Books
When Behavior Makes Learning Hard: Positive Steps for Changing Student Behavior
Ultimately, the goal of any thoughtful behavior plan is to assist students in making changes in their behavioral development so they can access educational opportunities and become independent...
School-Based Observation: A Practical Guide to Assessing Student Behavior
Widely used to assess social–emotional and behavioral referral concerns in grades PreK–12, systematic direct observation is an essential skill for school psychologists and other educators. This...
Teaching Behavior: Managing Classrooms Through Effective Instruction
Every teacher knows that the perfect lesson plan is useless without effective classroom management. But what’s the best way to foster student engagement, differentiate instruction, handle disruptive...
Understanding Students with Autism Through Art
Classroom educators at all levels have been presented with new challenges and opportunities by great increases in the number of students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This book...
Including Everyone: Creating Music Classrooms Where All Children Learn
Many practical books for music educators who work with special needs students focus on students’ disabilities, rather than on the inclusive classroom more generally. In Including Everyone , Judith...
Exceptional Music Pedagogy for Children with Exceptionalities
Exceptional Music Pedagogy offers readers in music education, music therapy, and music in special education communities a new, important, and globally-informed resource for effective music pedagogies...
Interventions for Disruptive Behaviors: Reducing Problems and Building Skills
Children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders struggle both in and outside the classroom. This book gives school practitioners vital tools for supporting students’ positive behavior as...
The Co-Planner: Two Professionals + One Plan for Co-Teaching (4th ed.)
This practical, easy-to-use, spiral bound book is an effective tool to support the collaborative planning and communication required to make co-teaching successful. The newest edition of this popular...
Teaching Elementary Mathematics to Struggling Learners
Packed with effective instructional strategies, this book explores why certain K-5 students struggle with math and provides a framework for helping these learners succeed. The authors present...
Visual Note-Taking for Educators
We’ve come a long way from teachers admonishing students to put away their drawings and take traditional long-form notes. Let’s be honest: note-taking is boring and it isn’t always the most effective...
U-STARS~PLUS Science & Nonfiction Connections
The newest addition to the U-STARS~PLUS product line, Science & Nonfiction Connections provides educators with a complementary companion to the popular Family Science Packets and Science & Literature...