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Early Childhoods in the Global South - Local and International Contexts (Paperback, New edition): Jacqui O'Riordan,... Early Childhoods in the Global South - Local and International Contexts (Paperback, New edition)
Jacqui O'Riordan, Deirdre Horgan, Shirley Martin
R1,842 Discovery Miles 18 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This interdisciplinary volume aims to deepen and enrich the reader's understanding of children's lives in the Global South. At a time when provision for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is expanding across the globe, this book highlights issues around early childhood development as well as exploring the importance of including local traditions, culture and knowledge in developing professional practices in the sector. A range of international contributors, including key scholars in the field of early childhood, draw on topics identified for discussion at the Early Childhood in Developing World Contexts International Conference, held at University College Cork, Ireland, in 2011. Much of the exciting research being undertaken in this area remains unrecognized, and the volume aims to communicate some of the important debates currently taking place. The essays are organized into three broad themes: children's lives and livelihoods; early years policy and practice; and language and culture.

Conversations with Families of Children with Disabilities - Insights for Teacher Understanding (Hardcover): Victoria I Puig,... Conversations with Families of Children with Disabilities - Insights for Teacher Understanding (Hardcover)
Victoria I Puig, Susan L. Recchia
R4,911 Discovery Miles 49 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Conversations with Families of Children with Disabilities creates a space for diverse families of children with disabilities to share their stories with pre-service and in-service teachers. Specifically designed for professionals preparing to work with families of children with disabilities, this text invites the reader to listen in as families reflect on their personal journeys in conversation with the authors. This powerful book helps educators develop a deeper understanding of families and enhance their capacity for authentic partnerships.

Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia - Striking a Successful Balance for Individuals, Families and Society (Hardcover): Carol Hayes Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia - Striking a Successful Balance for Individuals, Families and Society (Hardcover)
Carol Hayes
R4,471 Discovery Miles 44 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia shows the considerable benefits of recognising and celebrating the skills of those with information processing differences, explains their unique brain organisation and shows how they can excel as contributing members of society with proper support and guidance. It offers a balanced and research-based perspective to living with this condition, highlighting the huge number of children leaving school with low literacy levels, as a result of undiagnosed information processing differences. Full of critically reflective questions, case studies and interviews with those affected by dyslexia, this text encourages educators of children and young people with dyslexia to challenge their own perceptions by understanding the links between low literacy and anti-social behaviour, poor health, unemployment and limited educational attainment, and includes helpful pointers for improving practice and outcomes. This accessible and readable text is aimed at students, practitioners, researchers and experienced professionals in a range of disciplines to enhance CPD. It is particularly relevant for students working on both taught and research based masters degrees, especially programmes related to specific learning difficulties.

Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education - An Administrator's Guide to Building Inclusive Schools (Hardcover):... Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education - An Administrator's Guide to Building Inclusive Schools (Hardcover)
Daniel, M. Maggin, Marie Tejero Hughes
R3,123 Discovery Miles 31 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Practical and forward-thinking, Developing Teacher Leaders in Special Education is the administrator's essential guide to growing special educator leadership in any school, district, or program. Special educators need to be flexible, proactive, and collaborative - qualities that make them uniquely suited to roles in school leadership - but these skills are often overlooked when choosing effective teacher leaders. Featuring helpful tips and detailed examples to demonstrate the concepts in action, this book breaks down the qualities that special educators can bring to your school leadership team and explores how you can leverage those skills to create a more inclusive and successful community.

Sexuality for All Abilities - Teaching and Discussing Sexual Health in Special Education (Hardcover): Katie Thune, Molly Gage Sexuality for All Abilities - Teaching and Discussing Sexual Health in Special Education (Hardcover)
Katie Thune, Molly Gage
R3,561 Discovery Miles 35 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This essential manual helps educators comfortably and knowledgeably bring comprehensive sex education to the special education classroom. Drawing on firsthand experience and real-world examples, the first half provides background material-including common roadblocks-and tools for how to effectively partner with parents. The second half breaks down the how-tos of implementing a successful sex education program and troubleshoots tricky situations that might come up in the special education classroom. Written in accessible, person-first language, this guide equips you with best practices for providing students with developmental disabilities with the knowledge and tools to engage in healthy relationships and live full lives as self-advocating sexual beings.

Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia - Striking a Successful Balance for Individuals, Families and Society (Paperback): Carol Hayes Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia - Striking a Successful Balance for Individuals, Families and Society (Paperback)
Carol Hayes
R1,125 Discovery Miles 11 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Measuring the Impact of Dyslexia shows the considerable benefits of recognising and celebrating the skills of those with information processing differences, explains their unique brain organisation and shows how they can excel as contributing members of society with proper support and guidance. It offers a balanced and research-based perspective to living with this condition, highlighting the huge number of children leaving school with low literacy levels, as a result of undiagnosed information processing differences. Full of critically reflective questions, case studies and interviews with those affected by dyslexia, this text encourages educators of children and young people with dyslexia to challenge their own perceptions by understanding the links between low literacy and anti-social behaviour, poor health, unemployment and limited educational attainment, and includes helpful pointers for improving practice and outcomes. This accessible and readable text is aimed at students, practitioners, researchers and experienced professionals in a range of disciplines to enhance CPD. It is particularly relevant for students working on both taught and research based masters degrees, especially programmes related to specific learning difficulties.

Sexuality for All Abilities - Teaching and Discussing Sexual Health in Special Education (Paperback): Katie Thune, Molly Gage Sexuality for All Abilities - Teaching and Discussing Sexual Health in Special Education (Paperback)
Katie Thune, Molly Gage
R1,000 Discovery Miles 10 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This essential manual helps educators comfortably and knowledgeably bring comprehensive sex education to the special education classroom. Drawing on firsthand experience and real-world examples, the first half provides background material-including common roadblocks-and tools for how to effectively partner with parents. The second half breaks down the how-tos of implementing a successful sex education program and troubleshoots tricky situations that might come up in the special education classroom. Written in accessible, person-first language, this guide equips you with best practices for providing students with developmental disabilities with the knowledge and tools to engage in healthy relationships and live full lives as self-advocating sexual beings.

Supporting Student Mental Health in Higher Education (Paperback): Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard Supporting Student Mental Health in Higher Education (Paperback)
Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Student mental health is a key consideration in higher education at the moment with recent reports identifying a major gap in provision by universities and how ill-equipped academics feel to support students. This book addresses these concerns, providing comprehensive guidance and workable evidence-informed strategies and interventions to help those working with students to support them effectively. It is suitable for lecturers, personal tutors, student counsellors, course leaders, heads of department and administration staff with responsibility for student support.

Build Equity, Join Justice - A Paradigm for School Belonging (Paperback): Amy McCart, Wade Kelly, Wayne Sailor Build Equity, Join Justice - A Paradigm for School Belonging (Paperback)
Amy McCart, Wade Kelly, Wayne Sailor
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Educators all over the country are waking to a collective realisation: The hope and compassion they have for their students is not enough to counteract the inequitable policies and practices of the school system. Students and communities who have been historically disenfranchised along lines of race and disability continue to face predictable barriers to opportunity and independence. In Build Equity, Join Justice, the authors present a new path forward that leads away from deficit-focused policies and toward strengths-based practices. The authors' ten equity-advancing principles, based on the ground-breaking work of the SWIFT Education Center in multiple school districts, are designed to address the learning needs and social concerns of all students without requiring them or their advocates to "ask permission" to be included. Complete with practical tools and reflective activities throughout, this book empowers educators at every level to transform their schools into equity-advancing, justice-centred institutions.

All About Dyscalculia: A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers - A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers (Hardcover): Judy... All About Dyscalculia: A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers - A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers (Hardcover)
Judy Hornigold
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

• Every teacher will meet learners with dyscalculia or maths learning difficulties in their classroom • Teachers’ understanding of dyscalculia will lead to a more positive outcome for all their learners. • This book gives pragmatic information in an accessible format that can help teachers in supporting pupils with dyscalculia and difficulties in learning maths. • Some suggestions for immediate impact and ideas for more detailed interventions and departmental policies that can also help support these learners. • The strategies will improve learning for many pupils who have not been identified with maths learning difficulties or dyscalculia.

Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Special Education Needs (Paperback): Mary Ruth Coleman, Michael... Postsecondary Educational Opportunities for Students with Special Education Needs (Paperback)
Mary Ruth Coleman, Michael Shevlin
R1,309 Discovery Miles 13 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The decision to go to college is a big one. It signifies a transition into young adulthood and the increasing expectations for independence that can feel exciting, liberating, and daunting! For students with disabilities this transition may be even more challenging. Despite the challenges, more and more students with disabilities are attending postsecondary colleges and universities. While this is certainly encouraging, students with disabilities are less likely to successfully complete their postsecondary programs when compared with their general population peers. So, what do we do? We can learn from our successes during early education and from successful postsecondary programs, taking what we have learned and bring these lessons to scale so that fully inclusive postsecondary programs are available for all students with special education needs. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Journal of Special Needs Education.

Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children (Paperback, 5th edition): Vincent C. Alfonso, Bruce A Bracken, Richard J.... Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children (Paperback, 5th edition)
Vincent C. Alfonso, Bruce A Bracken, Richard J. Nagle
R1,920 Discovery Miles 19 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children, Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive, skill-building overview is organized into four sections: foundations, ecological assessment, assessment of developmental domains, and special considerations. Chapters written by recognized scholars in the field cover theory, research, and application. This thoroughly revised new edition addresses current developments in preschool assessment, new policies and legislation, and student/family population demographics.

Personnel Preparation (Hardcover): Thomas E Scruggs Personnel Preparation (Hardcover)
Thomas E Scruggs
R3,335 Discovery Miles 33 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Advances in knowledge of effective strategies for the treatment of learning and behavioral disabilities are of little use without highly trained and effective personnel to implement these strategies. In this volume, a number of internationally prominent authors discuss a wide range of important issues in the preparation of those personnel. Topics include reflective teaching and collaborative teacher leadership, teacher preparation for behavior management, research on high quality teachers, federal policy and teacher preparation, multimedia components in teacher preparation, cohort programs, teacher quality in high and low poverty school districts, and sense of community in online courses. Additionally, chapters are included that address issues in personnel preparation in specific academic content areas, such as reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. The chapters included in this volume represent a critical component of our understanding of learning and behavioral disabilities, and will be of interest to teachers, administrators, graduate students, researchers, professionals in personnel preparation programs, and individuals interested in public policy.

Handbook of Educational Psychology and Students with Special Needs (Paperback): Andrew J. Martin, Rayne A. Sperling, Kristie J.... Handbook of Educational Psychology and Students with Special Needs (Paperback)
Andrew J. Martin, Rayne A. Sperling, Kristie J. Newton
R3,633 Discovery Miles 36 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Handbook of Educational Psychology and Students with Special Needs provides educational and psychological researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, and graduate students with critical expertise on the factors and processes relevant to learning for students with special needs. This includes students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, other executive function difficulties, behavior and emotional disorders, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, dyslexia, language and communication difficulties, physical and sensory disabilities, and more. With the bulk of educational psychology focused on "mainstream" or "typically developing" learners, relatively little educational psychology theory, research, measurement, or practice has attended to students with "special needs." As clearly demonstrated in this book, the factors and processes studied within educational psychology-motivation and engagement, cognition and neuroscience, social-emotional development, instruction, home and school environments, and more-are vital to all learners, especially those at risk or disabled. Integrating guidance from the DSM-5 by the American Psychiatric Association and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by the World Health Organization, this book synthesizes and builds on existing interdisciplinary research to establish a comprehensive case for effective psycho-educational theory, research, and practice that address learners with special needs. Twenty-seven chapters by experts in the field are structured into three parts on diverse special needs categories, perspectives from major educational psychology theories, and constructs relevant to special needs learning, development, and knowledge building.

Literacies in the Age of Mobility - Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Annika... Literacies in the Age of Mobility - Literacy Practices of Adult and Adolescent Migrants (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Annika Norlund Shaswar, Jenny Rosen
R4,238 Discovery Miles 42 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers insights into questions related to mobility, literacy learning and literacy practices of adult and adolescent migrants. The authors address learning and use of literacies among adults and adolescents in both temporary and more permanent post-migration settlements and in various contexts, exploring spatial as well as temporal dimensions of literacies and power. The formal and informal educational settings examined include state-mandated schools, community settings, and libraries, and the chapters offer insights into the complex relations between literacies and mobility, as well as a range of perspectives on language use and language learning. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields including education and literacy, applied linguistics, language education and migration studies.

