

I borrowed 2 books from the library which were useful - but I cant remember the names! ( Will post again if inspiration comes but I think one had a title like 'living and loving your special needs child'). Have you got the new early support pack from the des you can get it from www.earlysupport.org.ukyou have to get into the information for parents bit (second pointer down) and tick which booklets you need. It is good for orientation/ lists etc.

Thanks Magso - yep, got the earlysupport stuff.

What sort of sn books are you looking for - Jessica Kingsley publishers are good for asd.

'Small steps forward' by Sarah Newman. Its on the JKP website!

Also Stepping out by Sara Newman ( for primary school age Children). ( I find this rather disjointed, but ok to dip into. And the one I couldnt remember earlier was Playing Laughing and Learning with children on the autistic spectrum by Julia Moor. All from www.jkp.com HTH

www.amazon.co.uk/Mothering-Special-Needs-Different-Maternal/dp/1843105438/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF 8&s=books&qid=1204397540&sr=8-3

flicked through this in the library one time, seemed quite interesting, lots of different perspectives.