As wider access to higher education becomes a top priority for governments in the UK and around the world, this ground-breaking piece of work raises the challenging questions that policy-makers, vice-chancellors and government officials are reluctan…
Covering the topic of speech and language therapists and teachers working together, this work argues that despite difficulties there is evidence that good collaborative practice is taking place. It gives a flavour of the interaction and collaboratio…
Ein Grossteil der Epilepsien manifestiert sich bereits im Kindes- und Jugendalter, d.h. vor und wahrend der Schulzeit der Betroffenen. Da - wie Reprasentativ-Befragungen zeigen - gegenuber Epilepsiekranken nicht selten Vorurteile vorherrschen, werde…
This book is aimed at the mainstream class teacher who has little or no experience of providing effective learning experiences for children with visual impairments. It is designed both as an introductory guide to assessment and provision. It also ha…
This book is printed in a font that everyone can read, including people with dyslexia. For more info go to www.Dyslexiefont.com Go to www.mcp-store.com to find out more about the typeface and discounts. A little girl and her very best friend are h…
Educational Outcomes for Students With Disabilities provides readers with the most current perspectives on outcomes that are certain to have an influence on the services they provide. A shift from a focus on the process of education for students wit…
Increased interaction between sign language communities and the mainstream societies in which they function is creating the potential for greater equality of opportunity for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In this volume, renowned scholars…
More the 1.46 million people in the United States have hearing losses in sufficient severity to be considered deaf; another 21 million people have other hearing impairments. For many deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, sign language and voice inte…
Founded in Boston in 1829, Perkins School for the Blind was the first school of its kind in the United States. Perkins pioneered education for people who are deafblind when seven-year-old Laura Bridgman became the first deafblind person to learn lan…
Both Sides of the Table is a set of evocative, heartfelt, personal, and revealing stories, told by educators about how their experiences with disability, personally and in the lives of family members, has affected their understanding of disability.…
Based on the conviction that the arts as integrated into education can transform both teaching and learning, the artist/teachers who contributed to this book describe the effects of bringing arts into prisons, small rural communities in The Far East…
With the right modifications, students with sensory disabilities that affect how well they see and/or hear can participate fully in general education classes alongside their peers. Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining c…
Do you want to know the techniques of dark psychology? Do you think someone is using manipulation methods to manage your actions? Do you feel that your life is getting out of control? If you want to understand the effects of mental manipulation, to…
This book has been a work in progress. In the spring of 2000 I started this project and began to collect data and conduct interviews. I copied every article I could find in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness and its predecessors Outlook…
Stylish Designer Journal / Notebook. Interior 150 lined pages. Size 6"x 9". Glossy softcover. Perfect for everyday use. Perfectly spaced between lines to allow plenty of room to write. Wild Pages Press are publishers of unique journals, school exerc…
In der vorliegenden Arbeit gibt die Autorin Begrundungen fur die haufigsten Fehlerschwerpunkte aus der Perspektive des deutschen Schriftsystems und ermittelt theoretisch und praktisch die Relevanz der aktuellsten Rechtschreibreformpunkte im Hinblick…
Se partiamo dall'idea che l'uomo sia un essere ferito e debole, ma intrinsecamente capace di comportamenti altruistici, solidali o almeno non auto-interessati, ovvero di "scambi umani", allora possiamo costruire un welfare dal volto umano. Un'antrop…
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) can have a significant impact on attainment in school and affects an estimated 5-10% of all children. This book explains what APD is and how to support children with APD in the classroom. APD affects reading compre…
In this groundbreaking volume, scholars examine the achievement/opportunity gaps from both historical and contemporary perspectives, as well as the overrepresentation of minority students in special education and the school-to-prison pipeline. Chapt…
Ages 8 to 14 years. Here is a book just for girls beginning a new phase of their lives! This appealing and easy-to-follow guide for girls with intellectual disabilities is an introduction to the physical and emotional changes they'll encounter durin…
The way in which education is provided for deaf children is changing, as are the demands made on teachers, both in special settings and in mainstream schools. This book offers a comprehensive account of recent research and current issues in educatio…
Entlang des Habermasschen Begriffspaares -System und Lebenswelt- wird das Kolonialisierungstheorem entfaltet. Burokratische Komplexitatssteigerungen und funktionalistische Austauschprozesse zwischen Schule und den Steuerungssystemen Politik und Wirt…
History and Education is a text that engages the history of the global class war, from the United States to the former Soviet Union, from the People's Republic of China to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in order to contribute to the deve…
Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert auf theoretisch anspruchsvollem Niveau in Auseinandersetzung mit der Tradition der Lernbehindertenpadagogik eine wissenschaftlich verlassliche Basis fur eine bildungstheoretische und -politische Diskussion um die Neuge…
Cet ouvrage porte sur la communication auditive-verbale chez l'enfant ayant une d ficience auditive. Il s'adresse la fois aux parents, aux enseignants et aux intervenants appel s travailler aupr s de ces enfants. Il offre une base pratique et th ori…
Sharing the personal stories of individuals with disabilities who describe both the challenges and successes of their time in higher education, and with a major section on the findings of broad ranging research into the experiences of such students,…
Goedele A. M. De Clerck presents cross-cultural comparative research that examines and documents where deaf flourishing occurs and how it can be advanced. She spotlights collective and dynamic resources of knowledge and learning; the coexistence of…
The fully revised new edition of Supporting Children with Medical Conditions provides teachers and practitioners with a reference to medical conditions most commonly found amongst school-aged children, including asthma, cerebral palsy, cystic fibros…
The aim of this text is to promote an understanding of dyspraxia and movement development among professionals who work with children, and also to offer a text which is accessible to parents. It presents a cognitive processing model of dyspraxia from…
The use of active echolocation is growing in popularity as a perceptual mobility tool for the blind and visually impaired. As more scientific research is compiled the skepticism around the skill is slowly fading away and making way for accelerated d…
Die Autorin befasst sich mit den Zusammenhangen von Aussprachestoerungen im Kindesalter und der Entwicklung metaphonologischer Fahigkeiten, d.h. den Fahigkeiten des Kindes, sich kognitiv mit den lautlichen Strukturen der Sprache auseinanderzusetzen.…
This book presents an edition of a previously unpublished notebook used by the seventeenth-century polymath John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham. Under the terms of the law Popham would not have been able to inherit his…
"In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind....She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity."--Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree In the tradition of Oli…
These quick-guides contain brief, to-the-poi nt suggestions that can be used to improve inclusion skills. They cover such topics as students with disabilities in the classroom, getting the most out of support services and bui lding partnerships with…
Fracturing Opportunity demonstrates a simple yet profound idea - that educational opportunity is learned. And if it is learned, then it can be taught and taught more equitably. This book brings sociocultural theories of learning and development to b…
The study of deductive reasoning is one of the key areas in cognitive psychology. Much of the initial impetus for studies in this field came from a developmental perspective, in particular as a consequence of Piaget's theory of formal operations. Su…
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This handbook guides special educators as they support students with disabilities in leading their own individualized education program (IEP) planning process.The authors provide examples to break the IEP development process down into the essential…
Wahrend ihres Ubergangs von der Schule ins Erwerbsleben sehen sich junge Menschen, die behindert sind, oftmals mit ausserst schwierigen Hindernissen konfrontiert. In diesem Buch werden die in den letzten Jahren entwickelten Mechanismen der -Begleitu…
At one point in 1982, the Chicago School Board debated whether or not to close John H. Kinzie Elementary School due to its shrinking school-age population and its many problems typical of city schools. But an energetic new principal, James Franklin,…
