The definitive guide for parents of children with disabilities is out. This book is authored by two special education experts and draws on decades of experience from the front lines of special education advocacy. The authors, Jennifer Laviano and Julie Swanson, detail a strong, practical, and results oriented perspective that helps parents cut through the fog of special education to get the services their children deserve. "Our bottom line is parents...

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...

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...

Imagine the moment where you are working in the field providing employment services for people with disabilities and realize that the structure, or lack thereof, has contributed to the ongoing lack of progress, Imagine that moment where you see other disciplines such as education and medical fields engaging in their services in a more effective manner that makes every day in your job seem chaotic and redundant. Finally, imagine that there was this...

CAN WE CHANGE Was written as a follow up to my 1st book Freedom at a Cost. When I set out on this journey of exposing the things we have overlooked as a society, my goal was to create awareness about topics that most people dont understand or do not want to believe could affect them personally, and until it finally does affect them, will they try to do something about it. We all have to be united if we really want to CHANGE

This chapter will include explanations and helpful activities in the areas that play an important role in motor development. The typical development of motor skills follows a natural, progressive pattern. However, interference with part of the system, be it visual, auditory, motor, etc. will cause delays in motor development. In general, children totally blind since birth exhibit the greatest delays in motor development.

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....

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...

Some of us choose professions in our youth and never stray from that vision. Others among us seem to have our vocations thrust upon us, as if the hand of the Almighty carved a pathway not of our choosing. For teacher David Lazerson, this scenario was his reality. By the time he finally embraced the idea of becoming an educator, he was full of idealism, determination, and hopefulness. Little did he realize that his starry-eyed vision of impacting young...