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This book explores the use of drama as a way to help people with special needs make sense of their life situation and develop personal self-esteem. The author describes ways of setting up groups and particular problems to look out for. She sets out how to use drama and play with both groups and individuals. Methods of work and drama material are outlined and developed and examples of particular experiences are given and there is a section on the training available for dramatherapists and playtherapists. The book features sections on using drama with people to explore cultural identity, for people who are physically disabled, emotionally disturbed, abused and multiply disabled. The benefits of using drama as a therapy can be appreciated by a wide selection of people; teachers, drama specialists, child care workers, social workers and many others. ... Read more

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This is the first of a two-volume publication which provides an international perspective on how children learn to read. Research studies and classroom experiences from around the world are reported, highlighting implications for the design implementation and evaluation of classroom reading programmes. Contributions and evidence is drawn from over 18 countries and, despite the national differences, there are many common concerns and controversies. From these, three areas are identified: the first is developing an improved understanding of the nature of children's early reading development; the second is the consideration of the ways in which children's reading can be encouraged; and finally issues of assessment in the context of accountability are addressed. This volume deals with the first of these concerns. ... Read more

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Fundamentals of Special Education: What Every Teacher Needs to Know gathers into one source the critical information needed to understand students with disabilities. Written to be concise yet complete, it is an essential resource for educators because it provides the basic parameters of each disability area and defines the issues that impact current interventions and practices. This new edition addresses the latest laws in special education (such as the reauthorization of IDEA and NCLB), includes a new chapter on autism spectrum disorders, and contains additional information on collaboration with families and other service professionals.  

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Very Satisfied
This was the first time I bought anything from Amazon and was very pleased with it.I will be buying more things in the future.

SOoooo much info
There is so much about special education that I did not know about -- this book is absolutely FILLED with great information!A parent would learn a lot from this book.

The Authoritarian Piece on Special Education
This book is a must read.It is at the cutting edge of describing concepts, theories and practices across all the disabilities and the gifted/talented.

Dr. Tompkins is a world-renowned authority, with over 30 years of experience in the field. ... Read more

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This single most-adopted Inclusion text worldwide continues to provide the best source of practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings.  Filled with examples and vignettes, the emphasis is always on teaching methods that promote student independence at all education levels.  Its non-categorical approach helps teachers ensure all students’ success regardless of their specific categories of exceptionality. 

The new edition provides significantly updated information about IDEA and NCLB, including their impact on IEPs, and the latest ideas and information about inclusive practices in the context of contemporary public education, and the dilemmas that teachers often face in appropriately educating students with disabilities in general education settings. Unique topics include the rights of general education teachers, comprehensive treatment of assessment and evaluation, examples of accommodations for students with significant disabilities, information about gifted underachievers, functional behavior assessment and behavior plans, and how to be proactive in dealing with student behavior.

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Not a bad text book, lots of fluff
Had to buy this book for a class.Read every chapter, but it's very easy to skim.There are lots of practical examples that can be read extensively or easily skipped over if you easily grasp the concept.Overall not a bad text book.

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great book for anyone interested in assisting students with special need
This is a great book for someone who is interested in assisting and working with special needs.The books gives site add. and ideas on how to manage a classroom when working with special needs children children.

textbook
This book is for a class I am taking. It is a good compliment to the material taught by the teacher. It is also easy to read and navigate. Instead of certain text books which can sometimes add confusion to a subjectby being too wordy or detailed, this book does a good job of presenting topics in an easy to understand format.

Great buy
This was a great buy. My teacher didn't request the latest version so, this was perfect. Tons of information at the value price. ... Read more

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This book is written with the full understanding that educating kids is a continuing process. Amended legislation, expanding case law, medical discoveries, and educational technologies are significant influences that effect change. A maturity has developed in both regular and special education that provides a substantial understanding of how to teach almost anyone. To continue speculation about what to do with challenging students may provide a level of intellectual stimulation, but will certainly hamper us from serving them effectively. What is needed throughout our educational structure is an adherence to the fundamentals of learning and behavior. ... Read more

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great resource for professionals
i loved the book and got a copy for the OT ... Read more

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Discover what assessment methods you should be using, and how, when, and where they should be administered to ensure appropriate services are selected for all exceptional students.

