Mentally Handicapped category: 150 books

When students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) engage in challenging behavior, how can teachers best respond? This practical guidebook shows you how to address ten of the most common classroom behavior challenges—from following directions to handling transitions—with skill, insight, and compassion. You'll...

Strategies for Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disabilities** **is a  textbook for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in special and general education teacher preparation programs (as well as practicing professionals)  offering a solid, research based text on instructional...

Developed by leading experts in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, the all-new AAP Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics gives one place to turn for expert recommendations to deliver, coordinate, and/or monitor quality developmental/behavioral care within the medical home. The one resource...

Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom is a core textbook that integrates knowledge and practice from the fields of disability studies and special education. The second edition has been fully revised and updated throughout to include stronger connections between race, class, sexual orientation,...

Bev was an intellectually disabled little girl born at a time when such children were hidden away, many of them in state-run facilities constructed to house people that conventional society considered defective.  At the age of nine she was sent to one of the worst such institutions in the United States...

Key social and emotional milestones during adolescence are often directly related to the abilities to initiate and maintain intimate relationships, maintain physically maturing bodies, and manage personal sexuality. Most adolescents with developmental disabilities have particular difficulty expressing...

Produced in conjunction with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), Australia’s largest provider of services with people on the autism spectrum, this new text explores the experiences, needs and aspirations of adults on the spectrum. The volume utilises the structure of a recent survey (the only one...

To ensure the best outcomes for students with moderate and severe disabilities, K–12 educators need to understand what constitutes good instructional practices and how to apply them in any classroom, with any curriculum. All the how-to guidance they need is in this accessible text on systematic...

Completely revised and updated in light of the new SEND 2014 Code of Practice, this new edition supports teachers in making good provision for children and young people with a range of co-ordination difficulties. Offering practical tips and strategies on how to meet the needs of children and...

Pediatrician Jeanie McAfee originally created this user-friendly social curriculum for her daughter Rachel, who was diagnosed with Asperger's at age ten. Since then, it has become a staple for parents and educators. It addresses the most urgent problems facing those with Asperger's Syndrome, high-functioning...

“Inspiring, encouraging, and a few surprises. Challenged is a well-written story that makes you laugh, cry and reflect on the “good old days” and the many positive changes in our field over the past 30 years. Steve Grieger has seen it all... Sharing his successes and challenges of everyday life!”...

This completely revised edition is an easy to use resource for teachers, TAs and SENCOs concerned about behavioural issues in the classroom. It will support school staff in their approach to a range of behavioural issues, through a range of tried-and-tested strategies, including: How to create...

I rapporti tra insegnante e allievo sono un terreno sotto il quale corrono fiumi carsici di messaggi affettivi inconsci. Il volume, esplorando i codici affettivi materno e paterno che si esprimono nella funzione docente, propone metodologie per l’elaborazione del burnout e la risoluzione dei conflitti educativi che generano impasse.

Cosa possono raccontare delle storie di quotidiana disabilità? Dipende da cosa ci si aspetta di trovare. Solo lacrime, disperazione o rassegnazione? No, non in questo libro. Raccontano determinazione, rabbia, fede e forza indicibile; raccontano i sorrisi di bambini che non sono sventure, di madri...