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Off Track, When Poor Readers Become “Learning Disabled”

Off Track describes what the authors feel is wrong with the field of learning disabilities, reviews research, examines historical context, and focuses on how children with reading disabilities are defined and identified in schools. The authors masterfully demonstrate the disconnects between scientific evidence about poor reading and the views pushed by large parts of the learning disability industries.

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Special Education in Multicultural Contexts

Margret A. Winzer & Kasper Mazurek

This book was written for teachers and those intervening with students with special needs in regular classrooms, special education settings, and other contexts as well as those with allied disciplines such as psychology, counseling, administration, and early childhood.  It addresses areas that are relatively novel to our field: the impact on a child's interactions and learning when a diverse cultural or linguistic background is joined to a disabling condition or giftedness.

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Cultural Diversity in Our Schools

Patricia L. Marshall

This book explores the construct of race/ethnicity and its impact on all aspects of the teaching-learning process.  In short, the focus of this book is on teachers primarily and students secondarily.  It aims to facilitate critical questioning among teachers  of all experiential levels and cultural backgrounds by examining the complexity of some of the more salient issues of the teaching-learning process in U.S. schools.

Δ  Part One:  Understanding Self: Diversity in Schools and the Outlooks of Teachers;      Δ  Part Two:  Understanding Learners: Diverse Backgrounds and Worldviews of Students;     Δ  Part Three:  Understanding Teaching: Techniques and Strategies for Diverse Classroom Contexts;     Δ  Part Four:  Understanding Schools: Diverse Dynamics That Impact Teachers Effectiveness.

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Vocabulary Plus K-8 - A Source-Based Approach

Alleen Pace Nilsen & Don L.F. Nilsen

Features:     ◊ Ready-to-photography workshop pages in every chapter are easy to use and serve as conversation topics.     ◊ Photographs of student work and of students at work at the beginning of each chapter provide a quick glance at the possibilities for hands-on, multi-sensory activities.     ◊ Background reading for the teacher in each chapter.     ◊ Open-ended End-of-chapter activities in every chapter.     ◊ Suggestions for eliciting participation from students in each chapter.     ◊ Connections of word study with the development of higher order thinking skills in each chapter.

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Assessment Accommodations for Diverse Learners

David S. Goh

This book presents a systematic discussion of the use of assessment accommodations with two types of learners who have many assessment issues in common - students with disabilities and students from linguistically diverse backgrounds (ELLs).

Recent years have witnessed an increasing use of accommodations in school assessment, especially in large-scale achievement testing.  This concise and practical text provides a balanced discussion on professional use of assessment accommodations and empirical research on the effects of various accommodations.

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English Language Learners With Special Education Needs

Alfredo J. Artiles & Alba A. Ortiz, Editors

This book describes the challenges involved in identifying placing, teaching, and assessing English language learners with special education needs.  It describes model programs and approaches, including early intervention programs, assessment methods, parent/school collaboration, and native and dual language instruction.  All students deserve an education that meets their individual needs and capitalizes on their strengths.

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Special Education, Multicultural Education, and School Reform

Cheryl A Utley & Festus E. Obiakor

The neglect of students with disabilities in school reform and restructuring initiatives continues to be problematic for multicultural learners.  The authors discuss research focused on poverty, race, and cultural diversity and their impact on students with mild disabilities.  The demographic realities of society, linguistic diversity, emotional/behavioral disorders, mild mental retardation, specific learning disabilities, result-based education, school consultation and collaboration are examined.  Also discussed are current issues affecting the education of multicultural students with mild disabilities, the selection of appropriate service delivery options in inclusion settings, the implementation of effective instructional programs, and the utilization of services by families.  They offer practical solutions to create partnerships between multicultural students, their families, local service providers, general and special educators, and community members.

