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Dale Borman Fink, the author of the only book on inclusion of youth with special needs in after school child care, now presents the first book to examine the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their typical peers. Using a case study technique, he prob

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Contributors treat issues of evaluation and testing, and conclude by addressing the potential of collaborative efforts.

Responding to a major challenge, community groups and organizations throughout the country are seeking answers to the problem of underachieving minority students.

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Offers activities to engage disaffected students and ensure that they have a successful learning experience. This book outlines the causes of disaffection generally and looks at a range of syndromes and conditions that may give rise to disaffection, offering support strategies that will encourage the engagement of such students.

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The completely revised and updated fifth edition of Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted provides a comprehensive examination of the most current research and best practices in the field of gifted education. Chapter authors are recognized researchers, practitioners, and leaders in the field of gifted education.

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Modern Curriculum for Gifted and Advanced Academic Students addresses the need for advanced curriculum design in an age of national standards and 21st-century learning innovations. The text and its authors work from the assumption that the most advanced learners need a qualitatively different design of learning experiences in order to develo

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A companion to the best-selling Philosophy for Teens, this volume tackles the topics of reality and knowledge in a teenager-friendly format.

Grades 7-12

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This important new book for college teachers, administrators, trainers, workshop leaders, and prospective secondary school teachers challenges of teaching in institutions and classrooms that are increasingly diverse.

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Tells how to identify learning disabilities, offers parents advice on working with their children's teachers, and discusses therapy, medication, educational rights, and useful resources.

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This volume brings together original papers by international scholars and practitioners on the question of the effects of parent interaction with developmentally disabled children.

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This book is written to help parents of special needs children understand and navigate the educational system. The book describes the various ways parents can be involved in planning and delivering a special education program for their child.

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Gifted students can exhibit extreme variance in both their abilities and their interests, yet they are often treated within schools as one homogeneous, specialized population. Personalized Learning in Gifted Education helps educators strengthen their differentiation of both instruction and services for advanced students.

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Open your students' minds to the wonders of philosophy with these exciting activities that can be used individually or by the whole class. Each activity appears in the discussion of a question40 questions in allthat will captivate the interests of young students.

Grades 4-12

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Drawing extensively from critical education theory, feminist perspective and the writings of community college insiders as well as from her three years of classroom research. Professor Herideen develops the concept of Critical Mainstreaming. This model is designed to maximize both critical thinking and career success for nontraditional students.

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This invaluable guide equips teachers and trainees with practical tips and strategies for teaching children with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

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The authors contend that reading would be learned in normative ways, were not some factor intervening in the learning processes that would naturally take place.

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Special educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focusing on measurable student outcomes. This work covers disability studies, school violence, and university-school collaboration.

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Special educators are facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century as public education is being reformed by a vision focusing on measurable student outcomes. This work covers disability studies, school violence, and university-school collaboration.

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After an opening section which summarizes the results of a national parent survey, there are separate chapters that profile home-based (family child care) models, public school-operated models, models operated in partnership between schools and other organizations, and community-based models.

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Here is a wealth of information to help you support children in your classroom who have serious illnesses or chronic conditions. Activity ideas, discussion questions, and lesson plans show you how to teach students about the illnesses and conditions.

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A well-crafted memoir of a young woman who spends two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York paints a colourful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics.

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This book addresses a very important subject: the relationship of bilingual education to power politics in the US from 1880 to the present. Of particular interest is discussion of the impact of Reagan appointees in the Department of Education on bilingual programs ...

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Social Skills Games and Activities for Kids With Autism provides complete instructions for using fun, engaging games and activities to teach social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders.

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This book merges the fields of individual differences, developmental psychology, and educational psychology with the field of gifted education for a complete overview of the social, emotional, and psychosocial development of gifted and talented individuals.