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Advocacy / Human Rights / Abuse

After you tell Susan Ludwig
Boundaries: where you end and I begin Anne Katherine
Citizen advocacy Wolf Wolfensberger
The Contradiction of kindness: the clarity of justice Marcia Rioux
Enhancing the rights of people with disabilities Tina Campanella
Harm's way  
I can vote: a user-friendly guide to voting in Canada  
Just say know! Dave Hingsburger
Just technology? from principles to practices in bio-ethical issues  
Making a difference Jacqueline Brown
No more victims: Police Manual  
No more victims: Counsellors & Social Workers manual  
No more victims: friends & family manual  
No more victims: legal community manual  
Out of harm's way  
People first: advice for advocates Bill Worrell
The Right to control what happens to your body: a straightforward guide to issues of sexuality ...  
The Right to fair and equal treatment: a straightforward guide to the Canadian Human Rights Act  
The Right to have a job: employment related programs for persons with disabilities  
The Right to have enough money: a straightforward guide to the Disability Income system in Canada  
The Right to read and write  
The Secret of the silver horse  
Sexual abuse prevention programs and mental handicap  
Social well-being: a paradigm for reform  
A Thousand words: healing through art... Cindy Caprio-Orsini
Tool kit for advocacy: a human rights framework... Latin American Health Organization
Violence and people with disabilities: a review of the literature Miriam Ticoll
What to do if a child tells you of sexual abuse: understanding the law  

Community Living

The 3rd Stage in the evolution of voluntary associations for the mentally retarded Wolf Wolfensberger
Adults with Down Syndrome Patricia Lawrence
All my life's a circle Mary Falvey / Marsha Forest / Jack Pearpoint / R
Annie's coming out Rosemary Crossley / Anne McDonald
An Ark for the Poor Jean Vanier
Body broken, body blessed Sue Mosteller
Building communities from the inside out John Kreutzmann / John McKnight
The Careless society John McKnight
Challenges & opportunities  
Christmas in purgatory Burton Blatt/Fred Kaplan
Circle of friends Robert Perske
The Community involvement news Chris Hicks
Community living & intellectual disability in Canada: annotated bibliography - 1993  
Community living & intellectual disability in Canada: annotated bibliography - 1980 - 1992  
Community living for people with developmental handicaps Judith Sandys
Dare to dream Diane & Liane Heller Dupuy
Direct dollars  
Disability, community and society: exploring the links  
Effective helping: interviewing & counseling techniques Barbara Okun
Emergence: labeled autistic Temple Grandin
Eruption to hope Jean Vanier
Financial administration guide: self-managed attendant services in Ontario  
From brokenness to community Jean Vanier
Guidelines for evaluators during a PASS, PASSING or similar assessment of human service quality Wolf Wolfensberger
Her Shoes are brown and other stories Chris Hicks
Individual program plan manual  
Individual teaching plan manual  
Information as a tool for social change Partnerships in Community Living
Issues and ethics in the helping professions Gerald Corey / Marianne Schneider Corey / Patric
It's never too late, it's never too early Beth Mount / Kay Zwernik
Laying community foundations for your child with a disability Linda J. Stengle
Lives in transition: the process of personal empowerment John Lord
The Long journey home York Behaviour Management Services
Looking in the mirror Barbara Turnbull
Making a difference  
Making choices M. Malcolm Jefferys / Peter Sproul
Making friends  
Members of each other John O'Brien / Connie O'Brien
My brother, my sister Sue Mosteller
Natural supports in school, at work and in the community for people with severe disabilities Jan Nisbet
Nick, man of the heart Therese Vanier
Normalization-based guidance, education and supports for families of handicapped people Wolf Wolfensberger
Older adults with developmental disabilities Evelyn Sutton
One person at a time Janet Findlay
Outcome based performance measures: procedures manual  
Outcome based for early childhood intervention services  
Outcome based performance measures  
Outcome based performance measures in employment services  
Passing: program analysis of service systems' ... Wolf Wolfensberger
Passing: program analysis of service systems' implementation of normalization goals Wolf Wolfensberger
Personal measures outcomes  
Pine Ridge : a follow up study Ontario Association MR
The Power to choose  
The Principle of normalization in human services Wolf Wolfensberger
Reach for the dream Dale di Leo
Read my lips, it's my choice William T. Allen
A Reference guide to personal outcome measures  
Research issues in evaluating deinstitutionalization  
The Road less travelled M. Scott Peck
Safe and secure Al Etmanski
Self-Manager's handbook: self-managed attendant services in Ontario  
Service brokerage Brian Salisbury
Sharing the darkness Sheila Cassidy
The Skills of helping individuals, families and groups Lawrence Shulman
Small miracles: extraordinary coincidences from everyday life Judith Leventhal / Yitta Mandelbaum Halberstam
Stigma Erving Goffman
Supporting people with severe reputations in the community Michael Smull / Susan Burke Harrison
Thinking in pictures:and other reports from my life with autism Temple Grandin
What's really worth doing and how to do it right Judith Snow
The Whole community catalogue David Wetherow

