A Collection of the Books We Found Helpful

Reading is knowledge. Knowledge is power.

Over the years, I have read everything I could get my hands on trying to understand what we were living through.

Not casually reading. Searching.

Searching for answers.
Searching for patterns.
Searching for something that made sense when nothing else did.

This is not a random list.

These are the books that stayed. The ones I came back to. The ones that actually helped.

Take what helps. Leave what doesn’t.

PANS / PANDAS & SCHOOL SUPPORT

• PANS, CANS and Automobiles
  This became my go-to resource for school. It clearly lays out both the problem and practical solutions in a way that makes sense to an IEP team. I have used this repeatedly in meetings and even gifted it to teachers.

UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR KIDS LEARN

• Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World
  A simple, practical way to understand different learning styles and how to work with them instead of against them.
• Disconnected Kids (Brain Balance)
  Helpful if you are exploring neurological approaches or considering programs like Brain Balance.

PARENTING, ATTACHMENT & BEHAVIOR

• Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control
  This approach changed everything for us. When we were deep in behavioral struggles, this was the first method that actually made sense and worked.
• The Connected Child
  Foundational for understanding attachment-based parenting.
• Parenting the Hurt Child
  A realistic look at what it means to parent a child with deeper emotional needs.
• When Love Is Not Enough
  Practical tools and structure for working through attachment and behavioral challenges.

ADHD, BEHAVIOR & REAL-LIFE FUNCTIONING

• You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
  Especially helpful for older kids and teens trying to understand themselves.
• Defying the Defiance
  Useful when dealing with strong-willed or oppositional behavior.

EMOTIONAL HEALTH & SELF-UNDERSTANDING

• Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
  A different perspective on how emotions impact health and behavior.
• Heal Your Body A–Z
  A simple reference for exploring mind-body connections.

BEHAVIOR & ANGER (FOR KIDS)

• How to Really Love Your Angry Child
• What Angry Kids Need
• How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger
• Angry Octopus

These helped us teach emotional regulation in ways kids could actually understand.

SOCIAL SKILLS & RELATIONSHIPS

• The Unwritten Rules of Friendship
• How to Be a Friend
• Join In and Play
• Share and Take Turns

These were helpful for teaching social interaction in a structured, supportive way.

SLEEP

• Sleep Better (Children with Special Needs)
• Sleepless in America

Sleep impacts everything more than we realize.

DIET & INTERVENTIONS

• Why Can’t My Child Behave?
  This was foundational for understanding how food impacts behavior.
• Special Diets for Special Kids
• Feast Without Yeast

These shaped our approach to diet and inflammation.

HOME & ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES

• Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants

Part of exploring broader approaches when traditional paths weren’t enough.

BOOKS FOR RECOVERY

1. 1. Marty Ross Hacking Lyme Disease. Why should you read it? Read more: here  Dr.Ross’s bio: Marty Ross MD is the creative force behind Treat Lyme by Marty Ross MD (treatlyme.net), Marty Ross MD Supplements (treatlyme.com), and various books you find here. He believes strongly that given the right information, people with Lyme and tick-borne illnesses can recover. He offers these resources so that all who have Lyme disease may recover. From his office in Seattle, Washington, he has treated thousands of patients across the USA and the world with Lyme disease and related illnesses. He is a reasoned voice about what works and does not work. As an educator, he tries to make the complex understandable. His recommendations draw from the best of natural and prescription medicines, using the best available science. Dr. Ross is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his family medicine residency at the Georgetown University/Providence Hospital program, where he served as chief resident. Through Treat Lyme and his weekly Lyme Q&A Webinar called Conversations with Marty Ross MD, Dr. Ross has improved the lives of many with Lyme. His online publication is read by patients and medical providers alike. His webinars draw patients seeking answers and medical providers learning to treat Lyme disease with integrative medicine.Dr. Ross is a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
   2. The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue: Remarkable Hope for Depression, COVID, AIDS & other Viruses, Alzheimer’s, Autism, Cancer, Heart Disease, … Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction) 4.8 stars on Amazon and how I first learned about the potential power of methylene blue. At the time I was trying to recover from COVID and was looking at ways I could increase my oxygen levels while gaining recovery and I found this book The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue  I ended up downloading the Kindle version.

FINAL THOUGHTS

This is not about reading everything.

It’s about finding the one idea that helps you see your child differently.

Sometimes that’s all it takes to change everything.