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 12 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.
Written for girls and young women who have difficulty understanding people around them.
This book will help them to comprehend family, friends, employers and many others they face every day. Presented as a series of letters between daughter, Kate Downey and mother, Martha Kate Downey. This book provides an insight into the problems that many adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities face.
Karen Gravelle and her fifteen-year-old niece, Jennifer Gravelle, have written a down-to-earth practical book that answers any questions you might have about your period...
from what it is and what it feels like, to how to choose your form of protection, to how to talk to your parents about it. The Period Book will guide you through all the physical, emotional and social changes that come with your period, as well as related issues such as dealing with spots, mood swings and new expectations from friends and family. Debbie Palen’s funny and sympathetic cartoons ease the confusion and exasperation you might feel and celebrate the new sense of power and maturity that your period can bring. Perfect for sharing, The Period Book is a trusty friend that can help you feel happy and confident about this new phase or your life.
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’
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.
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.
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
Skill building activities for teens with nonverbal learning disorder, Asperger's Syndrome and other social-skill problems.
Read social cues; recognize and use your strengths; understand social rules and make friends.
A note from SWAN: ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ is no longer used as a diagnosis and the term “high-functioning” is harmful, as it minimises the varied support needs of autistic people. SWAN does not endorse these terms, but recognises that this resource contains other useful information.
How to group up awesome and autistic.
Written by 17-year-old Siena Castellon, this essential go-to guide gives you all the advice and tools you’ll need to help you flourish and achieve what you want in life. With practical tips on friendships, dating, body image, school and consent, as well as looking after your physical and mental health and coping with anxiety and sensory overloads, award-winning neurodiversity campaigner Siena Castellon uses her own experiences to provide you with the skills to overcome any challenge.
