Parent and Professional Resources/Lending Library

A Parent's Guide to Access Points, Access Courses, and Resources:  This guide contains an overview of some of the resources available at www.floridastandards.org for parents of a student with a significant cognitive disability. These include the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Access Points, available instructional resources, and access courses.  (WR)

Access Project Of Florida Website:  The Access Project is funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Student Education (BESE) through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B.  This site contains resources that facilitate the teaching and learning of access points.  (WR)

CPalms Florida Access Points Standards:  CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida's official source for standards information and course descriptions for both FSA and FSAA standards. (WR)

Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA):  Includes guidelines for participation and resources supporting the FSAA.  (WR)  

Project 10:  Programs for Youth with Significant Disabilities:  Programs for students with intellectual, developmental and other disabilities are available at a number of postsecondary institutions in Florida. These programs provide age-appropriate opportunities for learning, employment preparation, recreational and leisure activities, social interactions and developing natural supports.  (WR)

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Managing ADHD at School:  What Educators Need to Know to Comply with Section 504:  An LRP Publication highlighting the obligations of educators toward students with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Addresses locating and identifying, evaluating, and planning instruction.  Examples of accommodations and sample forms and tools are included.  Shelf code ADD 4.

Putting on the Brakes:  Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).  Defines ADHD and what to do about it.  Appropriate for parents and children of all ages, primarily focuses on issues for ages 8 - 13.   Shelf code ADD 3.

Teenagers with ADD and ADHD:  A Guide for Parents and Professionals.  A one-stop-shop resource covering diagnosis, school and academics, treatments, coexisting conditions, executive function deficits, behavior issues, medications, legal rights, parent advocacy, and life after high school.  Shelf code ADD 2.  

A Real Boy:  A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery.  A mother's story of using nutrition and one-on-one therapies with her preschool age son.  Shelf code AUT 4. 

Academic and Behavioral Interventions that Work for Students with Autism.  Part I addresses strategies for academic needs, including assistive technology and post-secondary transition preparation, and building language, reading, math, and executive functioning skills.  Part II addresses the behavioral needs of students with autism, including alternatives to restraint and seclusion, ways to prepare for school lockdowns, and strategies to prevent bullying and assault of students with autism, as well as alternatives to using one-to-one aides to prevent wandering.  Checklists and charts address hierarchy of prompts and cues, conducting functional behavioral assessments, preparing for IEP meetings, and mental health concerns.  Shelf code BEH 14.  

Autism Navigator:  Learn about what autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is, the early red flags of ASD in toddlers, and how ASD is diagnosed. View our online 16 Early Signs of Autism by 16 Months Lookbook and select a print version—8 pages, 1 page, or fillable Checklist of the 16 Early Signs. Find printables with Autism Navigator messages in letter and tabloid size to download, print, and share.  (WR)

Autism Now:  A national initiative of The Arc, this site is a source for resources and information on community-based solutions for individuals with autism, other developmental disabilities, and their families.   (WR)  Access this resource at https://autismnow.org/

Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2nd edition.  Evidence-based guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Shelf code AUT 11. 

Carly's Voice:  Breaking Through Autism.  Diagnosed with severe autism at age 2, and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking, Carly was not expected to develop intellectually beyond the abilities of a small child.  At age 10, Carly was able to use technology to communicate for the first time.  This is her story of what it feels like to emotionally and physically live with the challenges of autism.  Shelf code AUT 2.

Essential First Steps for Parents of Children with Autism:  Helping the Littlest Learners.  Focused for parents of children ages 5 and younger.  Covers early indicators of ASD in children younger than 3 years, behaviors of 3 - 5 year olds with confirmed diagnosis, research on effective treatments and teaching methods, strategies for boosting play, communication, social, and self-hep skills, and support for the rest of the family.  Shelf code AUT 12. 

