Assistive technology

Got a student who could benefit from using assistive technology (AT) in the classroom? Need a quick introduction to AT, including some history and the laws that support it? Check out Assistive technology: Access for all students. Now in its second edition, this comprehensive book has all of that and more. The book talks about the "assistive technology continuum" and looks at funding for AT. It also covers the use of AT in very young children to those entering the adult world. This second edition includes a chapter on Universal Design for Learning and Response to Intervention.

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Ready, Set, Potty!

Looking for some extra help with toilet training? Need an encouraging word to stay motivated? Loaded with tips for both parents and teachers, Brenda Batts' Ready, set, potty!: Toilet training for children with autism and other developmental disorders might be just the ticket. In an enthusiastic, optimistic style, Batts offers many success stories along with ideas for individualized teaching and 17 steps for potty training.

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Intervention in child language disorders

Intervention in Child Language Disorders: A Comprehensive Handbook offers effective interventions in language disorders in children from infancy to high school age. This wonderful resource presents clinical ideas and treatment examples and discusses a wide range of language disorders that can stem from learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, physical impairments, autism, hearing impairments, brain injury and specific language impairments. This comprehensive book will help students and speech-language pathologists provide the best treatments for their clients.

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Shut up about your perfect kid!

Despite a tendency to cringe at the title of this book, Shut up about your perfect kid: A survival guide for ordinary parents of special children is a seriously frank, seriously funny look at two moms (sisters) who have children with disabilities. Through IEP meetings, team meetings, and various medical and psychiatric appointments, be prepared to laugh and cry as the authors describe their kids' inclusion classrooms, private school, and life in general.

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Parents with intellectual disabilities

Praise for Parents with intellectual disabilities: Past, present and futures:

'The book discusses the experiences of parents with intellectual disabilities and their children, and also supports such parental training and the role of extended families. It is a very welcome contribution to a topic that tends to be negatively oversimplified.’
—Jan Tøssebro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

‘This is a unique exploration – from an international and multi-disciplinary perspective – of the lives and experiences of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children and the services that both enable and disable them in their parenting. Its combination of scholarly research and "insider" accounts makes it essential reading for researchers and practitioners around the world.’
—Professor Dorothy Atkinson, The Open University, UK

‘This must-read book explores the experiences of mothers and fathers with intellectual disability and their children, contextualized within their communities. It investigates the systems and services that do or do not support successful parenting, and explores modern complexities of gender, terminology, citizenship, public policy, and human rights.’
—Ruth Luckasson, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of New Mexico, US

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