Special Education category: 3739 books
Virtual Literacies
Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and...
Right of Centre
eXperiential initiatives of action learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Target Audience: This resource book is designed to benefit experiential educators in schools, colleges, universities and organisations.
First time users: For those who have never used experiential activities, such as games, roles-plays and live simulations, this collection provides insights into the...
Thinking Critically About Environments for Young Children
Bridging Theory & Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Using a practice-based focus and a researcher lens, the contributors consider the ways in which environments for children enhance or diminish educational experiences, how social constructs about what is good for children influence environmental design, and what practitioners can do in their own work...
by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
We differentiate instruction to honor the reality of the students we teach. They are energetic and outgoing. They are quiet and curious. They are confident and self-doubting. They are interested in a thousand things and deeply immersed in a particular topic. They are academically advanced and "kids...
Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Research Design and Statistical Analysis provides comprehensive coverage of the design principles and statistical concepts necessary to make sense of real data. The book’s goal is to provide a strong conceptual foundation to enable readers to generalize concepts to new research situations. Emphasis...
Pure Genius
Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
For far too long, schools have been bastions of boredom, killers of creativity, and way too comfortable with compliance and conformity. In Pure Genius, Don Wettrick explains how collaboration—with experts, students, and other educators—can help you create interesting, and even life-changing, opportunities...
Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom
A Practical Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
A guide for helping students with weak Executive Function skills to learn efficiently and effectively
Students with weak Executive Function skills need strong support and specific strategies to help them learn in an efficient manner, demonstrate what they know, and manage the daily demands...
by Lois Letchford
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
"HE'S THE WORST CHILD I'VE SEEN IN 20 YEARS OF TEACHING."
When Lois Letchford learns her son has been diagnosed with a low IQ at the end of grade one, she refuses to give up on his future. Testing showed Nicholas had no spatial awareness, limited concentration, and could only read ten words;...
by Kym Kostos
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
My dear sweet little guy was "sunny-side up" and turned around, so I was scheduled for a C-Section on August 10, 2004 in the morning. They had estimated a few weeks too early and my son was taken to NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and hooked up to all sorts of machines and a life support machine...
Beating Dyspraxia with a Hop, Skip and a Jump
A Simple Exercise Program for Home and School
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Children with dyspraxia often have reduced motor skills including balance, timing and coordination, as well as weak muscles - something recent research suggests may be not only a symptom but a cause of the condition. It is no wonder then, that they will do everything in their power to avoid gym class!...
by Tommaso Quadrio
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Un volume indispensabile per lo studio e per il ripasso, rivolto agli studenti del primo anno della scuola secondaria di primo grado (prima media). Il testo ripercorre i principali argomenti del programma di storia attraverso domande e risposte sul modello dell'interrogazione in classe. Con collegamenti...
by Tommaso Quadrio
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Un ebook indispensabile per lo studio e per il ripasso, rivolto agli studenti del secondo anno della scuola secondaria di primo grado (seconda media). Il testo ripercorre i principali argomenti del programma di storia attraverso domande e risposte sul modello dell'interrogazione in classe. Con collegamenti...
Teaching Children with High-Functioning Autism
Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Teaching Children With High-Functioning Autism: Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom is designed to provide practical ideas and support to teachers who have students with high-functioning autism in their classroom. Children with high-functioning autism have been identified as having autism, but...
What Learning Looks Like
Mediated Learning in Theory and Practice, K-6
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this unique collaboration, the authors bring to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analyzing...