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Meet the complex needs of internationally adopted children, recognise when to make referrals, and choose interventions that ensure the best outcomes. An essential guide with cutting-edge research and helpful referral indicators for key aspects of child development.

Deepen your understanding of the precursors and early indicators of dyslexia with this groundbreaking research volume. 40+ international contributors present the very latest knowledge on the diverse genetic, neurobiological, and cognitive factors that may contribute to dyslexia.

What causes dyslexia, and how does it manifest across languages? As bilingualism becomes increasingly important globally, these questions have never been more critical—and this comprehensive volume from The Dyslexia Foundation explores them in unprecedented depth. Bringing together the best brain-based, genetics, and behavioural research in the field from more than 40 of today's most highly respected researchers, this landmark volume fully examines what we know about the identification, manifestations, and potential differences in dyslexia across languages and orthographies.

Anxiety is one of the biggest challenges faced by children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders and Asperger syndrome. Help them conquer their fears - and participate more fully in home, school, and community life - with this innovative group therapy program for children 8-14 years old and their parents.

What constitutes quality in early childhood settings, and how can it best be measured with today's widely used tools and promising new approaches? Find authoritative answers in this book, a must-have for high-level administrators and policymakers as more and more states adopt early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems.

Ideal for a wide range of professionals working with young children birth-5 years across school, home, and child care settings, this book-and-CD set gives readers in-depth background information, how-to strategies, and helpful tools for addressing feeding challenges.

A practical guidebook, packed with teaching plans and plain-English guidance on using applied behavior analysis (ABA) to improve outcomes for students with autism and behaviour challenges. It includes 50 sample teaching plans that demonstrate how to use ABA to support students across social, communication, behavioural, academic, and independent functioning domains.

A definitive guide to routines-based intervention where the author gives professionals a detailed framework for early intervention that addresses families' individual needs and helps children participate in daily routines. With the step-by-step guidance o

Intends to help students develop a greater awareness of the relationships among phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Primarily for classroom teachers of students grades 3 through 8, this book features activities, jokes, and riddles to increase students' metaphonological and phonological awareness.

How can early childhood professionals make informed decisions while selecting assessment materials that meet recommended practices? Use the new edition of this essential reference, the only book with professional ratings and reviews of 80 authentic, widely used assessment tools for children aged birth to 8.

As early childhood programs and schools become more culturally and linguistically diverse, professionals need to create settings that welcome ""new voices"" and help all children succeed. This comprehensive professional development course gives them the in-depth practical guidance they need.

To ensure they're meeting state early learning guidelines for science, preschool educators need research-based ways to teach young children about scientific concepts. This title helps children ages 3-5 investigate their everyday world and develop the basics of scientific thinking - skills they apply across subject areas when they enter school.

An assessment and intervention approach for children birth to age six. While the child engages in natural play, professionals use the guidelines and developmental information to assess 4 domains - sensorimotor, emotional and social, communication and language, and cognition - and gather qualitative information about what the child can do.

For more than 15 years, thousands of young adults have benefited from Project SEARCH: the business-led internship programme that prepares students with disabilities for competitive, integrated employment. This is the only book that distils the programme's secrets to success, giving counsellors, educators, transition coordinators, and other professionals practical guidance.

Provides a comprehensive overview about how to evaluate whether a mother with a mental illness is able to safely care for her children. This book synthesizes the research about psychiatric disorders and parenting and outlines eight principles for sound assessment methodology. It provides a step-by-step description of a parenting evaluation.

Peer supports really work: they're a great, efficient way to help all students learn, make the most of teacher/ paraprofessional time, and increase the achievement level of challenging students. This practical guide includes cooperative learning and peer tutoring - to benefit students with moderate to severe disabilities and their peers.

For use with at-risk families of children from birth to 3 years of age, this tool, along with a CD-ROM, provides the critical data home visiting programs need. Generating a portrait of the behaviors and skills of parents and children, it helps establish baseline client profiles, monitor outcomes and others, to show that interventions are working.

These scoring sheets are part of The Capute Scales, a norm-referenced, 100-item screening and assessment tool that helps experienced practitioners identify developmental delays in children from 1-36 months of age.

Fast and easy to complete, The Capute Scales requires minimal equipment and can be administered in just 6 to 20 minutes. Because the tests measure functioning across two streams of development, they help clinicians distinguish between global developmental delays and specific areas of concern. Created for clinical settings, The Capute Scales is an effective and efficient assessment tool for general pediatric practice and for specialists such as developmental pediatricians, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists. This standardized instrument will assist clinicians in making developmental diagnoses, counseling families, and guiding them to appropriate intervention services. The complete system includes- Cognitive Adaptive Test (CAT), 57 items focused on visual-motor functioning- Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS), 43 items focused on expressive and receptive language development- Manual with an explanation of the scales' development, Spanish and Russian score sheet translations, guidelines on administration and scoring, an overview of clinical and research use, and information on standardization of the scales and their use in other languages- 4-page Scoring Sheet- Test Kit, packed in a tote bag, with the standardized materials required to conduct the assessmentKit includes- one laminated card- one notepad- two jumbo crayons- one cloth- one form board- triangle, circle, and square shape for form board- one Plexiglas pane- one pegboard with six pegs- one dowel- one cup- one jar- 10 1-inch blocks- one plastic ring- one bell- tote bag

Written with compassion and expertise, this book provides families with a guide to planning for the lifetime needs of a child with disabilities. It presents the 'Five Factors' readers need to consider - family and support, emotional, financial, legal, and government benefits - and how to plan for these factors at every stage of a child's life.

This practical, easy-to-use curriculum for children from birth to 3 years with mild to severe disabilities links assessment and intervention. This volume overlaps the upcoming second edition of 'The Carolina Curriculum for Preschoolers with Special Needs'.

Provides a complete, highly accessible guide to effective, integrated care across clinical, classroom, and home settings to help students with ADHD achieve academic and social success. This essential resource is the key to developing a comprehensive treatment program that combines the expertise of school psychologists, educators, primary care providers, and the child's family.

ASQ-3 is the most accurate, cost-effective, and parent-friendly way to identify children from birth to 5 years with developmental delays. This title includes masters of the 21 photocopiable questionnaires with scoring sheets (in English), and a CD-ROM with printable PDFs, in a handy carrying case.

ASQ-3 is the most accurate, cost-effective, and parent-friendly way to identify children from birth to 5 years with developmental delays. Essential to using ASQ-3, this guide provides step-by-step guidance on administering and scoring the questionnaires, setting up a screening system, and using ASQ-3 across a wide range of settings.

A guide for making successful transitions to postsecondary education for students with high-incidence or hidden disabilities. It provides the information teachers, related services personnel and parents need to help students succeed.

Now early childhood professionals have their own guide to the popular Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model the research-proven, family-centered approach used in schools nationwide to resolve challenging behaviors. Developed by top behavior experts, this practical, reader-friendly guidebook shows you how to improve the social-emotional development and prevent challenging behaviors of young children in preschool settings. A highly effective approach drawn from the research and principles of applied behavior analysis and positive behavior support, Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children will help you resolve persistent challenging behaviors set individualized goals for children conduct family-centered assessment and intervention work effectively with diverse families The CD-ROM includes planning forms and worksheets tailored for early childhood programs, including a Goal Sheet, Daily Log, Behavior Rating Scale, Intervention Menu, and Team Implementation Guide. And four detailed case examples walk you through the PTR-YC steps and implementation. Ideal for a wide range of early childhood settings including preschools, Head Start, and child care programs this practical guide will help you resolve even the toughest behavior challenges in young children.