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Universal Design for Learning. Practice Perspectives--Highlighting Information on Deaf-Blindness. Number 8
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Hartmann, Elizabeth – National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness, 2011
It is essential that children who are deaf-blind have learning experiences that improve their quality of life. Unfortunately, even when educational teams work together to create individualized education programs, these students do not always have full and equal opportunities to learn. This issue of "Practice Perspectives" describes the basics of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Blindness, Individualized Education Programs, Deaf Blind
Designing Positive Behavior Support Plans. Second Edition
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Bambara, Linda M.; Knoster, Timothy P. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This book is a step-by-step, concise, and easy-to-read reference for school teams, providers, students, and parents to understand, design, and evaluate positive behavior support (PBS) plans for students with developmental disabilities. It provides a clear conceptual framework on PBS to think critically about how to approach a student's problem…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Support and Empower Families of Children with Disabilities
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Van Haren, Barbara; Fiedler, Craig R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
Special education professionals can play a critical role in enhancing the quality of life not only for a child with a disability but also for that child's entire family. To realize this beneficial impact on the child's family, professionals must operate with these assumptions: (1) Special education professionals must acknowledge that they have a…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Quality of Life, Disabilities, Special Education
Bully Blocking: Six Secrets to Help Children Deal with Teasing and Bullying. Revised Edition
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Field, Evelyn M. – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
This confidence-boosting book aims to help children overcome the damaging effects of teasing and bullying, and to develop practical skills and attitudes to improve their self-esteem and quality of life. This revised edition of "Bully Blocking" (originally published under the title "Bully Busting") is based on Evelyn Field's "Secrets of Relating,"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Support Groups, Quality of Life, Bullying
The Use of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to Discuss Identity Development With Gifted Adolescents
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Frank, Andrew J.; McBee, Matthew T. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2003
This article examines the process of identity development in gifted adolescents and provides a theoretical and research-based explanation of its importance for influencing achievement and quality of life in adulthood. Teachers, counselors, and parents can use "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (Rowling, 1997) as a springboard into discussion…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Quality of Life, Early Adolescents, Reading Material Selection
The Principal's Companion: Strategies and Hints To Make the Job Easier.
Robbins, Pam; Alvy, Harvey B. – 1995
Despite the administrative leadership that most principals receive in university courses, their most useful learning doesn't occur until they are on the job. The new knowledge--much of it the result of trial and error, success and failure--is gained in relative isolation. This book focuses on the critical work of school principals, offering…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership