SNAP has an extensive library of over 2,000 specialist books, hundreds of quick and easy reference information sheets and over 250 specialist videos and DVDs that you will not find in any other library.

There are titles grouped under diagnosis including ADD/ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy/physical difficulties, deaf/hearing impairment, Down syndrome, diabetes, dyslexia, dyspraxia, communication difficulties, speech & language difficulties, Tourette syndrome and visual impairment.

There are also sections on behaviour management, benefits, bereavement, counselling, health, diet and nutrition, sibling support and sign language as well as more general books on parenting and special parenting/caring.

We have files of information and many invaluable videos and DVDs that can often be more easily shared and discussed than a book.

You can visit The SNAP Centre to use the library during term time, but if you would like guidance about what is available, then it is best to contact the office first to make sure an adviser is on hand. There is also a postal service.

New titles recently added to the SNAP library:

General special needs

Stepping Out: using games and activities to help your child with special needs
Toxic Childhood: How the modern world is damaging our children and what we can do about it
Stress Busting for Children: the best kept secret since Father Christmas
Blue Sky July
Mothering Special Needs: a different maternal journey
Personal Communication Passports: guidelines for good practice
Cope Directory 2007
TALK (DVD) – disability awareness
Getting in Control (DVD) – individual budgets
How to be in control (DVD) – individual budgets
Brotherly Feelings
Special Brothers and Sisters
Integrated Yoga – yoga with a sensory integrative approach
123 Magic (DVD)
More 123 Magic (DVD)
Grief in Children – A Handbook for Adults
Extreme Parenting – Parenting Your Child with a Chronic Illness
101 Games for Better Behaviour
A Transition Guide for All Services
Disability Rights Handbook 33rd Edition (April 2008 to April 2009)
Discretionary Trusts – a guide for families

ASD/Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome – an overview
How do you feel, Thomas?
How to help your autistic spectrum child: practical ways to make family life run more smoothly
Comic strip conversations: illustrated interactions that teach conversation skills to students with autism and related disorders
Classroom and playground: support for children with autistic spectrum disorders
What about me? The autism survival guide for kids
A different life: Rosie's story (DVD)
Asperger's syndrome (DVD)
How Joshua learned – making sense of the world with autism
I am Utterly Unique: celebrating the strengths of children with Asperger syndrome and
high – functioning autism
Glass half empty, glass half full: how Asperger's syndrome has changed my life
Special educational needs: a guide for parents and carers of children with autistic spectrum disorders
Asperger's syndrome: from diagnosis to solutions – a guide for parents
Acting Antics – A theatrical approach to teaching social understanding to kids and teens with Asperger syndrome
Alone together – Making an Asperger marriage work
Asperger syndrome and bullying strategies and solutions
Asperger syndrome in the inclusive classroom – advice and strategies for teachers
Autism, play and social interaction
Baj and the word launcher – space age Asperger adventures in communication
The Verbal Behaviour Approach
Autism and me (DVD)
So Odd a Mixture – along the autistic spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's syndrome
Counselling people on the autism spectrum
Everyday Education – visual support for children with autism
Planning to Learn – creating and using a personal planner with young people on the autism spectrum
Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the Secondary School
Social Skills and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Create a Reward Plan for your Child with Asperger syndrome
Caring for Myself: A Social Skills Storybook
Socially Speaking: Pragmatic Social Skills Programme for Pupils with Mild to Moderate Learning Disabilities
Writing and Developing Social Stories: Practical Interventions in Autism
Revealing the Hidden Social Code: Social Stories for People with Autistic Spectrum
 Disorders
Parents' Education as Autism Therapists
Talking Teenagers
Teach Me Language: A language manual for children with autism
Asperger Meets Girl: Happy Endings for Asperger Boys
Not Stupid
Asperger syndrome and social relationships
Autistics' Guide to Dating
Guiding your teenager with special needs through the transition from school to adult life
Love, sex and long-term relationships:  What people with Asperger syndrome really
really want
Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments
Complimentary Childcare – Autism, Behavioural Problems and Dyslexia (DVD)
Teach Me Language – A Language Manual for Children with Autism
What is Asperger Syndrome and How Will it Affect Me?
I am Special – introducing children and young people to their autistic spectrum disorder
Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Understanding Sensory Dysfunction
Taking Care of Myself – A Hygiene Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People
 with Autism
Groupwork for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Feelings Artbook
Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, ADD and Other
Learning Disabilities
Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew
Looking After Louis
Autistic Planet
Connections CD and booklet
Learning to Become Socially Talented Children
ADHD – Living Without Breaks

Specific diagnoses

Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down syndrome
How to Understand and Support Children with Hearing Difficulties
An Introduction to Angelman syndrome (DVD)
Children with Complex and Continuing Health Needs the Experiences of Children, Families and Care Staff
What to do when your brain gets stuck: a kid's guide to overcoming OCD
Touch and Go Joe – An adolescent's experience of OCD
Washing my Life Away
Can't Play, Won't Play – simply sizzling ideas to get the ball rolling for children with dyspraxia
Understanding Motor Skills in Children with Dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism, and other learning disabilities – a guide to improving coordination
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: a book for kids about ADHD
Everything a child needs to know about ADHD
The Kid-friendly ADHD and Autism Cookbook: the ultimate guide to the gluten-free
milk-free diet
What is Dyslexia? – A Book Explaining Dyslexia for Kids and Adults to Use Together
Dyslexia and ADHD The Miracle Cure
Upside-Down Kids – Helping  Dyslexia Children Understand Themselves and Their Disorder
Teaching Motor Skills to Children with Cerebral Palsy
Jack and the Disorganised Dragon
Dance 21 Dance Group DVD

Makaton

Makaton – Nursery Rhymes (DVD)
Something Special Nursery Rhymes (DVD)
Something Special Big People Little People (DVD)
Makaton – Food & Drink Book of Signs

Teaching Assistants

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to ADHD
The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Dyspraxia
The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Dyslexia