Education/Classroom
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Cheri J. Meiners Join In and Play
It’s fun to make friends and play with others, but it’s not always easy to do. You have to make an effort, and you have to know the rules—like ask before joining in, take turns, play fair, and be a good sport. This book teaches the basics of cooperation, getting along, making friends, and being a friend. Includes ideas for games adults can use with kids to reinforce the skills being taught.
$18.50
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Margaret Sullivan Jacinta's Orderly World
Jacinta carefully manages her environment and belongings - everything has to be placed just right, in the right place. On an outing with her father, she has a chance meeting with an overturned oil can, and learns to see rainbows where she once saw an awful mess. A visit to their car mechanic shows her that there can be efficiency in what at first looks like raw chaos.
$24.95
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Cheryl M. Jorgensen It's More than "Just Being In": Creating Authentic Inclusion for Students with Complex Support Needs
Concrete, research-based examples show you what successful inclusion looks like, and ready-to-use strategies help you implement each stage of inclusion, from presuming competence to supporting the transition to adult life. Three in-depth case studies woven throughout the chapters, helpful checklists and tables, sample IEPs, additional online resources, and reproducible forms to help you implement inclusion. Learn how to develop supports to promote participation and learning, write inclusive, standards-based IEPs, collaborate with all IEP team members, promote friendships and social connections, and assess academic progress. Teachers will also be able to help students transition to the next grade, support students as they plan for life after high school, and overcome common challenges to inclusion.
$49.95
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Leyton Schnellert, Linda Watson, Nicole Widdess It's All About Thinking: Creating Pathways for All Learners in the Middle Years
This book focuses on teaching and learning in the middle years, transforming principles into practices, and exploring such questions as: How can we help students develop the competencies they need to become successful learners? How can we create pathways to deep learning of important concepts? How can we engage and support diverse learners in inclusive classrooms? Nicole, Linda, and Leyton explore these questions and offer classroom examples to help busy teachers develop communities where all students learn, focusing on the big ideas in middle years education today.
$29.00
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Faye Brownlie, Carole Fullerton, Leyton Schnellert It's All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in Mathematics and Science
The authors focus their expertise on the disciplines of mathematics and science, translating principles into practices that help other educators with their students. This book is written by three experienced educators who offer a welcoming and "can-do" approach to the big ideas in math and science education today. In this book you will find insightful ways to teach diverse learners and fully-fleshed lessons crafted using curriculum design frameworks.
$36.00
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Faye Brownlie, Leyton Schnellert It's All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in English, Social Studies, and Humanities
In this book, Faye and Leyton explore these questions and offer classroom examples to help busy teachers develop communities where all students learn. In this book, you will find: insightful ways to teach diverse learners, e.g., literature and information circles, open-ended strategies, cooperative learning, inquiry curriculum design frameworks, e.g., universal design for learning (UDL) and backward design assessment for, of, and as learning lessons to help students develop deep learning and thinking skills in English, Social Studies, and Humanities excellent examples of theory and practice made accessible real school examples of collaboration.
$29.00
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Diane Alber Invisible Scribble
Everyone LOVES colorful Scribbles and bright Splatters but what about...Invisible Scribble? Invisible Scribble is the new scribble to the group and he is worried he will never fit in because he can't make a colorful swirl. It took kindness from the Scribbles, the Splatters and the Snippets to show him how he was always a masterpiece! Great book especially for starting at a new school, or dealing with shyness.
$25.95
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Patrice Karst The Invisible Leash
"When our pets aren't with us anymore, an Invisible Leash connects our hearts to each other. Forever." That's what Zack's friend Emily tells him after his dog dies. Zack doesn't believe it. He only believes in what he can see. But on an enlightening journey through their neighborhood-and through his grief-he comes to feel the comforting tug of the Invisible Leash. And it feels like love.
$14.50
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Kirke Olson Invisible Classroom
The Social Neuroscience of Education There is more to a classroom than just a teacher and a group of students. All classroom interactions have "invisible" neurobiological, emotional, and social aspects --the emotional histories of students, the teacher's own background and biography. In this book, Kirke Olson takes lessons from brain science, mindfulness, and positive psychology to help teachers understand the full range of their students' school experiences. Using its classroom-ready resources, teachers, administrators, parents, and policy makers can make the invisible visible, turning human investment in their students into the best possible learning outcomes.
$35.95
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The Invisible Boy
Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party . . . until, that is, a new kid comes to class. When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome. And when Brian and Justin team up to work on a class project together, Brian finds a way to shine. From esteemed author and speaker Trudy Ludwig and acclaimed illustrator Patrice Barton, this gentle story shows how small acts of kindness can help children feel included and allow them to flourish. Any parent, teacher, or counselor looking for material that sensitively addresses the needs of quieter children will find The Invisible Boy a valuable and important resource.
