Special Education Resource Materials

Resource materials are located at the Special Education Office in Rogersville. If you are unable to come to the office, items are available for checkout by telephoning Jennifer or Ree at 423-272-3455.

ADD/ADHD

ADD Educator’s Manual - Children and Adults with ADD. (Fowler)

ADD Hyperactivity Handbook for Schools. (Parker).

ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers & Kids. (Parker).

ADD Intervention Manual - Hawthorne. (MaCarney).

ADHD in the Classroom - Strategies for Teachers (video.) (36 min.) (Barkley).

ADHD: What Can We Do? (video) (36 min.) (Barkley).

A New Look at Attention Deficit Disorder. (pamphlet) (Nichamin/Windell).

Attention? ADD in School – Three-part video series.
Part I – Identification (26 min.)
Part II – Intervention (19 min.)
Part III – Strategies (24 min.)

Coping with Your Inattentive Child – (pamphlet).

Forms for Helping the ADHD Child (Shapiro)

Hyperactivity and Attention Disorders in Children (pamphlet) (Health Information Network.)

Inclusive Instruction and Collaborative Practices. (video) (38 min.) (Rief).

Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum – How to Recognize and Help Students with ADD/ADHD. (videos, CDs, and manuals) (Warren).

Pay More Attention – Listen, Look and Think. A Self –Regulation Program for Children (Parker)

Teacher Accommodation Planbook – ADD Accommodation Plan for Teaching (ADAPT).

Understanding ADD/ADHD – Four-part video series. (90 min.)

AUTISM

Asperger Syndrome (Klin/Volkmar/Sparrow).

Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (McConnell/Ryser)

Autism Spectrum Disorders (Weatherby/Prizant).

Autism Workshop Manuals

Best Practices for Enhancing Communication & Language for Children with Autism & Pervasive Development Disorders – workshop presentation. (Weatherby).

Bridges for Children with Autism – 4 video set, program exemplars manual, individualized goal section curriculum manual.

Co Teaching Students with Autism: K-5 (Kinney/Fischer)

Do-Watch-Listen-Say – Social & Communication Intervention for Children with Autism (Quill)

High Functioning Individuals with Autism – Advice and information for parents & others who care. (pamphlet) (Moreno).

Shaping Our Future – Autism Society of America. Educating Students with Autism. (pamphlet)

TRIAD (Treatment & Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders) Structured Teaching. (Powerpoint presentation).

The Social Skills Picture Book for High School & Beyond (Dr. Jed Baker)

The Social Skills Picture Book –Teaching play, emotion, and communication to children with autism (Dr. Jed Baker)

The New Social Story Book (Carol Gray)

BEHAVIOR

Books:

Anger Management for Youth: Stemming Aggression and Violence. (Eggert).

As Tough As Necessary – Countering Violence, Aggression & Hostility in our Schools. (Curwin/Mendler).

Assessment for Intervention (Brown-Childsey )

Learning Disabilities (Fletcher, Lyon, Fuchs, Barnes)

Behavioral Intervention Assessment and Planning (Fad).

Behavior Modification-Basic Principles-Third Edition (Lee, Axelrod)

Behavior Modification-The Measurement of Behavior-Third Edition (Houten, Hall)

The Bully Free Classroom: Over 100 Tips and Strategies for Teachers K – 8 (Beane)

The Bullying Prevention Handbook.(Hoover/Oliver).

Conscienceless Acts Societal Mayhem (Cline)

Crisis Intervention Handbook (Ehly)

Life Space Crisis Intervention-Talking With Students in Conflict (Long, Wood, Fecser)

Defiant Children – Parent-Teacher Assignments (Barkley)

Developing Responsibility and Self-Discipline (Curwin)

Discipline with Dignity (Curwin/Mendler)

Discipline Survival Kit for the Secondary Teacher – Positive techniques for handling specific individual & group behavior problems & motivating your students to take the initiative for their own learning (Julia G. Thompson)

An Educator’s Legal Guide to Stress-Free Discipline and School Safety (Mazin, Hestand, Koester)

