Gootloader infection cleaned up Dear blog owner and visitors, This blog had been infected to serve up Gootloader malware to Google search victims, via a common tactic known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization) poisioning. Your blog was serving up 291 malicious pages. Your blogged served up malware to 1327 visitors. I tried my best to clean up the infection, but I would do the following: Upgrade WordPress to the latest version (one way the attackers might have gained access to your server) Upgrade all WordPress themes to the latest versions (another way the attackers might have gained access to ..read more

Embracing This Special Life: Learning To Flourish as a Mother of a Child with Special Needs Are you the mother of child with special needs? This is not the life you planned? You are overwhelmed and need support? The special needs parenting book titled “Embracing This Special Life: Learning To Flourish as a Mother of a Child with Special Needs” by Jenn Soehnlin will be helpful. On her Facebook page she has the quote: “Embracing Life ~ Finding joy, hope, and purpose no matter our life circumstances.” Doesn’t that seem like a person you would want to know?  Jenn Soehnlin, who was a teacher before ..read more

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 3rd Edition: Revised and Updated by Ellen Notbohm Are you parenting a child with autism? Are you teaching students on the autism spectrum? Do you often feel you would like to sit down and chat with a kind soul who would understand what you are going through with your autistic child or student? Special Needs Book Review has the perfect autism book to recommend! Parents, teachers, grandparents, friends take the time to read TEN THINGS EVERY CHILD WITH AUTISM WISHES YOU KNEW, 3rd edition, revised & updated by Ellen Notbohm. Veronica Zysk is ..read more

Book On Accepting Differences – Sam:The Cat Without a Tail by Gloria Lintermans Are you raising children or caring for children in a school or daycare? Do some of these children have a low self-esteem and are being bullied or left out? You will appreciate the message in this lovely children’s book on accepting differences titled Sam: The Cat Without a Tail by Gloria Lintermans and illustrated by Kristina Tosic. Beautifully written and illustrated, this book teaches a lesson in learning self-acceptance and accepting differences in others. Sam: The Cat Without a Tail touches on how differences m ..read more

Interview Tara McCarton Author of Children’s Book About Child with Developmental Delays Are you a parent or teacher looking for a children’s book about acceptance, inclusion and kindness? Tara McCarton is raising a child with developmental delays. Ms. McCarton wanted to help children and parents talk about how we are all different.  She wanted people to know it is important to be kind to everyone. Tara thinks to make a difference, all it takes is saying hi and including others. Now she has her lovely children’s book titled The Wish to help her get this message of acceptance, inclusion and kind ..read more

Boy with Cerebral Palsy – Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach by Elizabeth Gerlach The team at Special Needs Book Review is pleased to tell you about a lovely children’s book about a boy with cerebral palsy (CP) titled  Ben’s Adventures: A Day at the Beach by Elizabeth Gerlach.  Ms Gerlach writes about her son who had CP and epilepsy and who passed away in May 2016 due to respiratory complications. In this story, Ben is unable to walk or talk, which is okay by him, because it does not stop him from using his imagination. Readers meet his triplet brother and sister and his parents. All five sp ..read more

Children’s Book About Acceptance, Inclusion and Kindness “The Wish” by Tara McCarton Are you looking for a children’s book about acceptance, inclusion and how to be kind to others? The team at Special Needs Book Review is impressed with a lovely book for kids which came to our attention. Congratulations to Tara McCarton for her  children’s book The Wish! Tara was inspired to write this book when her youngest child revealed that for her Christmas gift she only wanted her big sister to be able to speak. Big sister Audrey has Microcephaly. We learn on the Mayo Clinic website: “Microcephaly (my-kr ..read more

Child Who Uses a Wheelchair – “Lulu and the Wishing Star” by Pippa Fern Are you raising a child with special needs? Are you an educator looking for a children’s chapter book with a protagonist who is a child with a disability? Special Needs Book Review recommends Lulu and the Wishing Star by Pipa Fern. The protagonist is a young girl who uses a wheelchair. Pipa Fern is both the author and the illustrator of this beautiful chapter book for young children. This seven chapter book is truly brought to life by Pipa Fern’s illustrations and lively conversation between her characters. I would have l ..read more

Interview Dana Stahl, M.Ed., Learning Specialist, Educational Consultant, Child/Parent Advocate Do you have school age children who are struggling? Today we are extremely fortunate to have the expert advice from a learning specialist, educational consultant, and child/parent advocate. Dana Stahl has a Bachelor of Science from Boston University in Special Education. She also has a Master of Education degree in Diagnostic/Prescriptive Teaching from The College of William and Mary. In 2005, Dana developed Educational Alternatives, LLC, a private practice in Katonah, New York. Here she works direc ..read more