Special Education category: 3739 books
The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy
Learning and Functioning with Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Despite the wide array of services offered to students with learning disabilities, attention-deficit disorder, and a variety of comorbid conditions, large numbers of students are caught in the struggle of surviving school. Unfortunate school experiences may impact their sense of self and the degree...
Parent Partnership Services for Special Educational Needs
Celebrations and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
This book gives a clear understanding of the growth and operation of special educational needs Parent Partnership Services (PPSs). The reader will find an explanation of the broader national and legal context of PPSs, followed by contributions written by Parent Partnership Coordinators and parent...
Supporting English Learners in the Classroom
Best Practices for Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This resource offers educators evidence-based best practices to help them address the individual needs of English learners with academic challenges and those who have been referred for special education services. The authors include guidance and specific tools to help districts, schools, and classrooms...
Radical Inclusive Education
Disability, teaching and struggles for liberation
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Many people who work in education start out with enthusiastic ideals about education as a positive force that can spur change in the life of the learner and in society at large, yet find themselves frustrated with a bureaucratic system that often alienates and excludes many of its students. This is...
When the School Says No...How to Get the Yes!
Securing Special Education Services for Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
When planning a child's Individualized Education Program (IEP), it is vital that parents and educators are involved in collaborative decision making. This book offers parents of children with autism and other disabilities a unique way of approaching and tackling the problems that can arise relating...
How to Welcome, Include, and Catechize Children with Autism and Other Special Needs
A Parish-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Deacon Larry Sutton knows first-hand how important and rewarding catechizing children with developmental disabilities can be. In How to Welcome, Include, and Catechize Children with Autism and Other Special Needs, he provides bishops, pastors, DREs, and other diocesan and parish leaders with a guide...
Preparing to Include Special Children in Mainstream Schools
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Teachers in both special and mainstream schools have to be confident in their abilities to implement inclusion effectively, in order for the child to have any chance of a successful inclusive school career.
This book demonstrates how mainstream and special schools can work together in preparing...
Zusammenhänge zwischen Special Olympics Turnieren und dem Selbstwirksamkeitskonzept der Athleten
Eine exemplarische Untersuchung zu den Special Olympics National Games in Karlsruhe
Language: German
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 2,0, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (Institut für Heilpädagogik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sport ist aus unserer heutigen Gesellschaft nicht mehr wegzudenken. Dies fängt an bei der Wahl...
The Short Bus
A Journey Beyond Normal
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive
Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled with attention and behavior problems," Jonathan Mooney was...
Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Edited by the leading scholars in the field, Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education provides an overview and introduction to the growing field of disability studies in education, including the application of the interdisciplinary field of disability studies to inclusive education,...
Off the Fence
Disability Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
In 1987, when Pat Linkhorn found herself raising two daughters with special needs, she had to rely on letters to get the information she needed. These days, the process of finding information for children with disabilities is much more straightforward. In this collection of writings, Linkhorn shares...
Music for Special Kids
Musical Activities, Songs, Instruments and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Music is a powerful means of engaging children with developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. This lively music activity book shows how music can be an effective and enjoyable way to enhance the education and development of children with special...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This groundbreaking volume brings together major figures in Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore some of today’s most important issues in education. Scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as...
Inclusive Education
A Casebook and Readings for Prospective and Practicing Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Inclusive Education includes two sections: readings and cases. The readings present approaches for creating inclusive classrooms and schools; their purpose is to give prospective and practicing teachers background information in curricular, instructional, assessment, and collaborative problem-solving...