Twilight Children - Three Voices No One Heard Until Someone Listened (Paperback): Torey Hayden Twilight Children - Three Voices No One Heard Until Someone Listened (Paperback)
Torey Hayden
R428 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Schoolwide Enrichment Model - A How-To Guide for Talent Development (Paperback, 3rd edition): Joseph S. Renzulli, Sally M... The Schoolwide Enrichment Model - A How-To Guide for Talent Development (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Joseph S. Renzulli, Sally M Reis
R1,963 Discovery Miles 19 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Schoolwide Enrichment Model: A How-to Guide for Talent Development (3rd ed.) presents a common sense approach for helping students achieve and engage in joyful learning. Based on years of research, the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) is founded on highly successful practices originally developed for programs for gifted students. The SEM promotes "a rising tide lifts all ships" approach to school improvement by applying general enrichment strategies to all students and opportunities for advanced level follow-up opportunities for superior learners and highly motivated students. This guidebook shows educators step by step how to develop their own SEM program based on their own local resources, student population, and faculty strengths and interests. Instead of offering students a one-size-fits-all curriculum, the model helps educators look at each student's strengths, interests, learning styles, and preferred modes of expression and capitalize on these assets. The book highlights the model's fundamentals and underlying research and provides information about organizational components, service delivery options, and resources for implementation. The book suggests methods for engaging and challenging identified gifted students and provides practical resources for teachers using the SEM with all students.

Cognitive Strategies for Special Education - Process-based instruction (Paperback): Adrian F. Ashman, Robert N.F. Conway Cognitive Strategies for Special Education - Process-based instruction (Paperback)
Adrian F. Ashman, Robert N.F. Conway
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Research on training programs for students with learning difficulties has usually focused on the development of social and behavioural skills and the acquisition of cognitive interventions and procedures. Originally published in 1989, this book attempts to apply the methods validated by research and synthesize the discoveries made in the psychological laboratory for the benefit of teachers in regular classrooms. It reviews the literature relevant to special needs teaching and traces the development of cognitive research as it applies to education. The authors propose a specific and practical teaching strategy which has been successfully used by those working with students with special needs. Starting from the basic belief that education is an interactive process between the participants, the authors have emphasised the role and responsibility both of the teacher and the learner. Their book should be of value to researchers and practitioners in psychology and special education.

Learning Through Interaction (1996) - Technology and Children with Multiple Disabilities (Paperback): Nick Bozic, Heather... Learning Through Interaction (1996) - Technology and Children with Multiple Disabilities (Paperback)
Nick Bozic, Heather Murdoch
R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Published in 1996, this book is written for teachers and other professionals who work with children with multiple disabilities. It explores and suggests ways of working with different forms of technology such as microcomputers, communications aids, multi-sensory equipment, mobility aids, and others, with children who have more than one disability. In keeping with the general aims on this book, much attention is focused on the practitioner's role in the successful use of technology.

Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs - Helping SENCOs Maintain a Work/Life Balance (Hardcover, 4th edition): Jean... Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs - Helping SENCOs Maintain a Work/Life Balance (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Jean Gross
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

• Content fully updated to reflect new SEND Review. • Fresh analysis of evidence-based intervention programmes and the replacement of school case studies with new ones. • Greater emphasis on what high quality inclusive classroom teaching and school/classroom environments look like. • Addition of key takeaways at end of each chapter, and suggestions on how SLT and governors can support the SENCO in implementing the ideas . • Jean Gross is a national expert on special needs, formerly holding the role of England’s Communication Champion for children and has had widespread exposure in the media.