Louder Than Words:  A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism.  The story of Jenny McCarthy and her son, Evan, and their journey through an intensive combination of behavioral therapy, diet, and supplements that she feels helped her son who had been diagnosed with autism.  Shelf code AUT 7.

Positive Behavioral Intervention for Students with Autism:  A Practical Guide to Avoiding the Legal Risks of Seclusion and Restraint, 2nd edition.   Proactive behavioral interventions to prevent challenging behaviors and meltdowns of children with autism spectrum disorder with the goal of eliminating the need for restraint and seclusion.  Shelf code BEH 15.  

The Aspie Teen's Survival Guide.  Candid advice for teens, tweens, and parents, from a young man with Asperger's Syndrome.  Shelf code AUT 5.

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures:  The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin.  A storybook introducing Dr. Temple Grandin to the reader.  When young, no one thought she would talk, let alone become one of the most powerful voices in moderns science.  As a visual thinker, her unique mind allowed her to connect with animals in a special way, helping her to invent groundbreaking improvements for farming industries worldwide.  Shelf code AUT 10.

There's a Boy in Here:  Emerging from the Bonds of Autism.  A story of a family's journey with a son diagnosed with autism.  Shelf code AUT 6.

Thinking About You Thinking About ME.  Perspective-taking is crucial to the development of advanced social thinking and related skills.  This resource is very appropriate for individuals with Asperger Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, including PPD-NOS, ADHD, Hyperlexia, and Nonverbal Learning Disorder.  Help students learn to understand the ebb and flow of verbal and nonverbal communication that contributes to social understanding within different social situations.  Shelf code AUT 13.  

Turn Autism Around:  An Action Guide for Parents of Young Children with Early Signs of Autism.  Does your child have few (or no) words?  Dr. Barbera's book lays out a sequence of steps to take to address developmental delays in children ages 1 - 5 years.  Her approach uses applied behavioral analysis combined with positive, child-friendly methodology that any parent can use to help teach communication skills, socialization strategies, and tackle sleep, eating, potty training, and behavior challenges in positive, effective, and lasting ways.  Shelf code AUT 9.

Underestimated:  An Autism Miracle.  Are non-speakers with autism truly delayed; or mentally retarded?  This is the story of one family worked to find a method of communication that allowed their son to show the world that he was a very capable person who had been misunderstood and underestimated.  Shelf code AUT 8.

Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships:  Decoding Social Mysteries Through Autism's Unique Perspectives.  Dr. Temple Grandin and Sean Barron use their life stories to explain the unwritten rules and patterns of social relationships.  They create guidelines for living and working with others, and illustrate their applications for even the most complex situations.  The author's insights are invaluable to people with autism, Asperger's, ADHD, and anyone who has ever felt outside the norm.   Shelf code AUT 3.

 

Academic and Behavioral Interventions that Work for Students with Autism.  Part I addresses strategies for academic needs, including assistive technology and post-secondary transition preparation, and building language, reading, math, and executive functioning skills.  Part II addresses the behavioral needs of students with autism, including alternatives to restraint and seclusion, ways to prepare for school lockdowns, and strategies to prevent bullying and assault of students with autism, as well as alternatives to using one-to-one aides to prevent wandering.  Checklists and charts address hierarchy of prompts and cues, conducting functional behavioral assessments, preparing for IEP meetings, and mental health concerns.  Shelf code BEH 14.  

Applying a Trauma-Informed Framework to the IEP Process:  From Referral to Development.  Integrates an understanding of trauma into various components of the process of developing an IEP or Section 504 plan, including review of relevant case law and considerations on the viability of invoking IDEA or Section 504 for students with trauma histories.  Shelf code LPP 9.  

Assessment and Identification of Students with Emotional Disturbance and Behavioral Needs.  A guide to legally compliant assessment and identification practices for the evaluation of students with emotional and behavioral needs under the IDEA disability category of emotional disturbance.   Shelf code BEH 23. 

