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We've surveyed school districts to find out what's new in staff development and picked the best resources so you can select the offerings that meet your school's (district's) needs. They are organized by staff development needs most commonly cited. You can purchase items with a credit card or fax a purchase order to: 1-781-780-2176.

  

 

Behavior        Instruction        ELL/ESL       Reading/Writing       Special Education

 

Behavior and Instructional Interventions to prevent Special Education Referral (504 study teams)

 

PRIM - Pre-referral Intervention Manual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-Referral Intervention Manual Third Edition
Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D., Kathy Cummins Wunderlich, M.Ed.,  Edited by Samm N. House, 2006 570 p.

  • pre-referral intervention in regular education classrooms.

  • 4,000 intervention strategies for 219  common learning and behavior problems.

  • intervention strategies easily implemented by regular education teachers.

  • appendix of support materials

  • individualize instruction

$84.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

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Behavior Intervention Manual,

Edited by Samm N. House,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over 768 pages of behavior management strategies you can use in the classroom. Checklists, documentation for 504 plans, etc., 

• Over 250 behaviors (768 pages) with
• specific goals,
• precise and measurable objectives, and
• easily implemented, practical, and appropriate intervention strategies that can be implemented in the regular education classroom.

$88.95  (shipping is free) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

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Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management

 

 

 

 

 

896 pages

Randy S. Sprick, PhD.

Lisa M. Howard, M.S. 2000

Contains effective intervention strategies addressing 100 common classroom problems. Select an implementation plan to match the origin, duration, and severity of your classroom difficulty. Reproducibles (Encyclopedia Tools) are also available.

$92.95  (shipping is free) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

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Improvement of Instruction

 

Tactics for Boosting Academic Achievement

1995-1999, Audience: General Education Teachers, Teacher Educators, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers

This intervention resource features more than 100 demonstrated academic tactics--each with  a corresponding evaluation tool--for reading, writing, spelling, and more. Includes Coaching Checklists, directions for involving peer tutors, and classroom organization strategies. Can be used with the entire class or in small groups for more intensive instruction.

$84.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

The Skillful Teacher; Research for Better Teaching
6th Edition 2008 By: Jon Saphier, Mary Ann Haley-Speca & Robert Gower
This book has become the gold standard text in many colleges and school districts across the country for studying generic pedagogy. Designed for both the novice and the experienced educator. The Skillful Teacher  is a unique synthesis of the Knowledge Base on Teaching with powerful repertoires for matching teaching strategies to student needs. Designed as a practical guide for practitioners working to broaden their teaching skills, the book combines theory with practice and focuses on 18 critical areas of classroom performance. A must for instructional coaches and mentors!

$91.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

The Skillful Leader II: Confronting Conditions That Undermine Learning

by Alexander D. Platt, Caroline E. Tripp, Robert G. Fraser, James R. Warnock, Rachel E. Curtis 2008

This important new “Skillful Leader” book arms administrators and teacher leaders with step-by-step strategies to confront and raise the performance of teams and individuals who undermine student learning. The text includes methods of collecting data, strategies for intervention and tips for hiring and training. New individual and community profiles, together with legal notes, provide practical tools for busy leaders.

$91.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

 

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ELL/Language Instruction and Resources

 

Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners, 3rd Edition: The SIOP® Model

Jana Echevarria, 2008, 256 p.
  •  New, user-friendly format of the SIOP® protocol.
  •  Background Sections include descriptions of the eight components and thirty features of the SIOP® Model, and are updated to reflect recent research and best practices to help readers plan and prepare effective sheltered lessons. CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducible resources (e.g., lesson plan formats), make this the perfect professional development asset for any grade level or content area teacher!

$74.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)
99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP® Model

Jana Echevarria, Vogt, MaryEllen

 

This book responds to teachers who are looking for additional ideas and instructional strategies. The activities are grouped by each of the SIOP components and contain sample content and language objectives for each activity.

$79.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

 

Administrators' Resource Guide for the SIOP® Model

Jana Echevarria, 2007

 

This guide is designed to assist administrators and instructional leaders in understanding the needs of English Language Learners and in gaining insight on the issues surrounding implementation of the SIOP model.

$49.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

 

 

 

 

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Reading and Writing Assessment and Instruction

 

DIBELS Implementation Kit CD-ROM Catch Them Early, Watch Them Grow!
Using DIBELS in Your School

 

 

 

 

This 54-minute video formatted on a CD-Rom for your convenience, filmed in an actual classroom with professional instructors, allows DIBELS users to see firsthand how the Benchmark and Progress Monitoring assessments are administered. Catch Them Early, Watch Them Grow! features useful tips to make implementation smoother as well as plentiful “Score-Along” opportunities that give viewers the chance to practice scoring techniques and gain practical experience with each DIBELS subtest.

$149.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

Leading Literacy Change

The odds of improving student literacy increase dramatically when engaged and informed leaders drive and support the high-fidelity implementation of research-based literacy programs. Key to changing student outcomes are building and sustaining teacher capacity using assessment of the current state of schools literacy; strategic action planning; and data-based implementation of core, supplemental, and intervention programs that are accompanied by effective leadership activities.

$81.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

Teaching Basic Writing Skills

 

 

Judith C. Hochman, Ed.D. 

Teaching Basic Writing Skills presents strategies for teaching expository writing in every content area from the primary grades through high school. Instructional guidelines are presented for developing complex sentences, outlining, writing paragraphs and compositions, and revising and editing.

 

Teaching Basic Writing Skills can be implemented in general classrooms as well as special education settings. Instruction can be adapted for large classrooms, resource rooms, or tutorials.

Includes 9 posters for classroom display

 

$89.95 (free shipping) (school purchase orders may be faxed to bookstore information below)

 

 

 

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Special Education

 

For Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Picture Plus Dictionary, 2nd Edition

Virginia McKinney

Hard Cover 2004, 576 pages

Students who arrive in the United States and all those who are learning English as well as American Sign Language should find this book very helpful.

This excellent unique resource contains literally thousands of words. Organized in English word order, each word is spelled and its proper part of speech is clearly identified. Each word is then accompanied by an illustration of its sign and an English sentence in which the word is used! There's even an illustration depicting the situation of the sentence! Designed from 30 years of experience in education of deaf students, this dictionary is truly one of a kind. Affordably priced, this is a resource you will not want to be without!

$109.98 shipping free.

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The Behavior Disorder IEP Companion: 

Benefits
  • Saves you time planning and writing IEPs
  • Helps you plan lessons and activities for your students
  • Guides you toward successful collaboration with regular educators
Features
  • Lists IEP objectives covering a broad range of academic, real-life, and behavioral skills
  • Provides strategies or interventions for each objective
  • Contains a section on diagnosing and assessing behavior disorders
  • Includes tips on setting up the classroom for students with BD
  • Gives you tools such as charts, forms, and problem-solving sheets

$89.95 shipping and handling free.

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The Source for Behavior Management in Autism

by Pam Britton Reese, Nena C. Challenner

 

Certain characteristics of autism can be used to understand what causes behavior problems in children with autism. This revealing resource takes you through the causes and successful interventions available to help them.
Benefits

Clear-cut descriptions and real-life examples of behaviors improve your ability to develop an intervention plan to improve:

  • social interaction behaviors such as weakness in joint attention
  • communication behavior such as echolalia
  • emotional regulation including weakness in self- and mutual regulation
  • sensory responses including hypersensitivity and motor disorganization 

$89.98 shipping free.

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