handicapped children

Although Angie cannot walk, talk, or use her arms and hands because she is brain-damaged, she goes to school in a wheelchair and enjoys life in a loving family.

Presents teacher-tested strategies for working with students with disabilities and colleagues to facilitate success in the classroom; covers such areas as spelling, mathematics, large group instruction, assessment, and attention difficulties. Includes twenty-five checklists, worksheets, and other tools.

Considers physical, mental, and emotional handicaps and how people deal with them.

Children in a writing workshop describe the lives of ten young people with special needs, including a boy with fetal alcohol syndrome, a girl with cerebral palsy, and a boy with dyslexia.

A group of young children with disabilities spend a typical day in the park.