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Applied Behavior Analysis is the science behind everyone's behaviors. It emphasis on those who have disabilities. But understanding the science, and then using that to create techniques to help teach individuals.

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How to teach a child with Autism using ABA techniques.

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Here are some very nice ways to accommodate students on the Autism Spectrum. It goes over a few strategies and techniques that are key to effectively teaching the students.

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This movie was made to help teachers create an effective learning environment for students with Autism (ASD)

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This is a page on the Stitcher website that has collected many podcasts on the topic of educating special needs/disabled individuals. Mostly here for your listening pleasure!

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Listen to Teaching Exceptionally Podcasts episodes free, on demand. Help and information for educators from the Council for Exceptional Children. CEC is the leading voice for special and gifted education. Through the vision and dedication of more than 29,000 members, CEC sets the standard for high quality education for children and youth with exceptionalities.

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Adapting Activities for people with Intellectual Disability

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Adapting Activities for people with Intellectual Disability

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This video reviews many techniques that work toward including disabled individuals, as well as adapting your activities and plans to include them. The video was published by Peter Downs, who is part of the Inclusion Club. "http://theinclusionclub.com  In this episode of The Inclusion Club we explore adapting activities for people with an intellectual disability using the TREE framework"

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Adapting Activities for people with Intellectual Disability

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How the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, can help you.

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How the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act or IDEA, can help you.

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There are laws that require public schools to include all students regardless of their age, race, and disabilities. It is important for us as educators to know what the laws are so that we can effectively and responsibly provide the services and education these individuals need.

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How the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Or IDEA can help you.

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This is a video that acts as an introduction on how you can best interact with an individual who might have some kind of a disability.

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Don't Call Me Special-A First Look at Disability (3rd Grade)
(n.d.). Retrieved March 31, 2019, from http://museumofdisability.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1.-LESSON-PLAN-Dont-Call-Me-Special.pdf
This lesson plan has students read the book "Don't Call Me Special." Before the kids read the book they will look at the title and pictures in the book and then they will be asked to make a prediction about what they think the book is about. Then they will be asked to describe the pictures and how they think the children are feeling. After they read the book the teacher will have them answer questions. For an activity the students will be asked to think of one way to be kind to another child in the classroom. They will write these things one a piece of paper and put it in a jar. Each student will choose a piece of paper and has to do whats on that paper for another student in the class by the end of the week.

What is a Disability? (1st-2nd)
(n.d). Retrieved March 31, 2019
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/13181-what-is-a-disability/
This lesson plan has worksheets for students in 1st and 2nd grade. These worksheets introduce the term disability to young children and helps them understand that disabilities can result from an accident or illness. It also has a list of activities that teachers can have their students do. One activity is asking the students if they know anyone who cannot use all of their body parts? Then ask the students how those people are similar to them.

Understanding Disabilities (6th-12th)
(n.d.). Retrieved March 31, 2019
https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/understanding-disabilities
This lesson plan helps students increase knowledge about people with disabilities and explore ways to sensitively communicate with people with disabilities.

Disability Awareness Activity Packet (7th-12th)
(n.d). Retrieved March 31, 2019
https://www.dvusd.org/cms/lib011/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/1318/Disability%20Awareness%20Packet%202.pdf
This is a packet of lesson plans that has activities to help students become better aware of people with disabilities. One activity that I liked was having a student in your class that speaks a different language stand in front of the class and say one sentence in their language then have the class try to decide what was said. After, the teacher will ask how the students felt not being able to understand something, how quickly the class gave up, what are some other ways to communicate, and how is this similar to people with disabilities.

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Learning Disabilities online is a resource for educators to understand their students that have learning disabilities. It provides information articles, professional help resources, and even articles and biographies written by kids with learning disabilities to the educators

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Developing good organizational skills is a key ingredient for success in school and in life. Although some people by nature are more organized than others, anyone can put routines and systems in place to help a child become more organized. The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities has compiled a list of strategies that parents can use to help their child develop good organizational skills.

