CPAC's library consists of a collection of books, videotapes, pamphlets and fact sheets which contain information for parents and professionals related to the care and education of a child with a disability.

• Available Materials
• Requesting Materials
• Book Categories
• Video Categories
• New Books
• New Videotapes / DVDs
• Spanish Materials

Available Materials

Books - may be borrowed for a period of three (3) weeks with a charge of $2.00 for postage and handling.
Videotapes - (limit of 2 at a time) may be borrowed for ten (10) days with a charge of $3.00 for postage and handling, or $5.00 for 2.
Pamphlets and fact sheets – copies may be requested by phone or parents and professionals can visit our Materials page to access some of our more frequently used resources.
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Requesting Materials

To request any materials, please call us at 800-445-2722 or email us at cpac@cpacinc.org. We can mail you the requested materials or hold them for you to pick up. Parents and professionals are welcome to browse our collection during regular office hours 8:00am-4:00pm Monday-Friday.

It has become necessary to require a refundable $25.00 deposit for books with a replacement cost greater than that amount. CPAC will require the deposit via personal check prior to shipping the requested resource. To determine if a resource you wish to request requires a deposit, please contact the center via email at cpac@cpacinc.org, or call, toll free, 1-800-445-2722.
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Book Categories

• Advocacy
• Behavior Supports/Social Skills
• Child Abuse
• Children's Books
• Communication Disorders
• Communication/Parent-Professional Partnerships
• Cultural Issues
• Disability Awareness
• Early Intervention
• Emotional Disturbance
• Evaluation
• Financial Aid
• Health Care
• Hearing Impairment
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Learning Disabilities
• Least Restrictive Environment
• Neurobiological Disorders
• Organizing Networks
• Parenting
• Physical Impairment
• Program Development
• Recreation and Leisure
• References
• Resources For Families
• Sibling Books
• Technology
• Transition/Vocational Education
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Visual Impairment

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Video Categories

• Audio-Cassettes
• Communication
• Disabilities
• Funding
• Health Care
• Inclusion
• Laws / PPT
• Multi-Cultural
• Parenting
• Recreation
• Self-Advocacy
• Siblings
• Spanish
• Technology
• Transition/Employment

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New Books

100 Things Every College Student With a Disability Ought to Know - A "significant transition" awaits students with disabilities who are starting college. Empowered with the right information, students with disabilities can make the adjustment less unnerving and overwhelming. 100 Things is a consumer-friendly, self-orientation to college guidebook written with the help of "been there" students that provides an in-hand resource for navigating the maze of college orientation more effectively and productively. It gives a road map for problem-solving students with disabilities will be grateful to have for years ahead.
 

It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend, Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success - It's So Much Work To Be Your Friend offers practical strategies to help learning disabled children ages six through seventeen navigate the treacherous social waters of their school, home and community. Rick examines the special social issues surrounding a wide variety of learning disabilities, including ADD and other attentional disorders, anxiety, paralinguistic, visual-spatial disorders and executive functioning. Then he provides proven methods and step-by-step instructions for helping the learning disabled child through almost any social situation, including choosing a friend, going on a playdate, conducting a conversation, reading body language, overcoming shyness and low self-esteem, keeping track of belongings, living with siblings and adjusting to new settings and situations.
 

Lonely, Sad and Angry: How to Help Your Unhappy Child - Here is a source of accurate and up-to-date information about depression and depressive disorders in children and adolescents. Parents are at the front line in recognizing signs of depression and anger in their children. This book will give parents the tools to identify when their child is troubled and how to go about finding the right help. Information on psychological treatments, medications, and family relationships will provide the knowledge all parents need to help their unhappy child.
 

Positively ADD: Real Success Stories to Inspire Your Dreams - You may no believe it, but having ADD is a gift. Still, it can be a hard gift to unwrap, so it may help to meet these fascinating people who realized that ADD could help them achieve their dreams. These people did not succeed despite their ADD, they succeeded because of their creative, energetic and multifaceted personalities -- all characteristics of ADD. In addition, these seventeen biographies and interviews show that people with ADD can succeed in a wide variety of high-interest fields: professional athlete, musician, reporter, chef, photographer, police officer and CEO. See ADD from the positive angel that is rarely considered with a  book that proves how good life with ADD can be.
 