The Equip Program – Teaching Youth to Think & Act Responsibly through a Peer Helping Approach (Gibbs/Potter/Goldstein)

Getting the Horse to Drink – How to Motivate Unmotivated Students (Stevens)

Helping Children Cope with Fears and Stress (Rotter/Vogel)

How to Discipline Students with Disabilities Effectively – and Legally! (Maloney)

The Inclusion Guide for Handling Chronically Disruptive Behavior (VanDover)

Innovations – Assessing Problem Behaviors (Demchak/Bossert)

Interventions for Achievement and Behavior Problems 9Stoner/Shinn/Walker)

One Minute Academic Functional Assessment & Interventions – Can’t Do It…or Won’t Do It? (Witt/ Beck)

Rediscovering Hope (Curwin)

Reduction of School Violence – Alternatives to Suspension (Johns/Carr/Hoots)

Smiling at Yourself – Educating Young Children About Stress & Self-Esteem (Mendler)

Student Aggression – Prevention, Management, & Replacement Training (Goldstein/Harootunian/Conoley)

Students Speak – Effective Discipline for Today’s Schools – Building a Sense of Community (Barber/Geddes)

Teaching Self-Control: A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior) (Henley)

The Tough Kid – Social Skills Book (Sheridan)

The Tough Kid Tool Box (Jenson/Rhode/Reavis)

The Angry Smile-Managing Passive-Aggressive Behavior (Long&Long)

What Do I Do When….? How to achieve Discipline with Dignity in the Classroom (Mendler)

Cassettes:

Creating Consistent School Discipline – Two Approaches to School Discipline. (Geddes)

Discipline with Dignity – Live Audio Seminar. 6 Cassettes with Comprehensive Resource Handbook (Curwin/Mendler)

Responsible Parents Raise Responsible Kids – Insights, Laughter, Useful Ideas, and Hope (Geddes)

Forms for Behavior Analysis with Children (Cautela, Cautela, Esonis)

Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention in Schools-A Practitioner’s Guide-Grades
1-8 (McDougal, Chafouleas, Waterman)

Understanding the Defiant Child (Barkley) ( Book & Video)

Handouts:

Discipline with Dignity (Virvos)
Manuals:

Behavior Dimensions Intervention Manual – Hawthorne (McCarney/McCain)

CHAMPS: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management for Grades K-9 (Sprick/Garrison/Howard)

Discipline – Board Policy, Objectives Listing, ODD

Discipline with Dignity – A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing (Mendler/Curwin)

Emotional & Behavior Problem Scale – IEP and Intervention Manual – Hawthorne (McCarney)

In Control: A Skill-Building Program for Teaching Young Adolescents to Manage Anger (Kellner)

Strategies for Reaching Disruptive and Angry Youth: Creating Caring Schools and Communities (Workshop Presentation)

Writing Behavioral Contracts: A Case Simulation Practice Manual (DeRisi/Butz)

Videos:

As Tough As Necessary: A Discipline with Dignity Approach to Countering Aggression, Hostility, and Violence. Tape 1: Key Principles; Tape 2: Creating a Climate for Prevention; Tape 3: Intervention Techniques; Tape 4: Resolution. Staff Development Guide included.

Bus Discipline: Tape 1: Role of Administrators (40 min.); Tape 2: Role of Drivers (45 min); with reproducible masters (Sprick/Colvin)

Cafeteria Discipline: Tape 1: Evaluating & Improving the Cafeteria Environment (45 min) Tape 2: Managing Cafeteria Behavior (25 min.) with reproducible masters (Sprick)

Challenging Behaviors – Positive Solutions. Conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment & Developing Hypothesis Statements.

Creating Communication Techniques for Choice and Independence

Discipline: The State of the Art: (4 videos)
Part I: Basic Principles of Classroom Discipline (14 min.)
Part II: Proactive Classroom Management (28 min.)
Part III: Tactical Teaching (16 min.)
Part IV: Cease and Desist – Delivering Direct Discipline in the Classroom (25 min.)

