The Best I Can Be: Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Effects (Revised) (Mom's Choice Awards Recipient) (Paperback)

by Jodee Kulp (Author), Liz Kulp (Author) "Like so many stories, this story began long ago on another fall day when life for our family was very different..." (more)
Key Phrases: prenatal alcohol exposure, Truth Counsel, Robert Doman, The Ten Commandments (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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"Finally help to understand the kid who has to struggle and provides insights so adults can make a difference." -- Greg Olson, President, Critters & Company

"This book has given me new understanding about kids who misbehave." -- Joyce Russell, February 2000

"Finally help to understand the kid who has to struggle and provides insights so adults can make a difference." -- Greg Olson, President, Critters & Company<br /><br />"This book has given me new understanding about kids who misbehave." -- Joyce Russell, February 2000<br /><br />Please thank Liz for us. She helped us help Donald. --Laura Chapman, parent of child with FASD

Please thank Liz for us. She helped us help Donald. -- Laura Chapman, parent of child with FASD

The Best I Can be by Liz Kulp and Jodee Kulp is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award for Best Young Contributing Author. The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom s Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book/product has been honored by this distinguished award. --Mom's Choice Awards

Product Description
A young teen with Fetal Alcohol Effects challenges the world to peer inside her life and brain. Through her own writings the reader is taken on a life changing journey that will impact their thinking about how to help and understand children with brain damage due to Fetal Alcohol.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: Better Endings New Beginnings (March 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096370723X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963707239
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #343,873 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible resource on FAS, from a family's perspective, May 2, 2001

By	Laura S. Heiman (Northfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book tells the story of a girl who suffers from FAS, and her journey with her adoptive parents towards education and independence. One of the best handbooks I've read on the subject; short, but packed with information, thorough lists of resources, homeschool supplies that worked, etc., and, most valuable of all, a family's perspective on the trials and successes of dealing with this syndrome. Liz, the daughter, was adopted soon after birth, and couldn't stand being touched until nearly her 10th year. Her parents homeschooled her from fourth grade on, after finding that the schools couldn't really give their daughter the help she needed. There are segments written by Liz throughout the book, written in her own hand, about her struggles, difficulties, and successes. This book is hard to find in libraries, but it is, in its own way, as important and valuable as Streissguth's books, and far more immediate and touching. Read this!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If we only saw this book sooner, October 1, 2004

By	boo boo (philadelphia,pa) - See all my reviews

Your book was the missing piece of information for our adopted daughter who's birthmom is an alcoholic. As a nurse and a doctor we were unable to find what was wrong with our daughter-no other professionals we took her to knew what was wrong. Every thing written in this book could have been written about our daughter and if we had gotten this information sooner we would have had a different point of view for her behavior and learning problems. We were not taught about FAS/FAE in nursing/medical school. This information needs to be learned at that level in order to assist with an early diagnosis and life planning for the child to avoid what we went through- 15 different schools in 10 years.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for parents who adopt and for professionals who work with kids, February 27, 2006

By	Jane Hinrichs "Spirit-led author and artist" (Blunt, SD United States) - See all my reviews

This book is fantastic! It explains Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effects, and gives the reader understanding and tools to use to work with people who have FAS/E and also how to love and accept them and appreciate them as they are. I have an adopted son with FAE and when I first realized he had this I was very discouraged because all I had heard about FAS/E was so negative. I didn't know if I would be successful being the mom he needed me to be. This book gave me such insight. It also showed me that some of what I have dealt with with my son is normal and it is okay. It is a book that celebrates life in all its forms -- even the challenging form FAS/E creates. Thank you to Liz and Jodee Kulp for sharing their life with us.