Tall Tales & Lost Loot: Parent's Guide SE V-02

Honesty at it's best! Parent and actress Shelly Long is one of American's favorite television stars. Her trusting smile and lovable personality shined through in NBC's hit series "Cheers" and her interest in children's educational projects is widely known. Now she is helping Capstone Entertainment and SafeKids educate parents nationwide how to teach honesty to their children. Join Shelly Long as she talks candidly with Dr. Nancy Magnusson Fagen, dean of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, about how to teach honesty and why it plays an integral, fundamental role in your child's character development and long-term happiness.

Taming the Dragons: Real Help for Real School Problems ED 30

Practical, parent-tested solutions for your child's learning problems. Includes reading, math, spelling and much more!

Teacher's Rights in Special Education Law ED V-07

Teaching Children Self-Discipline: At Home and At School ED 27

New ways Parents and Teachers can build self-control, self-esteem and self-reliance. As a society we are employing the wrong strategies to reduce the self-destructive and socially unacceptable behaviors of young people that occur with shocking frequency. Our best hope for prevention is another kind of strategy - namely, helping adults who deal with children learn new ways to manage families, schools, and youth-oriented organizations. And that strategy will require teaching adults the skills required to govern their family, their classroom, their group more democratically, less autocratically.

Teaching Mainstreamed, Diverse, & At-Risk Students in the General Classroom INC 11

This book contains more than 40 specific learning activities and sample lessons for immediate practical application in the inclusive classroom. A special appendix adds over 24 more activities for teaching self-advocacy, learning strategies, and study skills to older students. In addition, 64 specific Tips for Teachers give concrete suggestions in every chapter for teaching particular skills or addressing particular student needs. 4 separate chapters on curriculum adaptations for special learners include specific strategies and activities for teaching reading, writing, mathematics, and the content areas. An illustrated Tech Talk feature in every chapter describes one or more technological applications for classroom use to enhance success for students with needs. This book emphasized professional planning and collaboration and also features chapters on teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students and students at risk.
Teaching Your Children Responsibility P 14
As a parent, you know how much less stressful your life would be if you could count on your children to be more responsible - for their toys, their homework, their household chores, and their choice of friends. You know you want your children to grow up to be responsible adults. In this book, best-selling authors, Linda and Richard Eyre show you how to make sure your elementary-school-aged children learn this invaluable lesson. The Eyres identify twelve simple kinds of responsibility - from responsibility for things to responsibility for actions, from responsibility for choices to responsibility for younger siblings - that children can relate to. They provide a simple, practical program - with enjoyable exercises, games, and activities - that you can use to teach your children these important concepts. Written by parents for parents, this book will help you give your children the tools they need to thrive in today's challenging world - and help them grow up to be happy, fulfilled adults.

Teaching Responsible Behavior--Common Sense Parenting vol. 2 P V-11

This video shows parents how to correct children's mis-behavior, help them accept responsibility for homework and household chores, negotiate possible changes in behavior, and help children set and achieve realistic goals. Common Sense Parenting offers practical, easy-to-follow advice to parents with children in the often difficult pre-adolescent and teenage years. World-famous Boys Town presents family living skills and educational principles developed over its 75 years of caring for troubled boys and girls, adapted for use in everyday family life.

Teaching the Young Child with Motor Delays: Guide for Parents & Professionals CP 06

This book is designed for parents of children with movement difficulties and for professionals who work with these children and their parents. The book is not meant to replace the more direct and intensive services of physical or occupational therapists or staff members of early intervention programs. Rather, it is designed to facilitate the communication between parents and professionals and to help parents obtain the services and training that enable them to meet the child's individual needs. The book has two main purposes: to answer basic questions about motor disabilities and suggest sources of additional information and assistance; and to offer basic teaching and handling strategies that can be used in daily activities to help overcome a child's motor problems.

Testing & Your Child: What You Should Know About 150 Most Common Tests ED 20

Parenthood brings many changes, including exposure to dozens of tests that doctors, teachers, and psychologists may recommend to screen for problems, rule out or treat illness, or quantify abilities. Whether the child is being tested for learning disabilities or gifted-and-talented programs, or being screened for lead poisoning, a parent who hasn't mastered the vocabulary of testing may find his child shortchanged. Now help has arrived in this comprehensive guide which provides parents with essential information for 150 medical, educational, and psychological tests their children may encounter from infancy through adolescence.

The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children P 25

The 10 Greatest Gifts project is dedicated to taking the struggle out of parenting and putting the joy back in. Their goal is to help families create their own unique family vision along with a workable, proactive plan to nurture and fulfill that vision.

The 3R's for Special Education: Rights, Resources, Results ED V-08

Guiding a child through the Special Education system is a critical process for not only the child, but parents and educators as well. Parents must make sound educational decisions, while educators need support o help parents make decisions. Together their goal is to guide the child to success. Together, they make the difference. In this video you will learn: Stages of the Special Education System; Laws Concerning a Child's Rights; Design of the Individualized Education Plan; Preparing for School Meetings; Planning for the Future.

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Families F 03

With the same profound insight, simplicity, and practical wisdom that have already reached tens of millions of readers, Stephen R. Covey demonstrates how the principles he introduced in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people can be used to build the kind of strong, loving family that lasts for generations. As Covey says, "When you raise your children, you are also raising your grandchildren." Covey explains that strong families don't just happen, but need the combined energy, talent, desire, vision, and dedication all their members. Sharing insightful, often poignant or humorous experiences from his own life and from the lives of other families, he imparts practical advice on solving common family dilemmas, such as finding quality time to spend together, dealing with family disputes, healing a broken relationship, and changing a negative family atmosphere. He shows how families can learn to incorporate principles into their daily lives through activities, meetings and games that involve all family members and help to create a spirit of understanding, support, and enthusiasm.

The ADHD Parenting Handbook - Practical Advice for Parents from Parents ADD 22

Parenting a child with ADHD can be challenging and demanding. But now, this book will make your job as a parent easier. Here, other parents-who have faced the same problems you are struggling with-tell what really worked for them. With hundreds of creative, inspired ideas the author gives you practical, concrete suggestions for handling your child with ADHD. ADHD is a medical disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, impulsivity, distractibility, and/or hyperactivity. Experts believe the disorder affects five to ten million children in the United States. This comprehensive guide tells the millions of parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers everything they need to know to help these children successfully cope with daily challenges-at school, on vacation, at social events, on the playground, at the grocery store, and all the other places life takes them. The book also offers insight into the causes of your child's behavior and teaches you the necessary skills to be a loving and effective parent.

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