Discipline with Dignity – Part I: Overview (17 min.); Part II: Prevention (16 min.); Part III: Action and Resolution (19 min.)

Faces of Addiction (34 min.)

Handling Chronically Disruptive Students at Risk –
Tape 1: Implementing and Utilizing a CARE Council (30 min.)
Tape 2: Developing an Individual Action Plan: A Five Point Process (30 min.)
Tape 3: Strategies for Enhancing Individual Action Plans (30 min.)
Presenters Guide included

Middle School Discipline:
Part I: Middle School Kids & Classroom Control (25 min.)
Part II: Discipline & the Middle School Concept (23 min.)
Part III: Ganging Up on the Kids (24 min.)

1, 2, 3 Magic – Effective Discipline for Children 2 – 12. (Phelan)

Playground Discipline – Positive Techniques for Recess Supervision (Sprick)
Tape 1: Getting Ready (40 min.)
Tape 2: Positive Supervision (46 min.)
Reproducible Masters included

Reclaiming Youth At Risk: Our Hope for the Future.
Tape 1: Overview
Tape 2: Belonging and Mastery
Tape 3: Independence & Generosity
Facilitator ‘s Guide included

Solving Conflicts – Grades 2 – 5; Facilitator’s Guide included

Understanding the Defiant Child (34 Min.) Program manual included

Behavior Improvement Strategies Module Five-(Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Manifestation Determinations: Avoiding Needless Conflict and Common Mistakes-(Walsh)

Love & Logic Series

ADD (90 min)

The Life Saver Kit – 6 Cassette Set:

Raising the Odds for Responsible Behavior;
Avoiding Power Struggles with Kids
Helicopters, Drill Sergeants & Consultants
Didn’t I Tell You to Take Out the Trash?
Four Steps to Responsibility
Love Me Enough To Set Some Limits

Lying, Stealing & Manipulation – When Nothing Seems to Work – 4 Cassette Set

Stealing

Jim Talks to Kids – The Victim

Jim Talks to Kids – Repeating A Grade

Jim Talks to Kids – They’re Calling Me Names

Putting Parents At Ease – 9 Keys to Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences (2 Cassettes) (3 hours)

Quick and Easy Classroom Interventions (2 Cassettes) (2hours)

Shaping Self-Concept (2 Cassettes) (3 hours)

Teaching with Love and Logic – Taking Control of the Classroom: 4 Part Set

How Does Love and Logic Work? (2 hrs. 22 min.)
The Four Key Principles to Love and Logic (1 hr. 36 min.)
Realities and Myths (45 min.)
Classroom Solutions Through Love and Logic Interventions (1 hr. 36 min.)

Winning the Homework Battle (1 hr.)

Videos:

Discipline with Love and Logic: Teacher Training Course. 6 set video (Fay and Cline)

Love and Logic Solutions – Unbeatable, on-the-mark answers to parents’ most-asked questions about raising kids. (2 set video) (120 min.)

Teacher in Charge – 10 Strategies for Managing Student Disruptions (70 min.)

Books:

Discipline with Love and Logic – Resource Guide

Grandparenting with Love and Logic.

Teaching with Love and Logic – Taking Control of the Classroom.

504

Section 504 in the Classroom – How to Design and Implement Accommodation Plans.(Smith/Newbill)

Section 504 & Public Schools (Smith/Patton)

Section 504 & Public Schools: A Practical Guide (Street/Smith)

GIFTED

Challenging Projects for Creative Minds (Schlemmer and Schlemmer)

Curriculum Activities for Gifted and Motivated Elementary Students (Parken)

Differentiating Instruction & Challenging Gifted in the Middle Grades (Teacher Education Resources) (Video Series)

Benefits of the Heterogeneous Classrooms (16 min.)
Modifying Traditional Classrooms (18 min.)
Differentiation: Supplementary Strategies That Work (23 min.)
Challenging the Brightest Without Sacrificing the Rest: Ten Tactics for Schoolwide Success (26 min.)