Getting Behavioral Interventions Right:  Proper Uses to Avoid Common Abuses.  This resource seeks to provide a better understanding of 24 common behavioral interventions used in today's schools.  Each segment includes a definition of the intervention, examples and non-examples, and guidance on ensuring the intervention is implemented correctly with the goal of positively changing behavior.  Shelf code BEH 1. 

Integrating and Enhancing Social and Behavioral Learning Using a Multi-Tiered System of Supports.  Explains the MTSS process for behavior, social-emotional, and academic supports.  Includes assessment questions by which school staffs can determine next steps in the school's improvement plan.  Discusses Universal Screening for behavioral concerns, evidence-based practices, data collection and use, teaming and training, legal implications, and interconnecting mental health systems, data and practices in the MTSS system.  Shelf code BEH 8.   

Life Space Crisis Intervention:  Talking with Students in Conflict.  Skilled verbal strategies are essential requirements for adults in helping roles.  These skills will directly influence both the immediate solution to a crisis, and the long-term effect of a crisis on a student.  Shelf code BEH 31.

Lost At School:  Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them.  A framework for understanding challenging behavior through the lens of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) approach.  Focuses on true factors contributing to challenging behaviors, empowering educators to address these factors and create helping relationships with their most at-risk students through realistic strategies and helpful information.  Shelf code BEH 28. 

On Our Best Behavior:  Positive Behavior-Management Strategies for the Classroom, 2nd edition.  Practical behavior management strategies for educators and parents, regardless of label or diagnosis (or lack thereof!).  Shelf code BEH 2.  

Positive Behavioral Intervention for Students with Autism:  A Practical Guide to Avoiding the Legal Risks of Seclusion and Restraint, 2nd edition.   Proactive behavioral interventions to prevent challenging behaviors and meltdowns of children with autism spectrum disorder with the goal of eliminating the need for restraint and seclusion.  Shelf code BEH 15.  

Prevent, Teach, Reinforce for Young Children:  The Early Childhood Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support.  A research-proven, family-centered approach to address severe problem behaviors common in younger children; conduct assessment, set individualized goals, and track intervention for children with and without disabilities.  Includes a CD rom with printable materials.  Ideal for early childhood settings.  Shelf code BEH 26.  

Problem-Solving Skills 101:  A Behavioral Management Program for Young Students.  Written for early childhood and primary teachers capitalize on the "teachable moment" to help small children learn from mistakes and find better solutions.   Shelf code BEH 10. 

Reduction of School Violence:  Alternatives to Suspension, 5th edition.  Proactive practices for developing a positive school climate and positive and supportive relationships with students.  Also includes alternatives to suspension.  Shelf code BEH 16.  

Staff Training Tips:  Focusing on Behavior Management, 2nd edition.  A professional development guide written for administrators to deliver planned, legally compliant, quality professional development on behavior management and discipline topics to address students with disabilities.  Includes problem behavior on the school bus, implementing behavioral intervention plans, serving students with emotional challenges, and what to do when students demonstrate dangerous behavior.  Includes handouts, practical strategies, and quick tips Shelf code BEH 7.

Supporting Students with Intense Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Challenges:  The NEEDS-SEB Model.  The NEEDS-SEB acronym stands for Needs-driven, Equity-focused, Evidence-based, Designed to provide specialized instruction, Sustainable implementation model for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral supports.  Model is based on metacognition, and thus is not appropriate for moderate to severe intellectual disability populations.  Distinguishes emotionally-driven behavior from purposeful behavior as interventions will differ.  Shelf Code BEH 24.  

The Behavior Code:  A Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students.  A systematic approach for deciphering causes and patterns of difficult student behaviors and matching the with proven strategies that get students back on track academically.  This book includes user-friendly worksheets and other helpful resources for applying the author's approach.  Shelf code BEH 3.  

The Behavior Code Companion:  Strategies, Tools, and Interventions for Supporting Students with Anxiety-Related or Oppositional Behaviors.  A companion book to The Behavior Code:  A Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students.  Step-by-step intervention plans, with strategies and tools that can be customized are included.  Shelf Code BEH 4.

