Middle School Students with High Incidence Disabilities: Perceptions of the Special Education Experience

Middle School Students with High Incidence Disabilities: Perceptions of the Special Education Experience
By:
Published on 2008 by ProQuest

In the United States there are currently more than 6,500,000 students receiving special education services in our public schools. Of those over 2,000,000 are ages 12 to 15. Middle school children diagnosed with the three most commonly occurring disabilities number 1,564,118 with almost 44,000 in Arizona (U.S. Department of Education, 2007.) The purpose of this study was to address the lack of research employing a phenomenological approach to gain insight and improved understanding of the experience of children ages 12 to 15 years who receive special education services to address their high incidence disabilities. In-depth interviews with nine children who live the intersect of middle school and high incidence disabilities were used to give these early adolescents opportunities to voice their perceptions of how the system of special education affects them and their life choices. Two major themes identified were the students' preferences for full inclusive and need for active roles in placement decisions. Findings of this study may lead the discourse toward development of more holistic and humanistic practices.

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Drama with Children

Drama with Children
By:"Sarah Phillips"
Published on 1999-05-27 by Oxford University Press

This book introduces drama activities to children, including role play, mime, chants, puppets and short plays.

This Book was ranked 3 by Google Books for keyword drama for children.

Play-based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Play-based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
By:"Loretta Gallo-Lopez","Lawrence C. Rubin"
Published on 2012 by Routledge

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My Year with Harry Potter

My Year with Harry Potter
By:"Ben Buchanan"
Published on 2001 by Lantern Books

An eleven-year-old boy who loves the Harry Potter books even though he has dyslexia recounts how he designed an original board game base on the stories, and entered it in his school's invention contest.

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The Book with No Pictures

The Book with No Pictures
By:"B.J. Novak"
Published on 2014-09-30 by Penguin

A #1 New York Times bestseller, this innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here’s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy sounds like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY. Cleverly irreverent and irresistibly silly, The Book with No Pictures is one that kids will beg to hear again and again. (And parents will be happy to oblige.)

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Teaching Math with Favorite Picture Books

Teaching Math with Favorite Picture Books
By:"Judi Hechtman","Deborah Ellermeyer","Sandra Ford Grove"
Published on 1999-02-01 by Scholastic Inc.

Each activity in this book takes the teacher from preparation to extensions. Some of the features of this book include: suggestions for introducing the literature selection to students; a list of the NCTM Standard(s) the activity supports; a complete list of all materials necessary for the activity; step-by-step directions, teaching tips, and grouping suggestions for doing the acitivty with your class; ready-to-use reproducible recording sheets and patterns; and across the curriculum extensions that link the literature selection to other areas of your curriculum such as social studies, language arts, and art.

This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword picture books.

Teaching Writing with Picture Books as Models

Teaching Writing with Picture Books as Models
By:"Rosanne Kurstedt","Maria Koutras"
Published on 2000 by Scholastic Inc.

Presents lessons designed to show teachers how to use picture books to teach writing skills to students in grades four through eight, and includes recommended reading lists.

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Developing Play and Drama in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Developing Play and Drama in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
By:"Dave Sherratt","Melanie Peter"
Published on 2012-09-10 by Routledge

Learning through play is a well-established principle that underpins much educational practice, yet it is often overlooked in association with children with autistic spectrum disorders. This book considers the wide-ranging benefits of developing play and taking it into drama with these children. The authors demonstrate how to implement such approaches via a highly practical, structured developmental framework, within which participants may gradually learn to be creative. They also discuss the psychology and pedagogy of autism in relation to play and drama and connect them to everyday learning situations using a wealth of examples. This accessible approach to play and drama can offer a powerful, memorable, integrating way forward for children with autistic spectrum disorders - and enjoyable, fun opportunities for teaching and learning.

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