Amazon.com description: Product Description: This easy-to-use manual is an essential resource for classroom teachers and an extremely useful reference for special educators, school psychologists, resource teachers, and administrators. It provides over 500 classroom-tested, teacher-friendly tips for helping special education students succeed in school as they face academic, social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. The authors also include guidelines for developing positive relationships with parents and for conducting effective parent-teacher conferences. Each chapter focuses on one of the following special needs areas: Learning Disabilities, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Emotional Disabilities, Speech and Language Disorders, Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments, Orthopedic and Other Health Impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders/Autism, and Giftedness.