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Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners

Sandra Rollins Hurley & Josefina Villamil Tinajero

The contributing authors take the position that teachers must skillfully connect teaching, learning, and assessment in meaningful ways.  Assessment measures, therefore, need to be designed for use as an integral part of instruction - not as a separate, add-on procedure - so that assessment does not take away from instructional time.  The main goal of the authors is to provide teachers, particularly those within grade K to 8 settings, theoretical and practical information about assessment.

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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 - Public Law 107-110

U.S. Department of Education

Title I: Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged.

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Developing Cross-Cultural Compenence - Second Edition - A Guide for Working with Children and Their Families

Eleanor W. Lynch & Marci J. Hanson - Editors

This updated second edition offers practical advise.  With insight from their own racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds, the chapter authors contribute wisdom and bout the influence of different cultures on people's beliefs, values, and behaviors.  Their knowledge helps professionals learn how to embrace diversity in intervention services and foster respectful and effective interactions with people of many cultures.

With new case examples and helpful appendices explaining courtesies, customs, events, practices, and vocabulary, this book supports professionals and students in understanding and accommodating the needs of a diverse population.

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One Child, Two Languages

Margret A. Winzer & Kasper Mazurek

This book was written for teachers and those intervening with students with special needs in regular classrooms, special education settings, and other contexts as well as those with allied disciplines such as psychology, counseling, administration, and early childhood.  It addresses areas that are relatively novel to our field: the impact on a child's interactions and learning when a diverse cultural or linguistic background is joined to a disabling condition or giftedness.

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Diversity & Developmentally Appropriate Practices - Challenges for Early Childhood Education

Bruce L. Mallory & Rebecca S. New, Editors

This timely book offers critiques of early childhood education and developmentally appropriate practices.  The editors seek to expand the current definition of developmentally appropriate practices to include alternative theoretical and practical perspectives necessary for addressing the needs of young children with cultural and developmental differences.

Of particular interest to early childhood and special education teachers and teacher educators, school and day care administrators, and policy makers, this book serves as an excellent supplemental text to graduate and undergraduate courses.

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Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners - Practical Approaches for Teachers

J. Michael O'Malley & Lorraine Valdez Pierce

Here is a practical guide for teachers, teacher trainers, administrators, and assessment specialists who work ESL/bilingual students of all grade levels.  This book provides:    ◊ a comprehensive selection of practical, effective strategies for assessing oral language, reading, writing, and the content areas    ◊ solid, research-based framework linking assessment to instruction    ◊ reproducible checklists, rating scales, and rubrics that can be adapted for local assessment needs    ◊ practical approaches for using portfolios, self-assessment, and peer assessment, accompanied by guidelines for grading practices.

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Language Minority Students with Disbilities

Leonard M. Baca & Estella Almanza

This book discusses the preparation needed by schools and school personnel to meet the needs of limited-English-proficient students with disabilities.

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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 - Title III - Public Law 107-110

U.S. Department of Education

Title III: Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students.

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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Professionals in Special Education: A Demographic Analysis

Judy L. Wald

This paper focuses on identifying some of the underlying issues associated with the supply and demand of culturally and linguistically diverse teaching professionals - particularly special educators representing diverse populations.  Some the the issues discussed may also apply to related service professions such as physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology.

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cultural and linguistic diversity and IDEA - An Evaluation Resource Guide

Center for Innovations in Special Education (CISE)

This guide was developed because the Missouri DESE convened a committee of educators experienced in the area of CLD to answer questions regarding how to evaluate children whose primary language is not English to determine if they are eligible for special education or First Steps. 

It provides introductory information on developmental/cultural issues and evaluation of CLD Children.  While much of the information in the document may be useful for determining instruction and strategies, the primary focus of this guide is on helping teams determine if a child is eligible under the Individuals and Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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Determining Appropriate Referrals of English Language Learners to Special Education: A Self-Assessment Guide for Principals

Council for Exceptional Children

This guide is designed to provide principals and  others a general overview of the issue so they may review their programs for sign of disproportionality.  To this end, the guide presents information on the following subjects:

◊ Self-assessment information;     ◊ Issues related to communicating with English language learners and their families;      ◊ Many schools are using Teacher Assistance Teems.  Included is a section on what these teams are and how they operate.     ◊ Process of assessment, eligibility, and the development of the Individualized Education Program (IEP).     ◊ Instruction and professional development.

