Special Education category: 3739 books
Beating Dyspraxia with a Hop, Skip and a Jump
A Simple Exercise Program to Improve Motor Skills at Home and School Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Geoff Platt's exercise program, tailored to help children with dyspraxia to overcome their symptoms, enjoy physical activities, and become as active as their friends and classmates, is now proven to be even more effective. This revised edition outlines the fun and easy-to-teach program, which focuses...
Bold Moves for Schools
How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
What will it take to create truly contemporary learning environments that meet the demands of 21st-century society, engage learners, and produce graduates who are prepared to succeed in the world? What skills and capacities do teachers and leaders need to create and sustain such schools? What actions...
Understanding, Developing, and Writing Effective IEPs
A Step-by-Step Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2007
Written by legal and education experts and aligned with the reauthorization of IDEA 2004, this practical resource provides a step-by-step plan for creating, writing, and evaluating IEPs.
A Silent Cheer
Against the Odds
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Hearing is one of our most precious senses. It allows us to communicate with family and friends and keeps us in contact with the sounds of life that surround us twenty-four hours a day. Unfortunately, most of us dont realize how important this sense is until hearing problems begin to affect our daily...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (revised)
The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Newly revised and updated, this award-winning guide covers every aspect of understanding and living with autism today
Comprehensive and authoritative, Autism Spectrum Disorders explains all aspects of the condition, and is written for parents, educators, caregivers, and others looking for accurate...
Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Research-Based Principles and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive description of the theory and research supporting current practices in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, this interdisciplinary text shows how the existing knowledge base can be used to explore promising new possibilities related to the field’s...
Gamify Your Classroom
A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This book is a field guide on how to implement game-based learning and «gamification» techniques to the everyday teaching. It is a survey of best practices aggregated from interviews with experts in the field, including: James Paul Gee (Author, What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and...
Peak Performance for Smart Kids
Strategies and Tips for Ensuring School Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Peak Performance for Smart Kids provides success strategies, activities, tools, real-life examples, and checklists for parents to employ to help their kids achieve to their highest potential. Even the most talented child will not succeed if he or she has not developed the mental, psychological, and...
Teaching and Learning Difficulties (2nd ed.)
A Cross-Curricular Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Teaching and Learning Difficulties provides guidance on teaching students that encounter difficulties in a number of learning areas, including science, social studies, history, geography and environmental education. Using a cross-curricular perspective, it explores multiple teacher-directed and student-centred...
The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan
A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing—and what you can do so that he or she will thrive
More than thirty million people in the United States are dyslexic—a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a “learning disability” or “learning...
Made for Good Purpose
What Every Parent Needs to Know to Help Their Adolescent with Asperger's, High Functioning Autism or a Learning Difference Become an Independent Adult
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2012
Many teenagers with Asperger's Syndrome leave school feeling unsure of how to take the next steps in their lives. Leaving the comforts of home and facing the unknown can be daunting, but with the right support and advice these young adults can adapt and enjoy their newly-acquired independence.
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Helping Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Express their Thoughts and Knowledge in Writing
Tips and Exercises for Developing Writing Skills
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
When it comes to academic work, students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have the required knowledge but struggle to get their thoughts down in writing. This is a practical guide to teaching and improving writing skills in students with ASD to meet academic writing standards and prepare for...
Autism and Everyday Executive Function
A Strengths-Based Approach for Improving Attention, Memory, Organization and Flexibility
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Understand and support executive function in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with this fully-explained, innovative model. Showing how to use an individual's strengths to address executive functioning weaknesses, this approach will also help to build a strong foundation for social and...
by Sue Hadfield, Gill Hasson
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Take control and lead the life you want to live.
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Do you say yes when you mean no?
Do you avoid conflict and confrontation?
Do you struggle to make decisions?
What if you could confidently answer no to all of these questions? With How to be Assertive...