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  • Chasing the Intact Mind

    How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Most

    by Amy S. F. Lutz ...
    A comprehensive introduction to the concept of the "intact mind" and how it affects disability policy and practice. The concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • We Walk

    Life with Severe Autism

    by Amy S. F. Lutz ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experience—the positive and the negative—as a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz's human emotion drives through each page and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. We Walk is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Parenting in Privilege or Peril

    How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream

    by Pamela R. Bennett, Amy Lutz, Lakshmi Jayaram ...
    Is the American dream that exists for the middle class equally available to the working class? Using extensive interviews with parents and a variety of data sources, this book examines how social contexts and culture affect parenting decisions. By analyzing class differences in neighborhoods, schools, and networks, as well as their relationship to mobility-related parenting practices, the authors ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The 'BrainCanDo' Handbook of Teaching and Learning

    Practical Strategies to Bring Psychology and Neuroscience into the Classroom

    Edited by Julia Harrington, Jonathan Beale, Amy Fancourt, Catherine Lutz ...
    The 'BrainCanDo' Handbook of Teaching and Learning provides teachers and school leaders with a concise summary of how some of the latest research in educational neuroscience and psychology can improve learning outcomes. It aims to create a mechanism through which our growing understanding of the brain can be applied in the world of education. Subjects covered include memory, social development, ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Chasing the Intact Mind

    How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Most

    by Amy S.F. Lutz ...
    Narrated by Suzie Althens ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 44 min

    The concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. The sentiment itself is not new. Though the idea gives hope to parents devastated by a child's diagnosis, Amy Lutz ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mothering in the Time of Coronavirus

    by Sujung (Crystal) Lee, Baurzhan Bokayev, Dr. Amy Lutz ...
    When stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic erased the division between home and school, many parents in the United States were suddenly expected to become their children’s teachers. Despite this new arrangement, older gender norms largely remained in place, and these extra child rearing responsibilities fell disproportionately on mothers. Mothering in the Time of Coronavirus explores ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Children and Youths’ Migration in a Global Landscape

    Edited by Adrienne Lee Atterberry, Derrace Garfield McCallum, Siqi Tu, Amy Lutz ...
    Series Book 29 - Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
    This volume contains an Open Access ChapterCurrently, there are more than 36 million transnationally mobile children and youth. Featuring the stories of children and youth from places such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the USA, and Central America, Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape interrogates how transnational mobility shapes the lives of the relatively young.This edited ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • Imagine a Place

    Stories from Middle Grades Educators

    Edited by Jan Carpenter, Amy Lutz, Linda Samek, Micki M. Caskey, William L. Greene ...
    Series series The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education
    Imagine a place where passion for learning, authentic connection with colleagues and community, and strengths-based middle grades education thrive. Imagine places of learning and inspiration for teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and teacher candidates. Imagine a Place: Stories From Middle Grades Educators, a new anthology of teacher-written narratives, focuses on educators’ stories that ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Each Day I Like It Better

    Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children

    by Amy S. F. Lutz ...
    In the fall of 2009, Amy Lutz and her husband, Andy, struggled with one of the worst decisions parents could possibly face: whether they could safely keep their autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, at home any longer. Multiple medication trials, a long procession of behavior modification strategies, and even an almost year-long hospitalization had all failed to control his violent rages. Desperate to ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Far From the Tree

    Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

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  • How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes

    Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting--from Tots to Teens

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    $9.99 CAD

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