Directory

Community resources directory  
Directory of mental health and addiction services in York Region  
Directory of services - Autism Society Ontario  
OACL directory  
York Region Community Services directory  
York Region Seniors' Directory  

Education

"Behaviour self" Dave Hingsburger
Action for inclusion John O'Brien / Marsha Forest
The Activities catalog Barbara Wilcox / G. Thomas Bellamy
Alternatives to punishment Gary LaVigna / Anne Donnellan
Art as therapy Tessa Dalley
Banking for adult new readers  
Being sexual Dave Hingsburger / Susan Ludwig / Claudia Wood
Blissymbols for use Barbara Hehner
Building bridges  
Can you hear my voice Kim & Jerry Brodey
Canadian guidelines for sexual health education  
Changing Canadian schools: peerspectives on disability & inclusion Gordon Porter / Diane Richler
Children with exceptionalities: a Canadian perspective (workbook) Margaret Winzer
Children with exceptionalities: a Canadian perspective (text) Margaret Winzer
Circles Marklyn Champagne / Leslie Walker-Hirsh
Circles: intimacy and relationships ( goes with set of videos) Marklyn Champagne / Leslie Walker-Hirsh
Communications skills  
Curriculum considerations in inclusive classrooms: facilitated learning for all students Susan Stainback / William Stainback
de Bono's thinking course Edward de Bono
Discovering life skills series  
do? be? do? : What to teach and how to teach people with developmental disabilities Dave Hingsburger
Don't get fired Durlynn Anema
Education / integration Marsha Forest
Educational and leisure activities  
Feeling good about yourself: a guide ... Gloria & Barry Blum
Gentle teaching John McGee
A Guide for using Blissymbol stamps  
Hand made love Dave Hingsburger
Handbook of Blissymbolics H. Silverman
How to teach through modelling and imitation Nathan H. Azrin
How to use planned ignoring Nathan H. Azrin
How to select reinforcers Nathan H. Azrin
Human sexuality handbook Gail T. Brown
I Openers Dave Hingsburger
The Inclusion papers: strategies to make inclusion work Jack Pearpoint / Marsha Forest / Judith Snow
An Inside approach: organizing integrated learning opportunities Christine Camilleri
Interaction in cooperative groups Rachel Hertz-Lararowitz / Norman Miller
Introduction to life skills and group process  
Job application language Jim Richey
The Language of pain Marcia Rioux
Life skills for special children Darlene Mannix
Life skills instruction for all students with special needs Mary E. Cronin / James R. Patton
Life skills lessons  
The Missing parts of whole language Steve Truch
Partners in everyday communicative exchanges: ...exchanges with people with severe intellectual disa Nancy Butterfield / Michael Arthur / Jeff Sigafo
Personal care: a life skills manual Cleo Carruthers
Personal safety: a life skills manual Judith Robertson
Preparing individuals with intellectual disabilities.... Lou Brown
Remember everything you read Stanley D. Frank
Sexuality Susan Ludwig
Shared feelings: a parent guide to sexuality education....  
Signing: how to speak with your hands Elaine Costello
Special Education in Ontario schools Ken Weber
SSS: social skills strategies (Book A): a curriculum for adolescents Nancy Gajewski / Patty Mayo
SSS: social skills strategies (Book B): a curriculum for adolescents Nancy Gajewski / Patty Mayo
Teachers everyday use of imagination & intuition Virginia Jagla
Teaching and using Blissymbolics Eugene T. McDonald
Time cards and paychecks Kenneth J. Rand
Toilet training persons with developmental disabilities Richard M. Foxx / Nathan H. Azrin
Travel training guide Kristen Mackay
Travel training manual John McNichols
Visual strategies for improving communiction: practical supports for home & school Linda Hodgdon
Warmup handouts and other resources  
Wings to Fly Sally Dorothy Bailey

