Learning Disabled category: 563 books
Working with Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom
An Insider’s Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Having an array of effective strategies at your fingertips and understanding exactly why they work makes supporting children with Asperger Syndrome in the classroom a whole lot easier. This accessible, short and snappy guide to the basics will provide busy teachers and teaching assistants with everything...
Pediatric Neuropsychology, Second Edition
Research, Theory, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
The most comprehensive, authoritative reference of its kind, this acclaimed work examines a wide range of acquired, congenital, and developmental brain disorders and their impact on children’s neuropsychological functioning. Leading experts present state-of-the-art knowledge about how each condition...
Passing the Special Education TExES Exam
Keys to Certification and Exceptional Learners
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Gain confidence, lower stress, and raise your TExES exam scores!
In this artful guide, TExES test prep veteran Elaine Wilmore breaks down the EC-12 and Supplemental special education test so you can feel calm and confident on test day. Built on her successful test-prep training seminars,...
Teaching Literacy to Students With Significant Disabilities
Strategies for the K-12 Inclusive Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Break down the barriers to successful literacy instruction and empower students with special needs with these insightful tips, tools, and examples.
Incorporating Social Goals in the Classroom
A Guide for Teachers and Parents of Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
This book provides practical, hands-on strategies to teach social skills to children with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. It includes a detailed description of the social deficits of these children as they appear in the classroom - difficulties with such things as understanding idioms,...
Making ADHD a Gift
Teaching Superman How to Fly
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Making ADHD a Gift explains, in everyday language, what ADHD is, how it is diagnosed, and how this condition can affect people throughout their lifetime. It also outlines methods of developing and assessing teaching strategies that can help individuals with ADHD both at home and at school. Unlike...
Teaching Exceptional Children
Foundations and Best Practices in Inclusive Early Childhood Education Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Teaching Exceptional Children is an ideal textbook for introductory graduate and undergraduate courses on early childhood special education and teaching in inclusive classrooms. Bayat’s clear and accessible writing, a visually appealing design, and focused pedagogy in each chapter help make it...
Special Education in Contemporary Society
An Introduction to Exceptionality
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
2015 Recipient of the Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)
The Sixth Edition of Richard Gargiulo’s well-respected Special Education in Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Exceptionality offers a comprehensive, engaging, and easy-to-read...
Intellectual Disability
Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities.
Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychological, philosophical, and educational...
10 Essential Instructional Elements for Students With Reading Difficulties
A Brain-Friendly Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Brain-friendly strategies to help all students become lifelong readers
This book is the definitive resource on how the brain creates meaning from print. Drawing from five key areas of neurocognitive research, Andrew Johnson provides a ten-point teaching strategy that encompasses vocabulary,...
The Many Faces of Special Educators
Their Unique Talents in Working with Students with Special Needs and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Those who enter the special education profession should be recognized as positive contributors to society. This book celebrates the many talents of special educators and how those talents are utilized throughout all facets of life. It provides an excellent view of the positive dispositions of special...
Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education
Policy, Research, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
The Handbook of Arts Education and Special Education brings together, for the first time in a single reference volume, policy, research, and practices in special education and arts education synthesized to inform stakeholders across a broad spectrum of education. This handbook encompasses arts education...
Nature and Needs of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Severe Disabilities
A Resource for Preparation Programs and Caregivers
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
The book will focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Severe Disabilities (ASD/SD). Its purpose is to discuss the enhancement of the pedagogical skills of special education teachers who work specifically with students on the autism spectrum and have concurrent, significant intellectual disabilities....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2004
Misconceptions about the connection between creativity and giftedness are discussed, as well as how to nurture creativity in students.