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Kindergarten and ASD: How to Get the Best Possible Experience for Your Child
by Margaret OliverAnswering all of the key questions about the kindergarten experience, this compact guide will give parents the confidence to be the most effective, up-to-speed advocates as their child enters formal education. "Which school should I choose, or should I home-school?" "How can I prepare my child for kindergarten?" "How can I work with teachers?" "What services and support will my child need?" "What is an Individualized Education Program (IEP)?" In a warm, parent-to-parent style, Margaret Oliver explains the essentials of how the educational system is structured, how special education laws are applied, and what current educational trends mean for individual children. She also gives strategies to overcome sensory, behavioral, social, emotional and communication difficulties.
Understanding Disability: From Theory To Practice
by Michael OliverIn this long awaited new edition Oliver draws on his own experiences to paint a vivid picture of both the practical challenges of disablement and the theoretical understandings of disability. This approachable text is core reading for social work, nursing, health and social care and social science students taking modules in disability studies.
Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
by J Gregory Olley Marion Trent-Kratz Susan Havercamp Carolyn Gracey Paul Fedoroff Dorothy Griffiths Krystine Donato Kajsa Klassen Nancy Miodrag Beverley Fedoroff Kaleigh Regehr Celine Mercier Leanne Gosse Marjorie Aunos Tricia Vause Jocelin Lecomte Christine Tardiff-Williams Carol Sales Diane Cox-Lindenbaum Orville Endicott Maurice Feldman Frances Owen Donato Tarulli William R Lindsay Jacqueline Murphy Shelley L. Watson Voula Marinos Jennifer Robinson Yona Lunsky Deborah Richards Karen Stoner Barbara Vyrostko'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.' - From the Foreword by Orville Endicott This wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. The book combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject. Initial chapters explain the historical context of rights for people with intellectual disabilities, including the right to life, and propose a conceptual framework to inform contemporary practice. Contributors then explore the many theoretical and practical challenges that people with intellectual disabilities face, in exercising their civil rights, educational rights or participatory rights, for instance. The implications arising from these issues are identified and practical guidelines for support and accommodation are provided. This book will be an essential resource for practitioners, advocates, lawyers, policy-makers and students on disability courses.
Itinerant Teaching: Tricks of the Trade for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (Second Edition)
by Jean E. Olmstead'Itinerant Teaching' is full of tips, techniques and strategies that will help teachers of visually impaired students to organize their time, events and activities effectively.
Certain Victory: The Biography of Robert J. Ott
by Bob Olson Robert J. OttRobert J. Ott was a young, up and coming martial arts phenomenon who had just opened his own studio. Then he was shot in the head, left for dead by hospital personnel, had multiple brain and face surgeries and was left blind. The majority of this biography is how he overcame his disabilities and built a new life. He is still well known for giving seminars on martial arts, especially to blind and visually impaired people. He currently runs a large military contract for food service at Fort Lewis, WA. He has a wife and two children, and is building a large martial arts studio onto his home. Many photographs were removed, but captions kept intact (at the end of the book) as there is further information given. Some crude language. Note: No page numbers are given in the Table of Contents.
¿De qué manera el bilingüismo afecta el aprendizaje?
by Daniel J. Olson¿De qué manera el bilingüismo afecta el aprendizaje?
How Does Being Bilingual Affect Learning?
by Daniel J. OlsonHow Does Being Bilingual Affect Learning?
Go-To-Guide for Social Skills
by Joyce A. OlsonThis go-to guide is a valuable tool for teachers and parents of children with challenging behaviors. It details step-by-step instructions for writing a solid IEP (Individual Education Plan), a FBA (Functional Behavior Assessment) and a BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan). It also gives suggestions for alternative behaviors and how to incorporate those behaviors into the child's behavior routine. There is a very simple but effective Anger Management program for children of school age.
Teaching Children and Adolescents with Special Needs
by Judy L. Olson Jennifer C. Platt Lisa A. DiekerWith collaboration so vital to today's educational arena, this thorough, well-organized, highly readable text concentrates on the general process of teaching—the basic “how to do it”—to help prospective teachers of children with mild disabilities in grades K–12 learn to work effectively with students, other teachers, and families. Basing coverage on their extensive experience, the authors present practical, research-based teaching strategies that relate to everyday occurrences in schools; provide motivating, experience-based activities; and offer numerous detailed lesson plans. Their personal, conversational writing style makes even complex concepts accessible, while their extensive coverage gives readers a solid understanding of what works and what doesn't in both special education classrooms and inclusive settings. For future teachers of elementary school students with mild disabilities and learning problems.
Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up To Old School Culture
by Kirsten OlsonWhile reformers and policymakers focus on achievement gaps, testing, and accountability, millions of students mentally and emotionally disengage from learning and many gifted teachers leave the field. Ironically, today’s schooling is damaging the single most essential component to education―the joy of learning <p><p> How do we recognize the "wounds" caused by outdated schooling policies? How do we heal them? <p><p> In her controversial new book, education writer and critic Kirsten Olson brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens students’ interests, and dampens down differences among learners. Drawing on deeply emotional stories, Olson shows that current institutional structures do not produce the kinds of minds and thinking that society really needs. Instead, the system tends to shame, disable, and bore many learners. Most importantly, she presents the experiences of wounded learners who have healed and shows what teachers, parents, and students can do right now to help themselves stay healthy.
Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading
by Myrna R. Olson Sally S. MangoldThese unique guidelines and games provide ideas for adapting a general reading program to the needs of braille readers and enriching early instruction in braille that are based on research in the areas of rapid reading and precision teaching. Classroom teachers and anyone working with children who are blind or visually impaired will find this classic handbook an invaluable resource.
Undaunted by Blindness
by Clifford E. OlstromThe purpose of this book is to provide concise biographical information about four hundred notable blind persons. The people in this volume are but a small sample of the many thousands of notable blind persons in history.
Gifted Adolescents
by Paula Olszewski-KubiliusThe series offers 25 timesaving books on critical topics for educating gifted learners. Filled with practical information and advice, these books are ideal for classroom teachers, preservice teachers, and graduate students. In preparing this series, the authors have kept the busy classroom teacher in mind. The result is a timesaving introduction to the most important issues in gifted education.
Toward A Just Pedagogy Of Performance: Historiography, Narrative, And Equity In Dramatic Practice (Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance)
by Charles O’MalleyThis book is a compendium of resources largely by and for artists and scholars interested in engaging in conversations of justice, diversity, and historiography in the fields of theatre and performance studies. For these students, and for the future instructors in our field who will use this book, we hold a tripartite hope: to expand, to enable, and to provide access. In its whole, we intend for this book to provoke its readers to question the narratives of history that they’ve received (and that they may promulgate) in their artistic and scholarly work. We aim to question methods and ethics of reading present in the western mode of studying drama and performance history. The contributions in the book—not traditional chapters, but manifestos, experiences, articles, conversations, and provocations—raise questions and illuminate gaps, and they do not speak in a unified voice or from a static position. These pieces are written by artists, graduate students, teachers, administrators, and undergraduates; these are expressions of hope and of experience, and not of dogma. This book is aimed toward instructors of undergraduates, both graduate students and faculty at all levels of seniority within theatre and performance studies, as well as at artists and practitioners of the art that wish to find more just ways of viewing history.
Silent Dances (Starbridge #2)
by Kathleen O'Malley A. C. CrispinDeaf since birth, Tesa is the perfect ambassador to the alien Grus, whose sonic cries can shatter human ears. But her mission is harder than it looks. The Grus are not alone on their world. They have deadly enemies, both natural and otherwise. And if Tesa is to save all life on the planet, she will have to make peace with not one alien species but two.
Borderlands of Blindness (Disability in Society Series)
by Beth OmanskyBeth Omansky explores the lives of people with legal blindness to show how society responds to those who don't fit neatly into the disabled/nondisabled binary. Probing the experience of education, rehabilitation, and work, as well as the more intimate spheres of religion, family, and romantic relationships, her frank and theoretically sophisticated portrait of the legally blind experience offers an insight into our understanding of the social construction of disability.
Autistic and Black: Our Experiences of Growth, Progress and Empowerment
by Kala Allen Omeiza"It's time we bring forward Black autistic pain points and celebrate the triumphs of ourselves, family members, and organizations that care for these individuals. Through following the real stories of others from around the world, I hope fellow Black and autistic individuals will be empowered to realize that being Black and autistic is enough."In this powerful insight into the lives of Black autistic people, Kala Allen Omeiza brings together a community of voices from across the world, spanning religions, sexuality and social economic status to provide a deep and rich understanding of what it means to be autistic and Black.Exploring everything from self-love and appreciation, to the harsh realities of police brutality, anti-Black racism, and barriers to care, as well as amplifying the voices of the inspiring advocates who actively work towards change, protection, and acceptance for themselves and others, this book is an empowering force, reminding you that as a Black autistic person, you are enough.