In the first chapter of her book, Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner, Kathy Kuhl explains how she came to the realization that school wasn't working for her son and decided to do what she never thought she could: stay home and teach him.

tudents' emotional responses to challenging situations can influence their concentration, perseverance, application of learned skills, and interactions with others. Even with safe and supportive classroom environments, students often have difficulty because they lack the communication skills to address challenging situations.

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LD OnLine: The world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD

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LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences. Parents and teachers of learning disabled children will find authoritative guidance on attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, reading difficulties, speech and related disorders.

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This website is for families of the students with special needs. It's a very organized website to find the technology and computers needed for students with special needs. This includes daily living devices and fun gadgets for students to communicate that are deaf, dumb or blind.

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Ability Hub offers assistive Technology solutions for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This site includes collective resources to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers.

The following are some frequently asked questions in connection with the use of current technology solutions that are available. Use this as a starting point to the rest of our site.

Frequently Asked Questions

Speech Recognition
What computer program translates spoken word, to text? My child is excellent when dictating thoughts and ideas, but, can't express these thoughts using pencil and paper. Typing using the regular keyboard is very difficult.

Screen Reader
Is there a computer program that reads aloud dialogue window alerts?

Helpful Apps and Tools for Mobile Devices
Are there apps I can download for mobile devices to help?

Speech Recognition
Is there a computer program that allows for hands-free control of the computer?

Touch Screen
Is there a computer monitor with "built-in" sensors that provide activating computer programs with a finger-tip, rather than using a regular mouse?

Antivirus and Anti-Malware
Is there an Antivirus program to stop alterations to assistive speech programs installed on my computer?

Switch Activated EADL
Is there a portable, inexpensive, and easy-to-use device for alerting (paging) caregivers?

Keyboard with Large Print Keys
Is there a keyboard with large print keys? After much use, we have problems keeping the sticky labels attached to the regular keyboard's keys.

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Ability Hub offers assistive Technology solutions for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible. This site includes collective resources to adaptive equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers. The following are some frequently asked questions in connection with the use of current technology solutions that are available.

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Can Do Kids is a website with that boosts students' self esteem. It helps them focus on what they can do, rather than what they can't. The website is for a company that goes around inspiring the students. The website includes a printable survey for students to take and realize they can do a lot of things! There are also free, printable, motivational posters.

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The Can Do! page just for kids!!

T he Can Do! Kids page has fun online activities for kids to try out, and interesting can do stories and resources that will help kids realize and appreciate their abilities as they try to accomplish their goals and reach their dreams.

Click on the icons below to try them out yourself!

Who are Can Do! Kids?

C an Do! Kids are kids who focus on what they can do instead of what they can't. Can Do! Kids use their abilities in whatever way is best for them in order to do the things they want... whether it's reading a book, drawing a picture, being a friend, playing a sport, or reaching a goal or dream. The cool thing is, EVERY kid can be a Can Do! Kid!

Even if some things are hard to do,
most people have abilities...
we each have our own "constellation" of abilities.

Take a cyber side-trip by
following this star to learn more about your
constellation of abilities.

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Can Do! web pages Copyright &copy 1997-2013, Maribeth Bush. All rights reserved.

Artwork by Peter H. Reynolds, Copyright &copy 1997-2013, Peter H. Reynolds. All rights reserved.

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The Can Do! page just for kids!! T he Can Do! Kids page has fun online activities for kids to try out, and interesting can do stories and resources that will help kids realize and appreciate their abilities as they try to accomplish their goals and reach their dreams. Click on the icons below to try them out yourself!

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Response to Intervention is a resource website for student interventions. It is for educators to find free resources to help struggling students with learning disabilities both academically and behavioral.

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Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)

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Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)

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This website is very easy to navigate and has links in a table of contents to various websites that will assist parents, educators, medical professionals and everyone else that interacts with students with disabilities. The links vary from medical information to simply understanding the disability.

