Education and Study aids / Special Education

Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom: Critical Practices for Creating Least Restrictive Attitudes

by Susan Baglieri & Arthur Shapiro

This book's mission is to integrate knowledge and practice from the fields of disability studies and special education. Parts I & II focus on the broad, foundational topics that comprise disability studies (culture,...

Disaffection From School (RLE Edu M)

by David H H Hargreaves, Stephen Hester & Frank J J Mellor

A large number of pupils are, or are liable to become, disaffected with their schooling. In this comprehensive account of the problem, Ken Reid suggests that school can and should do much more to prevent and...

Educating Special Children: An introduction to provision for pupils with disabilities and disorders

by Michael Farrell

Educating Special Children is the definitive guide to evidence-based practice and professionally informed approaches in provision for special children. Now in its second edition, this book outlines ideas of...

ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know

by American Academy Of Pediatrics & Michael I. I. Reiff

Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ current clinical practice guidelines for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this updated guide offers parents balanced, reassuring, and authoritative...

The ADHD Handbook for Schools: Effective Strategies for Identifying and Teaching Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

by Harvey C. C. Parker

Parker, Harvey C., PhD

Special Education and Social Interests (RLE Edu M)

by Len Barton & Sally Tomlinson

Until this book was published, most writing on special education was about specific disabilities and how to cope with them. This book, however, considers the broader context, looking at many problems for the...

A Sociology of Special Education (RLE Edu M)

by Sally Tomlinson

At the time of original publication, special education in Britain was permeated by an ideology of benevolent humanitarianism and this is ostensibly the moral framework within which the professionals - teachers,...

Maladjusted Boys (RLE Edu M)

by Otto Shaw

Written by the founder of a pioneering establishment for disruptive boys who had been excluded from mainstream schools and in some cases turned to crime, this book discusses the methods and reasons for success...

On Helping the Dyslexic Child (RLE Edu M)

by T R R Miles

Many dyslexic children are well above the average in intelligence yet their disability makes progress at school extra hard and reading is often such an effort that they are deprived of the enjoyment from books....

Teacher Education in Plural Societies (RLE Edu N): An International Review

by Maurice Craft

The educational implications of cultural pluralism attracted a good deal of attention in Western societies in the 1970s and 1980s, on the grounds of equality and human rights, maximising national talent, and...

Inclusive Instruction

by Mary T. Brownell & Sean J. Smith

This accessible book presents research-based strategies for supporting K-8 students with high-incidence disabilities to become accomplished learners. The authors clearly describe the core components of effective...

Educational Interventions for Students with Autism

by John Wiley, Peter Mundy & Ann Mastergeorge

Educational Interventions for Students with Autism offers educators a vital resource for understanding and working with autistic students. Written by nationally acclaimed experts in the field and published in...

The School Psychologist's Survival Guide

by Rebecca Branstetter

A practical and accessible guide for helping school psychologists meet their everyday challenges

In this newest addition to the Jossey-Bass "Survival Guide" series, popular blogger Rebecca Branstetter offers...

Educational Therapy in Action

by Dorothy Fink Ungerleider

This book provides an in-depth look at what a little-known clinician, the educational therapist, does and how they do it. It goes behind the clinician's door to illustrate the unusual and broad range of interventions...

Becoming a School Consultant

by Sylvia Rosenfield

Most consultation courses in school psychology focus heavily on theoretical models of consultation and associated intervention procedures. Little time is devoted to developing communication and process skills....

Using Playful Practice to Communicate with Special Children

by Margaret Corke

Playfulness is important; it creates an alternative space where emotional, cognitive and social dimensions can be explored and tested. This highly practical book explores the endless possibilities of using playful,...

Handbook of Special Education

by James M. Kauffman & Daniel P. Hallahan

Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States-by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such...

A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Child Development and Psychology in the Classroom

by Susan Bentham

How can you help students most effectively in the classroom? As a Teaching Assistant, you play a vital role in today's schools. This fully updated new edition will help you get to grips with the main issues...

Confronting Dogmatism in Gifted Education

by Don Ambrose, Robert Sternberg & Bharath Sriraman

This title looks at the dogmatism that limits the perspectives of professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders in gifted education. In a field where concepts and definitions surrounding high ability have...

The Effective Teacher's Guide to Dyslexia and other Learning Difficulties (Learning Disabilities)

by Michael Farrell

This highly anticipated second edition of The Effective Teacher's Guide to Dyslexia and other Learning Difficulties (Learning Disabilities) critically examines the specificity and complexity of learning disabilities....