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Autism is a way of being. Being autistic is a part of a person's identity. This book uses neurodiversity-affirming terminology to help caregivers, teachers and other adults best support children who are autistic. Ava's parents were worried about her because she was arriving home from school tearful, unable to do her homework and isolating in her room. Miss Piper is a child and family therapist who uses play therapy including creative, and expressive activities, games and toys, With Miss Piper's support, Ava discovers her sensory preferences in Miss Piper's playroom. Miss Piper helps Ava's teacher support Ava to be more comfortable being herself at school and helps Ava'a parents support Ava w...

This book is a part of the therapeutic children's book series Miss Piper's Playroom. In this book, Miss Piper who is a therapist who uses play-based and creative-expressive therapy interventions with children and families. In this book, Sal is a child suffering from social anxiety which shows up as selective mutism and occasional school-refusal. Sal's feelings are BIG and SCARY and Miss Piper helps Sal to feel her feelings and work through them to experience building toward a new experience in the therapy. Miss Piper uses games, art, playful activities and even a play therapy group to help Sal with social anxiety. Miss Piper also works with Sal's parents closely as a team. This book is an ex...

This book introduces children, along with their caregivers, to the concept of going to therapy. Miss Piper is a therapist who supports children and their families using play and creative, expressive activities. Miss Piper has a special playroom where children come to play, heal, grow and learn with Miss Piper's help. Come and see what Miss Piper has in her playroom and learn what children and their families experience here. Therapists will find this book useful for bibliotherapy with child clients new to therapy services and will also find the For Therapists Section helpful as it provides inspiring ideas for interventions. This is the first book in a series of therapeutic children's books by...

Divorce is hard for children. When parents are arguing and having conflict, it's especially difficult for the children. In this book, Danny's parents are going through a divorce and they are having a hard time getting along. Danny's parents agreed to bring Danny to see Miss Piper in her playroom for therapy to help him through the difficulties of his parents' divorce. Danny is very sad, telling Miss Piper it feels like his parents are at war and that he feels caught in the middle. Miss Piper and Danny meet for therapy weekly and Miss Piper talks with Danny's parents, too, to help them understand what they can both do to help Danny. After many sessions together, Danny begins to feel better ab...

Wendel has a lot of worries. His worries were so big they were creating a lot of problems for Wendel. Wendel's mother brought him to visit Miss Piper and her playroom because she knew Miss Piper could help him. This is a therapeutic children's book designed for child therapists providing play therapy services to use with their clients. Wendel has generalized anxiety disorder. This book shows the course of Wendel's therapy at a young child's age appropriate level providing children with anxiety a chance to feel seen and heard and gain hope for overcoming their overwhelming worries. There is a therapists' section providing notes and some suggested therapeutic interventions for helping children...

Aiden is an ADHDer! Aiden has lots of superpowers including some big and bouncy energy! Miss Piper supports Aiden by forming a SUPER SUPPORT TEAM for Aiden that includes Miss Piper, Aiden, Aiden's parents, Aiden's teacher and Aiden's doctor. In Miss Piper's playroom Miss Piper introduces Aiden to playful activities that help sharpen Aiden's superpowers. This book seeks to help child therapists, parents, teachers and children with a neuro-divergent affirming approach to celebrating the abilities and supporting some challenges ADHDers may encounter in a predominantly neuro-typical world.

Ah! Life through the eyes of the family dog! Spark is a dog with a family of humans. But his humans are always on their screens, again and again! So, Spark calls his humans screenagains. Spark will take you on a tour of his house so you can see for yourself how his humans don't pay attention to him since they began spending so much time on their smartphones, televisions, video games and laptops. Poor Spark! He just wants to play and connect with his humans. Well, Spark is a smart dog and he figures out a way to get his humans to look up from their screens and join him outside. This story was conceived by author and children's therapist Dr. Mary Affee born out of a concern for how much time p...

This simple story in limerick-style rhyme introduces a young child named Jolie, her mother and her baby brother on a hot summer day. Jolie's desire to go swimming is so great she just can't wait! But her mother needs to get the baby set up safe and sound before Jolie can get into the pool and Jolie is disgruntled. While having to wait, Jolie notices a tiny snail and watches intently, noticing how slowly the snail moves along toward his destination. Jolie's mother sees Jolie watching the snail and takes the opportunity to notice with her how slow and patient the little snail is. Jolie learns the importance of practicing patience and moving slowly to stay safe. This book is one in a series of ...

This is a lyrical, rhyming story about a girl named Jule who has moved to a new house and a new school. She is overwhelmed with BIG emotions, fears and anxiety! Her father helps her along with Jorey the Turtle in a book her father reads with her to learn some new tools and skills for facing her fears and self-soothing.