Raising A Sensory Smart Child, The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues - For children with sensory integration issues - those who have difficulty processing everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds and sights - this groundbreaking book is an invaluable resource. Long thought to affect only autistic children, or mistaken for ADHD, SI dysfunction is finally being recognized as a separate condition. Coauthored by a pediatric occupational therapist and a parent of a child with SI dysfunction, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is as warm and accessible as it is authoritative and detailed and is an indispensable guide for parents, therapists, and teachers who will turn to it again and again.
 

The Survival Guide for Teenagers with LD - Clear, comprehensive, and matter-of-fact, this guide helps young people with LD succeed in school and prepare for life as adults. It explains what LD is and how kids get into LD programs, clarifies readers' legal rights and responsibilities, and covers other vital topics including assertiveness, jobs, friends, dating, self-sufficiency, and responsible citizenship.

*Please check back, new books are added all the time.

If you would like to borrow any of the books listed above please contact CPAC at: (800) 445-2722 or by email at: cpac@cpacinc.org.
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New Video Tapes / DVDs

• Beyond F.A.T. City, A Look Back, A Look Ahead - Offers practical strategies as well as inspirational messages for those who teach children with learning disabilities who constantly struggle with Frustration, Anxiety and Tension (F.A.T.). Building upon the international success of How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop, this program is designed to give teachers and parents the opportunity to become involved in candid and thought-provoking discussions on how to play a more effective role in the life of a learning disabled child.  Beyond F.A.T. City: A Look Back, A Look Ahead is filled with powerful and provocative stories about the history and philosophy of the F.A.T. City project, major trends and issues in the field of learning disabilities, and the challenges ahead for parents and education professionals. (A $25 Deposit is Required for Borrowing this DVD)
   

• Eternal High - Crying uncontrollably at the kitchen table, mind racing with thoughts of suicide. How could this happen toa teen who has everything: a budding film career, popular in school, an all-state athlete, a good student, loving parents, and a perfect girlfriend? Everything was great yet suddenly everything was horrible. Why? Bryce captured his true-life battle with depression and suicide in this 6x award –winning film. An excellent resource and tool enabling anyone including teenagers, parents and teachers to discuss depression and suicide openly erasing the stigma still existing today. (A $25 Deposit is Required for Borrowing this DVD)
   

• I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me - In every school in America, it’s likely that at least one child may have Tourette Syndrome. Many of their parents, teachers and those close to them are unaware. These children are often stigmatized and almost always misunderstood. HBO and the Tourette’s Syndrome Association present I Have Tourette’s But Tourette’s Doesn’t Have Me: a documentary that dispels the myths of Tourette Syndrome through the experiences of young people.
   

• Song of Our Children - How do schools successfully include children with disabilities in classrooms with non-disabled peers?  In Song of Our Children, we meet teachers, parents and students whose daily routines exemplify what “educational inclusion” means and what it takes to make it work.  This moving portrayal of four memorable children -- preschool through high school -- reveals the challenges, strategies, and benefits of inclusion for all. Early proponents of inclusion predicted that kids with disabilities would benefit from learning alongside their non-disabled peers.  Experience has now shown that non-disabled peers also benefit from learning alongside kids with disabilities.  Song of Our Children journeys from our past, where children with disabilities were often institutionalized for life, to a present full of innovation, experimentation, and effort.  Along the path, teachers have discovered new ways of teaching, parents have learned new ways of thinking, and children have discovered that all people have different abilities and have something to teach one another.  (A $25 Deposit is Required for Borrowing this DVD)

*Please check back, new Videos/DVDs are added all the time.

If you would like to borrow any of the books listed above please contact CPAC at: (800) 445-2722 or by email at: cpac@cpacinc.org.
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Spanish Materials

Spanish speaking families, as well as schools and organizations serving them, may obtain a videotape featuring tips on parent involvement in education, "read-to-learn" issues, reading and math, and preparing young people for college. This 15-minute tape "Vamos Juntos a la Escuela" ("Let's Go to School Together") was produced by the U.S. Department of Education for use in parent meetings or in the home and is packaged with printed materials in Spanish. This free video my be ordered online at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or by calling 1-877-4ED-PUBS. CPAC's Parent Educator Carmina Lizardi has a copy of the video, and would be happy to address parent groups in your school and any community or faith-based organizations. Please feel free to call Carmina at our satellite office in New Haven at 203-776-3211.
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