The Behavior Management Guidebook:  10 Key Training Components for Staff Development.  Guidebook designed for education professionals who work with or train others who work with individuals with behavior problems.  Can be used with new and experienced staff.  Each component lists the objectives, concepts, and interactive activities associated with the component.  Components can be reorganized at will for the purposes of customizing a presentation.  Content provides new strategies and reinforces good strategies in use.  Shelf code BEH 13.  

The Classroom Management Book.  This is a solutions book, focused on creating a safe and positive environment for student learning and achievement to take place.  Contains 50 procedures that can be applied, changed, adapted, and incorporated into any classroom management plan, 6 plans used by practicing teachers demonstrating how they get prepared for their first days of school, and 40 QR codes to take learning beyond the printed page.  A perfect resource for any level, in any setting, at any grade.  Shelf code BEH 30.

Tough Kid Book, 3rd Edition.   Practical classroom management strategies for noncompliance, aggression, and tantrums with less obvious deficits in academic, self-management, and social skills.  Contains research-based proactive, positive techniques. Consider also borrowing the companion manual, The Tough Kid Tool Box.  Shelf code BEH 29.

The Tough Kid Tool Box, 3rd Edition.  A companion to The Tough Kid Book, 3rd Edition, this item provides ready-to-use classroom-tested tools to hep you motivate and manage even the toughest-to-teach  students.  Forms, reproducibles, directions, and tips to implement behavior management strategies are included.  Guidance on conducting functional behavioral assessments and  how to use them to develop behavior intervention plans is also included.  Shelf code BEH 32.

What Do I Do When...The Answer Book on Discipline, 5th edition.  Explores law and practice in the field of special education through the lens of additional procedural protections afforded students with disabilities under IDEA.  Shelf Code BEH 27.  

Why Can't They Just Behave?  A Guide to Managing Student Behavior, 2nd edition.  Beginning reference guide designed for educators working with students with specific disabilities associated with classroom disruption.  Chapters are divided into three sections:  1.  Causes and identification, 2.  Characteristics that affect performance and behavior in the classroom, and 3.  Interventions appropriate for school.   Shelf code BEH 9.  

Assistance Available for Preparing to Pass the Florida ESE Certification Exam:  Document which can be downloaded here.  Includes free test preparation materials at http://www.fl.nesinc.com/FL_TIGS.asp.  While FDLRS focuses on ESE, all subject areas are provided test preparation materials at this site.  This document also highlights free online, on-demand courses available 24-7, as well as selected facilitated courses that support test preparation for the ESE certification exam.  Facilitated courses are offered on a schedule, please see the Calendar tab for information on this year's schedule of facilitated courses.  Additionally, review the upcoming list of state-sponsored facilitated courses at www.fl-pda.org.  (WR)

FTCE Elementary Education, K-6 (2016, published 2021), Research & Education Association. Includes tips on passing the examination, and a targeted review in language arts and reading, social science, science, and mathematics. One practice test with answer key that includes detailed explanations of answers is included. Shelf Code EXAM 1.

FTCE Exceptional Student Education, K-12 (2020), published by Research & Education Association. Includes end-of-chapter quizzes and test prep methods, and two full-length practice tests focused on the six state-defined competencies assessed by the FTCE ESE exam. Shelf code EXAM 2.

FTCE Prekindergarten/Primary PK-3 (2014), published by Mometrix Media LLC. Includes test taking tips, general strategies, and five Secret Keys to Test Taking.  Content included is that typically tested for PK Primary - Grade 3 certification and is presented in a lecturette/short paragraph form.  Shelf code EXAM 4.

FTCE Professional Education Test (2015, published in 2021), Research & Education Association. Includes information on test taking skills, and covers the eight competencies measured. One practice test with answer key that includes detailed explanations of answers is included. Shelf code EXAM 3.