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Special Education...a service, not a place - Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education: Children Who Are Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

Kristine Slentz

This manual is designed to provide procedures and resources for assessing birth to 6 year olds who are culturally and linguistically diverse.  Information on language learning, the impact culture on behavior, information-gathering strategies, tests, and the referral process has been summarized from a variety of sources.  The resources are intended to guide the evaluation of children who have immigrated from other countries, live in communities that have maintained non-Anglo cultural traditions, and speak primarily other than English.

Although the emphasis is on evaluation of young children for special education eligibility, the procedures outlined can, and should also be applied to assessment for IEP/EFSP development and monitoring.

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Developing Cultural Competence in Early Childhood Assessment

Susan M. Moore & Janet Beatty & Clara Perez-Mendez - University of Colorado at Boulder

This manual serves as a supplement to the Screening and Evaluation Process guidelines, developed by the Child Find Project in 1993 and funded through the Colorado Department of Education (CDE).

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Teaching Second Language Learners With Learning Disabilities - Strategies for Effective Practice

J. Dixon Hearne

This book is aimed at a wide audience of readers in the fields of special education, speech-language pathology, bilingual-ESL education, and general education as a practical resource for elementary school teachers, learning disabilities teachers and other special educators, bilingual teachers and coordinators, and elementary school administrators seeking to provide instructional leadership in these areas.

The book includes a brief history of the field of learning disabilities (LD), a discussion of parallels between the LD field and bilingual education, and an examination of emerging theories on second language acquisition.  It offers extensive information about teaching and learning models and a host of promising practices for students.

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Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates - 6th Grade

Teresa Lively & Diane August & Maria Carlo & Catherine Snow

Research studies how that students' vocabulary knowledge strongly correlates with their success in reading comprehension.  Give your sixth graders the crucial vocabulary practice they need - in just 20 to 30 minutes per day - with this innovative program that combines teacher-directed instruction with cooperative group learning and individual activities. 

The lessons in this 18-week curriculum were developed around readings from New Kids in Town, by Janet Bode, and two articles on immigration adapted from the New York Times (passages included in the manual) so that your students encounter the target words embedded in literature.

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Multicultural Students With Special Language Needs - 2nd Edition - Practical Strategies for Assessment and Intervention

Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin

This book is written to help school professionals develop a better understanding of linguistically and culturally diverse students so that they can work effectively with children who have special learning needs.  The book is based on research from a number of disciplines, including anthropology, linguistics, second language acquisition, health care, sociology, communicative disorders, bilingual/multicultural education, and special education.  The goal is to provide a multidisciplinary, well-rounded, and comprehensive view of LCD students.

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Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates - 5th Grade

Teresa Lively & Diane August & Maria Carlo & Catherine Snow

Research studies how that students' vocabulary knowledge strongly correlates with their success in reading comprehension.  Give your fifth graders the crucial vocabulary practice they need - in just 20 to 30 minutes per day - with this innovative program that combines teacher-directed instruction with cooperative group learning and individual activities. 

The lessons in this 18-week curriculum were developed around readings from New Kids in Town, by Janet Bode, and two articles on immigration adapted from the New York Times (passages included in the manual) so that your students encounter the target words embedded in literature.

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AIM for the BEST: Assessment and Intervention Model for the Bilingual Exceptional Students

Alba A. Ortiz & Cheryl Yellich Wilkinson & Phyllis Robertson-Courtney & Millicent I. Kushner & Charlene Rivera

This is a handbook for teachers and planners from the Innovative Approaches Research Project.  It describes an innovative instructional/intervention model that represents a promising approach to the education of language minority students. 