Growing Up Gifted – Developing the Potential of Children at Home and at School. (Clark)

Planning Effective Curriculum for Gifted Learners (Van Tassel-Baska)

INCLUSION

Cassettes:

Inclusion Ideas That Really Work – Gr. K-6. 6 cassette set and resource handbook (Tilton)

Videos:

Inclusion: Learning Together. 15 videos with handouts

Introduction
Legislation & Litigation
Life Space/Learning Performance Characteristics
Pre-referral Interventions
From Exclusion to Integration
Functioning in the Regular Education Classroom Part I
Functioning in the Regular Education Classroom Part II
Functioning in the Regular Education Classroom Part III
Social Relationships Part I
Social Relationships Part II
Curricular Adaptations Part I
Curricular Adaptations Part II
Planning for Inclusion & Implementing Inclusion
Distributing Students Within Schools
Conclusion (or) A Beginning?

The Face of Inclusion – A Parent’s Perspective (68 min.) (Joenro)

Books:

A Teacher’s Guide to Including Students with Disabilities in Regular Physical Education (Block)

Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settings (Wood)

Collaboration, Co-Teaching, & Inclusion – Resource Handbook (Applebaum Training Institute)

Collaborative Lesson Plan Book (LRE for Life)

Including Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Programs (Wolery and Wilbers)

Inclusion: Showcase for Success – Resource Handbook. (Applebaum Training Institute)

Inclusive Classrooms from A to Z: A Handbook for Educators (Goodman)

Inclusive High Schools (Fisher/Sax/Pumpian)

Inclusive Preschool Environments – Strategies for Planning (Hardin/Wesley/Lohr)

Meeting the Needs of Youth with Disabilities: Handbook for Implementing Community-Based Vocational Education Programs

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

The More Ways You Teach The More Students You Reach (Forsten, Goodman, Grant, Hollas, Whyte)

Brain-Based Learning (Jensen)

Classroom Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students (Snow)
Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write (Cunningham/Allington)

Classsroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (Marzano)

Cooperative Learning (Kagan)

Introduction to Brain-Compatible Learning (Jensen)

Organizing Thinking: Book One: Graphic Organizers (Parks/Black)

Organizing Thinking: Book Two: Graphic Organizers (Black/Parks)

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding (Harvey/Goudvis)

Super Teaching: Master Strategies for Building Student Success (Jensen)

Teaching Tips: 105 Ways to Increase Motivation and Learning (Rogers)

Understanding by Design (Wiggins/McTighe)

What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs (Allington)

Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites (Tate)

LEADERSHIP:

Administrator’s Guide: How to Support and Improve Mathematics Education in Your School (Mira)

Guiding School Improvement with Action Research (Sagor)

How to Thrive As A Teacher Leader (Gabriel)

Improving Student Achievement Through Parental Involvement

Kids Count: The State of the Child in Tennessee (Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth)

Leadership for Differentiating Schools & Classrooms (Tomlinson & Allan)

Principals and Student Achievement: What the Research Says (Cotton)

The BIG Picture: Education is Everyone’s Business (Littky/Grabelle)

The Technology Fix: The Promise of Computers in Our Schools (Pflaum)

The 21st Century Mentor’s Handbook: Creating a Culture for Learning (Rutherford)

MATH

Math Line Demo: videos and teacher manuals

MathLines – 100+ manipulative (similar to abacus)

Touch Math

Algebra School

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

Integrating Curricula with Multiple Intelligences – Teams, Themes, & Threads (Fogarty/Stoehr)

More Than a Two-Way Street - Interdisciplinary Adapted Physical Education Lessons (Samson)

PARENT RESOURCES

A Parent Manual – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (Livovich)

Children with Mental Retardation – A Parent’s Guide (Smith)

Children with Tourette Syndrome – A Parent’s Guide (Haerle)

Dreams Made Real: Into the Mainstream – A video for parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Ensuring the Best Outcomes for Your Child with a Hearing Loss (pamphlet)
Family Handbook – A Guide to Services for Children and Adults with Disabilities (The TN Division of Mental Retardation Services)

Hawkins County Board of Education Family Resource Center: Resource Directory

Healing Trust – Rebuilding the Broken Bond for the Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (2 audiocassettes) (3 hrs.) Love and Logic Press (Thomas)

Learning to Read: An Approach to Teaching Reading and Language Skills to Children with Down Syndrome. An Educational Videotape for Parents & Professionals with Resource Manual & Word Identification Kit. (45 min.)

