Product Description: This extensive revision provides the balance of theory, research, and practical relevance needed by students in graduate and undergraduate introductory courses, as well as practicing teachers and other professionals. The book addresses foundations, theoretical perspectives, intervention practices, and programmatic considerations derived from professional competencies presented in What Every Special Educator Must Know: The International Standards for the Preparation and Certification of Special Education Teachers...read more

Product Description: Book by Algozzine, Robert

Product Description: A contributed work that brings together experts in reading and special education to address research and practice related to teaching at-risk learners. From assessment concerns to improved instructional practices, this book provides a unified view on what has been done and how to proceed to effectively teach reading to students who are difficult to teach...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Wisdom the author learned from spending his adult life teaching. Actually pulled from research but altered and disguised for easy reading and remembering. Food for thought converted to wisdom in a book. Keep it around the faculty room or give it to a teacher instead of an apple...read more

Product Description: Book by Obiakor, Festus, Algozzine, Robert

Product Description: The Backyard Do-It-Yourselfer's Little Book of Wisdom has the answers. Not only solutions to fix-it-up problems, but plenty of tips and ideas on ways to get more for the time you spend as the "do-it-yourself" handyman in your home.

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Product Description: "This book presents an overview of research and strategies for teachers working with families of individuals with special needs." Beginning with a thorough overview of family research, services, and practices, this book instructs novice teachers in both special education and general education settings on the "ins and outs" of working with families of their diverse students...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Nothing in this book is intended to change your life, but it will make you laugh and trust that what you're doing in your class, or with your students, is teaching in a positive way.

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Product Description: Critical Issues is a unique and original collection of readings that present a comprehensive, straight forward, objective analysis of different perspectives on the major issues facing educational leadership professionals. Critical Issues In Educational Leadership is a comprehensive book that provides multifaceted and balanced analysis of the major conceptual, practical and potential issues facing all individuals interested in educational leadership...read more

Looks at the pressures of the first year of teaching and emphasizes the aspects of teaching not covered in college, including controlling workload, forming relationships, managing time, and maintaining automomy of teaching style.

Learn what effective teachers do to support students with mental retardation in and out of the inclusive classroom!  Providing special and general educators with highly effective strategies for enhancing the academic and social skills of students with mental retardation, and offering a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this exceptional resource also discusses: Common causes of mental retardation Diagnosing mental retardation Cognitive, academic, physical, behavioral, and communicational characteristics Methods for improving students’ functional academic, social, self-care, and work skills Instructional approaches for students with severe disabilities Issues such as prevention of mental retardation and transitioning from school to work