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Explains how changes in policy and provision have affected the ways in which young people and adults with autism are cared for and educated. This book offers information on: the nature and effects of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs); family issues surrounding caring for and educating those with ASDs; and, possible intervention programmes.

Presents strategies which health & social care students and professionals can use to develop skills in cultural equality and anti-discrimination, and then apply them to their everyday practice in a range of settings.

This resource helps educators structure the classroom environment, understand and improve behavior, and look at transition through the eyes of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

A relevant and timely book with a unique approach: the focus here is on how and why ethnic and racial minorities produce and consume media for themselves - not just how they are represented in or by the media.

A truly international perspective that integrates both market and nonmarket analysis concisely.

The regulations circumscribed around EBD under the IDEA laws surrounding Special Education. Description of typical EBD behaviors and positive reinforcementsThe most effective intervention strategies for best practice in the classroom

Featuring reader-friendly language, step-by-step guidelines, and informative appendices, this guide introduces educators to the purpose, principles, benefits, and application of this tiered service delivery model.

Be an agent of positive, enduring change with these specific strategies gleaned from the MicroSociety (R) program and apply them to your school improvement efforts.

This book offers practical methods, templates, and rubrics for collecting and analyzing data, and includes innovative ideas for building trust, including students in the process, and working together.

This indispensable resource enables all educators to help students with disabilities learn more effectively and show what they know on the day of the test.

This fieldbook provides a plan for improving literacy for all students; students who enjoy reading become better writers, more involved learners, and joyful readers!

Trauma and stress can interfere with students' cognitive skills. Dicover how classroom activities can be used to restore feelings of safety, empowerment, and well-being.

This updated bestseller offers more than 70 easy-to-implement classroom strategies with new tips for handling standardized testing, Internet safety, classroom hygiene, parent-teacher relationships, and more!

The author shows readers how to overcome the challenge of implementing NCLB by building organizational capacity through a knowledge model.

This manual for teaching all aspects of writing provides examples, rubrics, and how-to's for helping students grow in skills and write for high stakes and "constructed response" tests.

The authors offer a practical approach to creating a reorganized, fully-integrated student support community that contributes to increasing academic success.

Effective leaders and organizations blossom in productive climates. Personal transformation, one person at a time is the key to building a team of empowered educators.

Learn to focus on essentials and strengthen your priority, time, and task management skills to create balance, enjoyment, and satisfaction in your professional life.

Offers research-based teaching strategies for introducing prekindergarten and elementary school students to the content and skills recommended by the NCTM principles and standards for mathematics. This book presents 47 learning activities, each including: a concise statement of the teaching strategy; precautions and possible pitfalls; and more.

Helps school leaders re-center their decision making on student achievement, mission, and goal alignment. Covers self-assessment, reflective thinking, vision and mission, motivation, and barriers to decision making.

Enhance classroom practice by inviting students to offer feedback on pedagogy, learning styles, and their needs and preferences.

This invaluable resource offers teachers in elementary and secondary schools a deeper understanding of "what works" when teaching students with disabilities in general education classrooms.

This enlightening text provides tips, strategies, and best practices for finding additional daily time and creating enhanced documentation through better record-keeping management.

Through lesson planning ideas, key words, resources, and visual thinking questions, this innovative resource demonstrates how visual arts can be used to teach across all subject areas.

In a detailed format, Wachter guides you through every step in the job change process and becomes the career coach who helps you get the job you've always wanted.

Providing an outline for carrying out qualitative projects from start to finish, this work combines epistemology, theory, and methodology. It is illustrated with examples from family relations and human development research.

Describes in detail the key constructs and key skills involved in the craft of psychotherapy.

Loaded with updates, this newly revised second edition gives administrators all the tools they need to create a safe environment for both educators and students.

This practitioner friendly book concentrates on the importance of strategic listening as a critical interpersonal skill for school leaders in guiding their organizations.

Introduces the basic principles of action research and demonstrates how to identify an issue, design and carry out a course of action, and evaluate its impact.