We host many family activities throughout the year. Shown here a family enjoys our balloon launch/hayride event.

TOPICS:
Behavior
Children's Books
Communication Skills
> Community Integration
Down Syndrome/Family
Education/Schools
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Medical Concerns
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Other Disabilities
Parenting
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VHS/DVD/CD
PARENT RESOURCES: COMMUNITY INTEGRATION
The following items are available at our lending library...

Able
Nancy Henderson Wurst
How one company's disabled workforce became the key to extraordinary success.

Community Recreation and Persons with Disabilities: Strategies for Integration
Stuart J. Schleien, M. Tipton Ray
Looks at the integration process, offers guidelines for simplifying the creation & implementation of integrated programs for persons with disabilities.

Down Syndrome - Living and Learning in the Community
Edited by L. Nadel & D. Rosenthal
An invaluable tool for parents & healthcare pros, enabling people with DS to cope with the problems they face and participate to in community life.

Friendships and Community Connections between People with and without Developments and Disabilities
Angela Novak Amado
Gleans principles from successful experiences to help others build relationships of their own through natural social connections.

New Life in the Neighborhood
Robert Perske
Shows how handicapped individuals can function and even benefit community life.

No Pity
 Joseph P. Shapiro
A book that deals with the struggle for inclusion and equal treatment for the handicapped.

People with Disabilities Who Challenge the System
 Donna H. Lehr, Fredda Brown
Demonstrates how to build supports to surmount the challenges of including people with disabilities in school, workplace & community.
multimedia

Facilitating Friendships for Children, Adolescents and Adults with DS with their peers without Disabilities
 Cynthia Levine
tape - audio

Friendship and Our Children
 Jeffrey L. Strully
tape - audio

Friendships & Our Children - Opening Remarks by Rebecca Foster & Jason Kingsley
 Jeffrey L. Strully
tape - audio

Friendships and Other Patterns of Relationships
 Tom Kohler
tape - audio

Help a Child with Down Syndrome who is severely Involved Participate in School and Community Activities
 Philippa H. Campbell
tape - audio

Leisure Opportunities Panel
Grantham, Bell & Johnson
tape - audio

Making Friendships Happen: Circle of Friends
 Marsha Forest
tape - audio

Opportunities for Inclusion After High School
 Patti Adams
tape - audio

Paige Barton; Toward Independence
 Elder
tape - audio

Religion Panel
Robinson, Ebert, Dody K, Granger, Rev. Ben & Taylor
tape - audio

Sharing Common Interests: Developing a Good Old Girl & Boy Network for People with Disabilities
 Jean N. Brown
tape - audio

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