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Very Broad Overview of the Topic
I had to buy this book for a graduate Educational Assessment course and was very disappointed.There was nothing in this book that my professor didn't cover in handouts during class.Total waste of time to read.It's a good book for a parent who wants to educate himself/herself about what SHOULD be going on during the assessment of his/her child. ... Read more

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The New Language of Toys is a how-to guide about using everyday toys--both store bought and homemade--to develop communication skills in children with disabilities and make playtime a fun, exciting and educational experience. ... Read more

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Great book
A phenomenal book to help parents with special needs develop a meaningful playtime at home.

AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR PARENTS OF SPEECH-DELAYED KIDS!
I bought this when my son was 15 months and we had concerns with his speech (he was a preemie and fairly ill his first year, so we have always monitored him pretty closely). This book may seem like "obvious" information or ridiculous to a parent of a typically-developing child, but it is a wealth of information to a speech-delayed child.

My son began special education preschool (for daily ST) a year after I bought this, and finally we were able to do more with it (his receptive language prior to that never came above a 6-9 month level). His ST and I would coordinate which activities I was doing with him using what sentence structure. (Right now, we are working on "wh" questions for example, ie "WHere is the ball?" "WHo is in this picture?" Early on, it was more like "Ball up. Ball down. Block up. Block down.").

By being "on the same page" (no pun intended), we believe he has made more progress than he might have made if I was treating him languagewise like a typically-developing child and he was only getting the intensive language therapy at school. I also have been able to transfer the ideas to household chores (shopping: "One apple. Two apples. Two apples in the basket. One, Two.").

I love the charts given of language development - I check off each consonant and consonant blend sound right in the book as he masters pronouncing then correctly. I don't have to use this book as much as I had to before, as now we are basically working with oral hypotonia, some other oral motor issues, and building his vocabulary (which he LOVES to do), but this book was great when he was unable to speak, frustrated because he couldn't make himself understood, and I still reference it at least weekly, either for my own child or to answer another concerned parent's questions. (We also used ASL for my son until he could physically produce the sounds to make words, so I signed a lot of the phrases suggested in this book as well, repeating them over and over until he could at least make himself understood through ASL.)

Just a bit of clarification on the previous review, many of our kids DO develop speech "typically" - they just don't begin until much later, but then many do it in the same order as other kids. The charts and checklists in this book make it easy to track that, which can be hard when other kids the same age are saying complete sentences and you aren't sure if your child's next step will be frontal consonants. It keeps you on track of YOUR child, so you can ignore what the typically-developing kids are doing that your child isn't.

(For a list of toys for kids with fine motor delays, see my list in listmania!)

I found this book to be disappointing
This book might be helpful to parents of newborns who have no idea how to play with their children. For everyone else, it has a pretty obvious and unimaginative take on how to use toys to stimulate language development. A typical suggested dialog for playing with legos is: "Yes, Bobby, that is a blue block! Here is another blue block! Now there are two blue blocks and they are exactly the same!" and so on. There are lots of lists of things your child should be doing at various ages; but if you are interested in this book, your child has special needs and you probably already know he/she isn't going to develop in a typical way. To me, this book wasn't worth the money.

An Excellent Book
As a Speech Language Pathologist who works with very young children and a mother of 2 children, I can tell you that this book is great. I loan my book to the families that I work and all the mothers have enjoyed it. There is a lot information on child development, particularly speech and language skills.The authors give suggestions on what are good toys and activites and how to use them to increase your child's language skills.In other words, "how to play with you child".The book is very easy to read and understand.Anyone with a young child, whether they have special needs or not, will learn a tremendous amount.

