Bøger af Celeste Shally

Do you feel alone, depleted, and have nothing left to give? Where is God when your special-needs child is hurting or struggling? Where is He when the child you love turns violent? If you are a special-needs parent who feels exhausted and hopeless from living in constant survival mode and ready to give up, Celeste invites you into her story so she can point you to the sustaining hope of Christ, the one who will never leave you or forsake you.Celeste Shally had always dreamed of becoming a mother, but the challenges of raising her adopted son with special needs threw her life into chaos, threatened her marriage, and challenged her faith in God. While We Wait is a heartbreaking yet hopeful story in which Celeste pulls back the veil on what it is like to live with a violent, destructive adolescent with special needs. With honesty and transparency, she shares her doubts about God and his role in suffering.

What would you do if you saw someone being bullied? Would you pretend it didn't happen? Would you walk away and hope that someone else will take care of it? Would you care? According to research, children with autism are more likely to be bullied that their peers. They make easy targets because they're socially awkward and often times unaware they are being bullied. For the child with autism, there are severe emotional, and sometimes physical consequences to being repeatedly bullied. The Bully Blockers tells the stroy of a boy who witnesses a classmate with autism being bullied and how he decides to get involved. This book shows that one child can make a difference when he has the courage to stand up for his classmate with autism.

There are two friends one has autism, the other does not. When Matt gets upset at the pool because it is unexpectedly closed or when the neighborhood kids leave him out of their games, his friend knows exactly how to make Matt feel accepted and happy.