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Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is the best way to teach all students effectively and break down barriers to learning - but how can busy teachers get started with UDL right now? Find the answers in the second edition of this bestselling, teacher-trusted primer, created by internationally recognised UDL expert Loui Lord Nelson.
When a young child has a severe speech sound disorder-especially one severe enough to affect the child's intelligibility-it's critical to determine the degree to which motor speech impairment contributes to the disorder. Now there's a psychometrically well-supported tool that helps speech-language pathologists do just that. Dynamic Evaluation of ......
Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs
The premier resource for anyone working with individuals who rely on AAC. Written for pre-service and in-service SLPs, OTs, PTs, and other direct service providers, this book is a guide to the characteristics of people with complex communication needs, the variety of AAC systems available, and current assessment and intervention practices.
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support's Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authorative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professinals need to translate the principles and science ......
For more than a decade, the widely used Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children has been helping early educators use research-based practices to boost social-emotional development. Now theres a practical guide that makes it easier than ever to implement.
Useful for children of ages 8-16 months. The first part of this work prompts parents to document the child's understanding of vocabulary items separated into semantic categories. The second part asks parents to record the communicative and symbolic gestures the child has tried or completed.
The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
An easy-to-use practical guide to the research-proven Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model. This book helps K-8 educators solve serious behaviour challenges by guiding school-based teams through the five-step PTR process. This edition has been updated to include the latest research supporting PTR.
Useful for children of ages 16-30 months. The first part of this work helps parents document the child's production and use of hundreds of words divided into semantic categories. The second part analyzes the early phases of grammar, including the child's understanding of word forms and the complexity of the child's multi-word utterances.