Employment

The 1997 what color is your parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles
Beyond traditional job development Denise Bissonnette
Chicken soup for the soul at work Jack Canfield
Core certification training program: manual  
Core certification training program: workbook  
The Crucial balance  
Discovering life skills Shelly Altman
Do what you love, the money will follow Marsha Sinetar
Documentation = jobs  
Facing the future Dale di Leo
Flexible working arrangements  
Get the marketing edge Langton di Leo
Getting employed, staying employed Caven Mcloughlin
Hire power: the ultimate job guide for young Canadians Karen Schaffer
The Job development handbook Kerstegen Nietupski / Patty Nietupski
Job hunting for the disabled Edith Marks / Adele Lewis
Life skills attitudes on the job Margaret Brewner
Marketing your services Anthony Pulman
A Model for the evaluation of supported employment programs  
Moving to a career  
Natural supports in action Dale di Leo / Richard Luecking / Saundra Hathawa
The Perfect job search Tom Jackson
Prevocational and vocational education for special needs youth Kevin Lynch / William Kiernan / Jack Stark
Strategies for working families Alice de Wolff
Supported employment Paul Wehman / Paul Sale / Wendy S. Parent
Taking aim: job search strategies...  
Winning resumes Matthew Greene
Workable: fulfilling the potential of people with disabilites  
Working on the dream: a guide to career planning & job success Everett Lavin
Workplace resources  
Your ideal job or next career Richard Nelson Bolles

Family Support

After the tears: parents talk about aising a child with a disability Robin Simons
Brothers & sisters: a special part of exceptional families Thomas H. Powell / Peggy Ahrenhold Gallagher
A Child's journey through placement Vera I. Fahlberg
Connections: a planning guide Kenneth Pike / Pauline F. Steinman
Couples with intellectual disabilities talk about living & loving Karin Melberg Schwier
A Difference in the family: living with a disabled child Helen Featherstone
Families, disabilities and empowerment George H. S. Singer / Laurie E. Powers
Families, professionals , and exceptionalities: a special partnership Ann P. Turnbull / H. Rutherford Turnbull
Familyhome makers  
A Friend like Zilla Rachna Gilmore
From the heart: on being the mother of a child with special needs Jayne D.B. Marsh
Guidelines for family respite programs  
Guidelines for family respite programs  
How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk Adele Faber / Elaine Mazish
I can't stop crying John D. Martin / Frank D. Ferris
I witness Dave Hingsburger
I'm the big sister now Michelle Emmert
Impact on the family  
Lee, the rabbit with epilepsy Deborah M. Moss
Living with a brother or sister with special needs: a book for sibs Donald J. Meyer / Patricia Vadasy
The Mourning after: how to manage grief wisely Stanley P. Cornils
My brother Matthew Mary Thompson
My Daddy died Heather Teakle
Nobody's children: the foster care crisis in Canada Martyn Kendrick
Normalization-based guidance, education & supports ... Wolf Wolfensberger
Ordinary families, special children: a systems approach to childhood disability Milton Seligman / Rosalyn B. Darling
Orienting children & youth to foster care: a resource guide Beth Hoen / Mary Thelander
The Power of positive linking  
Respite care Christine Salisbury / James Intaglia
The Scared child: helping kids overcome traumatic events Barbara Brooks / Paula M. Siegel
Self-determination across the life span: independence and choice for people with disabilities Deanna Sands / Michael Wehmeyer
Sharing the vision Kathy Troyer / Fran Marinic-Jaffe
Standards for Familyhome programs in the Southwest (Ontario) Monica Betz
Strategies: a practical guide for dealing with professionals & human services systems Craig Shields
Strategies: a practical guide for dealing with professionals & human services systems Craig Shields
Supporting & strengthening families: methods, strategies and practices Carl J. Dunst / Carol M. Trivette / Angela G. De
Uncommon fathers Donald J. Meyer
What your mother couldn't tell you & your father didn't know John Gray
Working with the family: a practical handbook... William H. Eull
Yes, you can ! a guide for parents of children with disabilities Mark Nagler