Autistic and Black: Our Experiences of Growth, Progress and Empowerment
by Kala Allen Omeiza"It's time we bring forward Black autistic pain points and celebrate the triumphs of ourselves, family members, and organizations that care for these individuals. Through following the real stories of others from around the world, I hope fellow Black and autistic individuals will be empowered to realize that being Black and autistic is enough."In this powerful insight into the lives of Black autistic people, Kala Allen Omeiza brings together a community of voices from across the world, spanning religions, sexuality and social economic status to provide a deep and rich understanding of what it means to be autistic and Black.Exploring everything from self-love and appreciation, to the harsh realities of police brutality, anti-Black racism, and barriers to care, as well as amplifying the voices of the inspiring advocates who actively work towards change, protection, and acceptance for themselves and others, this book is an empowering force, reminding you that as a Black autistic person, you are enough.
Chronic Hope: Raising a Child with Chronic Illness with Grace, Courage, and Love
by Bonnie O’NeilChronic Hope helps parents of children living with chronic disease gain practical wisdom for managing the emotional stress of raising a chronically ill child, so they can navigate these challenges with grace, courage, and love.
The Strengths-Based Guide to Supporting Autistic Children: A Positive Psychology Approach to Parenting
by Claire O'Neill'Being strength-aware has brought many moments of joy to our family life. It is this potential for growth and joy that I now want to share in this book'This flexible, dip-in-dip-out guide will introduce you to the strengths-based approach that is helping autistic children and their families to thrive. By focusing on how to identify, develop and use your child's strengths to support them throughout childhood and into adolescence, this transformative approach is here to show you and your child that their unique character-strengths can empower them and shape their future.Claire O'Neill combines her personal experience as an autistic person and mother to autistic children with her expert knowledge as a professional working with autistic young people to demonstrate the value of a strengths-based approach.With step-by-step instructions on how parents and teachers can incorporate this approach easily into family and school life, Claire also offers a variety of specific tips, tricks and engaging activities to provide ongoing support for parents and teachers alike.
Through the Eyes of Aliens: A Book About Autistic People
by Jasmine Lee O'NeillThe author, who describes herself as a person with autism, describes this condition as rare and beautiful. She offers suggestions to parents, teachers, and caregivers, encouraging them to respect the autistic person's uniqueness and wholeness. She urges that autistic people should be accepted for who they are, and that efforts to change them and rid them of autism are futile and painful for everyone concerned.
Distinguishing Disability: Parents, Privilege, and Special Education
by Colin Ong-DeanStudents in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload their problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. Distinguishing Disabilityargues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students’ parents. Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in virtually every aspect of the decision making involved in special education. However, Colin Ong-Dean reveals that this power is generally available only to those parents with the money, educational background, and confidence needed to make effective claims about their children’s disabilities and related needs. Ong-Dean documents this class divide by examining a wealth of evidence, including historic rates of learning disability diagnosis, court decisions, and advice literature for parents of disabled children. In an era of expanding special education enrollment,Distinguishing Disabilityis a timely analysis of the way this expansion has created new kinds of inequality.
The Nest
by Kenneth Oppel Jon Klassen<P>Steve just wants to save his baby brother--but what will he lose in the bargain? This is a haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, from acclaimed author Kenneth Oppel (Silverwing, The Boundless) with illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen. <P>For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it's just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp's nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to "fix" the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered. All he has to do is say "Yes." But "yes" is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back? Celebrated author Kenneth Oppel creates an eerie masterpiece in this compelling story that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family. <P><b> Nominee for the 2018 Young Reader's Choice Award </b> <i>(Pacific Northwest Library Association)</i>
Raising an ADHD Child: A Handbook for Parents of Distractible, Dreamy and Defiant Children
by Fintan O'ReganHow can I support my child's executive functions?Where do I start with medication? What can I do to start planning my child's future?This guide is a comprehensive and practical look at everything you need to know when parenting a child with ADHD. Beginning with the basics, you'll get to grips with terminology, have popular myths debunked, and learn how to effectively communicate with your child, as well as understand how to work in tandem with schools, medical professionals, partners and your extended family.Exploring everything from how to harness hyperfocus to supporting and nourishing your child's executive functions, this is the ADHD parenting guide to always keep in your back pocket.