 

 

 

 

American Sign Language, Clip and Create 5.  Contains over 5,555 sign language clip art images allowing you to customize products.  Automatically generate crossword puzzles, fingerspelling scrambles, sign-o cards, and much more!  Shelf code DHOH 4.

Beginning Sign Language.  A CD of signs for persons new to learning sign.  Shelf code DHOH 2. 

Signs for Me:  Basic Sign Vocabulary for  Children, Parents, and Teachers.  A multi-dimensional sign language vocabulary for preschool and elementary school children.  Each word features a picture, sign illustration, and the English word.  Includes reference materials for the American Manual Alphabet, number signs, and a list of different American Sign Language handshapes.   Shelf code DHOH 1.  

Sign Generator 2:  American Sign Language Support for Reading.  Type, scan, or paste text and instantly have ASL images appear above your words.  Customize flashcards using any of the 9,000 signs in the database.  Choose to have signs only, words only, pictures only, signs and words, or signs, words, and pictures.  You can print and save your creations.  Shelf code DHOH 3.

 

Enhancing Executive Function in the Early Years:  Environment, Instruction, and Adaptations to Promote School Readiness.  Strategies for ensuring motivating environments for children while adapting instruction to foster executive functioning, the building-block of cognitive and social development in children.  Shelf code GEN ESE 13.

From Early Intervention to Preschool Programs and School-Age Services:  A Parent's Guide to Transitioning Young Children with Special Needs.  This family-focused guide provides a roadmap of the events to expect in the transition process.  Learn how to ask the right questions, and to collaboratively achieve the right result for your child.  Shelf code PRESCH 2. 

Helping Your Child Develop Fine Motor Skills.  Includes a dozen activities that are free or inexpensive to help develop the fine motor skills that are important in many daily living tasks, such as good handwriting, tying shoes, typing, using a calculator, or texting.  Shelf code GEN ESE 10. 

Kindertown:  Empowers parents with quality tools and information for ages 3 - 8.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.kindertown.com/

Prevent, Teach, Reinforce for Young Children:  The Early Childhood Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support.  A research-proven, family-centered approach to address severe problem behaviors common in younger children; conduct assessment, set individualized goals, and track intervention for children with and without disabilities.  Includes a CD rom with printable materials.  Ideal for early childhood settings.  Shelf code BEH 26.  

Problem-Solving Skills 101:  A Behavioral Management Program for Young Students.  Written for early childhood and primary teachers capitalize on the "teachable moment" to help small children learn from mistakes and find better solutions.   Shelf code BEH 10.

Serving Preschool-Age Children with Disabilities:  Evaluation, Eligibility, Placement and Transition.  Addresses the procedural and substantive obligations of school districts for young children with disabilities.  Includes Part C to B transition; a district's obligation to locate, identify, and assess; determining eligibility, writing IEPs and providing appropriate programs, and planning a preschooler's transition to kindergarten.  Shelf code PRESCH 1.  

Turn Autism Around:  An Action Guide for Parents of Young Children with Early Signs of Autism.  Does your child have few (or no) words?  Dr. Barbera's book lays out a sequence of steps to take to address developmental delays in children ages 1 - 5 years.  Her approach uses applied behavioral analysis combined with positive, child-friendly methodology that any parent can use to help teach communication skills, socialization strategies, and tackle sleep, eating, potty training, and behavior challenges in positive, effective, and lasting ways.  Shelf code AUT 9. 

Apps for Literacy Support:   Recommended by Spectronics.  Some are at cost, some are free!  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.spectronics.com.au/downloads/resources/Apps-for-Literacy-Support_Spectronics.pdf

Basic Facts about Assessment of Dyslexia:  Testing for Teaching.  Practical advice from three leaders in dyslexia assessment and instruction.  Includes the critical components of reading, characteristics of dyslexia, dyslexia and the law, eligibility for special education services, effective reading instruction, types of assessment, the clinical evaluation of dyslexia, and assessment-driven instruction.  Shelf code READ 5.  