As one of four handbooks produced to document and disseminate the findings of the Innovative Approaches Research Project (IARP),  this handbook provides information about the IARP comprehensive service-deliver program for exceptional language minority children, implemented in a school district in the southwestern part of the United States. 

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Meeting the Needs of Limited English Proficient Students in General and Special Education

Phyllis Robertson - Univ. of Texas at Austin

Topics for this Spring Workshop:  ◊ What Leaders of Successful Change Do   ◊ Implementing a Service Delivery System for Language Minority Students   ◊ Creating a Positive School Climate Through Incorporation of Students' Language and Culture   ◊ Effective Instruction in Regular and Special Education   ◊ Examples of Effective Instructional Strategies   ◊ Assessment Practices   ◊ The IEP Process for Language Minority Students.

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Multiculturalism and Disability: A Collection of Resources and Issues

Susan O'Connor

Part one of this resource packet is an attempt to place disability within the larger context of multiculturalism.  Within this framework we can begin to look at the multitude of salient aspects that make up the lives of people with disabilities as well as our own life.  This article attempts to look at issues of discrimination that have faced many people because of race, gender, ethnicity, class, age and disability to name a few and the similarities that exist with such experiences.

The second part of the packet offers annotations of books, articles, materials and organizations dealing with issues of multiculturalism, disability, ethnicity, or poverty. 

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Shadow Syndromes

John K. Ratey, MD & Catherine Johnson, PhD

Many people live daily lives with emotional pain of various forms, pain the recovery movement has attributed entirely to the families that bring us into this world.    In this book we will be looking at what biology brings to the table, at the role biology plays in the myraid problems we have until now thought were entirely psychological.  When there is anger or grief or despair or disorganization in any system, these destructive pattern originate, in part, in people's biological makeups.  The purpose of this book is to help people recognize, and understand, that biology.

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Cultural Awareness Teaching Techniques - Resource Handbook Number 4

Jan Gaston

We live in a time when the need for understanding and mutual respect across cultural boundaries is imperative.  Implicit in the achievement of understanding and respect is the successful interchange between two human beings that we call communication.  Language is, of course, a key component of communication, and although the accurate use of linguistic forms is necessary for effective communication, in most communicative situations, the communicators do more than simply talk to each other in grammatically well-constructed sentences; there has to be a familiarity with the culture of the language being used by the communicators.

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HIV/AIDS and Child Care - Fact Book and Facilitator's Guide

Barbara Kaiser and Judy Sklar Rasminsky

HIV/AIDS is currently far more prevalent in the U.S. than in Canada, but the issues affecting child care are similar in the two countries.  This book gives directors, teachers, and parents the information and help they need to deal with these issues.

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Directory of College Facilities and Services for People with Disabilities

Carol H. Thomas & James L. Thomas

This edition provides in a logically arranged format an overview of programs and services available for students with disabilities in the postsecondary institutions within the United States, its outlying areas, and Canadian provinces.  In addition to the information on special services, auxiliary aids, and access, it gives demographic data on the institutions and their populations, describes the type of institution and the degrees or certification awarded, and where possible, identifies a resource person to contact for further information.  Institutions are listed alphabetically within state, territory, or province.

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Adapted Aquatics Programming - A Professional Guide

Monica Lepore & G. William Gayle & Shawn Stevens

This is an in-depth, up-to-date text that shows instructors how to accommodate individuals with disabilities.  Comprehensive in scope, the book dives into hard issues, such as inclusion, reasonable accommodations, and qualifications of personnel providing aquatic programs.

The book comes packed with information, activities, resources, and references for planning, implementing, and evaluating adapted aquatics programs. 

