Exam Preparation

This teacher's guide introduces school behaviors for before, during, and after class.
Critical organization and time management skills are key elements.

Best Behavior is an evidence-based program that offers schools a fully integrated and comprehensive system for managing student behavior. Best Behavior combines four different support systems (school, classroom, family, and individual student) into a single, effective program.

A text for teachers on behavior management in the
classroom. Includes chapters on conceptual models, the history of
behavior modification, targeting behaviors, diagnosing problems, data
collection and analysis, social skills training, and stress management.

This is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand
reference that not only covers the majority of the exceptionalities
that educators are likely to encounter in any classroom, but also
provides a concise explanation of the current laws that guide teacher
behavior. This practical book is an all-in-one health, disability, and
legal resource for every teacher working in today’s inclusive
classrooms.

This volume presents an up-to-date conceptual
model and practical tools for meeting the challenges of severe problem
behavior in elementary and middle-school settings. The focus is on
developing and implementing team-based support plans for the 1-5% of
students who require intensive, individualized behavioral assessment
and intervention.

CAL is a group of scholars and educators who use
linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing
language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities
including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of
information, design and development of instructional materials,
technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and
policy analysis.

CREDE is a federally funded research and
development program focused on improving the education of students
whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or
cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.

CHAMPS provides practical tips on how to organize
and manage a classroom. It provides  ideas about how to build
a positive and preventive management program across grade levels.

CEC advocates for appropriate governmental
policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional
development, advocates for newly and historically underserved
individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain
conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

Culture in Special Education addresses
how the ideals of U.S. macro-culture are represented in the field of
special education and the resulting implications for cross-cultural
communication. It argues that professional knowledge is largely
acquired by an implicit process that needs to be made explicit and
conscious if school personnel are to become effective collaborators in
a multi-cultural society.

This best-selling volume equips the reader with
principles, values, and practices that support teaching the majority of
students with disabilities within the scope of general education
programs. Packaged with a CD-ROM that contains more than an hour of
classroom footage.

This website provides information on Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a Federal law that protects the
privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools
that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department
of Education.

This comprehensive handbook reviews the major
theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have
occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last 20 years.
The volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of
learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and
brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be
identified and treated.

How the Special Needs Brain Learns
shows how the brain processes information and examines both simple and
complex learning strategies that can be adapted and taught to special
needs students.

This comprehensive,
practical resource gives educators at all levels essential information,
techniques, and tools for understanding dyslexia and adapting teaching
methods in all subject areas to meet the learning style, social, and
emotional needs of students who have dyslexia.

This comprehensive book presents a proactive behavior management system for decreasing behavior problems in the classroom and the school, plus a full range of strategies for correcting disruptive behavior once it has occurred. The research-based behavior management plan includes assessment, lesson plan creation, and a list of management strategies.

This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.

This website provides information on:
disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth; IDEA; No Child
Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities); and
research-based information on effective educational practices.

OSERS is comprised of the Office of the Assistant Secretary (OAS) and three program components: the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

This site contains many helpful links related to numerous facets of special education. Resources are divided into categories for easy navigation.

This book addresses major frameworks for
understanding family involvement and government support of family
involvement projects. Included within each chapter are examples of
research in action, focusing on specific interactive activities or
programs designed to bring families and schools together.

This text's contemporary treatment of special education prepares teachers
for their role in the education and well-being of students with special
needs.

TeachSpecialEd.com offers standards-based, online instruction that addresses the key subject matter knowledge that is required for certification in Special Education. These self-paced courses guide you through research-based instruction strategies and include many activities and assessments so that you can test your understanding of the material. Each of the 10 courses can be purchased individually for targeted preparation or you can purchase all ten courses for more comprehensive preparation.

To purchase these courses, visit TeachSpecialEd.com.

The Arc is the national
organization of and for people with mental retardation and related
developmental disabilities and their families. This website discusses the causes of mental retardation, family support, and the
American Disabilities Act. This site's list of topics has a lot of useful information.

Through a comprehensive range of research,
training, and service projects, the Bueno Center strongly promotes
quality education with an emphasis on cultural pluralism. The Center is
deeply committed to facilitating equal educational opportunities for
cultural and language minority students.