Basic Facts of Dyslexia:  Do you think your child or student might have dyslexia? This fact sheet provides a definition of dyslexia, symptoms, prevalence, signs, and effects, as well as ways to help your child.  Resource is from the International Dyslexia Association.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.readingrockets.org/article/dyslexia-basics

Dyslexia Handbook:  In addition to offering valuable information about dyslexia and its characteristics, this handbook provides information on assessments, effective teaching approaches, self-advocacy ideas, and a vast array of resources, including  information that will be useful throughout a child’s life, from elementary school through college.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://dyslexiaida.org/ida-dyslexia-handbook/

Dyslexia Questions for Families:  Commonly asked questions with answers!  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.understood.org/articles/en/dyslexia-your-questions-answered

Florida Literacy Coalition:  Assorted reading and language arts resources.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://fs19.formsite.com/literacy/form323862537/index.html 

Global Classroom:  Interactive Lessons for Reading and Language Arts for students and resources for teachers.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/inservice/reading.html

Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills:  Activity Book, revised edition (2011).  The companion book to Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills to assist students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.  Contains more than 100 easy-to-use activities that cover all the areas in the text, including oral language, phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, handwriting, decoding, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, composition, mathematics, and multisensory teaching.  Shelf code READ 9.

Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills:  Activity Book, fourth edition (2019).  The companion book to Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills to assist students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.   Contains more than 100 easy-to-use activities that cover all the areas in the text, including oral language, phonemic awareness, alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, handwriting, decoding, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, composition, mathematics, and multisensory teaching.  Shelf code READ 8.

Overcoming Dyslexia.  Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder in the world, affecting up to 20% of the population.  This comprehensive resource presents information in identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems.  Shelf code READ 6. 

Reading and Dyslexia:  Approximately 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have been described as reading disabled. Resources on this site provide information and advice on what you can do to help students with LD gain reading skills.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/reading

Rising to Dyslexia Challenges Through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support:  A Handbook for Schools.  In the best case scenario, schools are creating multi-tiered systems of supports by uniting general education, response to intervention, and special education frameworks.  Through the MTSS framework, students with dyslexia can receive needed services well before they might "qualify" as a student with a disability.  The value of this early support for students has tremendously positive implications for educational outcomes.  Shelf code READ 7.  

The Many Faces of Dyslexia.  A selection of the writings of Margaret B. Rawson, a pioneer in the field of dyslexia, and editor emeritus of IDA. Mrs. Rawson has inspired several generations of professionals, parents, and students through her lectures, papers, and teacher-training sessions dealing with language and its meaning in our lives.  Shelf code READ 4.  

The Reading Comprehension Blueprint:  Helping Students Make Meaning from Text.  Guidance for K-8 teachers on delivering evidence-based, high-quality, structured comprehension instruction to gain meaning from challenging texts.  Shelf code READ 1.

What is Dyslexia?:  Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that affects reading. Children with dyslexia often have poor phonological skills, resulting in difficulties with decoding, reading fluency, and spelling. Dyslexia can also impact reading comprehension and writing. Learn about the early warning signs for dyslexia, common myths, and how to help children with dyslexia become successful readers.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/dyslexia

 

Florida Department of Education Website:   Subscribe to the Florida Department of Education Website:  Enter your email in the space directly below the Welcome message to stay connected and receive up-to-date bureau information.  (WR)

Engaging the Rewired Brain.  Discusses how technology may be changing the way students' minds function and how educators can adapt instruction to keep students motivated to learn.  Does your classroom engage the rewired brain?  Do you have strategies to determine whether, when, and how to use technology?  Tips to help build digital literacy and the benefits of differentiating instruction, flipping classrooms, and online learning is included.   Shelf code GEN ESE 9.  

