Death at an Early Age ED 13

In 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most overcrowded inner-city schools - a place where "the books are junk, the paint peels, the teachers call you nigger, and the windows fall in on your heads." This book is his own unsparing, heartwrenching account of the year he spent there - the most shocking and powerful personal story ever told by a young teacher, now updated with a new epilogue by the author.

Deciding What to Teach and How to Teach It: Connecting Students ED 31

This book provides families and professionals practical strategies for meeting the diverse needs of our student population.

Developing a Behavior Support Plan: A Manual for Teachers and Behavioral Specialists CM 21

This manual offers a comprehensive format for addressing student behavior and thus it can assist the reader in meeting the Individual's with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (IDEA '97).

Diabetes Care Made Easy: Step-By-Step Guide for Controlling Your Diabetes C 28

When you have diabetes, your life changes. Things you used to take for granted, like what and when you eat, now have to be carefully watched. But you can still be just as healthy and active as you were before you got diabetes - as long as you take charge of the disease. With this simple guide, managing your diabetes will soon become second nature. Filled with fun, step-by-step illustrations it tells you everything you need to know.

Dibs in Search of Self MH 32A

This is the story of a little boy named Dibs. He will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life. . .how he came to the breathless discovery of himself that brought him back to the world of other children.

Differences in Common: Straight Talk on MR, DS, and Life DS 03

This book helps us to really know Ben Trainer, an adult with mental retardation, as we could not know him if we simply met him loading groceries into our car at the grocery store. In knowing him as someone who loves his cat - dead or alive - and hates dress shoes, who has nourished friendships over more than a decade and endured the death of a beloved girlfriend, we see vividly how much he is like us and our other children and why he needs a job and opportunities to do interesting things with friends. We come to care intensely about his needs, and about creating a society that will meet them.

Disabled We Stand TR 01

"We are not a category, The Disabled, but we do see ourselves as an oppressed minority. Our disabilities are facts with which we must live, but it is the society we live in that disables us." Allan T. Sutherland challenges that stereotyped passive roles that the disabled have inherited from our society and the stigma associated with various forms of disablement. He points out that people with disabilities seldom have an effective voice in the organizations set up to "help" them. Institutions and individuals are reluctant to banish even the most basic forms of discrimination - those that could be eliminated by the provision of mobility access, sign-language translation, and the simple courtesy of  recognizing other people's personal needs. Sutherland describes his own experiences as a disabled person and shows how a group of people he interviewed for this book have evolved new attitudes about their situation. This book is impassioned - often angry - but also hopeful and practical, suggesting a series of actions that will lead to change. The book is imbued with the spirit and energy of people who are determined to take their lives into their own hands.

Discover the Possibilities: A Curriculum for Teaching Parents About Integration INC 01

The PEAK Integration Curriculum was developed at PEAK Parent Center in Colorado and funded through a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The authors are parents of children who receive special education services and have advocated for more integrated school programs for their children. This curriculum was written to provide vision, information, and strategies for the integration of children who have disabilities and who receive special education services in regular schools and in regular classes.

Does My Child Have a Speech Problem? SPL 02

All children go through periods of saying "ting" for "thing" of "feets" for "feet," and no two children learn to speak on exactly the same schedule. This informative, reassuring guide helps parents and teachers identify normal speech development and potential problems, with advice on when and where to seek help, how to support your child's prescribed speech program, and how to lessen the risk of speech or language difficulties. Easy-to-understand question-and-answer format; Guidelines for assessing your child's speech and language development; Practical strategies for coping with stuttering, poor listening or memory skills, vocal fatigue or hoarseness, ear infections and hearing, and much more; Ways to enhance speech and language development that both you and your child will enjoy.

Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday C 34

In this book Dr. Moser strikes right to the heart of the basic elements of self-esteem. He presents valuable information to children that will help them understand the importance of their self-worth. Then he offers practical approaches by which children can evaluate and strengthen their senses of self-esteem. This is a friendly book. Children will love it! Parents will appreciate it. And teachers and counselors will recognize its value as a tool for affecting children's lives in positive ways.

Don't Pop Your Cork on Mondays! C 29

A very informative and wonderfully entertaining handbook for children that explores the causes and effects of stress and offers young people practical approaches and techniques for dealing with stress factors in their daily lives. In today's pressure-cooker society, this book is a must. Children will love it. Parents will appreciate it. And teachers and counselors will recognize its value as a tool for affecting children's lives in positive ways.

Don't Stop the Music CP 02

Award-winning author Robert Perske generates an action-packed adventure as he shows how persons with handicaps can contribute positively to the community. In this book, Joe and Jessica, two teens with cerebral palsy, become key elements in cracking an auto-theft ring. You will be amazed as the "Jays" use their wits - and their motorized wheelchairs - to capture the thieves and make some very special friends along the way.

Double-Dip Feelings - Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions C 07

This delightful and engaging book highlights for children the common, but rather bewildering experience of having two contrasting feelings at once. Important events are presented with two emotions each might elicit, such as feeling both proud and scared on the first day of school. Parents and mental health professionals will find this book a useful tool in helping children explore their emotions in a nonthreatening way. Children will relate to the feelings and situations portrayed, and be drawn to the warm, inviting illustrations.

Down Syndrome: A Resource Handbook DS 05

The author, Carol Tingey, is the mother of a son with Down syndrome. She serves as a parent contact for other parents with questions about Down syndrome. This book is organized into four sections based on the questions she is asked: medical issues, family concerns, early development, and education and community activities. Carol has sought the advice of experts to give answers to all the questions.

Down Syndrome: An Introduction for Parents DS 04

Using positive and readable language, this book helps parents understand Down syndrome. Medical details are explained in lay terms, and advice is given on working with professionals, obtaining services, and treatment techniques that help the child. Cunnigham alerts families to potential problems, the prospects for the child in schooling, and the passage to adulthood.

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