Our Resource Library provides up-to-date information on the questions that confront you. We have books, videos, magazines, tapes and articles that help you better understand your child’s special needs. Caring staff and volunteers will assist you in finding the answers you are looking for.
Materials from our resource lending library are available to any interested person in our service area. Feel free to peruse our video library and our book library here on our website and come by our office and see if we have anything that might be helpful to you.
Resource Library Guidelines
- The library is available to anyone in our service area of Sutter, Yuba and Colusa Counties.
- A $20 deposit is required when any material is checked out. The deposit is returned upon return of the material.
- Library materials may be checked out for 3 weeks and are due at that time.
- Sorry, we are not set up to mail library materials. We are eager to get to know you, so please come by our office, spend some time looking through our resources and give us the opportunity to see if we can help you in any way.
PARENTS STORIES
We have over 30 volumes of stories, quotes and quips from parents and caregivers of children with special needs.
Poignant stories of grief (over the loss of dream), fear (of the unknown) and feelings of guilt (what did I do wrong?) and isolation along with heartfelt and inspiring stories that will settle in your heart forever.
CHANGED BY A CHILD By Barbara Gill
is “a book that honestly describes the inner needs and range of issues parents face with disabled children. Filled with true stories from parents who have been there, who understand the isolation and challenges, this is a work of compassion and insight, inspiration and hope.”
YOU WILL DREAM A NEW DREAM By Stanley D. Klein, Ph.D. and Kim Schive, with foreword by Dick Thornburgh
is a compilation of over 60 essays by parents “who have been there” will give you a new perspective on parenting a child with special needs. From initial diagnosis through adulthood, these stories serve to inspire hope and strength.