The SWAN Resource Library is located at the SWAN Office, and contains more than 350 items. Books and DVDs are available for loan free of charge to all SWAN Members, and we have numerous FREE information pamphlets available to keep. Please contact us to enquire as to the availability of items and to borrow from our library. Resources will need to be collected from, and returned to our Busselton office, located at 6 Pettit Crescent, Busselton WA 6280.
If you have a resource you would like to share with others, please contact us to make arrangements. Alternatively, make a Donation to SWAN. All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible.
The South West Autism Network relies on the generosity of our members and community to support the families of the south west region living with ASD.
Deep inside everyone, a red beast lies sleeping. When it is asleep, the red beast is quite small, but when it wakes up, it begins to grow and grow.
This is the story of how one boy, Rufus, conquered his anger and sent the red beast back to sleep. Developed in conjunction with the National Autistic Society (NAS in the UK), this book offers a range of anger management strategies and useful guidance for parents on how to help their child ‘tame the beast’
Anger is probably the emotion most of us have the biggest difficulty with. This book shows how anger happens and helps readers understand how it affects the mind.
It is aimed at children, their parents/guardians, teachers and professionals who work with the age group of six to twelve years.
In recent years, bullying has come to the forefront of schools as a serious problem. Policies have been written and strategies created.
This book looks at bullying as a relational issue and puts forward ideas and strategies for the individuals themselves to use. It is aimed at children, their parents/guardians, teachers and professionals who work with the age group of six to twelve years.
Siblings squabble all the time. Sibling rivalry goes hand in hand with sibling love and, for parents, can be extremely wearing and confusing.
This book tells the story from both sides and demonstrates strategies that families can use to turn sibling squabbles into healthy sibling negotiations.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Approximately one or two percent of children and teenagers will suffer from this Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is a hidden problem where few of those who have it will admit to symptoms, preferring to suffer in silence. It can cause misunderstanding and disruption for a child and for the child’s family. Much of the suffering is due to lack of knowledge and delay in getting help.
In “The Secret Problem”, OCD is explained in clear and simple language. Cartoons are used to help children, teenagers and their parents understand the problem and it’s treatment.
Some children find it very hard to go to school.
If they refuse to go it can wreck their education and cause parents and schools a lot of worry and frustration. The School Wobblies is a book about the worries and scary thoughts lurking in the minds of children who are phobic about going to school. It shows how to deal with such troubling thoughts and encourages ways of thinking and coping to allow a return to school.
This book offers a groundbreaking approach for helping socially challenged teens and young adults make and keep friends.
Based on UCLA’s acclaimed PEERS program – the only evidence-based approach of its kind in the world – this accessible book and DVD offer tools parents and educators need to become “social coaches” to the teens and young adults in their lives.
This book is for all young people approaching or already in their teens. It is an educational resource that prepares them for the physical, emotional and social aspects of their emerging sexuality.
Offers a complete program based in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for helping teens break free from social anxiety...
and stop worrying about what others think. This book helps teens come to see that painful emotions, such as embarrassment, are inevitable and survivable.
An easy-to-use lesson plan for teaching mainstream students about autism, with perspective-taking exercises that focus on the five senses and the sixth "social" sense.
Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this book uses photographs of students engaging in a variety of real-life social situations.
The realistic format plays to the visual strengths of children with ASD to teach appropriate social behaviors. Color photographs illustrate the ‘right way’ and ‘wrong way’ to approach each situation – and the positive/negative consequences of each. A facilitator – parent, teacher, etc. – is initially needed to explain each situation, and ask questions such as ‘What is happening here?’ Children role-play skills until confident enough to practice them in real-life interactions.
Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this picture book appeals to the visual strengths of students on the autism spectrum, with colour photos of students demonstrating...
various social skills in the correct (and sometimes incorrect) way. The skills depicted are meant to be read, role-played, corrected when necessary, role-played some more and, finally, to be practiced by the student in real-life social situations. “Thought bubbles” show what people are thinking during these interactions (not always what you hoped!). Practical, engaging, and down-to-earth, this is a valuable tool to help teens navigate the often-mysterious rules of social conduct in everyday situations
