Showing titles in Special Education & Disabilities

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.

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.

This is a story about how a shy man named Travis conquered social anxiety to become a professional bingo caller. He put himself out there and now helps oversee bingo for several people two nights per week. Follow along as Travis transforms his life socially through gaining confidence and self-esteem as a successful bingo caller. Learn how Travis bettered his social skills while calling bingo.

Travis shares how he learned to change his beliefs, which turned autism into a huge celebration. After spending years feeling autism ruined his life, Travis used cognitive behavior therapy to change his beliefs about life and autism. Travis now thinks autism is something to celebrate and be grateful for, even after everything he has been through. Travis shares his journey to happiness with listeners in this delightful audiobook.

This book is a beginner's guide for teenagers and adults with autism all about the hidden rules of Facebook. With non-verbal communication already being of importance, Facebook has increased the importance level of non-verbal communication to a greater level. It is imperative for someone with autism to understand all the implications of what they do on Facebook. This is a basic guide to start them.

Ever wonder what it was like to be a child with Asperger’s syndrome? Whether you or a friend has been diagnosed, this all-new interactive book is an excellent resource to understand what life with Asperger’s is like. Explore life through the eyes of a child with Asperger’s. Mason tries to understand the world around him and finds his own self worth in being different. Great book for encouraging self-esteem development and for education of peers.

This guide is a must listening material for any black man or woman even thinking about a career in construction. This guide will also be extremely helpful for any carpenter or minority who wants to excel in the field of construction and has bigger aspirations than just digging trenches or cleaning up construction sites. The construction industry is dynamic and exciting and has plenty of opportunities to earn a good living. Unfortunately, the playing field is not always fair for people of color or minorities who would like to enter this field.

This handbook covers in its entirety the benefits of social skills coaching, which is a one-on-one skills-based training that addresses an individual's specific difficulties in navigating his/her social environment. Social skills coaching helps develop an individual's ability to more effectively communicate with others.

The gavel drops. With this judgement, another young man is forever branded "guilty." Whether truly a monster or just a victim of a broken system, he will spend the coming days, weeks, and months undergoing institutional rehabilitation. Join an altruistic educator as he ventures behind the wall in an endeavor to transform the lives of youth others have simply thrown away.

Do you have a child struggling in elementary school? Do all of the options to help your child seem too expensive? We know how you feel. We were in your shoes. Our son was struggling at the end of first grade, and we desperately wanted to help him. Yet going through the system seemed to take a long time. Finding private help was so expensive. So we went into action mode. We researched every online and offline tool, strategy, and tip we could find. We figured out what worked.

Albert Is My Friend is about the friendship between a young boy, Albert, who is on the autism spectrum and his friend, Mary Louise. Together they describe and explain some common autism behaviors at a child's level of understanding.

Money, greed, and arrogance - that's what now characterizes the standardized testing business in the United States. The United States Department of Education (USED), with its deep pockets and an alliance with testing and publishing houses, print and digital media, and universities, has created an "institutionalization of testing" scheme that guarantees an obscene profit for each of these entities.

Das Feature zeigt, inwieweit normale Schulen darauf vorbereitet sind, schwerbehinderte Kinder zu unterrichten und was dies für eine Schule, für Lehrer, Schüler und Eltern bedeutet.

Welcome to the world of visualization where children learn to learn better, achieve more, and build confidence. What happens when the formal school years hit? Why do so many struggle in school, a place where their curiosity should be encouraged to grow? Too many children are frustrated with the basic academic subjects: reading, writing, spelling, and math. Your child may become a master of avoiding tasks, stressed or anxious or have a behavioral problem. No more.

In this powerful narrative non-fiction debut, the lives of these three characters provide listeners with a vivid and sobering portrait of education in twenty-first-century America. Hope Against Hope works in the same tradition as Random Family and There Are No Children Here to capture the challenges of growing up and learning in a troubled world.

This is an audiobook made for regular and special education teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, related educational personnel, day care providers, parents, graduate students, and policy makers who work on behalf of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers to ensure they are ready for formal education when they reach age five. It reflects a keen understanding that early interventions are most effective in reducing the potential for special education or other support services later in a child’s development.

¿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.

In From Behaving to Belonging: : The Inclusive Art of Supporting Students Who Challenge Us, Julie Causton and Kate MacLeod detail how teachers can shift from a behavior management mindset (that punishes students for bad behavior or rewards students for good or compliant behavior) to an approach that supports all students—even the most challenging ones—with kindness, creativity, acceptance, and love.

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.