(1)The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and also as a parent of a child with autism to explain VB and how to use it. This step-by-step guide provides an abundance of information about how to help children develop better language and speaking skills, and also explains how to teach non-vocal children to use sign language. An entire chapter focuses on ways to reduce problem behavior, and there is also useful information on teaching toileting and other important self-help skills, that would benefit any child. This book will enable parents and professionals unfamiliar with the principles of ABA and VB to get started immediately using the Verbal Behavior approach to teach children with autism and related disorders.
The next generation of classroom management is here from the developer of Assertive Discipline, Lee Canter!
Classroom Management for Academic Success is the first management program designed to specifically address the first priority for today's educator: improving the achievement of all students. This groundbreaking work will take you beyond simply managing student behavior to quickly and effectively establishing an environment that promotes academic success. This unique comprehensive handbook will show you how to:
Teach all students to behave from the first day of class by using comprehensive lesson plans in all classroom activities
Apply research-based instructional strategies that motivate students to stay engaged in all classroom activities
Build trusting relationships with all students and parents using teacher-tested strategies
Establish a positive climate in a disruptive classroom using the "Two Week Turnaround Program"
This book goes beyond the basic concepts of Assertive Discipline to help you lay a solid foundation for a positive environment where students will learn free from the distraction of disruptive behavior.
Grades K-12
This informative and very practical book is intended to help parents and teachers equip children with dyspraxia, or developmental coordination disorder, with the strategies that will enable them to live as normal a life as possible with this hidden handicap. Examining the developmental path of the child through the early years at home, at nursery school, grade school, high school, and into adulthood, it offers special tips on how to encourage children with dyspraxia to improve their social skills and develop a strong self-esteem. Included is information about the causes and symptoms of dyspraxia, characteristics of the condition, diagnostic procedures, and a glossary of terms.
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This excellent new manual and CD is geared towards helping the reader integrate important theories and concepts from ABA into powerful, practical and comprehensive educational programming, from assessment through program methodology and evaluation of results. Topic summaries, key concepts, question lists and references are found throughout the manual, along with reproducible data forms in order to organize and expedite program development. The book and CD were designed specifically as a resource for special educators, parents, and program coordinators in various stages of organizing and implementing their ABA programs. Through clear language, illustrations, tables and real-life examples, the topics covered include basic ABA concepts; teaching formats; the principles, merits and clinical applications of discrete trials; incidental teaching; teaching language and social skills; inclusion; curriculum planning and evaluation, among many others. The included CD-Rom, titled The Consultant’s Companion, allows you to select, organize and manage curriculum goals for individual students. Based on the curriculum described in A Work In Progress, this software features over 500 goals in 54 areas, allowing users to easily choose goals, maintain updated program lists and track mastered skills. Users can generate reports of present and mastered curriculum with the click of a button and create goal databases for any number of students. Easily learned and intuitive to use, this program helps keep the educational team organized and on-track.
Dana Williams had twenty years of practice in relaxation and meditation when she developed 'Math by Grace' for her children. Three of her children have ADD; one is mildly autistic. Dana says, "Whereas games, drills and explanations simply did not bring lasting results, 'Math by Grace' dramatically and lastingly improved the math skills of each child - which in turn greatly boosted their self-esteem." Surprised by the results of her experiment, Williams wrote down her experiences and methods.
That was ten years ago. Now her children are grown, and Williams has returned to her notes. This book represents her hope that parents with a background similar to her own can help their children overcome their blocks toward basic math by using deep relaxation and visualization techniques. "It works!" she says of her revolutionary approach. Her children went from the bottom of their classes to the top in no time at all.
This is the key: If you have practiced calming your mind through yoga, Qigong, T'ai Chi, meditation or other discipline, you can learn, with this small book, how to transfer your calm focus to your child through a guided meditation for math. If you do not have experience in these disciplines, give this book to an interested yoga teacher, therapist, hypnotherapist or child specialist who could implement 'Math by Grace' and help your child and other concentration-challenged children in your area.
Are you thinking, "Not my child!"? Think again. The child on the cover of this book cannot resist going into the ocean - even with his long pants on. This is how your child will feel when, together, you enter an atmosphere of calm, inner light - soothed, entranced, and able to memorize basic math!