Health & Medical

American Diabetes Association complete guide to diabetes Peter Banks
Aphasia: a new life  
Are you listening Robert Wilson
Boundaries and relationships: knowing, protecting & enjoying the self Charles L. Whitfield
Canadian survey of gay & bisexual men & HIV infection Ted Meyer
Children with cerebral palsy: a parents' guide Elaine Geralis
Children with disabilities: a medical primer Mark Batshaw / Yvonne Perret
Children with epilepsy: a parent's guide Helen Reisner
Children with mental retardation: a parent's guide Romayne Smith
Children with visual impairments: a parents guide M. Cay Holbrook
Clinical handbook of psychotropic drugs Kalyna Bezchlibnyk-Butler
Clinician's Thesaurus: the guidebook for writing psychological reports Edward L. Zuckerman
The Colouring review to human anatomy Hogin McMurtrie / James Krall Rikel
Communication skills in children with Down syndrome Libby Kumin
Compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialies (CPS) M. Claire Gillis
Cooking  
Cooking info: recipes and more  
Dictionary of medical termsfor the non-medical person Mikel A. Rothenberg
Down Syndrome: living and learning in the community Lynn Nagel / Donna Rosenthal
Ending the isolation: HIV & mental health...  
The Enlightened eater Rosie Schwartz
Everything you need to know about diseases Michael Shaw
Everything you need to know about medical treatments Stephen Daly
A Handbook on dual diagnosis: supporting people with a developmental disability & a mental health .. Joanne Nugent
The Healthsharing Book: resources for Canadian women Kathleen McDonnell / Mariana Valverde
The Human Odyssey Paul S. Kaplan
Is your child hyperactive? inattentive? impulsive? distractible? helping the ADD/hyperactive child Stephen W. Garber / Marianne Daniels Garber / Sp
The Joy of Stress Peter Hanson
Lifts & transfers: a therapeutic approach Pat Keating
Living with epilepsy P. Fenwick / E. Fenwick
Mental health in mental retardation: recent advances and practices Nick Bouras
Nobody nowhere: the extraordinary autobiography of an autistic Donna Williams
On death & dying Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Our brother has Down's Syndrome Shelley Cairo
A Parent's guide to Down Syndrome: toward a brighter future Siegfried M. Pueschel
Positioning in a wheelchair: a guide for caregivers of the disabled adult Mayall. Jan K. / Guylaine Desharnais
The Psychiatric tower of babble Sue Gabriel
The Silent epidemic Marvin Ross
Taking care Mary Breen
Understanding Canadian prescription drugs Dorothy L. Smith
Wellness at work: building resilience to job stress Valerie O'Hara
Your child and home gastrostomy tube feeding Debra Bertollo
Your health made easy: workshop manual Carol Gold