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The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlison

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The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlison

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Elementary
This book explores the topic of differentiation in the classroom. The author, Carol Ann Tomlinson, explains that though teachers may teach one age level in this era of education, they still face the same pressing issues of having to adapt their pedagogy to fit the needs of their learners as teachers in a one room schoolhouse did.

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The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-Use Strategies and Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. Third Editionby Joan M. Harwell and Rebecca Williams Jackson

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The Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-Use Strategies and Activities for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. Third Editionby Joan M. Harwell and Rebecca Williams Jackson

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Elementary
This book is a pretty up to date handbook for teachers educating students with special needs. It includes strategies for motivating students, boosting their self esteem and helping students with attention deficits to focus more in the classroom.

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Essential for Living by Patrick McGreevy, Troy Fry, and Coleen Cornwall

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Essential for Living by Patrick McGreevy, Troy Fry, and Coleen Cornwall

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Elementary
This book includes a curriculum for educators of students with special needs that ranks skills the students need from "must-have" to "nice-to-have." It is listed as a very good resource for making IEPs. (Individualized Education Programs)

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Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities by Billy Krakower and Sharon LePage Plante

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Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities by Billy Krakower and Sharon LePage Plante

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Secondary
This book includes various resources and ideas to incorporate in the special education classroom. It states that most of the strategies can come to the teacher at minimal to no cost.

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Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking by Julia Bascom

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Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking by Julia Bascom

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Secondary
Loud Hands is a compilation of essays written by people with autism. It is perfect for students with autism to find a connection from someone that has the same challenges, and for educators to better understand their students that are on the autism specturm.

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SCED 3400 Dis/Ability Annotated Bibliography

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Grades: 11-12
Cost: $11.96
This dystopian novel tells the story of Whisper, who is born with a cleft palate in a futuristic, perfect society. She is abandoned and forced to work as a servant wearing a veil to hide her imperfection. She fights against the corporation that molds the children that are born with other societal rejects.

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young adult fiction / health & daily living / diseases

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young adult fiction / performing arts / music

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young adult fiction / social themes / class differences

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young adult fiction/performing arts - music

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Sixteen-year-old Whisper, who has a cleft palate, lives in an encampment with three other young rejects and their caregiver, Nathanael. They are outcasts from a society (in the not-too-distant future) that kills or abandons anyone with a physical or mental disability. Whisper's mother visits once...

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Grades: 10-12
Cost: $11.79
Kate learns that she has Type I Diabetes. She meets Aidan, who has returned from Afghanistan where his arm was blown off. Their plans and futures have changed and they work together through their disabilities.

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Jolene Perry. Albert Whitman Teen, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8369-2

Perry, co-author of Out of Play (Entangled, 2013) and the creator of several self-published romances, presents a story told through alternating perspectives about moving through loss and finding unexpected sources of support. While Kate has plans to attend college next year with her best friend Jen, Kate's senior year is off to a rocky start. Her boyfriend dumps her for a junior, she was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and her overprotective parents are overwhelming her. When Jen introduces Kate to her 19-year-old cousin Aidan, who returned from Afghanistan missing an arm and feeling displaced within his own family, there's an immediate and believable attraction and connection; they both know what it feels like to be weakened and pitied. Kate and Aidan's relationship provides them with the opportunity to be honest with each other and themselves about their respective challenges, as well as an antidote to their emotional pain. Perry candidly describes their conflicted feelings, the loneliness of having a perceived disability, and the power of mutual encouragement. Ages 13-up. Agent: Jane Dystel, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. (Mar.)

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Children's Book Review: The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry. Albert Whitman Teen, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8369-2

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Jolene Perry. Albert Whitman Teen, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8075-8369-2 Perry, co-author of Out of Play (Entangled, 2013) and the creator of several self-published romances, presents a story told through alternating perspectives about moving through loss and finding unexpected sources of support.

