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Using Usborne Books for Special Needs Children
Features ideal for “Speech and Language” Growth:
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“Talk-about” realistic illustrations
are filled with action and detail.
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Usborne books are interactive
as communications is interactive.
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Step-by-step features are perfect for sequencing.
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Problem-solving tasks are built into Usborne at many levels.
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Multifunctional – one book can be used for a variety of goals!
6. Durable and
inexpensive!
Top Usborne Books For Special Needs and their features
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First 1000 Words (H), Sticker book and CD-ROM – Includes pages categorized by
scene, as well as, pages about opposites, seasons, actions, sizes and more. Perfect for vocabulary, articulation, and language
goals for pre-K through adult.
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Slot books - All 5 slot books are perfect for the interactive nature of therapy. They elicit language through actions of moving the character, are filled with concept vocabulary, and make
books come alive for children who are not book-lovers. (Turn taking and social gestures also reinforced.)
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Lift the Flap – Interactive stories with rhyming, predictable text. Action-filled illustrations
elicit language, questions, and the hidden characters are perfect for reinforcing prepositions.
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Easy Words to Read – Rhyming text is perfect for phonemic awareness. Also, ideal for simple narratives,
prediction, artic and phonology, etc.
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Touchy-Feely – Perfect for negation, descriptive words,
turn-taking, and predictable language structures.
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Farmyard Tales – Perfect for early sequencing of actions, narratives, articulation carryover, and
early story retelling and expansion with the double language level provided.
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What’s Happening? – Detailed illustrations elicit questions and answers, predicting, descriptions,
storytelling with one picture, and more!
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Puzzle Books – Problem-solving, predicting, attention to detail, auditory memory, and sequencing
are just a few of the skills in these series!
Top Usborne Books for ADD/HD and Features
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1 2 3, A B C - constant practice, duck, hi/lo
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ABC Jigsaw Book
- activity based, constant practice
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Slot Books - visual
tracking, activity based, hi/lo
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Puzzle Books -
activity based, hi/lo
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Great Searches
- activity based, hi/lo, bite size pieces
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What Shall I Do
Today? - activity based, step-by-step
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Learning Wrap-Ups
- kinesthetic, self-correcting
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Fantasy Adventures
- hot topic, activity based
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Spotter’s
Guides - activity based, success built in
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Everyday Words
- language development, activity based
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Discovery Series
– Internet-Linked, hi/lo
Top Books for Sensory Integration Disorder and Features
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FYT Sticker Learning - Fine motor skills, activity based learning
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Touchy-Feely - Hypo Provides stimulus for CNS
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Slot Books
- Fine motor skills, activity based learning
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ABC Jigsaw Book
- Fine motor skills, activity based learning
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Playtime - Fine motor skills, encourages varied play
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Flip-Flaps
- Explains body and CNS
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What Shall I Do
Today? - Fine motor skills, activity based
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Cooking - Fine motor skills, encourages working with texture
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Activities for All Year Round - Activity based play, textures
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Science Activities - Activity based learning, textures
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Science for Beginners
- Explains body and CNS.
Top Usborne Books for Autism and Features
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Language Books;
First 100 Words - Vocabulary builders, picture exploration
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First 1000 Words, Everyday Words - language development, CD-ROM available
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Touch-Feely - Textures, descriptor words
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ABC
Jigsaw Book - activity based, constant practice and letter recognition
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Easy Words to Read - Rhyme, phonemic awareness, pre-reading skills
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Complete Book of FYT with CD - CD provides hours of audible stimulation to go along with the books adorable illustration, dual ready levels, find the duck.
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First Experiences - Rehearsing and talking about new situations
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1001 Things to Spot Independent, visual based activity, categorizing
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Puzzle Books - Problem-solving, predicting, cognitive activities
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Great Searches - Independent, visual based activity, bite size
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First Encyclopedias - Visually stimulating, bite size pieces
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Art books - Independent, repetitive motion activity
Top Usborne Titles for Mental Retardation
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Rattle Books
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First 100 or 1,000 Words
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What’s Happening?
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1001 Things to Spot
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First Experiences
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Great Searches
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First Encyclopedias
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Flashcards
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Everyday Words
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Science Activities
Usborne Books for Behavioral Disorders
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Slot Books
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First Encyclopedias
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First Skills
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Young Machines
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Art School
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Fantasy Adventures
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Spotter’s Guides
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Discovery Series
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Computer Guides
Usborne Products for At- Risk Children and Hi-Lo Readers
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FYT Readers
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Easy Words to Read
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Slot Books
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Great Searches
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First Encyclopedias
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Flip Flaps
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Art School
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Solve It Yourself
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Spotter’s Guides
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Discovery Series
If you would like more information on any of the series or books mentioned
above, or if you would like to examine the titles for yourself, please contact me and I will be happy to help you choose the
right collection for your family.
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