Library & Equipment Loans

New additions

When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect – A guide to DS-ASD for Parents and Professionals

Mental Wellness in Adults with Down Syndrome – A Guide to Emotional and Behavioral Strengths and Challenges

Ready, Set, Potty! Toilet Training for Children with Autism and Other Developmental Disorders

Steps to Independence – Teaching Everyday Skills to Children with Special Needs

Simple Low-Cost Games and Activities for Sensorimotor Learning

Who’s the Slow Learner? – A Chronicle of Inclusion and Exclusion

Room 47 – Down Syndrome – A New Father’s Diary

Downs – The History of a Disability

Health and development

Adults with Down syndrome: understanding their complex health needs (DVD)

Discovery: Pathways to better speech for children with Down syndrome (DVD)

Embracing play: toy and play routines based on Applied Behavior Analysis (DVD)

Fine motor skills for children with Down syndrome (Book)

Gross motor skills for children with Down syndrome (Book)

Mental wellness in adults with Down syndrome (Book)

Teaching children with Down syndrome about their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality (Book)

Babies With Down Syndrome: A New Parents Guide (Book)

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If you would like to borrow a book or receive free information please send an email to info@halifaxnsdss.ca.

If you think a publication or book would make a valuable addition to our library, please contact us and we’ll try to add it to our library.

Education and Inclusion

Classroom Language skills for children with Down syndrome (Book)

Inclusion in practice: educating children with Down syndrome at primary school (DVD)

My friend Isabelle, including teacher’s package (Book)

Teaching reading to children with Down syndrome (Book)

Teaching Math to people with Down syndrome and other hands-on learners (Book)

Win-Win Advice for the Inclusive Classroom (Book)

Community and Inclusion

Adventures in the Mainstream (Book)

The Company of Others, stories of belonging, by PLAN (Book)

Raising a Kid with Special Needs: The Complete Canadian Guide (Book)

Then and Now: Exploring the Past & Future of the Advocacy Movement (DVD)

My friend Isabelle, including teacher’s package (Book)

The best worst brother (Book)

Taking Down Syndrome to School (Book)

Gifts: personal stories from mothers of children with Down syndrome (Book)

Gifts 2: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World (Book)

Who Will Help Kelsea? (Book)

Road Map to Holland (Book)

Tangled Webs (Book)

Daring to Dream: The Story of the Famous People Players (Book)

Lightness: Portraits & Stories of Individuals with Down Syndrome (Book)

Publications and other resources

Voices: written for and by people with Down syndrome (Magazine)

NS. Dept. Ed Supporting Student Success- Teacher Assistant Guidelines 2009 (Booklet)

NS. Dept. Ed Supporting Student Success- Fact Sheets 2010 (Folder)

NS. Dept. Ed Supporting Student Success – The Program Planning Process: A guide for parents 2006 (Booklet)

NS. Dept. Ed Student Services – Special Education Policy 2008 (Booklet)

Thanks to generous donations, we are happy to provide a variety of pediatric gross motor equipment for your child with Down syndrome. Please contact Robin Hefler at hefshauling@hotmail.com for a complete list of the items for loan.