Prufrock Press imprint: 199 books
Science Dictionary for Kids
The Essential Guide to Science Terms, Concepts, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Packed with more than 350 illustrated science definitions that every child must know...this is the ultimate science homework helper!
Science Dictionary for Kids provides hundreds of science terms with kid-friendly definitions and illustrations, perfect for any teacher of science or parent helping...
by Doug and Robin Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Inside secrets from two parents who put their five kids through college for next to nothing! With tough economic times, paying for a child's education is harder than ever. Free College Resource Book takes students and parents through the process of weighing options for college funding, including scholarship...
by Joyce Keohane, Sue Argiro, Wendy Ashcroft
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Success Strategies for Teaching Kids with Autism – Wendy Ashcroft, PhD, Sue Argiro, Joyce Keohane
The perfect handbook for any teacher looking for proven solutions for helping children with autism succeed
Although an abundance of research exists on working with students with autism,...
High-Tech Teaching Success!
A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
An easy-to-use guide to implementing the most exciting technologies to energize any classroom, High-Tech Teaching Success! A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in Your Classroom gives classroom teachers exactly what they're looking for: advice from technology education experts on how...
Parenting Gifted Kids
Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Gifted Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Children provides a humorous, engaging, and encouraging look at raising gifted children today. James R. Delisle, Ph.D., offers practical, down-to-earth advice that will cause parents to reexamine the ways they perceive and relate to their...
by Kristen Stephens, Ph.D., Frances Karnes
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Motivating gifted students can present a challenge for any teacher. This book is packed with strategies and helpful tips to help you motivate your gifted learners. The authors offer specific ideas for making sure that the gifted children in your classroom stay engaged and excited about learning.
Although...
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Kristen Stephens, Frances Karnes
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Acceleration, or the idea that gifted students should be allowed to move more quickly through a subject area, is a practice supported by a wide body of research. However, it can be a challenge to implement. This book focuses on multiple strategies for accelerating gifted children in any school setting.
In...
by Kristen Stephens, Frances Karnes, Susan Johnsen
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Independent study is one of the most frequently recommended instructional strategies for differentiating and individualizing instruction for gifted students. When compared to learning styles of more average students, gifted students like instructional strategies that emphasize independence such as...
Raising Boys With ADHD
Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Written by two professionals who have "been there and done that" with their own sons with ADHD, "Raising Boys With ADHD" empowers parents to help their sons with ADHD find success in school and beyond. The book covers topics not often found in other parenting guides such as the...
Exploring Critical Issues in Gifted Education
A Case Studies Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Although the best way to provide professional development for educators is through field experiences and hands-on practice, it is not always easy or even possible to organize such encounters, especially in the field of gifted education. In order to better prepare educators to work with gifted and...
Identifying Gifted Students
A Step-by-Step Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
This publication provides directors and coordinators of programs for gifted and talented students with a specific step-by-step plan for developing an identification procedure in a school or school district. While the sections of this publication are laid out sequentially according to the steps, identification...
Dumbing Down America
The War on Our Nation's Brightest Young Minds (And What We Can Do to Fight Back)
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
At a time when the U.S. education system consistently lags behind its international peers, Dumbing Down America shows exactly why America can't keep up by providing a critical look at the nation's schools through the eyes of the children whose minds are languishing in countless classrooms. Filled...
by Victoria Hanley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Do you wish you had a published writer's secrets at your fingertips, ready to help you achieve your goals of publication, success, and the chance to be the next great teen writer? In Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write, Victoria Hanley, award-winning author of young adult fiction,...
The Best Summer Programs for Teens
America's Top Classes, Camps, and Courses for College-Bound Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Record numbers of teens are applying to selective universities and the competition to gain entrance into college is tougher than ever before. The Best Summer Programs for Teens 2014-2015 helps teenagers find the coolest, most exciting, and most fulfilling summer programs across the United States....