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Special Educational Needs and the Internet
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 51.95With Internet access for every school now a reality, teachers are beginning to explore the use of the Internet in the education of children with special needs. This book describes its benefits for children across the spectrum of special educational needs, from those with physical disabilities or sensory impairment to those with learning or social difficulties.... more...
New Perspectives in Special Education
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 63.95It is now widely believed in many Western countries that the segregation of students with special educational needs is problematic, and that wherever possible these students should be educated alongside their peers in regular education settings. There has been a general move towards integrating special and regular education into one system that caters... more...
Learning to Fail
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 35.95During a decade of relative prosperity from the mid-1990s onward, governments across the developed world failed to crack one major issue ? youth unemployment. Even when economic growth was strong, one young person in 10 in the United Kingdom was neither working nor learning. As the boom ended, the number of young people dropping out after leaving... more...
Making the Move
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009; US$ 42.95This book provides guidance for schools and parents on how to make the transfer from primary to secondary as easy as possible for children with ASDs. It advocates the need for scrupulous preparation of transfer arrangements because children with ASDs struggle to predict the outcome of any new situation. more...
And the Skylark Sings with Me
New Society Publishers 1999; US$ 16.95A joyous account of a progressive family's homeschooling experience. more...
An Introduction to Children with Special Needs
Hodder Education 2002; US$ 28.79This second edition of the established text provides a clear, accessible overview of this complex field. The new edition includes fresh coverage on working in partnership with parents and carers, and more details on alternative methods of communication. more...
Public or Private Education?
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 59.95This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education Richard Aldrich, examines past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education. Following the introduction, it is divided into three sections: * key themes and turning points in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth... more...
Administering Special Education
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 97.95The administration of public schools encompasses myriad generic issues having to do with curriculum content, instructional methodology, human resource and financial management, and of course, the guidance and counseling of students. Woven into this tapestry is the obligation to individualize educational programs to accommodate the needs of a wide and... more...
Confronting Dogmatism in Gifted Education
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95This title looks at the dogmatism that limits the perspectives of professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders in gifted education. In a field where concepts and definitions surrounding high ability have been contested for many years, there is increasing interest in clarifying these notions today. This book offers such clarity, searching outside... more...
Nerds
Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 24.95A lively, thought-provoking book that zeros in on the timely issue of how anti-intellectualism is bad for our children and even worse for America. Why are our children so terrified to be called "nerds"? And what is the cost of this rising tide of anti-intellectualism to both our children and our nation? In Nerds , family psychotherapist and psychology... more...