$25.99
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Intricate Minds II: Understanding Elementary School Classmates With Asperger Syndrome
Understanding Elementary School Classmates With Asperger Syndrome. This video features interviews with boys and girls age 8 through 12 who describe what it's like to have Asperger Syndrome. They reveal some of the positive qualities classmates will find if they look past the "different" behaviors that kids with AS sometimes exhibit in school. The program also takes viewers "inside Asperger Syndrome" with demonstrations to help them see things from the point of view of kids who have AS. Also available (priced separately) Intricate Minds (high school) and Intricate Minds III: Understanding Elementary School Classmates Who Think Differently (another version of this DVD with modified narration and additional interviews to cover more disabilities than Asperger's).
$30.00
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Integrating RTI With Cognitive Neuropsychology
A Scientific Approach to Reading. This book represents the natural symbiosis between RTI and the brain-behavioral principles of cognitive neuropsychology to assist all educators in better diagnosing and remediating reading disorders in children. The primary chapters include: Cognitive Neuropsychology and Five Dirty Words; Overview of RTI; The Phonological Processor; The Orthographic Processor; Subtypes of Dyslexia; The Comprehension Connection; Integrating RTI with Cognitive Neuropsychology; Two Models, Two Cases; and 20 Evidence Based Interventions.
$50.00
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Insults Aren't Funny: What to Do About Verbal Bullying
Casey the rabbit loves to play goalie on the soccer team. But when Casey fails to block a goal, Dana the squirrel starts calling Casey hurtful names. Young readers watch Casey struggle with bullying and learn safe ways to make it stop. Sensitive illustrations of gender-neutral animal characters help all children relate to the issue of verbal bullying. Ages 5-7.
$11.95
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M-C Bailey McKenna Instead I...helping students to survive and thrive at school
Helping 5 to 11-Year-Olds Survive And Thrive At School Children face social and emotional challenges each day at school. Many children require direct teaching to learn how to cope with these challenges. This book supports these children and the caring adults who can help. Instead I...offers explicit emotional skill development including: feelings and where they might be occurring in the body, helpful strategies to increase calming in a school setting, social strategies to deal with common day-to-day challenges, and more! Also in this series of five books are But When I...(on focus), So Then I... (on recess), Why Can't I...(on the blues), and What if I I...(on worries). Sold separately. Also available as a set of five books - see Series on the Menu under the Search Bar.
$16.95
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Fredda Brown, Jacki Anderson, Randall L. De Pry Individual Positive Behavior Supports: A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support's Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into person-centered interventions that improve lives. Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensive textbook fully prepares professionals to support all people with challenging behavior, effectively and respectfully.
$95.95
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Importance of Being Little
What Young Children Really Need from Grownups This New York Times bestseller provides a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child's eye view of the learning environment.
$25.99
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Dr. Jean M. Twenge iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood
With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. They are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. Members of iGen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders and explain their views to their older peers.
$36.95
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Ian's Walk: A Story About Autism
Julie can't wait to go to the park and feed the ducks with her big sister. Her little brother, Ian, who has autism, wants to go, too. Ian doesn't have the same reactions to all the sights and sounds that his sisters have, and Julie thinks he looks silly.
$12.99
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I'm Scared
Crary's series helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way. In this story, Tracy is anxious to meet her new neighbor kids, but she's frightened that their big dog might bite, just like another neighborhood dog did. What should she do?
$13.95
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I'm Proud
Crary's series helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way. I'm Proud demonstrates the importance of positive emotions like pride. It also reminds us how much children want their "small" accomplishments recognized, as Mandy does when she learns to tie her shoes.
$13.95
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I'm Like You You're Like Me
This book teaches children tolerance and respect for others, listening, understanding, kindness, and cooperation. The simple text illustrations provide examples of ways children can cooperate, and appreciate one another. Bright, cheerful art adds depicts children of various backgrounds playing and working together. Suggestions for sharing and using this book, as well as activities to reinforce the concepts, appear at the end. With the focus on kindness, respect, and tolerance, this title is an appropriate teaching tool for an early-childhood environment. Leader's Guide sold separately. Ages 3 to 8
$26.50
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I'm Frustrated
Too often kids' feelings get ignored. "I'm Frustrated" is part of the "Dealing with Feelings" series that helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings by utilizing the "choose-your-own-ending" format. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way.
$13.95
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I'm Excited
Crary's series helps children and adults accept and acknowledge their emotions. It also helps them distinguish between feelings and actions. Even more important, the stories give kids several ways to cope with feelings. They also allow parents and teachers to discuss other situations in a nonjudgmental way. I'm excited helps young readers determine ways to express their excitement and energy appropriately.
$13.95
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Dagmar Geisler I Won't Go With Strangers
The story is about a young girl whose parent is late picking her up from school. As she's waiting, several people offers her a ride home. Some are people she sort of knows, like a neighbor or a handyman working on her house, but the girl asks herself how well does she REALLY know these people? She realizes she doesn't know them well enough, declines the offer of a ride, and waits for her designated person to pick her up. This sensitively narrated story illustrates how clear rules and arrangements can help protect and empower children during an especially vulnerable time of day. The ending includes a prompt for readers to create their own similar "safe" list, and a list of resources for parents.
$23.95
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