Kathy's Bookshelf

An exploration of achievement pressure and the importance of helping kids feel they matter beyond grades, trophies, and performance.

A functional medicine reference presenting the author's approach to understanding PANS/PANDAS and integrated care.

A short book of questions and answers offering Naoki Higashida's perspective on autism, originally written when he was thirteen.

A guide to understanding teens' intense emotions and helping them handle difficult feelings as they grow.

A look at how our beliefs about ability shape the way we approach learning, mistakes, and challenges.

A funny, honest look at ADHD, including its strengths, challenges, and the messy work of managing everyday life.

A guide for adults with ARFID that explains restricted eating and offers recovery stories and structured approaches; I also find it useful for understanding extreme picky eating as a parent.

A short, practical guide to using observations and wondering aloud to help kids feel competent, connected, and able to think for themselves.

A collection of essays and writing prompts about journaling, creativity, and making sense of life's experiences.

A look at middle school's social and emotional upheaval, and how adults can better understand and support kids through it.

A practical guide to connecting with, motivating, and supporting your teen, with reflection questions that help you apply the ideas to your own family.

A practical special education survival guide covering advocacy, records, evaluations, communication, and understanding the legal framework.

A parent guide to SPACE, a structured approach to supporting children with anxiety and OCD through changes in parents' responses.

A look at ADHD's strengths and challenges, with research and practical ideas for connection, routines, exercise, and everyday support.

A history of autism that helps explain how we arrived at today's understanding of neurodiversity—and whose experiences and needs have been overlooked.

A guide to parenting neurodivergent children that asks us to examine ableism, belonging, and the pressure to conform.

A practical guide to important conversations before high school, with scripts, timing, and a framework for keeping communication open.

A framework for understanding four modes of learning—resister, passenger, achiever, and explorer—and helping teens reconnect with curiosity and purpose.

An exploration of how trauma can affect the body and nervous system, and of approaches to recovery.

A practical guide to building good habits and changing unhelpful ones through small, consistent steps.

A foundational guide to understanding what’s happening in your child’s brain and responding in ways that build connection, regulation, and resilience.

A look at how stress affects behavior and self-regulation, from infancy through the teen years, with a framework for understanding what's happening for our kids and for us.