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Grades: 9-12
Cost: $9.69
Murphy's book is about 16-year-old Alice as she goes through chemo therapy for her cancer. She is told that she doesn't have a chance, so she makes a "Just Dying To-Do List." She chooses to do some rude things to people she once knew. She then discovers that she will live after all and has to deal with the terrible things she did.

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Side Effects May Vary - NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Balzer + Bray/ HarperCollins, March 18, 2014
Contemporary Young Adult

A fearless and moving tour de force about love, life, and facing your own mortality.

Synopsis

What if you'd been living your life as if you were dying-only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you?

When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs-however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, whom she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that's as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her arch nemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger and reliving some childhood memories). But just when Alice's scores are settled, she goes into remission.

Now Alice is forced to face the consequences of all that she's said and done, as well as her true feelings for Harvey. But has she done irreparable damage to the people around her, and to the one person who matters most?

Julie Murphy's SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY is a fearless and moving tour de force about love, life, and facing your own mortality.

Excerpt

Harvey laughed to himself in a sad way and rubbed his eyes. "You want me to help you with a list of things you won't disclose to me." He leaned forward and bit the skin around his thumb. "Classic."

"You won't regret it."

"But-"

"Harvey," I said, my voice low. "Trust me."

I knew what this looked like. It looked like I was using Harvey. But here was the reality of the situation: the minute my life went from semi-permanent to most likely temporary, I decided to latch on to everything in my world that had always been permanent, and for me, Harvey was so permanent he was concrete.

Praise for Side Effects May Vary

"Julie Murphy weaves together a tender and funny tale of love, friendship, heartache, and redemption. SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY explodes with brutal honesty, brilliant wit, and unflinching heart." -John Corey Whaley, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for WHERE THINGS COME BACK

"Julie Murphy's SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY is a funny, heartfelt, honest look at the beauty and the risk of getting a second chance. An inspiring novel about all the things worth living for. I adored this debut!" -Siobhan Vivian, author of THE LIST

"A funny and touching novel about a strong-willed heroine who finds facing death simple, but facing life heart-wrenchingly complicated. A real original." -Jennifer Echols, author of GOING TOO FAR

"Honest and unflinching, this is a compelling story of one teen's struggle with cancer, love, and living. A worthwhile addition." -School Library Journal

"Readers will turn the last page wanting to know where the next chapter leads." -Kirkus Review

"Alice and Harvey's relationship is raw, honest, moving, and unapologetic in its depiction of their individual, and collective, pain." -Booklist

"A tale of unlikely romance, impossible obstacles, and mortality, this book is a must-read." -Teen Vogue

"It's equal parts fun, cringe-worthy, and totally fearless!" -Seventeen Magazine

Buy Side Effects May Vary Now

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The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe

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The Sound of Letting Go by Stasia Ward Kehoe

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Grades: 9-12
Cost: $13.99
This novel is written in verse format. It goes through Daisy Meehan's life as she works with her often-violent and autistic brother Steven and her parents' financial trouble. It shows the struggle of those trying to fit in and "be normal."

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Cost: $9.99
This book shows the experiences of Dylan Mint, a 16-year-old with Tourette's, as he tries to complete his to-do list. Language is R-rated. It reflects the real experiences of the author.

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juvenile fiction/disabilities & special needs

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All Dylan Mint has ever wanted is to keep his Tourette's in check and live life as a "normal" teenager. The swearing, the tics, the howling "dog" that escapes when things are at their worst--nothing about Tourette's makes it easy to meet cute girls or have normal friends (or many friends at all)....

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Grades: 6-8
Cost: $10.99
Set in the early 1950s, this book tells the story of a girl who is visually impaired. She is orphaned, and goes off to find a school for the visually impaired so that she might find a place that she will belong.

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juvenile fiction / social themes / self-esteem & self-reliance

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Cammie Deveau has begun life with a few strikes against her. She's visually impaired, she was abandoned by her mother at birth, her father was a casualty of the Second World War and, if all that isn't enough, she's being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand-new...