Living With Children: New Methods for Parents and Teachers (Patterson)

Managing the Defiant Child – A Guide for Parents and Teachers. (Barkley)

Negotiating the Special Education Maze – A Guide for Parents and Teachers (Anderson/Chitwood/Hayden)

Parents and Adolescents Living Together (Patterson/Forgatch)

1-2-3 Magic – Training Your Children to Do What You Want (video) (120 min) (Phelan)

The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders (McCarney/Bauer)

The Parent’s Guide to Learning Disabilities (McCarney/Bauer)

The Parent’s Guide – Solutions to Today’s Most Common Behavior Problems in the Home (McCarney/Bauer)

Please Don’t Call My Mother – An Administrative Philosophy & Parental Intervention Plan That Works (Lazares)

State of Tennessee Traumatic Brain Injury Services – Directory & Resource Information Guide

Taming the IEP – A Handbook for Parents (Krantz)

Three R’s for Special Education – Rights, Resources, Results – Video Guide for Parents, A Tool for Educators (Edvantage)

When Love Is Not Enough – A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD – Reactive Attachement Disorder (Thomas)

Understanding IDEA & Section 504 – Guide for Parents of Children with Disabilities. (pamphlet)

Your Parent Teacher Conference (pamphlet)

Your Rights – English Version. Video (VisEd)

Your Rights – Spanish Version. Video (VisEd)

You, Your Child, & Homework (pamphlet)

SOCIAL SKILLS

Attainment’s Social Standards at School – Instructor’s Guide (Judi and Tom Kinney)

First Class: Character Education Activities Program – 7th –12th Grade (Koehler and Royer)

Life Lessons For Young Adolescents: An Advisory Guide for Teachers (Schrumpf/Freiburg/Skadden)

Life Skills Activities for Special Children – 145 Ready to Use Lessons and Reproducibles (Mannix)

The Prepare Curriculum – Teaching Prosocial Competencies (Goldstein)

Skillstreaming in Early Childhood: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills (Book; Program Forms; and Skill Cards) (McGinnis and Goldstein)

Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills (Book; Program Forms; Student Manual; and Skill Cards) (McGinnis and Goldstein)
Skillstreaming the Adolescent: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills (Book; Program Forms; Student Manual; and Skill Cards) (Goldstein and McGinnis)

Social Skills Activities for Special Children – 142 Ready to Use Lessons and Reproducibles (Mannix)

Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs – 180 Ready to Use Worksheets (Mannix)

Social Skills Lessons and Activities for Grades 1-3 – Ready to use Curriculum (Begun)

Think Aloud – A Problem-solving Program for Children: Primary Level (Camp/Bash)

Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Education Curriculum for Adolescents – Grades 7-12. (Vernon)

STAFF DEVELOPMENT:

Paraeducators and Substitutes

Enhancing the Skills of Paraeducator. 5 video set with training notebooks. (U.S. Dept. of Special Education and Rehabilitation/Utah State University)

Paraeducators as Partners: Building a Team for the Inclusive Classroom (LRP Publications)

The Paraprofessional in the Inclusionary Classroom – A Training Manual (Beardsley)

Paraprofessionals – Training for the Classroom – Teacher’s Handbook (Houk/Mckenzie)

Training Video Series for the Paraprofessional (Dover)
Tape 1: Where Do I Start? (45 min.)
Tape 2: Working with Students in the Inclusive Classroom (45 min.)
Tape 3: Working with Other Adults in the Inclusive Classroom (45 min)

Substitutes – 2 Set Video
Tape 1: Setting the Stage for the Substitute (for administration and faculty
Tape 2: The Essentials of Classroom Discipline for Substitute Teachers (for the substitute teacher)
Planning Guide, manual and supplementary material included (Sprick/Howard)

