This comprehensive, practical text is built on solid theory and evidence-based practices from both the fields of Special Education and Early Childhood Education. When the first edition was conceived in 1980, the authors encountered students who either had a strong special education background or a strong early childhood (child development) ...
For Early Childhood Special Education methods courses. This comprehensive text takes a non-categorical approach to preparing future early childhood teachers to help infants and young children with disabilities meet their challenges and develop to their fullest potential. Coverage is organized around four themes: how all young children learn, ...
A travel guide for nature lovers. Features thousands of sites of ecological and geographical importance and beauty, hidden trails, and scenic destinations. A comprehensive resource including color relief maps, itineraries with directions, addresses and phone numbers of sites, advice about outdoor activities, and 150 color photographs.
This practical, hands-on guide is required reading for anyone who works with children with special needs - from ECE professionals to parents. It includes information on the most common disabilities, including cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, visual impairment, and behavior disorders, as well as strategies and activities to facilitate ...
Smart Environments contains contributions from leading researchers, describing techniques and issues related to developing and living in intelligent environments. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the design of smart environments, the topics covered include the latest research in smart environment philosophical and computational ...
A practical guide for helping a friend or loved one through a period of grief, including information on what to say and what not to say, how long the grieving period lasts and its many stages, writing sympathy notes, and handling holidays and anniversaries.
Why do a million people a year visit the tiny seacoast town of Newport, Oregon, whose population is only 8,400? It isn't the beautiful beaches or the quaint fishing harbor, it's the Oregon Coast Aquarium. In cities large and small around the world, recent innovations in aquarium design have transformed what were once damp, stodgy science displays ...
This text takes a focused and comprehensive look at mining data represented as a graph, with the latest findings and applications in both theory and practice provided. Even if you have minimal background in analyzing graph data, with this book you'll be able to represent data as graphs, extract patterns and concepts from the data, and apply the ...
The DB2 Universal DRDA Certification Guide gives you all the information you'll ever need to access DB2 data stored on an IBM mainframe -- and it's an extraordinary resource for anyone who wants to achieve IBM DB2 certification. It begins with a general overview of IBM's world-class DB2 database products and their supported communications ...
Walk in the footsteps of our early explorers in this sensational 15-volume series. Exploration and Discovery features full-color artwork, including authentic pictures of early maps, drawings, and people. Also included in this set is a chronology, glossary, and Web source for further study.
If Cameroon is "Africa in miniature," then understanding this California-sized coastal nation takes one closer to capturing the story of this remarkable continent. Serving as a European trade portal, Cameroon's rich, cross-cultural history has fostered a society with a wide range of lifestyles and belief systems.As early as the fifth century B.C., ...
The life of artist Paul Gauguin is told through the eyes of his daughter, Aline. When Gauguin lost his job at a Parisian bank, his wife and children moved to Denmark to live with her mother. Paul remained in Paris where he worked on turning his hobby into his profession. Gauguin eventually moved to Tahiti where he continued to paint in a style ...
Born on March 6, 1475 in Florence, Michelangelo di Buonarotti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who significantly influenced the development of Western art. This title presents the story of his life through a series of anecdotes that gives the reader a sense of the man and the artist.
Charles Robert Darwin, born in the spring of 1809, seemed to be an ordinary child in upper middle class England. Though educated at Cambridge University with the idea of joining the priesthood, Darwin's life took a whole new direction when he was offered an opportunity to participate in a government-sponsored, five-year voyage to South America and ...
A practical guide for helping a friend or loved one through a period of grief, including information on what to say and what not to say, how long the grieving period lasts and its many stages, writing sympathy notes, and handling holidays and anniversaries.
Andersen's stories have traveled the world and survived the test of time. Over the years, children and adults have loved his tales for their imaginative power. His stories didn't avoid showing cruelty or despair, but they are more about truth and goodness. Although Andersen never intended to be a teacher, his stories teach a lesson of spirit: as ...
Born in Salzburg Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was recognized as a musical prodigy when he was three years old. He was 35 years old when he died. During his life, he completed 41 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, 23 string quartets, 17 piano sonatas, 7 major operas, and numerous works for voice and other instruments. But his road to fame ...
The authors - professional psychologists who work with children and families - believe that adults can help children build hope and combat hopelessness, and use stories that children construct about themselves to document the hope-building process. Included are two useful appendixes and a new introduction, in which the authors respond to readers' ...
Gandhi was the first national leader to advocate the use of nonviolent and peaceful means against colonialism. It ended 200-some years of British rule and preserved national dignity and freedom. Gandhi's most outstanding form of confrontation was his Noncooperation Movement. Indians stopped working for the British, stopped paying taxes, and ...
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