Product Description: Available in packs of 5, these are the 40-page forms needed to conduct the complete ICP™assessment.How well is your early childhood program implementing quality inclusive practices? Now there’s a comprehensive, field-tested observational tool that uncovers the answers...read more

Product Description: The ICP™ Manual guides users on understanding, implementing, and scoring the ICP. The Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP) is a comprehensive, field-tested observational tool that assesses the quality of daily classroom practices that support the developmental needs of children with disabilities in early childhood settings...read more

Product Description: As published excavated contexts become more plentiful and as older contexts are reexamined, it has become increasingly possible to consider Greek figure-decorated pottery from the perspective of its use. The essays in this volume explore the relationship between image and use in different contexts, with an emphasis on the user and consumer-that is, they explore the possible meanings images had for the individuals who obtained the objects on which they appear...read more

Product Description: The Social Skill Scene Book is intended for kids ages 6-22 years of age on the autistic spectrum. Parents, teachers, and therapists can use this book to help kids with developmental social skill challenges, as well as improve their social awareness, social language and social opportunities with peers...read more

Product Description: This book explains and illustrates how to set-up a self-contained classroom right the first time. It will save teachers time and enhance classroom function, student motivation, and data collection. The How-To Guide For a Self-Contained Classroom is very practical and hands-on...read more

Product Description: Teach basic math skills to your students with math difficulties. After listening to customers' feedback, we've consolidated the author's previous books--Teaching Math to People with Down Syndrome and Other Hands-On Learners, Books 1 & 2-- into this accessible, one-stop guide to teaching fundamental and functional math concepts...read more

Product Description: Inklusion zielt auf die "volle Teilhabe" behinderter Menschen am gesellschaftlichen Leben. Dahinter steht ein Konzept, das von Lebenswelten ausgeht, in denen auch Menschen mit Behinderungen in vertrauter Umgebung das notwendige Mass an Unterstutzung fur eine aktive soziale Partizipation finden...read more

Product Description: Bringing Cookies to IEP Meetings Will Only Get You So Far! You’ve gone to IEP workshop after IEP workshop, searched for answers at conferences, done late night research on the internet, and yet you still have those guilty feelings that you’re not doing a good enough job advocating for your child...read more

This book chronicles the development of the institutional model in Massachusetts with the well-intended beginnings, the decline and subsequent heroic reform. Massachusetts led the country and perhaps the world in the development of facilities intended to house the mentally ill and developmentally disabled during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The state schools constructed during the early 20th century in the United States were the direct result of the unfortunate science of eugenics, as society strived to create a race that was without flaw. After WWII, the eugenics fervor became moot and the myriads of people who were placed in state schools remained--as society forgot about them. Sufficient funding was denied, and both employees and residents suffered the dire consequences of a society that no longer cared--a society that wanted to forget. This is the history of a place, but more than that, it is a story about people. It is the story of great men who did wonderful things and of well-intentioned men who made egregious mistakes. It is the story of a heroic fight for reform. A study of the human condition, of atrocity juxtaposed against nobility--a constant struggle. Unlike many other books on this topic, here there is a happy ending. Nobility triumphs. The tireless human spirit perseveres, and society is forced to listen to the cries of its institutionalized. 

Product Description: How we treat others often influences how individuals feel about themselves. This book illustrates how educators can effectively promote sensitive, inclusive classroom practices that maximize success for students with disabilities...read more

A father’s exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital, her parents, Paul and Kerry, were flooded with worry and uncertainty, but also overwhelming love, which they channeled to “the job of building the better Jillian.” While their daughter had special needs, they refused to allow her to grow up needy—“Expect, Don’t Accept” became their mantra. Little did they know how ready Jillian was to meet their challenge.Paul tells stories from Jillian’s mischievous childhood and moves to her early adulthood, tracing her journey to find happiness and purpose in her adult life, sharing endearing anecdotes as well as stories about her inspiring triumphs. Having graduated from high school and college, Jillian now works to support herself, and has met the love of her life and her husband-to-be, Ryan.In An Uncomplicated Life, the parent learns as much about life from the child as the child does from the parent. Through her unmitigated love for others, her sparkling charisma, and her boundless capacity for joy, Jillian has inspired those around her to live better and more fully. The day Jillian was born, Paul says, was the last bad day. As he lovingly writes, “Jillian is a soul map of our best intentions”—a model of grace, boundless joy, and love for all of us.

Product Description: Das Buch zeigt, wie Förderung und Teilhabe von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Down-Syndrom in den verschiedensten Lebenskontexten und in unterschiedlichem Lebensalter ineinandergreifen und gelingen. Dabei steht zunächst die Förderung und Teilhabe im ganz normalen familiären Alltag im Mittelpunkt...read more