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1	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A searing, eye-opening expose of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age and Rachel and Her Children. Kozol blames the disparity among public school systems on the local funding structure that ensures a direct connection between affluence of a community ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self more books like this by Alice Miller Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answerand has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems Atany Level more books like this by Sally E Shaywitz, M.D. The author, an expert on reading and dyslexia, offers a scientific explanation of dyslexia and then explains how parents can work with their children to overcome this problem. Also discussed is dealing with dyslexia in older children and adults. see all copies from £7.95! new only from £10.39! \| first editions
4	The Gift of Dyslexia more books like this by Ronald D Davis, Eldon M Braun, Joan M Smith (Foreword by) A handbook for teachers of dyslexic children. see all copies from £6.39! new only from £9.33!
5	Including Students with Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers more books like this by Marilyn Penovich Friend, William D Bursuck This single most-adopted Inclusion text worldwide continues to provide the best source of practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings. Filled with examples and vignettes, the emphasis is always on teaching methods that promote student independence at all education levels. Its non-categorical approach helps ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.19! \| first editions
6	Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education more books like this by William L Heward For courses in Introduction to Special Education, Exceptionalities or Mainstreaming. For two decades, professors at more than 350 colleges and universities have relied on this comprehensive, engaging text for professional research, current practice, and trends in special education. Grounded in scholarship, yet written with the human experience in ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £14.80! \| first editions
7	Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers more books like this by Paul Alberto For courses in Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Management and Behavior Modification. Scholarly and empirically based, this market-leading text gives students what they need to understand using the principles and practices of applied behavioral management in the classroom. The content is presented clearly, in a friendly, accessible-even fun ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.51! \| first editions
8	One Child more books like this by Torey Hayden Six year old Sheila had been abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation, - except her teacher, Torey ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.19! \| first editions
9	Exceptional Learners: Introduction to Special Education more books like this by Daniel Hallahan, James M Kauffman Exceptional Learners is an outstanding introduction to the characteristics of exceptional learners and their education, emphasizing classroom practices as well as the psychological, sociological, and medical aspects of disabilities and giftedness. In keeping with this era of accountability, all discussions and examples of educational practices ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.27! \| first editions
10	Social Skills Activities for Special Children more books like this by Darlene Mannix This book offers a flexible, ready-to-use program to help special students in grades K-5 learn appropriate ways to behave among others. The revised and updated second edition of this bestselling resource book provides ready-to-use lessons - complete with reproducible worksheets - to help children become aware of acceptable social behavior and ... see all copies from £12.70! new only from £16.89!
11 view cover	Teaching Students with Learning Problems more books like this by Cecil D Mercer For courses in teaching students with mild disabilities and students at risk for school failure. Also for courses in teaching students with disabilities in inclusive and Special Education settings. This top-selling practical, research-based text contains the resources teachers need to make informed decisions concerning their students with ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.76! \| first editions
12 view cover	Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms more books like this by Rena B Lewis, Donald H Doorlag For course in Inclusion or Introduction to Special Education. This popular, practical text prepares future teachers for the challenges of inclusion and gives them the background to work with a wide range of students in a variety of educational settings in the elementary and secondary classroom. Using an informal style, the text demonstrates how ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.46! \| first editions
13 view cover	Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Todays Schools more books like this by Ann Turnbull For introductory courses in Special Education. The authors of this introductory text have a vision for special education-to equip general and special education teachers with the principles, values and teaching practices that support the education of the majority of students with disabilities in general education programs. Beginning with a ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.45! \| first editions
14 view cover	How the Special Needs Brain Learns more books like this by Dr. David A Sousa 'The book's greatest strength may be its logical explanation of why today's students develop and learn differently, so that a functionally unchanging educational system is no longer appropriate in meeting learner needs' - Choice From the author of the How the Brain Learns comes a new book dealing with special needs students. How the Special Needs ... see all copies from £6.90! new only from £11.12! \| first editions
15 view cover	Somebody Elses Kids more books like this by Torey Hayden They were all "just somebody else's kids" - four problem children placed in Torey Hayden's class because nobody knew what else to do with them. They were a motley group of children in great pain: a small boy who echoed other people's words and repeated weather forecasts; a beautiful seven-year old girl brain damaged by savage parental beatings; an ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.54!
16 view cover	Ghost Girl more books like this by Torey Hayden Jadie never spoke, never laughed, never cried. She spent every waking hour locked in her own private world of shadows. But nothing in Torey Hayden's experience had prepared her for the nightmare Jadie revealed to her when finally persuaded to break her self-imposed silence. It was a story too painful, too horrific for Hayden's professional ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.07! \| first editions
17 view cover	Beautiful Child more books like this by Torey Hayden A stunning and poignant account of a teacher's extraordinary efforts to break through a young student's self-imposed silence--from the internationally bestselling author of One Child. Torey Hayden had always worked with special needs children. Sometimes the challenge was easy, helping a child with ADD to function normally in a classroom, and other ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.54! \| first editions
18 view cover	All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome more books like this by Kathy Hoopmann "All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome" takes a playful look at Asperger Syndrome (AS), drawing inspiration from the feline world in a way that will strike a chord with all those who are familiar with AS. Delightful colour photographs of cats bring to life familiar characteristics such as sensitive hearing, scampering at the first sign of being stroked, ... see all copies from £9.33! new only from £9.33!
19 view cover	Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community more books like this by Alfie Kohn This book questions the assumption that classroom problems are always the fault of students who don't do what they are told. New classroom management techniques are not the answer, he says. Instead, we must reconsider what we're telling students to do and to learn. He shows how a fundamentally cynical view of children lies beneath the assumption ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.29! \| first editions
20 view cover	Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Underprepared more books like this by Mike Rose Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient--these are the stigmas that define the educational underclass to which Mike Rose once belonged. Here, he tells of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university, bringing a vital challenge to those who must shape America's educational agenda. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.54! \| first editions
21 view cover	Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew more books like this by Ellen Notbohm Framed with both humor and compassion, the book defines the top ten characteristics that illuminate the minds and hearts of children with autism. Ellen's personal experiences as a parent, an autism columnist, and a contributor to numerous parenting magazines coalesce to create a guide for all who come in contact with a child on the autism spectrum. see all copies from £9.33! new only from £9.33!
22 view cover	Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach more books like this by Terry Overton This most recent revision of Assessing Learners with Special Needs: An Applied Approach includes thorough explanations of the IDEA 2004 Regulations including RTI (response to intervention) and Early Intervening Services. Moreover, this text includes more applied exercises within the textbook. To address the increasing importance of accurate ... see all copies from £9.18! new only from £60.72!
23 view cover	Characteristics of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth more books like this by James M Kauffman For introductory courses in Behavioral and Emotional Disorders. The leader in special education for emotionally disturbed children and youth, this powerful text combines descriptions of emotional and behavioral disorders with discussion and interpretation of current research on their development. Material is organized around five basic concepts: ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £32.47! \| first editions
24 view cover	Just Another Kid more books like this by Torey L. Hayden Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle - three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatised by the horrors of war; eleven year old Dirkie, who knew life inside an institution; the excitable Mariana, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven year old Leslie, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.54! \| first editions
25 view cover	Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom (Book & CD-ROM): Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented more books like this by Susan Winebrenner Since 1992, Teaching Gifted Kids in The Regular Classroom has been the definitive guilde to meeting the learning needs of gifted students in the mixed-abilities classroom. This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the proven best-seller includes new chapters on the characteristics of gifted students and paranting gifted kids. Throughout, the ... see all copies from £2.09! new only from £12.80!

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