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Section 504 Forms

St. Charles City School District

Section One - Guidelines and Procedures

Section Two - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Implementation Handbook

Section Three - Waynesville R-VI Schools Notice of Parent and Student Rights under Section 504

Section Four - Summary of screening results for Section 504

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Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools

U.S. Department of Education

Essential ingredients discussed for creating safe, orderly, drug-free schools include:     ◊  Placing school safety high on the educational agenda     ◊  Involving parents and citizens     ◊  Building and developing the team     ◊  Conducting the school site assessment     ◊  Reviewing the law     ◊  Creating a Safe School Plan     ◊  Formulating a contingency plan     ◊  Creating an educational climate     ◊  Searching for ways to serve students and ways students can serve     ◊  Getting the message out/communicating     ◊  Evaluating progress

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Working with Individuals who are Medically Fragile or Have Physical Disabilities - Module 6 - Student Edition

Institute on Community Integration (UAP)

This book should be useful to paraprofessionals and paraeducators in education as well as direct service staff in community agencies for preparing for a career or in upgrading skills while already employed.  Skills needed by individuals working under a variety of titles are often similar.  Our focus is on those individuals working in education, but most of the information is appropriate for others.

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Working with Individuals who are Medically Fragile or Have Physical Disabilities -Module 6- Facilitator's Edition

Institute on Community Integration (UAP)

This is the facilitator's edition for SP144.

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A Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome - Toward a Brighter Future

Siegfried M. Pueschel, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

When a child with Down syndrome is born, most parents experience feelings of overwhelming shock and disbelief.  This book looks at important steps from infancy through adolescence.  Readers are offered reassuring guidance, with accurate, easily understood explanations and clear information about topics important to every family of a child with Down syndrome.

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Learning Styles Model:  A Review of Articles and Books

Rita Dunn & Angela Klavas & Joanne Ingham

Some topics covered:    Δ Overview of Learning Style     Δ The Learning Styles of Special Groups of Students     Δ Learning Style and Brain Processing     Δ A School Where Learning Styles Make a Difference.

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The Accelerated Schools Resource Guide

Wendy S. Hopfenberg, Henry M. Levin, and Associates

This resource guide is the first comprehensive guide to the innovative practices of accelerated schools.  The guide summarizes the lessons learned by the project staff in their work with a national network of accelerated schools during the first seven years of the project.  It is designed to be used by a wide variety of participants as a supplement for training, as well as for discussion and guidance in the move to transform schools nationwide,  Eleven chapters include detailed descriptions of the accelerated schools philosophy and process, rich vignettes, case studies, and examples from actual accelerated schools, in addition to drawings, exercises, and additional resources.

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A Provider's Guide to Transporting Students with Disabilities in Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning

This guide was specifically designed as a reference for school district administrator of transportation and special education.  Its primary purpose is to assist them in arranging for and providing special transportation for students with disabilities.  This guide does not constitute legal advise.

The guide has four chapters:     Δ Questions ( and answers) often asked about a school district's responsibility for special transportation;     Δ Situations where education or transportation variables sometimes obscure clear understanding of school district responsibility for providing the education program or special transportation;     Δ Funding of special transportation, including a variety of examples;     Δ Resource personnel who can be contacted within the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning, or the Department of Public Safety

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Learning Disabilities - A Competency Based Approach

Larry a. Faas

This self-instructional text is a comprehensive survey to theories and diagnosis of learning disabilities.  Suitable for pre-service, in-service and all resource teachers in special and regular education, this competency based text features:     Δ  cognitive and affective learning objectives;     Δ  post tests;     Δ  complete and up-to-date survey of diagnostic tools; and     Δ  successfully class-tested material.

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Curriculum and Methods for the Mildly Handicapped

Martha T. Radabaugh & Joseph F. Yukish

The strengths of this text are that it is designed to provide a sequence of skills in all areas of the curriculum, including those areas that have traditionally been neglected, such as science and health/sexuality.  Each skill is stated in terms that allow flexibility in adapting for the individual learning strengths and weaknesses of the mildly handicapped.

