Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities

Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities
Author: Elizabeth A Kurtz
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008-02-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1846427614

Offering a balanced overview of complementary and alternative therapies, this book will be useful for parents of children with autism, ADD or other learning disabilities. The book covers a wide variety of mind-body interventions and manipulative techniques, as well as energy therapies, biologically based methods, and alternative medical systems. For each approach, the author provides a detailed description of what the treatment involves, which professionals will be working with the child, and an explanation of the rationale behind the therapy. She also offers advice on who to approach for treatment, and includes a list of recommended resources and useful contacts for further information. This book will be a valuable source of information for parents and professionals working with children who have disabilities that impact their learning or behavior.

Visualizing and Verbalizing

Visualizing and Verbalizing
Author: Nanci Bell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Cognitive learning
ISBN: 9780945856641

Develops concept imagery: the ability to create mental representations and integrate them with language. This sensory-cognitive skill underlies language comprehension and higher order thinking for students of all ages.

The Great Train Mystery Teachers Guide

The Great Train Mystery Teachers Guide
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 063509987X

The corresponding Teacher's Guide is a page-by-page supplementary resource that gives you additional activities to enhance the student's learning opportunities by using cross-curricular materials including discussion questions, reproducible vocabulary, science, geography and math activities. Each Teacher's Guide turns you into the expert-we've done all the research for you! This comprehensive resource enhances the many dramatic learning opportunities students can gain from reading this mystery by Carole Marsh. The supplementary Teacher's Guide includes: Š A chapter guide of additional information, trivia, historical facts, and more to help teachers be "Experts!" Š Activity ideas that make the book come dramatically to life for young readers! Š The author's additional comments and thoughts about the subject Š Some reproducible activities Š Great out-of-the-box ideas for activities.

Resources in Education

Resources in Education
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1118
Release: 1981
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Serves as an index to Eric reports [microform].