"The Complete Learning Disabilities Resource Guide" has been a comprehensive and sought-after resource for professionals, families and individuals with learning disabilities since 1992. This twenty-fourth edition is the most comprehensive and current source of resources for the LD community available today, and a continual National…

In the past decade, American and Canadian pediatric societies have recommended that pediatric care clinicians follow a schedule of routine surveillance and screening for young children to detect conditions such as developmental delay, speech and language delays and disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. The goal of these recommendations is to…

This guide outlines teacher preparation, professional association, and Common Core State Standards aligned to an "interdisciplinary collaborative mathematics" approach using Junior Achievement educational programs within a Math Methods course to train pre-service elementary teachers to teach math.

The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) was founded in 1994 to provide a meeting ground and support organization for individual social workers who engage in research. Over its first 14 years, SSWR has grown from a modest-sized organization that hosted an initial conference to a large and influential force that sponsors a wildly successful…

Educators, reformers, and commissions have long underscored the need to align all levels of education and build a seamless, coordinated P-16 system. Failing to do so, they have argued, has kept too many students from pursuing an advanced education and the nation from benefiting from a more educated populace. Such was the case in the late…

Updated for the first time since 2005, this indispensable volume includes revised interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights along with key intellectual freedom guidelines and policies, including: (1) A new chapter, "Interactivity and the Internet," and other fresh material on intellectual freedom and privacy in online social…

Provides a list of the American Counseling Association's (ACA) officers and committees for the years 1993-94. Included are lists of the governing council; the divisions, organizational affiliates, region officers, executives, and treasurers; state branch officers and executives; ACA committees; related outside groups; and liaisons to outside…

This curriculum guide serves to assist faculty who are developing undergraduate courses in public health as well as educational administrators and faculty curriculum committees who are designing undergraduate public health curricula. The approach outlined in these recommendations focuses on the development of three core courses, each of which is…

Parents, educators, political leaders--all Americans need the information contained in this article. But why this poll? First, it's not just a quick snapshot of public perception. Rather, it is a serious research tool, conducted annually, that allows Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) members and other educators and policy makers to track public opinion from…

The 2000 edition of this annual guidebook presents a range of different ideas and strategies to help counselors promote greater public awareness of the profession during Counseling Awareness Month (April) and throughout the year. The eight categories included are: (1) Celebrating Counseling Awareness Month; (2) Promoting Public Awareness in April…

Reviews key events at the 1985 annual convention of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, including workshops on discipline, management skills, and curriculum and instruction; speeches by futurist Marvin Cetron, educators Dudley Flood and Ernest L. Boyer, and children's television executive Joan Ganz Cooney; and the…

Provides an overview of the 65th annual convention of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, summarizing major presentations and themes. (AYC)

Suggests that while the National Association for the Education of Young Children has grown in size, sophistication, and complexity as well as in age, it is important for members to stay in touch with each other and the workings of the organization. Voicing concerns as a collective whole will increase effectiveness. (CB)

This fourth edition of the Ethical Standards Casebook was developed for use in a class in ethics in counseling or in other settings where ethical issues are considered. Section 1 presents the revised American Association for Counseling and Development (AACD) "Ethical Standards" adopted by the Governing Council in March 1988. Section 2 presents…

Encompasses ethical standards in professional relationships and ethical standards in reading services of the members of the International Reading Association. (DD)