Special Education category: 3739 books
Mad Random
Claiming Life Out of Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
REVISED SECOND EDITION: Mad Random: Claiming Life Out Of Chaos chronicles one family's struggle to find normalcy while raising a son with severe emotional disabilities. Brutally honest, yet laugh out loud funny, this book shines a light on the anxiety, heartbreak and rage experienced by thousands...
Beyond Nature-Nurture
Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates is a very special tribute to the University of California at San Diego psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist Elizabeth Ann Bates, who died on December 14, 2003 from pancreatic cancer. Liz was a force of nature;...
Educating Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Psychologists
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
According to the CDC, one in fifty American children is diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder. This means more school-aged children are entering classrooms with ASDs and teachers are being called upon to help facilitate their learning. Educating Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders...
Snapshots of Richard
Living with Autism
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Not your typical book on autism, Snapshots of Richard captures the essence of observing a child with autism grow into adulthood. Author and mother of Richard, Jennifer Brown offers sketches of life with Richard from the time he is first diagnosed to his transition to semi-independence. Readers will...
Replays
Using Play to Enhance Emotional and Behavioural Development for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
Replays addresses the challenging behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders through interactive symbolic play. It shows parents and professionals how to help children access their emotions, whether the child is verbal or not, cognitively able or impaired, even-tempered or volatile. The...
Deaf-Blind Infants and Children
A Developmental Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1993
This is a comprehensive reference guide for teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals working or living with children who are both deaf and blind. It provides day-to-day guidance and suggestions about techniques and methods for assessing children with multi-sensory deprivation, and for devising programs to help them cope.
Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities
A Path to Pride and Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
How can you empower students with invisible disabilities to manage their challenges, accept and advocate for themselves, and reach their goals and dreams? This guidebook has inspiring and informative answers. Told with the authentic voices of adults with hidden disabilities, this encouraging, eye-opening...
Moving On
Supporting Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Engaging Learners with Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
A resource book for teachers and teaching assistants
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Children and young people with Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (CLDD) have co-existing and overlapping conditions which can manifest in complex learning patterns, extreme behaviours and a range of socio-medical needs which are new and unfamiliar to many educators. Their combination...
by Lynda Gore
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
The Full Flight series of reading books are for children and young adults aged 8 to 14 and over who are struggling to read. Each book has been carefully written for those with a reading age of approximately 7 to 8, but are packed full of adventure and brilliant illustrations to really grab the reader...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
An Essential Guide to Hearing and Balance Disorders consolidates the most significant clinical aspects of hearing and balance disorders, ranging from cause and diagnosis to treatment and cure. Experts in various subspecialties of this extensive topic introduce readers to the most sophisticated and...
by Frank M. Gresham, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book reviews evidence-based, multi-tiered practices for promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) with typically developing students as well as those with special needs. Leading authority Frank M. Gresham, codeveloper of the Social Skills Improvement System--Rating Scales, describes how to systematically...
by Maha Juffali-Ghandour
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2015
In the 1980s, children with intellectual disabilities needed special services that were unavailable in either hospitals or regular school settings. Mainstreaming and inclusion were still ideas of the future. To address this matter, the Help Center was established in 1985. It is the first private philanthropic...
Early Communication Skills
Early Communication Skills 3e
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
'Early Communication Skills' has been a popular and widely used publication since becoming available in 1991. Now in its third edition, the resource retains its original approach to communication, providing a source of fresh educational and therapeutic ideas for pre-school children. Special features:...