Education / Special Education

Dyslexia and Inclusion: Classroom Approaches for Assessment, Teaching and Learning

von Gavin Reid

Now fully updated, Dyslexia and Inclusion aims to equip all teachers with the necessary knowledge of dyslexia in order to for it to be effectively understood and dealt with in the classroom.

The book is based...

Drama, Disability and Education

von Andy Kempe

What can society learn about disability through the way it is portrayed in TV, films and plays?

This insightful and accessible text explores and analyses the way disability is portrayed in drama, and how that...

Using Storytelling to Support Children and Adults with Special Needs: Transforming Lives Through Telling Tales

von Nicola Grove

This innovative and wide-ranging book shows how storytelling can open new worlds for learners with or without special educational needs. With sections that outline both therapeutic and educational approaches,...

Perfectionism and Gifted Children

von Rosemary Callard-Szulgit

During her 35 year career, Callard-Szulgit has found perfectionism to be the #1 social-emotional trait of gifted children. She has helped hundreds of students recover from its harmful effects. Perfectionism...

Differentiated Instruction: Meeting the Needs of All Students In Your Classroom

von Marcie Nordlund

Offers teachers practical and proven methods of instruction for working with a wide variety of learners in their classrooms.

Problem Solver Guide for Students with ADHD: Ready-to-Use Interventions for Elementary and Secondary Students

von Harvey C. Parker

Parents and teachers need strategies for helping children with ADHD who have problems in organization, behavior, study habits, reading, written language, and socialization. The hundreds of solutions offered...

A Smile as Big as the Moon

von Mike Kersjes & Joe Layden

Besides being a football coach at his Michigan High School, Mike

Kersjes taught special education classes, dealing with children whose disabilities included Tourette syndrome, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia, eating...

The Short Bus

von Jonathan Mooney

A young man once called unteachable journeys across America to investigate the lives of those, like himself, who are forced to create new ways of living in order to survive Labeled "dyslexic and profoundly...

Assessment for Intervention, Second Edition: A Problem-Solving Approach

von Rachel Brown-Chidsey & Kristina J. Andren

Problem-solving assessment is an essential component of multi-tiered systems of support such as response to intervention (RTI) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). This authoritative work...

Dyslexia and Physical Education

von Madeleine Portwood

Much research has focused on dyslexia and co-ordination. This book examines the literature and provides a framework to support pupils with dyslexia, not only during PE lessons but in less structured environments,...

Planning the Curriculum for Pupils with Special Educational Needs: A Practical Guide

von Richard Byers & Richard Rose

This second edition is revised and updated to take full account of recent developments in special needs. The core of the book focuses on planning for well-differentiated curriculum implementation. It describes...

Supporting Dyslexic Pupils Across the Curriculum: Dragonfly Worksheets for Pupils 7-14

von Sally Raymond

This resource book provides all the materials required to follow structured programs of learning support for dyslexic pupils. Created by Sally Raymond, an experienced teacher of dyslexic pupils, it contains...

Supporting Children with Post Tramautic Stress Disorder: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Profesionals

von David Kinchin & Erica Brown

It is estimated that at any one time around 135,000 school children are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They may be survivors of abuse (physical, emotional or sexual) or bullying. Some...

Living with Dyslexia: The Social and Emotional Consequences of Specific Learning Difficulties/Disabilities

von Barbara Riddick

Presenting case studies and interviews with all those concerned, combined with an up-to-date account of current thinking, this book provides an accessible and realistic account of dyslexia. Through listening...

Separating, Losing and Excluding Children: Narratives of Difference

von Tom Billington

There has been an outpouring of children from schools over the last few years. The reasons for their exclusion from schools include: learning difficulties, behavioural problems or physical disability. Other...

Identifying Additional Learning Needs in the Early Years: Listening to the Children

von Christine Macintyre

I know there is something wrong, but what? How do I know if outside help for this child is needed? How do I tell parents that their child could have a learning difficulty?

These are questions that most nursery...

Your Child's Special Needs: A Survival Handbook for Parents and Teachers

von Ph.D., Lawrence J. Greene

This book is a survival handbook for parents of children with learning disabilities. Learn how to recognize symptoms and develop strategies to ensure your child's optimal educational success. Give your children...

Study Skills and Dyslexia in the Secondary School: A Practical Approach

von Marion Griffiths

This book is aimed at those who encounter secondary school students with dyslexia on a daily basis. It takes a practical approach by breaking down the whole process of assessing the issues involved and then...

Dyslexia: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Parents

von Barbara Riddick, Judith Wolfe & David Lumsdon

This book focuses on realistic strategies for non-specialists to use when working with pupils who have dyslexia.

It offers detailed, practical guidance on defining and identifying dyslexia, dyslexia in the early...

Curriculum Provision for the Gifted and Talented in the Primary School: English, Math, Science, Ict

von Eyre Deborah & Lynne McClure

The authors of this book offer practical help to teachers in making day-to-day provision for the gifted and talented pupils in their classroom. Designed mainly for primary teacher, intending teachers and teacher...