Assistive Technology to Support Inclusive Education (Hardcover): Dianne Chambers, Chris Forlin Assistive Technology to Support Inclusive Education (Hardcover)
Dianne Chambers, Chris Forlin
R3,498 Discovery Miles 34 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this edited collection, experienced practitioners discuss how a range of existing and emerging assistive technology devices and services are used across a variety of international settings to support the inclusion of students with disabilities. This book details authentic examples of best practice, including identification and implementation of appropriate tools, the use of aided communication devices, modified seating equipment, computers and tablets, robotics, costs, outcomes, and services among others. It showcases a spectrum of promising and positive results in reducing exclusion, thereby supporting teachers to improve learning outcomes for students with disabilities. By providing an excellent and current overview of assistive technology and the use of the technology in the classroom, this book is an insightful read for those who work with technology and the inclusion of students with disabilities. The authors demonstrate how specialists, teachers, parents and students can work together using technology to ensure inclusive education is a realistic goal for all.

Writing in a Bilingual Program - Habia Una Vez (Hardcover): Carole Edelsky Writing in a Bilingual Program - Habia Una Vez (Hardcover)
Carole Edelsky
R2,780 Discovery Miles 27 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume examines the writing of children enrolled in an unusual bilingual program in the Southwest that emphasized writing in the first language until literacy was well established, and which attempted to offer an integrated curriculum. As a result, the volume presents research findings on children's spelling in both Spanish and English, their written code switches, segmentation, beginnings and endings of pieces, quality of the content, the relationship of first and second language writing, the role of the teacher in children's writing, and evidence that refutes common beliefs about writing, bilingualism, and other topics. From a broader perspective, the volume presents three different, yet interwoven stories: changes in children's writing over time; evolution of the theoretical stance used to analyze writing as well as changes in the theory that played an important role in shaping some of what occurred in the children's classrooms; and an unfolding of some of the events in this bilingual program and the relation of these events to children's writing and classroom practice.

Cued Articulation - Consonants and Vowels Cards (Loose-leaf, Revised edition): Jane Passy Cued Articulation - Consonants and Vowels Cards (Loose-leaf, Revised edition)
Jane Passy
R1,439 R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Save R311 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally devised to help severely speech and language handicapped children to see a sound and hear a letter by the use of easy and logical hand cues, the Cued Articulation system has, over the last three decades, proved an invaluable teaching tool.

Thinking about the Teaching of Thinking - The Feuerstein Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Dorothy R. Howie Thinking about the Teaching of Thinking - The Feuerstein Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Dorothy R. Howie
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Thinking about the Teaching of Thinking provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Feuerstein's theory of Mediated Learning Experience and its related tools and programmes. It details up-to-date international and New Zealand research on the Feuerstein approach which reflects the current issues in the teaching of thinking. The book begins by defining what is meant by the teaching of thinking and provides an easy to understand explanation of the Feuerstein method and its value for children with learning challenges. It champions a 'whole school' approach to the teaching of thinking and details the practical tools and programmes developed by Feuerstein - such as Instrumental Enrichment and the Learning Propensity Assessment Device - to aid in its implementation. It also recognises the key importance of cultural factors in the teaching of thinking, bringing together the author's considerable research experience using the Feuerstein method in the multicultural New Zealand context with her extensive knowledge of international Feuerstein research. This book provides a user-friendly and unique coverage of the Feuerstein method for researchers and postgraduate students researching and working in educational psychology. It will also be of great value for teachers and parents looking to understand and decide on implementation of the Feuerstein approach in their schools.

Comparing Special Education - Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes (Hardcover): John G. Richardson, Justin J. W Powell Comparing Special Education - Origins to Contemporary Paradoxes (Hardcover)
John G. Richardson, Justin J. W Powell
R1,798 Discovery Miles 17 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In today's schools the number of students who receive additional resources to access the curriculum is growing rapidly, and the ongoing expansion of special education is among the most significant worldwide educational developments of the past century. Yet even among developed democracies the range of access varies hugely, from one student in twenty to one student in three. In contemporary conflicts about educational standards and accountability, special education plays a key role as it draws the boundaries between exclusion and inclusion.
"Comparing Special Education" unites in-depth comparative and historical studies with analyses of global trends, with a particular focus on special and inclusive education in the United States, England, France, and Germany. The authors examine the causes and consequences of various institutional and organizational developments, illustrate differences in forms of educational governance and social policy priorities, and highlight the evolution of social logics from segregation of students with special educational needs to their inclusion in local schools.

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