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You've got Verve, Jamie Ireland! by Lisa Otter Rose

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You've got Verve, Jamie Ireland! by Lisa Otter Rose

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Grades: 3-5
Cost: $9.99
This story is about a girl that struggles in school and is bullied. She finds out that she is dyslexic. Jamie finds happiness and light in cooking and enters a baking contest at school.

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So far, fifth grade is off to a rotten start for ten-year-old Jamie Ireland. Her best friend, Alexanna, moves away, and not just across town-she's now 818 miles away from Jamie's home in Westcott, North Carolina. She might as well be on the moon. Jamie's spelling tests are a disaster.

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Grades: 3-5
Cost: $6.00
This action-filled story is about Lizzie, who was injured in a diving accident and is now confined to a wheelchair. She moved to a new town and starts writing an autobiography as she is thrown into a mystery at a local petting zoo.

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nature & the natural world - environment

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juvenile fiction / disabilities & special needs

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juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories

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juvenile fiction / nature & the natural world / environment

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juvenile fiction / science & nature / environment

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Lizzie, age eleven, does not let her wheelchair get in the way of her curiosity. After she is partially paralyzed in a diving accident, Lizzie and her single mom are starting life over in a small town in Florida, where Lizzie's thirst for knowledge and adventure makes her some unlikely frie...

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Grades: K-2
Cost: $9.13
This picture book shows the relationship between a mother and daughter during their day at the beach. They use sign language to speak with each other in the book. Students will be introduced and shown how to sign 15 words in ASL.

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Hands & Hearts: With 15 Words in American Sign Language

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A mother and daughter spend a sunny day at the beach together where they swim, dance, build sandcastles, and, most importantly, communicate. But their communication is not spoken; rather, it is created by loving hands that use American Sign Language. Readers will learn how to sign 15 words using ...

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Grades: K-2
Cost: $9.95
In this book, Siggy is a bird with one wing. After being teased about being different, he marches with other animals that are different on "I Like Me" day. This book teaches students to find the strengths in all people, whether they have a disability or not.

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Siggy's Parade:
Helping Kids with Disabilities Find Their Strengths

By Blanche R. Dudley, Ed.D.
Illustrated by John Hazard
New Horizon Press, June 24, 2014
ISBN 978-0882824697
48 pages, ages 4-9
Full-color illustrated picture book
Buy from Amazon

Siggy is a mockingbird with only one wing, but he has learned to march instead of fly and to celebrate his unique self. The blue jay twins, Vickie and Ickie, tease Siggy because he can't fly, but he's too busy helping his friends appreciate their own differences to notice. On National "I Like Me!" Day, Siggy stages a parade for all of his friends to celebrate their unique physical challenges, too! He recruits Ruthie the Raccoon, who uses a shiny wheelchair; Bernie the Bear, who is taller and skinnier than his friends; and Penelope Pig, who wears hearing aids in her giant pink ears. With Siggy's help, they each learn to be proud as they celebrate the group's diversity. Suggestions at the end of the book can help teachers and parents guide children in finding ways to embrace their own unique selves.

About the Author
Blanche R. Dudley, Ed.D. is a former educator and 1985 West Virginia Teacher of the Year. She earned a doctorate in education at West Virginia University and wrote her dissertation on enhancing the self-esteem of middle school children. She spends her free time birdwatching in her backyard where she finds inspiration for her picture book characters. Dr. Dudley lives in Reston, Virginia with her husband, W. J. Dudley.

About the Illustrator
John Hazard is a cartoonist and animator whose art has appeared in children's books and newspapers and on the Nickelodeon network. A graduate of Pratt Institute, John lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids by Chris Biffle

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Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids by Chris Biffle

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Secondary
The whole brain teaching method is taught in this book which encourages more engaging methods of learning for students. It is used to reduce stress and discouragement in the classroom which is a huge asset to students with special needs.