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The Turned-Off Child
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Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth
Timely in subject and original in perspective, Nurturing Hidden Resilience in Troubled Youth challenges what popular media refer to as a 'youth problem.'
Accommodation
The at-risk student population is growing larger in number with educators finding increased difficulty in meeting their diverse needs. Traditional teaching methods are not always working successfully. Accommodative services and aternative methods of education must be implemented in a fashion that will ignite students to success. Standard forms of statistical measurement (attendance, dropout, and graduation rates) have consistently shown negative ratings in schools across America. These measurements are indicators that students' educational needs are not being appropriately dealt with. This study shows how increased accommodation has a major impact on the educational success rates of at-risk students. It also reveals the importance of going beyond societal expectations and limits to reach students educationally. Finally, this study proves at-risk students will take responsibility for their educational success without losing accountability or being enabled.
Quiet Desperation
With standardized testing and predetermined subgroups garnering the attention of educational leaders, abused and neglected children have fallen deeper into the crevice of the system. For years these children have been ignored, save the obvious, visible bruises or child-initiated confessions. Because researching children is difficult without parental consent, it is nearly impossible to expose this problem with any level of legitimacy. By combining research from scientific research and the humanities, autobiographical flashbacks fuse with narratives that vividly detail the author's disturbing encounters with abused children as a school administrator. The effect is the realization that public schools unknowingly feed on weaker children beneath the awning of accountability. Book jacket.
Amy's Family
This coming of age story is told through the eyes of the author’s daughter, Amy, who is five years old when the book begins. She lives with her family in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Amy knows her family will move sooner or later because of her dad’s work. But her dad’s transfer to a small town in northeast Nevada is a daunting prospect for the entire family after spending so many years in the warm, temperate climate of the friendly Cajun country. The move to Nevada begins a journey for Amy and her family that will take them to Nigeria, Peru, Bolivia, and finally, to a small town in Oklahoma. As Amy learns about new and different cultures, she develops tolerance for the differences and a more...
Attention Deficit Disorders
Using a unique educational slant, this readable and up-to-date text provides practical strategies for making accommodations in regular classes and methods for special education teachers. Includes a thorough review of the latest legislation and up-to-date information from the DSM-IV.
Young Children
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Abuse and Neglect
Through the use of this comprehensive book, you'll learn your specific role and responsibilities in the identification, prevention, and intervention of child maltreatment as mandated by law. Child maltreatment can occur in all socioeconomic levels and cultural backgrounds creating barriers for learning. With a practical, engaging approach to this sensitive issue, the author guides you through the four major categories of maltreatment - physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and neglect - and gives you practical guidelines for identification, reporting, and follow-up; strategies for working effectively with students and their families; a checklist to assist you in identifying abuse in different age groups; and useful lists of books, journals, videos, audiotapes, and organizations. Whether you are a kindergarten or high school teacher, you'll find useful guidelines regarding what to look for, when to be sure of abuse, and what to expect after you report abuse.
Michiganensian
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