This book provides teachers and other professionals with a highly effective, easy-to-follow curriculum for teaching children with high-functioning autism, Asperger syndrome and related social challenges to relate to and interact with others successfully by developing a solid, basic foundation in Theory of Mind (ToM). Dr. Kirstina Ordetx provides…

The intent of this manuscript is to inform others about stress, parental stress, and highlight the negative consequences of stress on children by directly providing information to parents of infant and preschool children in the form of a psychoeducational workshop. Given that the early years of life have many critical periods of development and…

This booklet contains 20 that address school Skills. It is designed to be used by teachers who work with troubled youth at risk for not completing high school. Each lesson plan provides a goal, a list of materials and detailed directions on how to implement the lesson. Several handouts that accompany the lessons are included. Lesson goals include:…

Aligned with its 1998 standards for first- and second-language learning, Alberta Learning has published lesson plans that aim for a closer relationship between learning and evaluation. Each volume in this series presents a specific task for students that involves planning, carrying out, and evaluating their work. The task for tenth grade students…

Aligned with its 1998 standards for first- and second-language learning, Alberta Learning has published lesson plans that aim for a closer relationship between learning and evaluation. Each volume in this series presents a specific task for students that involves planning, carrying out, and evaluating their work. The task for twelfth grade…

Aligned with its 1998 standards for first- and second-language learning, Alberta Learning has published lesson plans that aim for a closer relationship between learning and evaluation. Each volume in this series presents a specific task for students that involves planning, carrying out, and evaluating their work. The task for eleventh grade…

Career planning is a developmental process. All populations can benefit from the career planning process of self-assessment, exploring career opportunities in the world of work, and learning assertive job-search strategies that produce results. This guide includes career-planning activities for employment counselors, case workers, and social…

This booklet, containing 20 lessons that address social skills, is designed for use by teachers and counselors working with female troubled youth. Each lesson plan provides a goal, a list of materials and detailed directions on how to implement the lesson. Several handouts that accompany the lessons are included. Lesson goals include: introducing…

This learning activities book is designed as a resource to help school counselors, teachers, and career specialists to integrate career development into programs and curricula. It contains 65 activities organized under 8 curriculum areas: fine arts, science, vocational studies, language arts, physical education, mathematics, social sciences, and…

This guide is designed to provide counselors and training instructors with the materials to teach clients the human survival skills necessary for job success. Ten one-hour training sessions which offer an action-oriented approach emphasizing conceptual skills such as planning, communication, and decision making include: (1) the importance of…

This guide is intended for use in conducting a two-day inservice program to train school administrators, counselors, and teachers in identifying and eliminating sex bias and stereotyping. Lesson plans are provided for addressing the following objectives: develop an awareness of personal values related to sex bias and stereotyping, identify…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist industrial arts practitioners in improving instruction in the areas of energy and power technology. Included in the first part of the guide are a course flow chart, a course description, a discussion of target grade levels and prerequisites, course goals and objectives, an introduction, and a course…

This learning module, one in a series of competency-based guidance program training packages focusing upon professional and paraprofessional competencies of guidance personnel, deals with evaluating guidance activities. Addressed in the module are the following topics: writing evaluation questions, preparing an evaluation plan, selecting…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist industrial arts teachers, counselors, and administrators in improving instruction in the areas of electricity and basic electronics. Included in the first part of the guide are a course flow chart, a course description, a discussion of target grade levels and prerequisites, course goals and objectives,…

This manual is intended to assist practitioners working in adult career counseling programs in implementing and expanding services. The first section, which is directed toward program administrators, discusses establishing and managing a career counseling service for adults and includes a checklist for administrators. Discussed next are the…