This book is about helping youngsters with learning disabilities hold onto their dreams.
Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs.
Richard Bolles’s What Color Is Your Parachute? has helped millions of readers find their path in life, and now his Creative Approach to Job-Hunting is brought to bear on the specific challenges faced by job hunters with disabilities.
This anthology is comprised of two major components: thirteen full-length, autobiographical essays written by persons with learning disabilities and five analytical chapters written by education and psychology scholars.
This book focuses on adults with severe learning disabilities (LD) and the educators who work with them.
It is hard to find a proposal for improving American education that does not include plans for the widespread use of computers.
Phonemic awareness—the understanding that words are made up of sounds—is essential to a child's early reading success. With this book, children gain this awareness through engaging, easy to teach activities.
Everything you wanted to know about phonics but were afraid to ask! This practical handbook, written by an early reading specialist, will show you how to build engaging, effective phonics practice into your reading-writing program.
Negotiating the Special Education Maze is one of the best tools available to parents and teachers for developing an effective education program for their child or student.
Thoughtful and practical, this book will appeal to today's busy parents, with its concise, easy-to-read style. Now in a convenient format, Don't Miss the Bus! is even more accessible to parents with no time to spare.