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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 suggestions for addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The authors present ways to advocate for gifted education; help gifted...
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Winner of an iParenting Media Award and Finalist in the 2006 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards! Ellen Notbohm's first book, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, was a shot heard throughout the worldwide autism community. Now, for the teacher in all of us comes Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew. The unique perspective of a child's voice is back to help us understand the thinking patterns that guide their actions, shape...
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La Universidad Autónoma de Occidente configuró, en su Proyecto Educativo Institucional- PEI (2011), los elementos de su modelo educativo: el desarrollo de competencias como propósito de la formación integral, el currículo como selección intencional de la cultura y del conocimiento, y los lineamientos pedagógicos para la formación. En este último, se describen las apuestas sobre el aprendizaje, la enseñanza y la mediación pedagógica y se...
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Transcript of 1982 Seminar - Miracles of Child Development, A Guide to Child Development; For anyone wanting to better understand how the brain really works in relation to development, learning, and function, this amazing seminar is essential. It discusses learning, brain development, and overall function in relation to people of all abilities and ages (children or adults). Robert J. Doman, Jr., Founder of The National Association for Child Development...
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In this elegant approach to the often-elusive subject of sensory integration, Carol Kranowitz, M.A. (author of the best-selling book The Out-of-Sync Child) and expert occupational therapists Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L, Lynn Balzer-Martin, PhD, OTR, Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Elizabeth Haber, MS, OTR/L, and Deanna Iris Sava, MS, OTR/L, have assembled an extensive and easy-to-use set of checklists and other tools that will be invaluable to every...
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Pour aider les intervenants actuels et futurs ainsi que les parents dans leur rle d'éducateur, l'auteure présente une démarche d'enseignement-apprentissage développée pour répondre directement aux besoins des jeunes présentant une déficience intellectuelle ou des difficultés à apprendre. Celle-ci prend en considération les processus cognitifs impliqués dans l'apprentissage ainsi que la dimension émotionnelle qui influencent l'actualisation...
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Bullying of a child in school isn't always the act of a student. Parents of special needs children should be able to send their loved ones to school thinking that their child will be safe, educated and cared for by individuals that are adequately trained and willing to always do their jobs in an appropriate manner; unfortunately, that is not always the case. After nearly a decade of working in schools that service special needs children and witnessing...
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Josh only wanted to be normal. He didn't want his classmates to laugh, or stare at him because he used a voice output device or was unable to talk. What would it take for them to understand that he was NORMAL just like them. Little did Josh know, this school year would be totally different than the others.
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The Ordinariness of Impairment is a book that dives into the current system, focusing on the reality of struggling with local authorities. But along the way, author Janet O'Keefe creates a sense of purpose, putting together action items for parents. Instead of focusing on what parents cannot do, she inspires parents with stories of success. In addition, there are action points that can help parents know where to go next, especially when they are feeling...
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Autism? There's an app for that! Actually, there are more than 200 apps for autism, and this book will guide you through them so you can confidently utilize today's technology to maximize your child or student's success! Speech Language Pathologist Lois Jean Brady wrote this book in order to educate parents, teachers, and other professionals about the breakthrough method she calls "iTherapy"-which is the use of Apple products (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)...
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Tous les professionnels de l'éducation désireux d'amorcer un projet de changement dans leur institution seront intéressés par cet ouvrage qui présente les résultats d'une recherche-action de cinq ans ayant abouti à l'élaboration du Modèle dynamique de changement accompagné en contexte scolaire pour le bien-être et la réussite de tous.
12) Teaching a Child with Special Needs at Home and at School: Strategies and Tools That Really Work!
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Have you been searching for help as you try to teach a struggling learner? This is the book you have been looking for! Judi Munday draws from what she has learned in 30 years of teaching exceptional students and shares that practical knowledge with you in Teaching a Child with Special Needs at Home and at School: Strategies and Tools that Really Work! This is a highly readable and helpful guide for anyone who teaches a child with learning disabilities...
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This book shows how to use yoga to bring calm and focus (and exercise!) to kids with special needs. Childhood is a time filled with new motor challenges and hurdles; and this is doubly true for kids with autism and other special needs. The motor challenges kids face require strength, coordination, and the ability to focus and attend. Yoga can help kids with these challenges as it can strengthen their bodies while calming. This book demonstrates how...
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This book is a must-read for administrators, teachers, professors, policy-makers, parents, and school district leaders across the country. Interventions can take several forms, but successful interventions come from creating a strategic plan based on observations with fidelity. To be successful, you must have a successful leader that is humble enough to follow their subordinates when needed. This book breaks down the characteristics of transformational...
15) 180 Days
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Have you emotionally suffered through sabotage and administrative loopholes in your place of employment, which resulted in wrongful discharge? Crystal E. Emerson has written an extraordinary and poignant documentation of truth. She has experienced the unethical behavior of administrators and other professionals while working in a public school district in the state of Pennsylvania. During the 20032004 academic year, Crystal experienced divided professional...
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Mary Ann Puckett's book is a must read for anyone who is dealing with autism. Readers who would benefit from this book would not only be parents and caregivers, but also teachers, doctors, nurses, therapists, and the general public. For over three and a half decades Mary Ann has faced many challenging situations in an attempt to get help for her son. In her book she shares very heartwarming stories as well as some of the horrific hardships her son...
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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 is their guide for program planning. The concepts in this workbook are simplified but thorough and universal enough to assist most students with disabilities...
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Help educators transform schools into organizations that take proactive steps to prevent failure and ensure success. Using a research-based five-level hierarchy for high reliability, K 12 school leaders will learn to assess, monitor, and confirm the effectiveness of their school and students' success. Each chapter highlights a single level of the hierarchy and clarifies what actions educators should take at each level to increase their school's effectiveness....
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For 35 years Laura Fogg has worked with blind children and their families, traveling throughout beautiful and sometimes treacherous Mendocino County, using her car as an office and her abundant creativity as her main teaching tool. In her remarkable memoir, Traveling Blind: Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers, Fogg describes the challenges and delights in her life's work while portraying blindness as a condition that can be difficult and inconvenient...
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This is a complete step-by-step guide for conducting a 1-2 day workshop on how to work with people with disabilities. The book includes information on better understanding, communicating, and working with anyone with a disability, along with a series of simulations and games to offer a hands-on experience that will provide opportunities for reflection and discussion. It additionally includes a PowerPoint presentation. The program is designed especially...
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