Special Education category: 3739 books
Shifting the Dialog, Shifting the Culture
Pathways to Successful Postsecondary Outcomes for Deaf Individuals
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
In this volume, Stephanie W. Cawthon and Carrie Lou Garberoglio discuss the individual and systemic factors that both facilitate and inhibit the attainment of postsecondary education, training, and career goals for deaf individuals. Real-life examples and current research are combined in this consideration...
by Julie Causton-Theoharis Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
What does a great paraprofessional need to know and do? Find out in this handy survival guide, equally useful for the brand-new paraprofessional or the 20-year classroom veteran. Packed with friendly guidance, practical tips, and relatable first-person stories, this book reveals the best ways to provide...
Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy
An Implementation Guide for School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Literacy lies at the heart of student understanding and achievement. Yet too many educators mistakenly assume that the reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills that students developed in elementary school are sufficient for the sophisticated learning tasks they face in middle and high school....
Educación imaginativa
Una aproximación a Kieran Egan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 14, 2018
¿Cómo hacemos que el conocimiento que enseñamos sea significativo? ¿De qué sirve la información en Internet si no tenemos una manera de recordarla? Si queremos resolver este problema, o al menos tener la oportunidad de enfrentarnos a él, necesitamos re-imaginar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje...
When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers
How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Gifted kids are so much more than test scores and grades. Still, it’s sometimes difficult to see past the potential to the child who may be anxious, lonely, confused, or unsure of what the future might bring. This book, now fully revised with updated information and new survey quotes, offers practical...
Beyond Knowledge
Extracognitive Aspects of Developing High Ability
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
Some aspects of giftedness and creativity cannot be explained by cognitive, developmental, personality, or social approaches considered in isolation. At the intersection of these approaches is something invisible, deeply hidden, but at the same time very important--the extracognitive facets of high...
Educating Learners with Down Syndrome
Research, theory, and practice with children and adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
For individuals with Down syndrome, the extent of the effect of intellectual disability depends largely on the degree of provision of appropriate support and intervention. In Educating Learners with Down Syndrome, editors Rhonda Faragher and Barbara Clarke have brought together a number of expert...
Assessing Multilingual Children
Disentangling Bilingualism from Language Impairment
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language assessment and education have only limited diagnostic instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant children from those who...
by Shannon Green, Dr. Gavin Reid
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Making your lessons fun, engaging and effective for all learners, including those with dyslexia, can be challenging and you can soon run out of ideas. This book offers 100 practical, ready-to-use activities to help all primary teachers with their every day lesson planning.
The tried-and-tested...
Second Language Students in English-Medium Classrooms
A Guide for Teachers in International Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Second Language Students in English-Medium Classrooms offers a real-life practical guide to teachers that will enable them to serve students from many linguistic and cultural backgrounds effectively. Written in an accessible manner it includes numerous exemplary strategies and resources as well as...
Teaching Gifted Children
Success Strategies for Teaching High-Ability Learners
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
From the pages of Teaching for High Potential, a quarterly publication of the National Association for Gifted Children, this collection of articles is sure to be of use to any educator of high-ability students. Topics included range from instructional methods across all content areas, including tips...
by Debbie Roby, M.Ed., Annie Rivera
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Accessible College
A Guide to Transition Students with Disability from High School to College
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Accessible College: A Guide to Transition students with disability from High School to College will guide students, parents, teachers, advisors and administrators, and community members as they begin planning for academic accommodations at the collegiate level. Use the checklists for students as this...
20 Minute Phonemic Training for Dyslexia, Auditory Processing, and Spelling
A Complete Resource for Speech Pathologists, Intervention Specialists, and Reading Tutors
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
20 Minute Phonemic Training for Dyslexia, Auditory Processing, and Spelling presents a complete, systematic process for addressing phonemic and phonic training. 20 Minute Phonemic Training for Dyslexia, Auditory Processing, and Spelling includes: Informal Assessment Directions for implementation Strategies...