Usborne Books for Special Needs Children

Autism Spectrum Disorders
ADD/ADHD
Speech Language Therapy

Usborne books have been developed with special need children in mind to help children of all ages and abilities develop important literacy, life and kinesthetic skills.

Formats, text and illustrative styles are carefully considered in order to appeal and engage a multi-leveled readership and to support and complement key development areas.

This section focus is on the outstanding features of Usborne Books that make them essential for children with special needs:

• Realistic Talk-About Illustrations - filled with action and detail.
• Interactive - this important feature of Usborne books encourages communication and participation in the reading experience.
• Step-by-step - all Usborne activity books and cards have step-by-step instructions and illustrations. This breaks the project down into parts so that it's not overwhelming, and leads to increased understanding.
• Problem-solving tasks - many Usborne books, such as the lift-the-flap books, puzzle adventure books, and slot books, encourage problem-solving skills at many levels.
• Text in Bite-size chunks - the information in Usborne Books is arranged on the page in manageable bite-sized pieces, to increase attention, understanding, and comprehension.
• Multi-functional - the books are applicable to a wide range of students for a variety of goals.
• High quality- Usborne books are durable and inexpensive. They are made to last, with sturdy bindings and acid-free pages.