Training Paraeducators Using ESP: How to Maximize the Effectiveness of the Program (video)

Defining the Role of the Para educator Module One-(Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Celebrating Similarities: Students with Disabilities Module Two-(Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

The IEP Process: The Role of the Paraeducator Module Three-(Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Supporting the Instructional Process Module Four- (Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Least Restrictive Environment Module Six-(Lasater, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Getting Behavioral Interventions Right Proper Uses to Avoid Common Abuses-(Johns)

Triplicity: Administrator’s Guide to Facilitating the Partner Teacher/Paraeducator Partnership
(Lasataer, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Melding: Apartner Teacher’s Guide to Working with Paraeducators Who Support Students with Disabilities-(Lasataer, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Power Paraeducator Testing and Portfolio Documentation Guide-(Lasataer, Johnson, Fitzgerald)

Administrators and Teachers:

Classroom:

Assessment in the Learning Organization: Shifting the Paradigm (Costa & Kallick)

Caring Classrooms, Capable Kids – A User’s Guide to Owning and Operating Your Cooperative Classroom (Waddell)

Future Force: Kids That Want To, Can and Do!: A Teacher’s Handbook for Using TQM in the Classroom (McClanahan & Wicks)

How to Get Good Grades – In Ten Easy Steps (pamphlet) (O’Brien)

Modifying the Curriculum for the Special Needs Student in the Regular Classroom (Chalmers)

Power Struggles – Successful Techniques for Educators (Mendler)

Teaching the Hard to Teach (manual) (Wood)

Reaching the Hard to Teach (videos) (Woods)

SAALE Model/Intervention Checklist (1 hr. 5 min.)
Adapting Lesson Plans (17 min)
Adapting Teaching Techniques (1 hr. 7 min.)
Adapting the Format of Content (39 min.)
Adapting Evaluation (46 min.)

The Slow-Learning Child ( 2 video set)

The Specific Needs of the Slow-Learning Child
Specific Modifications for the Successful Teaching of the Slow-Learning Child

Students At Risk (Videos)
Tape 1: Teaching Strategies for Students Who Have a Low Motivation to Learn
Tape 2: teaching Strategies for Students with Poor Work Habits, Poor Study Skills & a Poor Testing History
Tape 3: Teaching Strategies for Students with Language Deficits

The Achievement Test Desk Reference (Flanagan, Ortiz, Alfonson, Mascolo)

Law:

The Answer Book on Special Education (Gorn)
Disability Law Report – (monthly issues) A report of court decisions, legislation, regulations, & law review articles affecting individuals with disabilities.

Discover IDEA – Supporting Achievement for Children with Disabilities. (video and pamphlet) (CEC)

How to Prepare for a Due Process Hearing (video) (Hartwig/Ruesch)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act vs. IDEA ’97: Charting the Changes (Russo/Osborne/Borreca)

Legal Issues in School Transportation (videos) (Bateman)
Tape 1: Legal Issues in School Transportation (57 min.)
Tape 2: Transporting Students with Disabilities - Legal Issues (46 min.)
Reproducibles included

Making Sense of the New IDEA Regulations – Vol. I & Vol. II (1999 LRP Publications)

Melinda Maloney, Esq. (videos)
Inclusion: Heaven of Hell? (20 min.)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Deadly Mistakes That Lead to Due Process Hearings (20 min.)
Special Education for Regular Educators (25 min.)

Melinda Maloney. Esq. The Special Educator (cassette)

Reauthorization Becomes a Reality (1997 workshop) (LRP Publications)

Sexual Harassment in the Schools: Avoiding Liability. A guide by leading experts to current law and the development of sexual harassment policies (Oakstone)

Sexual Harassment: Limiting Employer Liability (Casey, Esq. & Rissetto, Esq.)

