This book provides a practical guide to curriculum-based evaluation (CBE), which helps educators solve learning problems by making data-based decisions about what and how to teach. CBE offers clear procedures for analyzing PreK-12 students' academic skills, determining where instruction needs to focus, and evaluating progress. Written in an ......
Strategies for Supporting Children, Teachers, and Programs
With a strong emphasis on collaboration among all members of the education team, this text leads professionals step by step through every aspect of successful preschool inclusion, from designing an effective program to preparing all children for a smooth transition to kindergarten.
This book provides evidence-based guidance for selecting or developing, implementing, and interpreting universal screening instruments in educational settings.
This indispensable book presents evidence-based tools and strategies for improving the social skills of all members of the inclusive classroom (K-6), especially students experiencing difficulties in this area. The authors explain why social competence is critical to school success and describe interventions, curricula, and instructional approaches ......
In this rare look at the lives of parents on the autism spectrum across the globe, Zosia Zaks opens up a previously unexplored and often ignored world. The lives of autistic parents are not widely known or discussed, and yet their experiences are at the heart of today's most important autism issues. Blending commentary and interviews with ......
To help students with disabilities make a smooth transition from high school to adulthood, you need proven and practical strategies that prepare them for success in an increasingly complex world. You'll find more than 500 research-based, teacher-tested support strategies in The New Transition Handbook-the modern transition guide for today's ......
Prepares teachers to see past disability labels and work with all students' individual needs and strengths. Accessible and forward-thinking, this introductory text will get teachers ready to work effectively within today's educational system and meet the learning needs of a wide range of students.
Based on the authors' years of experience with students, teachers, and families, this reader-friendly guide is equally useful for working with students with and without a specific diagnosis. Teachers will learn practical strategies they can immediately implement to help students with a wide range of emotional, behavioural, and social difficulties.