Extremely helpful guidelines on buying toys
Whether you have concerns about your child's language development or not, this book is very helpful. It speaks about toys intelligently and analyzes what can be taught with different toys and how. It also includes a goodamount of concrete information of language development. ... Read more

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Every teacher will encounter pupils with special needs. How to recognize those pupils, diagnose their needs and teach them effectively are crucial issues. This book provides accessible and reliable advice for new entrants to the profession. ... Read more

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This completely revised and updated edition addresses the most recent developments in Special Educational Needs. Essential reading for newly qualified teachers and teaching assistants, Rita Cheminais’s classic text now relates to current initiatives including Every Child Matters (ECM) and using personalised learning approaches. Many aspects vital to effective classroom practice are explored, including:

• the latest Qualified Teacher Status Standards and the Occupational Standards for Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools
• recent legislation and key official reports and documents relating to SEN and ECM
• the effective partnership working with multi-agency practitioners
• up-to-date tips on how to meet OFSTEDs inspection requirements in relation to pupils well being, attainment and achievement
• how to evaluate the impact of SEN/additional provision.

The book reflects the DCSF/National Strategies Inclusion Development Programme (IDP), and practical tips and strategies are given on how to meet the needs of a diverse range of pupils with additional educational needs (AEN), including: Speech, Language and Communication Needs, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.

Featuring helpful checklists, templates and photocopiable resources to support professional development, this practical resource contains a wealth of valuable advice, as well as signposting to further information.

This authoritative text will provide fascinating reading for trainee and newly qualified teachers as well as experienced teachers and teaching assistants. Lecturers in higher education and consultants and advisors in Local Authority Children’s Services will also find this book a useful resource.

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New and experienced teachers working with children with special needs in mainstream or special school settings are increasingly discovering the value of research to inform and improve their teaching.This highly accessible text features: DT identification of the key research issues which relate to different aspects of SEN and inclusion DT guidance on how to carry out research in order to enhance teaching and learning for children whose progress is causing concern DT explanations of a range of approaches to research, including empirical studies of individuals, groups and institutions with children, parents, teachers and other professionals DT advice on how to use and disseminate research findings The authors support their basic guidance with a variety of examples of published research and they offer a framework and practical suggestions for planning and carrying out school-based investigations with different purposes in mind. This text will be relevant to teachers and SENCOs, and to mentors and tutors in their supporting role. ... Read more

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This work examines recent and contemporary trends in training teachers in special educational needs. It views initial teacher education and INSET as part of a continuum of professional development, in which significant opportunities exist for innovation. It presents a series of chapters in support of this optimistic stance which provide practical examples of effective ways of working. The text should be of use to students, teachers, tutors, lecturers and school-based mentors in both general subjects and SEN. ... Read more

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Examining the causes and types of stress among teachers of children with special educational needs, this volume has practical ideas on how teachers can cope with and alleviate the problem. Also included are chapters on school organisation showing how support can be provided for staff. ... Read more

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This book builds on the themes outlined in the previous edition - the changing role of teachers in special education in the light of the Warnock Report (1981), the Education Act (1981) and, the 1988 Education Reform Act, which has lead to the introduction of the National Curriculum and Assessment, and LMS. It explores current situations and the day-to-day problems teachers face, and provides guidelines to help them cope. It discusses the current problems facing teachers of children with special needs and provides practical guidelines to help them cope in a rapidly changing education world and includes eight specially commissioned chapters plus some of the best articles to have appeared in "Support for Learning" over the past few years. ... Read more

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From the Back Cover"The 'INCLUDE' strategy is fantastic!"-Laura M. Frey, East Carolina University "The authors have done a very nice job of providing opportunities for students to interact with the material in meaningful ways. In this particular area, this is probably one of the best textbooks I have seen."-Melisa A. Reed, Marshall University "There is great importance placed on the practical application of research-based practices. The text narrative is supplemented with applied research that is indispensable as it provides practical information that will lead to solutions and improve learning and instruction."-Opal Effie Laman, Texas Tech University ... Read more