This text is designed as a practical guide both for student teachers and practicing teachers who are dealing with mildly to moderately handicapped children in normal schools.
The Night Before Christmas in Signed English (Signed English)
by Harry Bornstein and Clement Clarke Moore
The well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor, accompanied by diagrams showing how to form the Signed English signs for each word of the text.
How Deaf Children Learn (Perspectives on Deafness)
by Marc Marschark and Peter C Hauser
In this invaluable guide, renowned authorities Marc Marschark and Peter Hauser highlight important new advances in scientific and educational research that can help parents and teachers of students with significant hearing loss. The authors stress that deaf children have strengths and needs that are sometimes dramatically different from those who can hear. Consequently, if deaf students are to have full academic access and optimal educational outcomes, it is essential that parents and teachers l...
Dialogues on Disability and Inclusion between Isfahan and Hamburg
by Sven Degenhardt, Amrollah Ebrahimi, and Hamid Nasiri Dehsorkhi
This book is essential and accessible reading for all teachers and professionals who are working with sign bilingual deaf children. It considers the background and theory underpinning current developments in sign bilingual education and the implications for policy and developing classroom practice. Practical teaching strategies are suggested and evaluated. The authors draw on their own experience of working in sign bilingual settings as well as current good practice and relevant research. This...
High Leverage Practices and Students with Extensive Support Needs
Building on the formative work of High Leverage Practices for Inclusive Classrooms, this critical companion explores how high leverage practices can be applied to the education of students with extensive support needs (ESN). Each chapter walks readers through a different HLP, exploring its implications for students with ESN and aligning it with current practice, supports, and terminology. Edited by researchers and teacher educators with decades of experience in serving students with ESN and thei...
'Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.' Jacqueline Wilson 'Amazing' Noel Fielding A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story: the funniest debut of 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD SELECTED FOR THE 2022 READ FOR EMPATHY COLLECTION Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dr...
Designed especially for the young braille reader, this tactile book features a fascinating selection of creatures, from bears and big cats to birds and bugs. DK Braille: Animals has everything written in both large print and braille for kids. The facts are accompanied by embossed and tactile images, including a fuzzy lion’s mane and scaly serpent skin. Discover the fascinating world of animals, from ferocious predators and leaping monkeys to snappy alligators and fantastic frogs. Then test wh...
A Guide to Planning and Support for Individuals Who Are Deafblind
In this ground-breaking collection, leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been deafblind since birth or from a very early age. Individuals who are congenitally deafblind face the same challenges as those who become deafblind later in life, but they have not had the same opportunity to develop the communications skills and a conceptual base needed to construct an understanding of the world. The contributors addre...
Credence in Clearing the Way for Self-Sufficiency for People with Disabilities
by Kenneth Bremer
Early Intervention for Handicapped and At-Risk Children
This practical text (written by Martin Agran with original chapters contributed by a number of experts in the field) provides an in-depth focus on strategies classroom teachers can use to help students with mild to severe disabilities learn how to manage their own behavior in the classroom. Agrans approach is based on current research that shows that self-management can be as, if not more, effective as teacher-directed instruction because it empowers students by allowing them to be actively invo...
Blind and visually impaired children experience the world in unique ways. To help them learn and develop, parents and teachers need to understand how such children relate to their environment. Felicity Harrison and Mary Crow, who have spent years working with blind children and their families, offer practical strategies for encouraging the blind child's development and interaction with his or her family and school community. The authors begin by discussing the reactions of parents when they lear...
Good teachers have the desire and ability to accept the challenge of meeting the needs of diverse students in the general education classroom if they are provided with the appropriate knowledge and resources. Special Education for All Teachers focuses on relevant and practical issues in educating students with special needs and students who are at risk for learning problems in the general education classroom. The information provided is intended to give a greater understanding of these students...
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