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The Special-Needs Reading List: An Annotated Guide to the Best Publications for Parents and Professionals.
Sweeney, Wilma K. – 1998
This annotated resource guide lists books, periodicals, and organizations relevant to the needs of parents of children with disabilities. The books and periodicals were chosen as being up-to-date, accurate, written in parent-friendly language, written with a parent's information or support needs in mind, generally affordable, or considered a…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Environment
Authentic Assessment for Early Childhood Intervention Best Practices. The Guilford School Practitioner Series
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Bagnato, Stephen J.; Elliott Stephen N., Ed.; Witt, Joseph, C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Meeting a crucial need, this book provides clear recommendations for authentic developmental assessment of children from infancy to age 6, including those with developmental delays and disabilities. It describes principles and strategies for collecting information about children's everyday activities in the home, preschool, and community, which…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Early Intervention, Child Development, Preschool Children
True and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Case Management.
Ney, Tara, Ed. – 1995
This book addresses the clinical, legal, and ethical issues arising in child sexual abuse cases; the assessment and case management of allegations; research issues; and practice recommendations. Chapter titles are as follows: "Assessing Allegations in Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview" (Tara Ney); "The Nature of Allegations of Child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Custody
New Visions for the Developmental Assessment of Infants and Young Children.
Meisels, Samuel J., Ed.; Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 18 papers on assessing infants and toddlers includes the views of parents, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers. The following papers are included: (1) "Toward a New Vision for the Developmental Assessment of Infants and Young Children" (Stanley I. Greenspan and Samuel J. Meisels); (2) "Charting the Continuum…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Skills
Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education.
Donovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Cross, Christopher T., Ed. – 2002
This book discusses findings and recommendations of the Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education of the National Research Council. In chapter 1, the current study of the disproportion of minorities in special and gifted education is put into historical context. In chapter 2, an analysis of federal data on the representation of…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
Guiding Children's Social Development. Second Edition.
Kostelnik, Marjorie J.; And Others – 1993
Noting the importance of social competence for getting along in society, this book is designed as a text to help teachers of young children understand the nature of social development in young children and how to guide that development through the early childhood curriculum. The book contains a number of practical guidelines and strategies for…
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Development
Young Children's Behaviour: Practical Approaches for Caregivers and Teachers.
Porter, Louise – 1999
Noting that adults caring for young children often find themselves responding to children's misbehavior in ways contradictory to their overall goals of children's autonomy and self-management, this book provides practical child-centered suggestions for responding to young children's disruptive behavior and suggests behavior management techniques…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse, Child Behavior