handicapped children

Offers practical strategies for teachers of students with high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome, covering sensory issues; difficulties with communication, behavior, and socialization; educational setting; types of intervention; and team work.

Presents learning strategies and techniques for students with learning difficulties and guidance and tools, including more than fifty reproducible forms and handouts, for teaching such students in regular classes.

Offers teachers of kindergarten through fifth grade more than one hundred effective strategies for helping hard-to-handle students find success and independence in the classroom.

Two therapy dogs, different in breed, age, size, and personality, learn they can both help special needs children in their own way.

Provides an overview of No Child Left Behind legislation and the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act, and presents related case studies with discussion questions and activities.

250 games and actitvities designed to help infants to 8-year-olds with all types of disabilities grow through play.

Eighteen-year-old Jarra, one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets, derided as an "ape" and a "throwback" by the rest of the universe, is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else, except now the planet she loves is under threat by what could be humanity's first ever alien contact, not only is her specialist knowledge and bravery challenged, but she must discover if the rest of the universe considers Earth worth fighting for.

Provides information for parents of disabled children about the process of special education, from preschool through college, covering a variety of topics that include screening procedures, counseling and therapy services, and medication information.

Examines current research about the best ways to teach students with disabilities in middle school and secondary school classrooms and explains how the findings can best be applied in different content areas.

Presents guidelines, strategies, and techniques for developing and implementing programs designed to incorporate children with disabilities into the regular classroom; and examines the legalities involved in reforming schools to educate students with special needs.