handicapped children

Provides information about the special education system and how it works, explaining how parents can obtain appropriate instruction and therapy for their special-needs children, looking at the types of services that are available, and identifying the rights protected under federal law.

Growing up, trying to be accepted, and having a sister with Down's syndrome make life a challenge for Charlie.

Chronicles the development and achievements of Knowledge is Power Program, or KIPP, which consists of a nationwide network of free open-enrollment schools in low-income communities throughout the United States and was founded by Dave Levin and Mike Feinberg.

Presents a collection of eight essays that describes the inclusion of students with disabilities in the regular classroom, and discusses cooperative learning programs and multicultural education as well as ways to facilitate change to accommodate special education students.

Text and photographs follow a group of children with different nationalities, abilities, and disabilities through a happy, cooperative day at school.

"Based on Cushla: a case study--three years of enrichment in the life of a handicapped child, original investigation presented for the Diploma in Education, the University of Auckland, NZ, 1975.".

Examines the causes of birth defects, the hardships faced by children born with them, and ways of preventing them.

Jamey Barlowe, who has been in a wheelchair since his childhood, has been sent to the Moon after coup d'?tat has toppled the American government. He soon finds that one of his fellow refugees is more important than she first seemed.