Bücher von Nancy Hughes

What does life look like with an autistic child? What do you need to know?Within these pages lies a children's book that also engages an adult perspective.This informative book is a great resource for both children and adults. It provides useful insights and helpful suggestions for families, teachers, doctors, and anyone interested in autism. It's the book I wish I had been given when I wanted to learn how to care for my autistic loved ones.

            Vietnam veteran Charlie Alderfer, having defied the odds and regained his health in the VA’s hospice, goes home to resume his well-earned retirement. He hires Ben, an 18-year-old high school senior, to help with heavier chores. The poor, shy kid is a hard-working athlete whom teachers, coaches, classmates, and their parents adore.            Until—Ben’s adoptive parents accuse him of assaulting their ten-year-old bio-daughter. The police and DA, pressured to close 90% of their cases without a trial, lie and terrorize Ben to plead guilty to something. In return, they’ll make the charges go away. Otherwise, he’d go to a super-max prison, labeled a sexual predator. Honest Ben believes them and makes something up about his early childhood.            Charlie, shocked to read the guilty plea in the newspaper, extracts the story from Ben, who has no idea why his parents, and the police, would do this to him. Outraged, Charlie takes Ben to a leading polygraph expert who verifies what Charlie knows of his character. But his family, police and DA refuse to back down. And the test isn’t admissible in court.            Charlie hires a criminal lawyer who withdraws the guilty plea. But Ben’s only defense is his word against a sweet little girl’s, which no jury would buy. Outraged by the impending miscarriage of justice, Charlie digs into the case, researching the players, their motives, and holes in the prosecution’s case. He’s appalled that everyone lies—except Ben. Charlie could not anticipate that his digging would expose Ben and himself to mortal danger from a much larger criminal enterprise in progress.  

A huge collection of ready-to-use number talks that make math concepts easier for students to learnWhether you are new to number talks or have been using them in your classroom for years, this book makes it easier than ever for your students to experience this exciting teaching method. Instead of trying to come up with a new number talk every day, simply select one of the hundreds of great offerings provided in this book.With chapters on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, Classroom-Ready Number Talks for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Teachers includes: • Grade-level specific strategies• Number talk how-tos• Visual and numerical examples• Scaffolding suggestions• Common core alignments• Questions to build understandingWith these ready-to-use number talks, you’ll reduce time spent lesson planning and enjoy more time discussing math with your students. It’s sure to create a more engaging environment in your classroom and increase student comprehension of math concepts and how numbers function in the world around them.