children with mental disabilities

New parents who find out they're going to have a child with intellectual challenges are faced with many questions: Read the story of Penelope Brown, a girl with Down syndrome. You'll see Penelope struggle to overcome others' ignorance and prejudice--and you'll watch her as she learns to follow her dreams.

Provides information on how mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated, how they manifest at school, and how students' emotions, behaviors, and ability to learn are affected.

Tells the story of a father's journey toward acceptance of his daughter with Down syndrome, chronicling her coming of age while confronting his own limitations as a father.

"A guide for helping students with weak Executive Function skills to learn efficiently and effectively Students with weak Executive Function skills need strong support and specific strategies to help them learn in an efficient manner, demonstrate what they know, and manage the daily demands of school. This book shows teachers how to do exactly that, while also managing the ebb and flow of their broader classroom needs. From the author of the bestselling parenting book Late, Lost, and Unprepared, comes a compilation of the most practical tools and strategies, designed to be equally useful for children with EF problems as well as all other students in the general education classroom.Rooted in solid research and classroom-tested experience, the book is organized to help teachers negotiate the very fluid challenges they face every day; educators will find strategies that improve their classroom "flow" and reduce the stress of struggling to teach students with EF weaknesses. Includes proven strategies for teachers who must address the needs of students with Executive Function deficits Contains information from noted experts Joyce Cooper-Kahn, a child psychologist and Margaret Foster, an educator and learning specialist Offers ways to extend learning and support strategies beyond the classroom The book's reproducible forms and handouts are available for free download This important book offers teachers specific strategies to help students with EF deficits learn in an efficient manner, demonstrate what they know, and manage the daily demands of school"--.

Discusses a number of issues that family members face when living with someone who has had a brain injury.

Discusses a number of issues that family members face when living with someone who has an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Presents a story that provides insights into the challenges faced by children suffering with autism, and the impact of the disability on family members and friends, and features facts about the history of autism, its causes, diagnosis, and treatments.

Simple text and photographs of children with developmental and mental disabilities introduce the letters of the alphabet as well as sign language hand motions for each one.