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Special eReports by Ideal Lives - $10.00 each
How to Add Assistive Technology to Your Child's Life
"PRACTICAL tips guaranteed to help parents and caregivers navigate the confusing maze of assistive technology." Click Here for More Info.
A Parent's Guide to the IEP
"10 steps any parent can take to ensure that they are totally prepared for their child's next IEP meeting." Customize! Now you can add special inclusion tips specific to your child's diagnosis to your IEP Guide. Click Here for More Info.
How to Advocate for Someone with Severe Disabilities
"An 11-step action strategy for maximizing your advocacy success!"
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Disability Awareness: Special Kids Don't Have to Feel Left Out
"The tools you need to help kick-start an awareness campaign in your community. Create a better tomorrow through Disability Awareness today!" Click Here for More Info.
Inclusion that Works for the Student with ADHD
"Nothing is more frustrating than watching a bright child fall farther and farther behind -- become the teacher that changed a child's life for the better!" Click Here for More Info.
Disability Professionals: Are you Working Smarter or Just Harder?
"Be a more effective advocate, leader, and manager tomorrow by learning to navigate the Information Highway today!" Click Here for More Info.
Stress Management -- Caring for the Caregiver
"Practical advice and common sense resources to help anyone who wants to reduce the stress level in their life."
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All Ideal Lives eReports are published in PDF or Portable Document Format. Click Here for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Acrobat Reader to view PDF documents.
Full eBooks
Parent Support Group Manual: Advocacy For The Real World - $25.00
"If you lead a parent support group or are in charge of an advocate training program -- this is going to make your life SOOOO much easier! It's a training manual and toolkit all in one. Including my personal month by month blueprint to advocacy training." Click Here for More Info.
The Internet Resource Guide, 2003 Edition - $29.95
"Your interactive on-line guide to the world of special needs. I've untangled the World Wide Web so that you can put it to work for the person with special needs in your life." Click Here for More Info.
The Birth of an Advocate - $50 for entire 4 ebook series or $19.95 per volume
"An interactive workbook series that will take you from an worried, anxious parent to a knowledgeable, articulate, and effective advocate!"
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Inclusion That Works!- $19.95
"Spend your time teaching, not searching! Inclusion That Works! offers specific resources to help you get 'up to speed' quickly on the most effective supports to provide in your classroom." Click Here for More Info.
Creating Ideal Lives - $19.95
"Take the concepts of person-centered planning, creativity, common sense, and the art of listening and move your organization from traditional to tremendous!" Click Here for More Info.
All Ideal Lives eBooks are published in PDF or Portable Document Format. Click Here for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Acrobat Reader to view PDF documents.
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Traditional Print Books
From Emotions to Advocacy
"Special education lawyer Pete Wright and his wife Pam have garnered rave reviews for their books and nationwide seminars. "From Emotions to Advocacy" teaches parents in plain English how to become a better advocate for their child with special needs. Learn about IDEA, Section 504, SMART IEPS, what your child's tests mean, how to negotiate effectively with the school and much more. This is one of the best books on this subject that I have seen." Click Here for More Info.
Creative Writing for Individuals With Disabilities
"Everyone has a basic need to express themselves. To share their ideas and communicate their feelings. This workbook style book gives students and adults with special needs an organized way to explore the joy of writing." Click Here for More Info.
Online Training
Autism Conferences Online
"ACO is a fast, easy, affordable way to learn from world renowned autism and Aspergers experts in the comfort of your own home or classroom. The presentations can be viewed anytime, from anywhere, from any computer. Each month a new presenter introduces new material on topics like social skills, picture exchange communication, behavior management -- with practical tips that are guaranteed to inform and enlighten you. Once the class is live, it stays live to be watched over and over again. You can even ask the experts YOUR questions. One of the nicest features of this program is that is allows you to interact with each expert & get the answers you need most. I recently had a chance to watch the presentation by Stephen Shore, "Moving Children Beyond The Autism Wall" and was extremely impressed with both the content and how easy it was to access the presentation." Click Here for More Info.
Resource Bundles Available on CD-Rom
“The CDs just arrived - I had just a moment to glance through several of the documents - they look wonderful. What a fun job you have! I look forward to looking more thoroughly.”
~ Jean Caldicott, Univ. of S. Florida
Parent/Advocate's Bundle - $89.95 (you save $30)
4 Volume Set - Birth of an Advocate
Internet Resource Guide, 2003 Edition
How to Add Assistive Technology to Your Child's Life
A Parent's Guide to the IEP
Stress Management -- Caring for the Caregiver
How to Advocate for Someone with Severe Disabilities
Educator's Bundle - $49.95 (you save $15)
Inclusion That Works!
The Internet Resource Guide, 2003 Edition
Disability Awareness: Special Kids Don't Have to Feel Left Out
Inclusion that Works for the Student with ADHD
Professional's Bundle - $49.95 (you save $15)
Creating Ideal Lives
The Internet Resource Guide, 2003 Edition
Disability Professionals: Are you Working Smarter or Just Harder?
Stress Management -- Caring for the Caregiver
Special Report Value Pack - $50.00 (you save $20)
How to Add Assistive Technology to Your Child’s Life
A Parent’s Guide to the IEP.
How to Advocate for Someone with Severe Disabilities.
Stress Management -- Caring for the Caregiver
Disability Awareness: Special Kids Don’t Have to Feel Left Out.
Inclusion that Works for the Student with ADHD.
Disability Professionals: Are you Working Smarter or Just Harder?
Sign Language Videos by Magic Lamp Productions
Ideal Lives is proud to offer a wide range of video collections in sign language. Each video series is designed specifically to meet the needs of individuals with hearing impairments, their family, friends, and support circle. Topics covered include:
A humorous, kid-friendly method for learning conversational sign language
Fairy tales told beautifully through sign
An innovative series of aerobics sessions
Obedience Training for Companion Dogs
Magic Lamp offers an innovative approach that is both practical and just plain fun making their videos great resources for both the home and the classroom.
Teachers: These videos make great classroom learning activities! Your hearing impaired student can become the class “expert” and the rest of your class will gain a valuable skill and second language.
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