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Autism Spectrum Disorders and AAC
Edited by Pat Mirenda & Teresa Iacono

This comprehensive, up-to-date volume shows professionals what today's most effective AAC methods are—and why they're a perfect fit with a variety of learning approaches that work for people with autism.

Peer Support Strategies for Improving All Students' Social Lives and Learning
By Erik W. Carter, Lisa S. Cushing, & Craig H. Kennedy

With this friendly, step-by-step planning guide, iscover how peer supports are a "two-way street," boosting the academic outcomes, social skills, and self-esteem of students with disabilities and the peers who support them.

Freedom from Meltdowns
Dr. Thompson's Solutions for Children with Autism
By Travis Thompson

A book with all the advice professionals and parents need to understand meltdowns and tantrums—one of the biggest challenges of life with autism and related disorders—and stop them before they start.

The ABCs of the ADA
Your Early Childhood Program's Guide to the Americans with Disabilities Act
By Karren Ikeda Wood & Victoria Youcha

Answering early childhood administrators' most pressing questions about the legal issues surrounding inclusive programs, this informative and practical guidebook gives readers everything they need to create, implement, and monitor the success of their plan for ADA compliance.

Strong Start—Pre-K
A Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum
By Kenneth W. Merrell, Sara A. Whitcomb, & Danielle M. Parisi

Focused on skills young children will build on and use for the rest of their lives managing anger, being a good friend, dealing with anxiety, resolving conflicts—this curriculum makes it easy to give young children a strong foundation of social-emotional competence.

Early Intervention in Action
Working Across Disciplines to Support Infants with Multiple Disabilities and Their Families
Edited by Deborah Chen

This one-of-a-kind textbook on CD-ROM is an interactive training tool featuring more than 40 video clips to demonstrate for early intervention professionals how to collaborate effectively with other service providers to address the complex needs of infants with multiple disabilities.

Families, Infants, and Young Children at Risk
Pathways to Best Practice
By Gail L. Ensher, David A. Clark, & Nancy S. Songer, with invited contributors

The clearest, most comprehensive text available on the neurological and psycho-social development of children from birth to 8, this cutting-edge textbook helps early interventionists address the complex needs of children with disabilities and their families.

The Art and Practice of Home Visiting
Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
By Ruth E. Cook & Shirley N. Sparks

Developed especially for today's working environment, this is the modern home visitor's complete introductory text to early intervention for children with disabilities and their families.

Autism and the Transition to Adulthood
Success Beyond the Classroom
By Paul Wehman, Marcia Datlow Smith, and Carol Schall

In this guide, get hard-to-find information on how specific social, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics of people with autism affect the transition to adulthood.

Educating the Other America
Top Experts Tackle Poverty, Literacy, and Achievement in Our Schools
Edited by Susan B. Neuman

This trailblazing book brings together 30 of the biggest names in education to tackle the toughest challenges faced by the nearly 1 in 5 children who live below the poverty line—and offer cutting-edge ideas for breaking the cycle of poverty and closing the achievement gap by improving education and literacy..

Reading Research in Action
A Teacher's Guide for Student Suceess
By Peggy McCardle, Vinita Chhabra, & Barbara Kapinus

A user-friendly guide that's truly responsive to teachers' needs, this must-have book will help educators see the benefits of instruction based on research—and use it skillfully in today's classrooms to make all their students better readers.

Developmental Parenting
A Guide for Early Childhood Practitioners
By Lori A. Roggman, Lisa K. Boyce, & Mark S. Innocenti

The parenting-focused model in this book shows home visitors how to put parents and other caregivers confidently in charge of guiding and supporting their young children's development.

One Child, Two Languages in Action
A Professioinal Development DVD
By Patton O. Tabors, with Mariela M. Pá, & Cornelia Heise-Baigorria

Get vivid demonstrations of suggested strategies from One Child, Two Languages, the bestselling guide to early childhood second language acquisition, in this highly informative presentation by Dr. Patton Tabors and fellow language development experts.

Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt
Strategies for Your Classroom
By Susan E. Craig

This practical, strategy-filled book shows educators how to reach and teach students exposed to trauma, such as abuse, neglect, or community violence, that creates tough obstacles to academic achievement and social success.

School Social Behavior Scales, Second Edition (SSBS2)
by Kenneth W. Merrell
Home & Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS)
by Kenneth W. Merrell & Paul Caldarella

Two easy, reliable tools that give K–12 professionals a complete picture of a child's social-emotional strengths and risk behaviors' in school (SSBS2) and at home and in the community (HCSBS).