Housing

Housing choices for Canadians with disabilities CMHC
How to create an accessory apartment  
Poor places: disability-related housing and support services  
A Property values case study Larry Smith & Assciates

Law

Ontario Residential Rent Regulation Act/86, reg. 749/86, 4/87, 10/87, 440/87  
Building Code Act  
Canada's law on child sexual abuse: a handbook Mary Wells
Child & Family Services Act: Reg.550/85, 551/85  
Children's Law Reform Act & Regulation 99  
Consent to treatment: a guide to the Act  
Developing your Health & Safety program  
Developmental Services Act amended 1992, & Reg. 272/90  
Developmental Services Act & Regulation 242  
Education Act: Special Education Identification Placement & review committees & appeals Reg. 305  
Education Act: Special Education Programs & Services Regulation 306  
Family Benefits Act & Reg. 366/90  
The Family legal companion Thomas Hauser
Fire Marshals Act & Reg. 455/90  
General Welfare Assistance Act & Reg. 650/88, 318/88  
Developing your Health & Safety policy & programs  
Glossary of Health & Safety terms  
Goods & Services Tax: information for charities  
A Guide to Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act  
Health Care Consent Act  
Highlights of the Child & Family Services Act  
Homes for Retarded Persons Act & Reg. 635/90  
Human Rights Code, 1981 - Ontario  
Landlord & Tenant Act & Reg. 705/90, 706/90, 707/90  
Occupational Health & Safety Act  
Occupational Health & Safety Act: a guide to the Act  
Ontario Occupational Health & Safety Act: Reg: Control of exposure to biological or chemical agents  
Reg. /Occupational Health & Safety Act: Construction projects 213/91  
Reg. /Occupational Health & Safety Act: Window cleaning 527/88, 714/82  
Reg. /Occupational Health & Safety Act: Health Care & Residential Facilities 67/93  
Reg. /Occupational Health & Safety Act: Health Care & Residential Facilities 67/93  
Reg. /Occupational Health & Safety Act: Industrial establishments 851/90  
Report of the Provincial-Municipal Social Services Review  
Residents' Rights Act fact sheet  
Revised Standards for the investigation & management of child abuse cases  
Smoking in the Workplace Act/89  
Substitute Decisions Act/92  
Town of Newmarket Bylaw 1/93, 51/96 : Building Code Act  
The Wills book Mary Louise Dickson / Rod Walsh
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System ( WHMIS)  