Steve Raney, Attorney (videos) Reauthorization Part 1 Discipline/Reauthorization Part 2

Tennessee Law and Minimum Rules for the First-Year Teacher (State of Tennessee Department of Education-First Tennessee Region)

SPECIAL EDUCATION:

Aligning IEPS to Academic Standards: For Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities (IEP Resources) (Courtade-Little & Browder)

Assessment for Transitions Planning (Clark)

Better IEPs (Bateman)

The Brain: Continuing the Conversation (Staff Development Training Manual)

Complete Reading Disabilities Handbook (Miller)

Developmental Therapy – A Textbook for Teachers as Therapists for Emotionally Disturbed Young Children (Wood)

Diagnosis and Programming for Specific Learning Disabilities: A New Approach (Video & Study Guide for use with video) (Tennessee Department of Education – Division of Special Education.

Down Syndrome – See Learning to Read ( Parent Section)

The Early Intervention Dictionary – A Multidisciplinary Guide to Terminology (Coleman)

Educating Special Students in Tennessee (Snodgrass)

The Future of Children – Special Education for Students with Disabilities (Packard Foundation)

Handbook in Diagnostic/Prescriptive Teaching (Mann/Suiter/McClung)

How to Conduct & Document IEP Team Meetings – Leader’s Guide (Cebco)

Learning Disabilities, Differences & Intervention in Education & Counseling (Heritage Professional Education)

Learning Disabilities – Learning Abilities (video set)

Introduction 945 min.)
The Teaching (56 min.)
Reading is Not a Natural Skill (58 min.)
Children & Parents & Schools & Strengths (44 min.)
ADD/ADHD/LD (31 min.)
Teaching Math (51 min.)

Resourcing – Handbook for Special Education Resource Teachers (Jackson)

Staff Training Tips: Focusing on Special Education (LRP)

Special Educator’s Survival Guide – Practical Techniques and Materials for Supervision & Instruction (Barnes/Barnes)

Students with Disabilities & Special Education (Annual Editions) (Data Research)

Tennessee Directory of Services for People Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing

There’s a New Kid In School: A Resource for Educators about Oral Deaf Education (Sound Achievement Series)

Staff Development:

A to EZ Handbook – Staff Development Guide (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill)
Becoming the Very Best Team (videos)
Part 1: Nature of Great Teams (16 min,)
Part 2: Building Blocks (20 min.)
Part 3: Team Leadership (13 min.)

Children at the Center – A Workshop Approach to Standardized Test Preparation: K-8 (Taylor/Walton)

Classroom Organization & Management Program – Workshop Manual for Elementary Teachers (Evertson/Harris)

Deciding What to Teach and Test – Developing, Aligning, and Auditing the Curriculum (English)

I Can Learn! K-4 Strategies and Activities for Gray-Area Children (Goodman)

More I Can Learn! K-4 Strategies and Activities for Gray-Area Children (Goodman)

Motivation and Learning (Rogers,Ludington, and Graham)

Increasing Student Performance & Achievement: The Learning-Focused Elementary School (2 videotapes, guidebook, and soundtrack cassette) (Tape 1- 38 min; Tape 2-28 min.) (Max Thompson & Julia Thompson)

Increasing Student Performance & Achievement: The Learning-Focused Middle School (2 videotapes, guidebooks, and soundtrack cassettes) (Tape 1 –38 min.; Tape 2 – 28) (Max Thompson & Julia Thompson)

No Quick Fix – Rethinking Literacy Programs in America’s Elementary Schools (Allington/Walmsley)

Peer Tutoring: A Comprehensive Course for High School Peer Tutors (Moskowitz)

Planning for Success – A Teacher’s Guide to A New Planning Guide to the Preschool Curriculum (Hardin, Lohr, &Wesley)

Successful Applications of Brain-Based Learning (Jensen) (videos)
Tape 1: A Practical Guide to Brain-Based Learning (36 min.)
Tape 2: The Fragile Brain: What Impairs Learning & What We Can Do About It (27 min.)

Teacher Education Resources Video Series: Getting Off the Track – Tracking & Ability Grouping
1. The Worth of Them All (59 min.)

