Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom!

Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom!
Author: Sandra Z. Kaufman
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Sandra Kaufman tells the inspiring story of her daughter Nicole, a young woman with mental retardation who overcomes obstacles from childhood through young adulthood as she achieves independence, gets her own apartment, finds a job, and marries. This 10th anniversary edition features an updated photo gallery and epilogue. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Everybody Belongs

Everybody Belongs
Author: Arthur Shapiro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135575843

The evil prosthesis of Captain Hook, the comical speech of Porky Pig, and the bumbling antics of Mr. Magoo are all examples of images in our culture which can become the basis of negative attitudes and subliminal prejudice towards persons with disabilities. These attitudes influence and underlie discriminatory acts, resulting in negative treatment and segregation. A teacher's ability to recognize and counter such images may well determine the success of inclusion and mainstreaming programs in our schools and society. Well-researched and well-written, this book offers practical guidance as grounded in solid research to schools that are wrestling with how to mainstream children with disabilities.

Hyperbole and a Half

Hyperbole and a Half
Author: Allie Brosh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1451666187

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Developmental Perspectives on Children With High-incidence Disabilities

Developmental Perspectives on Children With High-incidence Disabilities
Author: Ronald Gallimore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1999-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135681406

This volume, in honor of the career of Barbara K. Keogh, offers a summary of what is known of developmental contructs in the study of high incidence disabilities. Written for an audience of scholars, policy-makers, and grad students in special education

The Special Educator's Survival Guide

The Special Educator's Survival Guide
Author: Roger Pierangelo, Ph.D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118429052

Written for educators who work with special children and teens, this second edition of a best-selling classic offers a practical guide to every facet of the special education teacher’s job, from teaching in a self-contained classroom or resource room to serving on a multidisciplinary team. This easy-to-follow format, takes you step by step through the various stages required to understand the referral process, parent intakes and conferences, evaluation, interpretation, diagnosis, remediation, placement, individual education plans, classroom management, medication, educational law, and more.

Brief Reference of Student Disabilities

Brief Reference of Student Disabilities
Author: Lee Brattland Nielsen
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2008-08-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452295174

"The format is great! Teachers will love the easy-to-access information, which can serve as a springboard for more in-depth study." —Debi Gartland, Professor of Special Education Towson University "The book is organized to help educators easily find information. There are also useful resources to help parents." —Nicole Guyon, Special Educator Westerly School Department, Cranston, RI The ideal desktop reference for specific disabilities in the inclusive classroom! This updated, detailed reference provides essential information for educators about common exceptionalities they are likely to encounter in an inclusive classroom. In easy-to-understand language, the book provides guidelines for creating safe learning environments, applying disciplinary measures, and defining parents′ and educators′ roles in developing Individualized Education Programs. Presented alphabetically, each entry includes a definition of the disability, background information, characteristics, and a list of related readings, organizations, and agencies, with contact information. The author discusses a wide range of concerns, from ADHD, dyslexia, hearing impairment, and emotional disturbances to muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, aphasia, and cerebral palsy, and includes a review of health disorders such as asthma, diabetes, heart disorders, and hemophilia . The new sections in this second edition cover A comparison of ADHD and bipolar disorder Concise legal explanations and sources, with contact information and Web sites The reauthorization of IDEA 2004, NCLB, and postsecondary transition Brief Reference of Student Disabilities, Second Edition, also provides a compilation of common disability-related acronyms and a list of children′s books dealing with disabilities to foster understanding and awareness.

Teaching Students With Mental Retardation

Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
Author: Bob Algozzine
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2006-03-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483304035

Learn what effective teachers do to support students with mental retardation in and out of the inclusive classroom! Providing special and general educators with highly effective strategies for enhancing the academic and social skills of students with mental retardation, and offering a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this exceptional resource also discusses: Common causes of mental retardation Diagnosing mental retardation Cognitive, academic, physical, behavioral, and communicational characteristics Methods for improving students’ functional academic, social, self-care, and work skills Instructional approaches for students with severe disabilities Issues such as prevention of mental retardation and transitioning from school to work

The Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated Edition

The Cloak of Competence, Revised and Updated Edition
Author: Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1993-10-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780520082267

This new edition brings up to date a classic study of the everyday lives of previously institutionalized people with mental retardation. For the first time, the author allowed these people to speak about their own lives, their fears, and their hopes. He focused on the role of stigma in their lives and their efforts to pass as normal, as well as the need they had for normal benefactors. Now, using the same ethnographic methods, Robert Edgerton follows up the original population over a period of three decades. His new findings greatly expand our knowledge of these individuals, suggesting that as they grow older they increase their social competence, life satisfaction, independence, and ability to contribute to the lives of others. Human service professionals and others concerned with mental retardation will welcome Edgerton's discussion of current issues such as the role of environmental factors in modifying mental retardation and the need for new conceptual approaches.