Special Education category: 3739 books
A Comprehensive Guide To Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults
Research, Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This groundbreaking volume, written by pioneering clinicians and researchers firmly convinced of the neurobiological underpinnings of ADD in adults, is the first to provide broad coverage of this burgeoning field. Written for professionals who diagnose and treat adults with ADD, it provides information...
Developing Cross-Cultural Competence
A Guide for Working with Children and Their Families, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
As the U.S. population grows more and more diverse, how can professionals who work with young children and families deliver the best services while honoring different customs, beliefs, and values? The answers are in the fourth edition of this bestselling textbook, fully revised to reflect nearly a...
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., Tracy Cross
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Social-Emotional Curriculum With Gifted and Talented Students provides a thorough introduction to methods for developing social-emotional curricula for use with gifted and talented learners in the school setting. Educational Resource
The Pedagogy of Pathologization
Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
WINNER OF THE 2018 NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION ALISON PIEPMEIER BOOK PRIZE
Linking powerful first-person narratives with structural analysis, The Pedagogy of Pathologization explores the construction of criminal identities in schools via the intersections of race, disability, and gender....
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The newly updated "Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners" provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge design techniques and aligns the core content...
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,...
by Leigh A. Bortins
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught in school. Today, many children graduate without this essential knowledge. Most curricula today follow a haphazard sampling of topics with...
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...
by Sara de Freitas
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This book examines the implications of computer-generated learning for curriculum design, epistemology, and pedagogy, exploring the ways these technologies transform the relationship between knowledge and learning, and between teachers and students. It argues that these technologies and practices...
Crafting Critical Stories
Toward Pedagogies and Methodologies of Collaboration, Inclusion, and Voice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Critical storytelling, a rich form of culturally relevant, critical pedagogy, has gained great urgency in a world of standardization. Crafting Critical Stories asks how social justice scholars and educators narrate, craft, and explore critical stories as a tool for culturally relevant, critical pedagogy....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
The trusted core disability textbook gets a comprehensive update in this second edition, now thoroughly revised to include all the critical topics today's professionals need to know about as they work with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Brought to you by a new team of...
Serving Visual-Spatial Learners
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
High spatial ability is necessary in many fields, particularly in the visual and performing arts and in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). "Serving Visual-Spatial Learners" seeks to offer teachers, parents, and others who work with pre-KĀgrade 12 students a variety of means...
Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
This book is a research-based practical guide for educators who work with students whose linguistic and cultural background is different from their own. Illustrated with many practical examples of classroom activities, projects, and teaching strategies, the book is also an introduction to immigrant...
by Donna Ford
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Much has changed (and stayed the same) since the first edition of "Reversing Underachievement Among Gifted Black Students" was published in 1996. Although our nation and schools have changed racially and culturally, with more Black, Hispanic, and Asian students than ever before, our gifted...