The Research on Ability Grouping (1 hr. 16 min.)
The Successful Curriculum (59 min.)
The Reading Writing Workshop (30 min.)
Two Teachers Talk About Untracking (16 min.)
Pioneers in the Heterogeneous Secondary School (21 min.)
Mastery Learning & Outcome-Based Education (23 min.)
Efficacy Training: An Introduction (21 min.)
Building A School Culture of Detracking (30 min.)
The Integrated Elementary School Curriculum , Whole Language, & Heterogeneous Grouping (30 min.)
Cooperative Learning (26 min.)
Kammerer Middle School: Untracking in Process (33 min.)
Moving to A Mixed Ability MathematicsClassroom (16 min.)
District-Wide, K-12 Transition: A Multi-Year Plan in Process (13 min.)
Heterogeneous Grouping & the Primary Grades (17 min.)
Model Programs for the Heterogeneous Classroom & School (59 min.)
Managing the Heterogeneous Classroom (26 min.)
Successful District-Wide Transition: The Ann Arbor Story (33 min.)
Discipline & Diversity (24 min.)
Moving Learning Disabled Students into the Mainstream: Cooperative Consultation & Co-Teaching (20 min.)

The Expert Teacher – Performance Appraisal & Staff Development Program (video series – Leader’s guide included) (Teacher Education Resources)

Targets Remediation & Enrichment
Engages the Learner
Controls the Classroom
Plans the curriculum
Executes the Instruction
Reviews & Tests

Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives (Bateman & Herr)

Working with Challenging Parents of Students with Special Needs (Gorman)

VOCATIONAL/COMMUNITY-BASED INSTRUCTION:

Community Based Vocational Instruction & Free Enterprise – (video & manual) An Entrepreneurial Approach to Secondary Special Education

Community Skills Profile – State of TN Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

Hooked on Community-Based Instruction (video)

Take Care! A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Development of Health & Safety Programs (Ashcroft/Smith)

Vocational Assessment Information – TN Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Division of Vocational Education

STUDY SKILLS/READING:

Advanced Skills for School Success – School Behavior & Organizational Skills (video & viewer guide for modules (Archer/Gleason) (Curriculum Associates)

Advanced Skills for School Success – Modules 1-4 Teachers guides and student workbooks included. (Curriculum Associates)

Assessing Reading – Multiple Measures for K-8th Grade (Core)

Complete Reading Disabilities Handbook: Ready-to-use Techniques for Regular & Special Education Teachers (Muller)
Eight Ways to Easy A’s in English and Foreign Language (Manus)

The Homework Organizer (Assignment notebook & guide included) (Mengel)

How to Succeed in College with Dyslexia (Woods)

Project Reach Organization/Study Skills (Packets of lessons)

Skills For School Success: Levels 3-6 (Teacher guides & student workbooks) (Curriculum Associates)

Study Skills for Students in our Schools (McCarney/Tucci)

Study Skills – Developing Good Study Habits (Computer-based & small group learning system) (TASK)

Study Skills – Learning Styles (Computer- based & small group learning system) (TASK)

Study Skills – Reading Skills (Computer-based & small group learning system) (TASK)

Teaching Struggling Readers – Articles from The Reading Teacher: Advice for helping children with reading/learning disabilities (Allington)

Teaching Study Strategies to Students with Learning Disabilities (Strichart/Mangram)

Technology:

101 Best Web Sites for Elementary Teachers (Lerman)

101 Best Wcb Sites for Teacher Tools & Professional Development(Lerman)

101 Best Web Sites for Secondary Teachers(Lerman)

Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms (Smith/Throne)

It's Elementary Integrating Technology in the Primary Grades (Hamilton)
TOURETTE:

An Educator’s Guide to Tourette Syndrome (pamphlet) (Bronheim)

Children with Tourette Syndrome – A Parent’s Guide (Haerle)

Videos:

Understanding the Defiant child (Barkley)

Special Education for Regular Educators (Maloney)

Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things (Farmers)

1,2,3, Magic – Effective discipline for Children 2- 12 (Phelan)