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IDEA requirements for Preschoolers with Disabilities - Early Childhood Policy and Practice Guide

Sharon Walsh & Barbara J. Smith & Ross C. Taylor

This IDEA early childhood policy and practice guide is provided by DEC as one of a series to assist early childhood general educators, early childhood special educators, early childhood special educators, related service providers, parents, administrators and others in understanding what IDEA now requires for young children with disabilities ages birth through 5 years and their families.

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An In-Service Training Approach. . .Language Development Activities for the Educable Mentally Retarded - The Iowa State Dept.

The Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction and The University of Iowa

For Primary, Intermediate and Advanced, this training approach covers activities, additional suggested activities and equipment for the following:     Δ  Listening;     Δ  Oral Expression;     Δ  Handwriting; and     Δ  Written Expression.

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Tribes - A Process for Social Development and Cooperative Learning

Jeanne Gibbs

Who doesn't remember the anxiety of trying to answer the teacher's question when she called on you in class . . . the laughter or ridicule of peers when your answer was not the right one?  This book goes beyond the fear of failure and shows today's educators how to create a positive learning environment where students can build on the experience of success.  For the last ten years, the Tribes Program has proven again and again the power of peer support to increase self-esteem, motivation to learn, respect and liking for teachers and school.  This strategy for cooperative learning reduces disruptive behavior in classrooms and makes teaching a pleasure again.  This book explains the theory and details instructions for building cooperative learning groups.  One hundred and twenty activities, a resource list, bibliography, index and information on training are provided.

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Helping Kids Handle Conflict - Primary Version

Pat Huggins and Lorraine Shakarian

The purpose of the lessons in this manual is to reduce verbal and physical violence by teaching self-control, critical thinking, negotiation, and other conflict resolution strategies.  the lessons aim at increasing student knowledge of nonviolent techniques for resolving conflicts and increasing students' ability to peacefully resolve conflict situations. 

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Kids With Special Needs - Information and Activities to Promote Awareness and Understanding

Veronica Getskow & Dee Konczal

The goal of this book is to help teachers, parents and students become comfortable with the special needs some students have.  It presents both the myths and the facts about disabilities.  Content centers around the following five developmental principles:

Δ   Children notice and ask questions about disabilities;      Δ   Children are able to see their shared abilities and similarities;            Δ  Children need information, words and support for handling questions about their disabilities;     Δ  Children are curious about the equipment and devices people use for specific disabilities; and     Δ  Children may be confused about what a child or adult with a particular disability can or cannot do.

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Special Education in an Era of School Reform SET

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Special Education in an Era of School Reform SET - An Overview

Margaret McLaughlin, Ph.D.

Part of the Special Education in an Era of School Reform SET (SP158).  Also includes SP158B and SP158C.

The purpose of this document is to introduce the concept of "systemic reform" as it is evolving in states across the U.S.  The various components will be discussed and compared to current issues in the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  A conceptual model for creating a unified system of reform that fully includes students with disabilities will also be described.

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Special Education in an Era of School Reform SET - Accountability, Standards, and Assessment

Ronald Erickson, Ph.D.

The purpose of this document is to frame some of the critical questions being asked by educational stakeholders at both the state and local levels, to provide evidence of what we know, and to shed light on what we still need to know.  The critical questions addressed in this report are clustered into three major areas: accountability systems, standards, and assessments.

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Special Education in an Era of School Reform SET - Preparing Special Education Teachers

Michael Hardman, Ph.D. & John McDonnell, Ph.D. & Marshall Welch, Ph.D.

The purpose of this paper is to briefly highlight policy trends and emerging practice in the preparation of special and general education teachers consistent with school reform initiatives.  We began with the call to "reinvent teacher education," and the rationale for the development of high professional teaching standards.  The heart of this paper is an examination of three principles that are driving change in the preparation of teachers for the future: (a) collaboration and cross-disciplinary training, (b) a common core of knowledge and skills for both general and special education teachers, and (c) field-based training that involves building and sustaining partnerships between higher education and the public schools.  These principles are discussed in the context of current exemplary practices in various universities/colleges, states, and local education agencies.

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