children with social disabilities

"Provides a framework for educating the gifted in rural settings. Case study vignettes and practical ideas for administrators and teachers are combined with theoretical applications. The first of three sections in the book outlines the various philosophies and current status of rural education. The second section focuses on practical strategies and evidence-supported approaches for identifying and serving rural gifted students based on their unique geography. Section three highlights support structures that are necessary for leading and supporting gifted education in rural schools"--Provided by publisher.

"Kathleen Budge and William Parrett offer research-based and classroom-tested reflection questions, tools, protocols, and success stories designed to disrupt poverty's adverse influence on learning"--Provided by publisher.

"Children in care often perform poorly at school both in terms of their behavior and their academic performance, with many failing to complete their education. They will have often experienced trauma or neglect which can result in a number of developmental delays. By looking at why children in foster care do not perform as well as their counterparts, John DeGarmo, who has fostered more than 40 children, provides easy-to-use strategies to target the problems commonly faced. He emphasizes the importance of an open dialogue between teacher, parent and social worker, to ensure that everyone is working jointly to achieve the best outcome for the child."--Publisher.

Offers strategies designed to help young children who have had little exposure to literacy activities, focusing on the use of in-school family storybook sessions with small groups of kindergartners. Includes examples of student work, reproducibles, and photographs.

Offers an assortment of instructional strategies that are designed to help educators address the needs of students from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Presents four mindsets to teaching students from poverty.

An introduction to the many agencies located throughout the world that help people receive an education.

Profiles five young people from around the world who have overcome personal challenges, and discusses their projects that make the world a better place and what they have inspired others to do.