Showing titles in Special Education & Disabilities

The Unteachables examines the overrepresentation of Black students in special education over the course of the twentieth century. As African American children integrated predominantly white schools, many were disproportionately labeled educable mentally retarded (EMR), learning disabled (LD), and emotionally behavioral disordered (EBD). Keith A. Mayes charts the evolution of disability categories and how these labels kept Black learners segregated in American classrooms.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by a sensual experience? Imagine magnifying that times 100. That is reality for many on the autism spectrum. This book talks about how people with autism balance sensory input issues with socializing and following unwritten social rules in the real world. The author examines how people with autism have physical and emotional sensory experiences throughout their life.

I Might Be You is a fresh look at the damage and emerging sun as told by an adult with autism who is, "disguised as a poor thinker," but has much to say yet does not speak, and a therapist who helps rebuild. With experience, wit, warmth, and wisdom these two collaborate to rethink roles, expectations, treatment strategies, education, meaning, and the healing truth about connection. It is a must read for overwhelmed parents, teachers and practitioners needing inspiration, and those with ASD seeking purpose as hope is found.

In this down-to-earth guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability. From the challenges with ability testing to gifted programs to the disability rights movement, Parekh shows how ableism is inextricably linked to other forms of bias. Her book is a powerful tool for educators committed to justice-seeking practices in schools.

In this stirring follow-up to the award-winning Fostering Resilient Learners, Kristin Van Marter Souers and Pete Hall take you to the next level of trauma-invested practice. To get there, they explain, educators need to build a nest—a positive learning environment shaped by three new Rs of education: relationship, responsibility, and regulation. Educators have a unique opportunity to influence students' learning, attitudes, and futures. This audiobook will invigorate your practice and equip you to empower those you serve, whatever their personal histories.

Before Kionne McGhee became a State Representative, author, professor, husband, and father, he had to survive a harsh reality. Growing up in the tough Naranja Housing Projects of South Miami, McGhee balanced being the man of the house with the pressures of street life. Petty crimes, skipping school, and living fast defined his early years.

Are you on the hunt for more information on the policies, procedures, and laws that surround special education? I’m aware there is a ton of information online, but the available information is often spread across a lot of technical sources, and it is hard to follow. That is why I wrote the Special Education Guidebook Series. I wanted to provide you with guidebooks that you can treat as your bible when it comes to special education. This is a comprehensive guide that you can use for all of your special education needs and queries

This audiobook will show you how Travis has taught himself how to read and analyze the social context behind social communication with social thinking. This has allowed him to learn a bit more about the hidden meaning behind some forms of communication and understand what others are trying to communicate with him. This is an intermediate guide to social thinking and learning how to understand and process the social context around us in the world.

Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms is expertly read by Rodney Tompkins. This audio edition includes a brief excerpt from Frey, Fisher and Dominique Smith's All Learning Is Social and Emotional: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond, which is also available as a full length audiobook from Echo Point Books & Media.

Navigate the intricate terrain of nurturing language skills in both typically developing children and those facing unique challenges, from late talkers to those with special needs. This book equips you with essential tools and proven strategies, eliminating the guesswork and empowering you to foster language proficiency with confidence.

Growing up with undiagnosed autism, Travis tells the story of what it is like to experience puberty, sexuality, dating, and relationships on the autism spectrum. Travis thinks in pictures normally, but when it comes to sexuality, he has a difficult time thinking in pictures. He does not like pornography because the pictures are not of women he knows personally.

In this short and simple guide, you will learn more about the qualities of a gifted person. These attributes typically already show in a man or woman’s childhood, and the developmental stages in which they grow. When you want to understand your highly intelligent child, it’s easy to brush off the problems that come with them, such as overexcitement, sensitiveness, and being picky or easily bored. These things all come with such intelligence, which is based on a neuroscientific approach to the high-speed thinkers among us.

¿Tu hijo es sensible, como la orquídea, o resistente, como el diente de león? Este estudio, realizado por un experto en salud pediátrica de renombre internacional, descubre que los niños más frágiles y problemáticos son también los que tienen mayor potencial. Ser padres es el trabajo más difícil del mundo y, a veces, la tarea puede ser aún más compleja, porque no todos los niños son fuertes, resistentes, capaces de crecer y adaptarse a cualquier entorno, como el diente de león. Algunos son más frágiles y vulnerables, como la orquídea, y reaccionan peor ante el estrés y las adversidades.

Niemand ist perfekt, daher ist jeder Mensch auf seine eigene Art und Weise beeinträchtigt. Ein Zitat von mir persönlich, mag es im ersten Augenblick etwas seltsam klingen, doch beim Wiederholen jedes einzelnen Wortes wird einem schnell klar, welche Kernaussage diese Erläuterung mit sich bringt. Wir alle sind Menschen. Lebewesen, aus tiefstem Herzen fühlend, lachend, lebend. Und auch, wenn jeder von uns verschiedene Erfahrungen macht, so haben wir doch eines alle gemeinsam: Eine perfekte Unperfektheit.

A Journey Through Autism for the Puzzled Parent is a book about one mother's shared experiences raising her son who has ASD. She offers education, resources, and uplifting words of encouragement to help guide fellow parents through their own journey. This is volume 1 of the Puzzled Parent series by Randi-Lyn Miller-Gol.

Stress Relief, Networking, and Advocacy for the Puzzled Parent offers some great insight into the world of stress that comes with being a parent or caregiver to a child with autism. It also covers the stress that the child goes through. This book is extremely raw and real - diving head on into the hard pressed topics of communication, self-guilt, bullying, and parent-shaming.

Learn how Travis escaped into his imagination in college to create the social relationships he desired. Would he be able to turn the relationships in his make-believe world into a reality in the real world? A shy awkward man, who would later be diagnosed as having Asperger Syndrome, Travis practices his approach to talking to Christy by escaping into his imagination and creating a make-believe world where he is successful at getting her to like him. Will Christy be accepting of Travis' courtship or will she turn him down leaving him devastated?

Travis shares extreme detail in how he escapes into his imagination to create a make-believe world that serves him great purpose in coping with the confusing social world. Escaping into imagination is an excellent tool that he uses to thrive with autism and be successful in life. Learn the ins and outs of his make-believe world. You will also learn the pros and cons of having a make-believe world. Escape into imagination can be a thriving tool for autistic people that gets us through each day. Listen to find out more.

The autism community is often wondering how we can measure quality of life for autistic people. This book argues that a group definition for measuring quality of life is inappropriate as quality of life is not a group-centered thing. Instead, this book argues that quality of life for autistic people is a person-centered definition that requires determining each autistic person's quality of life one by one.

Has something ever seemed a bit off about someone you met? Have you considered they might have Asperger syndrome? This book is full of confessions from a former stalker who has Asperger syndrome. The author explains his thinking and reasoning behind what he thinks is logical behavior that women think is creepy. Learn how a man with Asperger syndrome perceives the social world he interacts with. This book will give the listener insight into how someone with Asperger syndrome processes advanced social situations like dating and relationships. The author shares an honest and heartwarming account of his experiences trying to date women.