A Word from Bob: Today’s post comes from The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling Resources: 2019 Edition. This annual guide is 160-pages in length and includes 690 annotated and linked resources.
Deuel, Dave. Help! My Grandchild Has a Disability
A mini-book written with understanding on the blessings and challenges of raising grandchildren with disabilities. Kings and queens wear crowns, but the Bible says grandkids are crowns to their grandparents (Prov. 17:6). But what if your crown is not what you expected? What if your grandchild has a disability? This mini-book offers grandparents their rightful place as kings and queens to their families. If the Lord has blessed you with a grandchild that has a disability, then roll up your sleeves and get ready to polish that precious and beautiful crown!
Emlet, Mike. Asperger Syndrome: Meeting the Challenges with Hope
Someone you love has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder Asperger Syndrome. You are already experiencing the social struggles, communication difficulties, and other challenges, but you are also looking for hope. Does the Bible speak to this struggle? In Asperger Syndrome: Meeting the Challenges with Hope, Mike Emlet combines his experience as a physician and a biblical counselor to explain Asperger Syndrome and highlight the unique place each person, including those with AS, have in God’s family. He gives biblical, practical advice on how to deal with the spiritual challenges of AS and encourages with the truth that each person has inherent dignity and worth.
Hendrickson, Laura. Finding Your Child’s Way on the Autism Spectrum: Discovering Unique Strengths, Mastering Behavior Challenges
With an approach that is grounded in a deep understanding of the challenges those caring for autism spectrum children face, Finding Your Child’s Way on the Autism Spectrum gives the reader sound, practical tools for understanding how to guide an autism spectrum child to function more fully as the person God created them to be.
Hoopmann, Kathy. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Your Child: Help for Your Family
Your child’s diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may have left you feeling sad, confused, or perhaps even relieved to finally understand why he or she behaves differently from other children. Whatever your initial response to the diagnosis, you want to know how best to encourage your child’s strengths and support all weaknesses. Most importantly, you want to know how to point your child towards Christ, but you often struggle to navigate your child’s perception and understanding of the world, both seen and unseen. With wisdom and skill, Kathy Hoopmann helps you begin to understand how your child thinks, how to communicate the truths of the gospel, and how to help your child find his or her place in the community of faith. With reminders that God knows and loves your child even more than you do, she offers compassionate, practical guidance for learning to embrace the blessings and difficulties of ASD.
Jamison, Rita. Parenting Your ADHD Child: Biblical Guidance for Your Child’s Diagnosis
If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, don’t give up hope. No diagnosis can negate the fact that your child is made in the image of God. You can help your child, as one of God’s image bearers, to deal with the behaviors associated with ADGD. The Bible offers you and your child much wisdom, comfort, and hope as you face this together. Rita Jamison walks parents through 18 behavioral characteristics related to ADHD, showing them how to apply Scripture to each type of behavior. As you teach your child to examine their heart before the Lord, instead of immediately reacting to their impulses, you will help them experience the faith-building satisfaction of real change.
Viars, Steve. Your Special Needs Child: Help for Weary Parents
“Never.” It’s a hard word for any parent to hear. “He’ll never walk. She’ll never feed herself.” Your lives will never be the same. While the prospect of raising a special needs child can be overwhelming, Jesus Christ makes himself constantly available to the weary and heavy laden. In Your Special Needs Child, Steve Viars helps parents of special needs children to be authentic before the Lord about their pain, guiding them in thinking biblically about their challenges and God’s promises. Viars shows how accepting Christ’s invitation leads parents into a unique adventure of sweet learning and divine rest.
Welch, Ed. A.D.D.: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies
Easy distractibility or forgetfulness… Mouths, arms, hands, and legs that run ahead of thinking… Impulsive decisions, chronic difficulties meeting deadlines, mistaken notions of one’s own abilities… These are all behaviors often associated with Attention Deficit Disorder. What is ADD? What are the strengths and weaknesses of ADD children? What can be done about this puzzling disorder? Noting both the challenges and responsibilities of ADD children, Ed Welch clarifies the physical and spiritual dimensions of ADD. He offers parents well as adults who fit the profile help, encouragement, and biblical wisdom on how to handle this condition.
Wilson, Andrew, and Rachel Wilson. The Life We Never Expected: Hopeful Reflections on the Challenges of Parenting Children with Special Needs
Andrew and Rachel Wilson know what it means to live a life they never expected. As the parents of two children with special needs, their story mingles deep pain with deep joy in unexpected places. With raw honesty, they share about the challenges they face on a daily basis―all the while teaching what it means to weep, worship, wait, and hope in the Lord. Offering encouragement rooted in God’s Word, this book will help you cling to Jesus and fight for joy when faced with a life you never expected.
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