Special Education category: 3739 books
The Forgotten Room
Inside a Public Alternative School for At-Risk Youth
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Located in a rapidly-growing county in the southeastern United States, Peachtree Alternative School is a dumping ground for chronically disruptive students that regular teachers can no longer handle. The school has some of the toughest kids that society has to offer: kids who have dealt drugs, attempted...
The Learning Curve
Creating a Cultural Framework to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Why do you want to teach those kids? How can I connect with students that do not want to learn? Why challenge this group if they will never understand the content? These are three common questions asked of and by educators of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. The Learning Curve...
Dyslexia
A Practitioner's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Newly updated, Gavin Reid’s best-selling handbook remains an essential resource for those helping dyslexic individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults in the workplace.
Combines theoretical explanations, the latest research, and practical solutions with a focus on inclusion and meeting...
by Alice Wexler
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Autistic people are empirically and scientifically generalized as living in a fragmented, alternate reality, without a coherent continuous self. In Part I, this book presents recent neuropsychological research and its implications for existing theories of autism, selfhood, and identity, challenging...
Best School in the World
How students, teachers and parents have created a model that can transform Canada's public schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
There's a little-known school in Halifax that kids are excited to attend every day, right through until they graduate. It's a place where they absorb "real-world" skills, including critical thinking, and complex literacy, math and second-language abilities, so that they stick. They gather for intense,...
Martian in the Playground
Understanding the Schoolchild with Asperger's Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
`This deceptively little book contains more truth and provides more insight into what it is like to have Asperger's Syndrome than many a weighty tome on the subject. It offers a view from the inside, but it is not yet another autobiography. Admirably and refreshingly, the author has refrained from...
Educating Children with Fragile X Syndrome
A Multi-Professional View
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
What is Fragile X? The most common inherited cause of learning difficulties, affecting a child's ability to tackle key areas such as literacy and numeracy, and causing behaviour problems and social anxiety.
What can teachers do to help children with Fragile X become more effective learners?...
The Dyslexia-Friendly Teacher's Toolkit
Strategies for Teaching Students 3-18
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
"This book is a really practical, hands-on guide packed with a wealth of advice on strategies and "things to try" reflecting the authors' extensive experience. If you want to make effective, inclusive dyslexia-friendly classrooms a reality rather than an aspiration, this book is for...
Language Arts for Gifted Learners
The Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language arts is a complex subject area that includes multiple domains (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) and can be infused into many other content areas throughout the school day. Students who are gifted in any area of the language arts need consistently challenging and stimulating instruction....
The Ninth Grade Opportunity
Transforming Schools from the Bottom Up
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2009
Across the country, high school freshmen have the highest rates of failure, discipline problems, and truancy. Defined as the "make it or break it" year, ninth grade can be a trying time for teenagers learning to make their own way in the world. The Ninth Grade Opportunity provides educators...
Practical Parenting and Learning Disabilities
A Simple Guide for Teachers and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This two part guide is written in order to help parents simplify their lives as well as their children's lives. The first part is a straightforward guide to discipline that will help make everyone's lives more secure and content. It helps parents establish limits and guidelines for what their children...
Coaching pour le brevet
Comment préparer efficacement les collégiens pour réussir leur brevet
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2017
Aider les collégiens à réussir leur diplôme national du brevet grâce au coaching
Vous êtes enseignant(e) et ressentez le besoin de mettre en place une pédagogie alternative pour faire réussir vos élèves?
Vous voulez connaître des modèles de séances de coaching pour créer la confiance...
You and Guns: a Conversation
The Practicalities of Responsible Gun Ownership
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
What is lawful self-defense and when is lethal force justified? While you alone are personally responsible for yours and your familys safety, these and other pertinent questions are often clouded with conflicting information. Author, Isabella Hunter writes a lucid and unique examination on lawful...
by Monica Gribben
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
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Packed with helpful advice, checklists and templates, this book will help you improve your study skills throughout your time at university. Written in a straightforward, no-nonsense style, the guidance can be broken down into manageable...