Management

"I can see you naked" Ron Hoff
1001 fundraising ideas & strategies for charitiesand other not-for-profit groups in Canada Jim Hawkins
The 7 habits of highly effective people Stephen R. Covey
The Accounting cycle Jay L. Jaquet / William C. Miller
The Art of communicating Bert Decker
The Basics of budgeting Terry Dickey
Beyond banquets, plaques & pins Sue Vineyard
Boards that make a difference John Carver
Building Foundation relationships Ingrid van Rotterdam
Business as unusual Price Pritchett / Ron Pound
A Call to alms: the new face of charities in Canada Andre Picard
Call to order Herb Perry
Canadian Directory to Foundations Rose van Rotterdam
Case planning Susan Izumi
Communicating with employees Frank Corrado
Consumers on Board Joanne Nugent
Creating and motivating a superior loyal staff  
Culture shift Price Pritchett
Don't sweat the small stuff - and it's all small stuff Richard Carlson
Dynamic communication skills for women Carla Brown
The Effective management of volunteer programs Marlene Wilson
Effective performance appraisals Robert Maddux
Effective presentation skills Steve Mandel
The Effective supervisor's handbook Louis V. Imundo
The Employee handbook for organizational change Price Pritchett / Ron Pound
The Employees survival guide to mergers & acquisitions Price Pritchett
Everything's negotiable: when you know how to play the game Eric W. Skopec
Face to face: how to get bigger donations from very generous people Ken Wyman
Facilitator's guide to participatory decision-making Sam Kaner
Financial analysis James Gill
First things first Stephen R. Covey
Fundraising for grassroots groups Ken Wyman
Fundraising for non-profit groups Joyce Young / Ken Wyman
Games teams play Leslie Bendaly
Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in Roger Fisher / William Ury / Bruce Patton
The Grant Report: Foundation granting activity in Canada Rose van Rotterdam
A Guide to recruiting senior volunteers in your community  
Handling the difficult employee Marty Brounstein
High performance hiring Robert W. Wendover
How to design & propose effective human service programs Adam Lodzinski
How to prepare, stage & deliver winning presentations Thomas Leech
How to run a successful meeting - in half the time Milo O. Frank
I've been fired, too Jill Jukes / Ruthan Rosenberg
The Ideal problem-solver John Bransford
Impact supervision Robert C. Shaw / Frederick Clarke / James O'Neil
Leading workshops, seminars, and training sessions Helen Angus
Life skills: taking charge of your personal & professional growth Richard J. Leider
Listen up: hear what's really being said Jim Dugger
Making workgroups effective Hedley Dimock / Irene Devine
Manage your meetings Harold L. Taylor
Management in the Human Services  
Managing change at work: leading people through organizational transitions Cynthia D. Scott / Dennis T. Jaffe
Marketing magic for volunteer programs Sue Vineyard
Mind shift Price Pritchett
Motivating at work Twyla Dell
New work habits for a radically changing world Price Pritchett
The Non profit organization Thomas Wolf
Office management: a productivity and effectiveness guide Marilyn Manning / Patricia Haddock
The One minute manager meets the monkey Kenneth Blanchard / William Oncken
Organizing special events and conferences Darcy C. Devney
Paid personnel management John Fisher
Fundraising ll: ready to go John Fisher
People: managing your most important asset  
Personal performance contracts Roger Fritz
Personnel testing: a manager's guide John W. Jones
The Power of language: handbook on plain language writing Can. Association for Community Living
Power talking George R. Walther
PR for volunteers Sean Finlay
Practical English handbook for Canadians Floyd C. Watkins / Wm.B. Dillingham
Quality assurance in service delivery Carole Sinclair
Quick tips for better business writing Gary Blake
Rate your skills as a manager  
Recruiting volunteers Mary Ann Burke / Carl Liljenstolpe
Resistance: moving beyond the barriers to change Price Pritchett
Resource materials: orientation to change James Rice / Mike Balkwill
Robert's rules of order Henry M. Robert
Servant leadership Robert Greenleaf
Six keys to recruiting, orienting, and involving nonprofit board members Judith Grummon Nelson
So you have been asked to "do a newsletter" Andrea Hoare
Supervising part-time employees Elwood Chapman
Supervision in human services Bruce Brillinger
Supervisory relationships Tamara Kaiser
A Survival guide to the stress of organizational change Price Pritchett / Ron Pound
Team building: an exercise in leadership Robert Maddux
The Team member handbook for teamwork Price Pritchett
Team players and teamwork Glenn M. Parker
Team problem solving Sandy Pokras
Team-building Charles Mallory
Techniques to improve your writing skills Robert Iles
The Time trap Alec MacKenzie
Understanding financial statements James Gill
Vocabulary improvement Diana Bonet
Winning numbers Michael C. Thomsett

Recreation & Leisure

Creative play activities for children with disabilities: a resource book for teachers and parents Lisa Rappaport Morris / Linda Schulz
Developing leisure activities Judith McGill
Leisure connections  
Leisure, integration and community Peggy Hutchison / Judith McGill
Lifelong leisure skills and lifestyles for persons with developmental disabilities Stuart Schleien / Luanna Meyer / Linda Heyne / B
Making school and community recreation fun for everyone: places and ways to integrate Moon. M. Sherril
The Parent's guide to coaching physically challenged children Richard Zulewski
Practical gardening Peter McHoy
The Second cooperative sports & games book Terry Orlick
Sharing the fun Bert Perrin

 

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