The System of Care Handbook
Transforming Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and Families
Edited by Beth A. Stroul & Gary M. Blau

The new cornerstone of the highly respected Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health series, this comprehensive volume helps administrators, program developers, and clinicians from mental health and partner organizations skillfully navigate every key issue they may encounter on the road to effective service delivery.

Work, Life, and the Mental Health System of Care
A Guide for Professsionals Supporting Families of Children with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
By Julie M. Rosenzweig & Eileen M. Brennan, with invited contributors

A primer on the support needs of parents who have children with emotional or behavioral disorders with in-depth information on how to help parents address critical issues such as stigma, increased stress, child care difficulties, and lack of workplace supports.

The Home Visitor's Guidebook
Promoting Optimal Parent & Child Development
By Carol S. Klass

Throughout this new edition of the classic guidebook, veteran home visitors model skillful and positive interactions with families, reflecting candidly on their successes and challenges.

Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs, Second Edition
By Susan R. Sandall & Ilene S. Schwartz

Updated for today's educators, the second edition of this bestselling guide is the lifeline preschool teachers need to fully include children with disabilities in their classrooms.

Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment, Second Edition, and Transdisciplinary Play-Based Intervention, Second Edition
By Toni Linder, with invited contributors

The completely revised and updated version of the highly acclaimed linked system will help today's programs address their biggest concerns, including accountability and eligibility, with one of the most natural, easy-to-use assessment and intervention approaches for children birth to age six.

Autism Frontiers
Clinical Issues and Innovations
Edited by Bruce K. Shapiro & Pasquale J. Accardo

This much-needed professional reference brings together the biggest names in autism research to examine today's most important medical and clinical issues related to autism.

Early Language & Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO)
By Miriam W. Smith, Joanne P. Brady, Louisa Anastasopoulos, & Nancy Clark-Chiarelli

Now in two, new age-specific editions—ELLCO Pre-K and ELLCO K-3—educators can count on the tool thousands trust to reliably gather the data they need to build better literacy programs by assessing the quality of both the classroom environment and teachers' practices.

Peer Buddy Programs for Successful Secondary School Inclusion
By Carolyn Hughes & Erik. W. Carter

A good service-learning peer buddy program can play an invaluable role in making inclusion happen, and this guidebook shows educators exactly why and how.

Including Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities in Typical Classrooms
Practical Strategies for Teachers, Third Edition
By June Downing, with invited contributors

Revised to reflect the realities of today's K–12 classrooms, this newly updated, bestselling resource gives teachers all the latest research-based, practical strategies for fully including students with sensory impairments and cognitive and physical disabilities.

Early Literacy in Action
The Language-Focused Curriculum for Preschool
By Betty Bunce

Teachers get a year's worth of lessons in this proven play-focused preschool curriculum, selected by ASHA for the Department of Education as a model program for Early Reading First.

The Paraprofessional's Guide to the Inclusive Classroom
Working as a Team, Third Edition
By Mary Beth Doyle

This newly updated, innovative handbook, perfect for training paraprofessionals, includes strategies for building classrooms that welcome and support all students as well as the latest information on legislation and the family's role in education.

Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors
A Guide to Intervention and Classroom Management, Second Edition
By Nancy Mather & Sam Goldstein

Why do children in grades K–12 struggle, and how can teachers help students develop the competence and confidence they need to succeed? This fully revised new edition shows teachers how to support children with learning disabilities and behavioral challenges in today's era of high-stakes testing and accountability.

The Teacher's Pocket Guide for Effective Classroom Management
By Timothy P. Knoster

In this practical guide, behavior expert and former teacher Tim Knoster uses humor, memorable examples, and vivid metaphors to help K–12 educators solve mild to moderate behavior challenges in any classroom.

Seeing All Kids as Readers
A New Vision for Literacy in the Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
By Christopher Kliewer

This motivating, forward-thinking book will help educators see all their students as literate and use an innovative social model of literacy to enrich the skills of children with and without disabilities.

Dr. Thompson's Straight Talk on Autism
By Travis Thompson

Trusted authority Travis Thompson takes readers beyond understanding autism and reveals specific ways to help children overcome everyday challenges and develop critical skills they'll use their whole lives.

Becoming a Professional Reading Teacher
By P.G. Aaron, R. Malatesha Joshi, & Diana Quatroche

An easy-to-follow textbook that demystifies the research on effective reading instruction and incorporates everyday classroom experience, this guide gives teachers a clear understanding of what they need to teach, which strategies to use, and why those strategies work.

Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices
Behavioral Support, Second Edition
By Rachel Janney & Martha Snell

The second edition of the most popular book in the Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices, this easy-to-read manual gives educators a new plan for implementing positive behavior support, both in the classroom and across an entire school.

"Just Give Him the Whale!"
20 Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise, and Strengths to Support Students with Autism
By Paula Kluth & Patrick Schwarz

This concise, highly practical guidebook gives educators across grade levels a powerful new way to think about students' "obsessions": as positive teaching tools that calm, motivate, and improve learning.

One Child, Two Languages
A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a Second Language, Second Edition
By Patton A. Tabors

Reflecting 10 years of dramatic change in early education, this fully revised edition of the trusted guide gives teachers up-to-date research, usable information, and essential tools to meet the needs of English language learners in today's learning environments.

Effective Early Literacy Practice
Here's How, Here's Why
Edited by Andrea DeBruin-Parecki

This one concise book shows educators which early literacy research really warrants attention, why it's so important, and how to help young children learn to read in real classrooms.

Road to Reading
A Program for Preventing and Remediating Reading Difficulties
By Benita A. Blachman & Darlene M. Tangel

The highly anticipated follow-up to the Road to the Code, this innovative literacy program for students in grades 1–3 is committed to helping all children develop accuracy and fluency in decoding.

Sibshops
Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs, Revised Edition
By Don Meyer & Patricia Vadasy

The long-awaited revision of the essential guide for organizing and running support groups for siblings of children with special needs.

"A Land We Can Share"
Teaching Literacy to Students with Autism
By Paula Kluth & Kelly Chandler-Olcott

This guidebook moves beyond "sight words" and other functional literacy skills and provides the know-how for bringing quality, meaningful literacy instruction to students with autism.

Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students
By Karen R. Harris, Steve Graham, Linda H. Mason, & Barbara Friedlander

The how-to follow-up to Graham and Harris's Writing Better, this practical book includes highly effective, field-tested lesson plans for students in every elementary and middle school classroom who struggle with writing, whether they have learning disabilities or just need extra help.

Your Guide to Nurturing Parent–Child Relationships
Positive Parenting Activities for Home Visitors
By Nadia Hall, Chaya Kulkarni, & Shauna Seneca

Developed out of three different training curricula that have been extensively field-tested, this guide gives home visitors creative and proven tools to help parents strengthen their relationships with their children. Features "Comfort, Play, and Teach" activities.

Meeting the Needs of Students and Families From Poverty
A Handbook for School and Mental Health Professionals
By Tania N. Thomas-Presswood & Donald Presswood

Education can be the ticket out of poverty—and this guide will give professionals the know-how and tools they need to better help children from families of poverty overcome barriers, raise academic performance, and improve their quality of life.

Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers with Mental Illness
By Teresa Ostler

Mental health professionals can use this proven, step-by-step approach, refined over 10 years of study, to fairly assess the parenting of mothers with mental illness and risk of child abuse/maltreatment.

Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome
Edited by Joanne E. Roberts, Robin S. Chapman, & Steven F. Warren

Spotlighting two of the most prevalent and widely researched genetically based disabilities, this cutting-edge text clarifies the distinct speech and language issues associated with Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome and helps readers conduct individualized assessment and intervention.

Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
By Robert C. Pianta, Karen M. La Paro, & Bridget K. Hamre

Developed, tested, and researched for over a decade in more than 3,000 classrooms, this observational tool assesses classrooom quality based on the critical ingredient of teacher-student interactions.

Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom
By R.A. McWilliam & Amy M. Casey

This extremely practical, accessible book offers a strong, evidence-based approach to engaging children and preventing problem behavior during transitions between activities.

Social Competence of Young Children
Risk, Disability, and Intervention
Edited by William H. Brown, Samuel L. Odom, & Scott R. McConnell

For your work with children from birth to age 5, this succinct resource details the latest research on social competence with strategies that will help you choose effective peer interaction interventions that will enable children to form strong social relationships.

SCREENING . . .

The Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) system is a low-cost, reliable way to screen infants and young children for developmental delays during the crucial first 5 years of life.

With the Infant-Toddler and Family Instrument (ITFI), professionals can organize their impressions about a child, family, and the environment, enabling them to decide whether further referrals and services are needed.

A screening and assessment tool for children ages 11 to 71 months, Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS) has been normed on nearly 1000 children with both typical and atypical development.