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The Truth About Special Education
Few parents and educators understand special education_its terms, philosophies, and process. This easy-to-read book contains a step-by-step discussion of the special education process and has hundreds of additional resources for parents including professional organizations, support groups, and useful websites. It will help parents and students minimize the inevitable anxiety associated with enrolling in a special education program. They will also gain insight into the legal rights and responsibilities associated with having a child in special education and learn how to develop effective educational plans and strategies for building effective educational teams along with basic information regarding common disabilities. Primarily written for family members of children with disabilities, this book will also be useful for educators who are unfamiliar with special education as well as special educators who are new to the field.
Fingerpainting in Psych Class
Working with kids is challenging in the best of situations. Fingerpainting in Psych Class is a resource for parents, teachers, therapists and other adults who want to better meet this challenge and more effectively work with children of all ages. This book will help you: ���� Better understand children and teenagers. ���� Confidently work with children on a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. ���� Stop reacting to negative behavior and be more of a positive influence. ���� Better understand some important psychological and spiritual principles critical to every child's healthy development. ���� Develop the ability to use intuition and creati...
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
Karol Truman provides a comprehensive and enlightening resource for getting in touch with unresolved feelings which, she explains, can distort not only happiness but also health and well-being. Leaving no emotion unnamed, and in fact listing around 750 labels for feelings, Truman helps identify problem areas, and offers a "script" to help process the feelings, replacing the negative feeling with a new, positive outlook. A chapter on the possible emotions below the surface in various physical ailments gives the reader plenty to work with on a deep healing level. FEELINGS BURIED ALIVE NEVER DIE combines a supportive, common-sense, results-oriented approach to a problem that is widespread and that can stop people from living fully.
Connecting with Kids Through Stories
Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments. With a thorough theoretical grounding, the book demonstrates how to create therapeutic stories that improve relationships, heal past trauma, and change problem behaviour. The story of a fictional family that develops its own narratives to help their adopted child heal illustrates the techniques. This second edition includes updated research on attachment, trauma and the developmental process; a new chapter on parental attunement and regulation; and a new chapter with full length samples of a variety of narrative types. The gentle and non-intrusive techniques in this book will be highly beneficial for children with attachment difficulties. This guide will be an invaluable resource for parents of adopted children and the professionals working with them.
Introduction to Social Psychology
Within the context of psychology, social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviours include all psychological variables that are measurable in a human being. The statement that others' presence may be imagined or implied suggests that we are prone to social influence even when no other people are present, such as when watching television or following internalized cultural norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behaviour as a result of the inter...
Inspiring Dialogue
Inspiring Dialogue helps new English teachers make dialogic teaching practices a central part of their development as teachers, while also supporting veteran teachers who would like new ideas for inspiring talk in their classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the book follows novice teachers as they build a repertoire of practices for planning for, carrying out, and assessing their efforts at dialogic teaching across the secondary English curriculum. The text also includes a section to support dialogic teacher learning communities through video study and discourse analysis. Providing a thorough discussion of the benefits of dialogic curriculum in meeting the objectives of the Common Core State Stand...
Win-Win Parenting
MaryLynne White has a Master's degree in early childhood and family development. She has over twenty years' experience working as a parenting coach and counselor with children and their parents. She has also spent time in the "trenches" working as a professional nanny in a home with five children, ages 7 to 13 years of age. Through her work, she recognized that many "traditional" parenting techniques did not work very well. She developed a "toolbox" of simple ways to help parents guide their children's negative behaviors into more positive whereby everyone wins and feels happier. These proven techniques work for all children, regardless of their personalities. Her easy going, informal manner...
Ad/Hd Generation
This holistic parenting book is aligned with current research and with the shifts that are apparent today in support of healthier living, a greener planet, and a peaceful world. It not only honors children's individuality and wholeness; it is filled with safe, effective, and reliable facts and holistic parenting tools that honor all aspects of children's being: their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic bodies. This easy-to-read guidebook also has step-by-step, do-able practices that can be used immediately to strengthen overall family relationships so that parents and kids can settle into an open, flowing, and more loving space with each other. In AD/HD Generation, Dr. Lope...
Nurture Your Child's Gift
What if the purpose of living is to fulfill a vision or dream we brought with us into this life? Any parent or person working with children knows that each child, when nurtured and encouraged, develops according to his or her unique temperament and abilities. Nurture Your Child's Gift asks us to see our children's unique gifts and shows us how we can encourage their dreams. Nurture Your Child's Gift: Describes recent mind/body advances from medicine, sports, psychology, and education and shows how to apply them directly to developing children's self-esteem, empowerment, and wholeness Provides holistic applications of breathing, music, creative problem solving, self-dialogue, affirmation, and imagery Includes self-reflection exercises that enable parents to nurture their own gifts as they work to encourage their children's
Homeschooling the Challenging Child
Addresses learning issues such as disabilities, attention disorders, personality difference, and learning styles, plus the unique challenges of teaching children with special learning, physical or emotional needs.