Enhancing Executive Functioning in the Early Years:  Environment, Instruction and Adaptations to Promote School Readiness.   The author provides strategies for crafting motivating environments and learning experiences augmented with child-specific adaptations to help ensure development of skills critical to school readiness and academic success.  Shelf code GEN ESE 13.  

Executive Functioning:  A site sponsored by WETA, public television.  Includes strategies for managing time, managing space and materials, and managing work.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.ldonline.org/article/24880/

Helping Your Child Develop Fine Motor Skills.  A compilation of activities that can be done with items commonly found around the home.  Shelf code GEN ESE 10.

Implementing the Framework for Teaching in Enhancing Professional Practice.  Not specifically written for ESE, this manual examines the Danielson approach to effective teaching practices.  Includes examples of best practices for higher performance, and tools teachers can adapt and incorporate into their instruction.  also includes self-assessments teachers can use to analyze their own professional practice.  Shelf code GEN ESE 12.  

Leading for Instructional Improvement:  How Successful Leaders Develop Teaching and Learning Expertise. How teachers, schools, and district leaders can cultivate the expertise of teachers to deliver high quality instruction for all students.   Based on the work of the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Washington, practical guidance3 is grounded in theory and research, along with powerful stories and examples from classrooms, schools, and districts.   Shelf code GEN ESE 8.

Serving Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities:  A Guide to Strategies for Successful Learning, 2nd edition.  Identify and remove the barriers that students with complex cognitive, communication, motor, and sensory impairments face.  UDL principles are used whenever possible.  Methods have been developed with the goal of increasing consistent implementation across different personnel working with students.  Shelf code GEN ESE 4. 

Sibshops:  Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs, revised edition.  Create workshops for 8 - 13 year old siblings to share their stories, give and receive support, and just have fun with other children who've been there.  In-depth instructions and forms needed to start and run a Sibshop, plus almost 100 inexpensive, high-energy games and activities are guaranteed to get children talking, laughing and learning.                                 Shelf code GEN ESE 2.  (Side note:  FDLRS Emerald Coast can provide a Sibshop for neuro-typical siblings upon request!)

Supervising Paraeducators in School Settings:  A Team Approach.  Work more effectively with your paraeducator!  Examine the roles of the teacher, and the paraeducator, and consider the role of the paratherapist.  How you build your team and work together has a direct impact on the quality of services provided for students.   Shelf code GEN ESE 3.

Teaching the Best Practice Way:  Methods that Matter, K-12.  Seven basic teaching structures that make classrooms more active, experiential, collaborative, democratic, and cognitive, while simultaneously meeting best practice standards across subject areas and throughout the grades.  Includes explanations from real teachers implementing the methods addressed.  Shelf code GEN ESE 7.

Teaching with Poverty in Mind:  What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About it.  A resource that reveals what poverty is and how it affects students in school; what drives change both within schools and districts and inside a student's brain, effective strategies and ways to replicate them; and how to engage the resources necessary to make change happen.  Shelf code GEN ESE 6.  

The Child with Special Needs:  Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth.  A step-by-step approach to help families and professionals initiate and sustain mastery of the most important developmental milestones.         Shelf code GEN ESE 14.  

The Exceptional Teacher's Handbook.  Includes specific guidelines and strategies to help special educators navigate their first year.  Guidelines for step-by-step management are offered, complete with planning checklists and other ready-to-use forms within the context of IDEA 2004 and NCLB.   Best instructional practices, successful parent conferences, planning for your professional learning, and tips on alternate assessments, emergencies in the school setting, educational terminology, and more.  Shelf code GEN ESE 17.

The Quick Guide to Simultaneous, Blended and Hybrid Learning.  Describes how to have clarity of learning goals, capitalize on the potential of asynchronous learning,, establish norms for combining asynchronous learning and the face-to-face environment, increase learner engagement, and focus on both acceleration and recovery.  Shelf code GEN ESE 16.

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD:  Ways to Make Learning Easier and More Fun.  Students:  read this book and make things better for yourself!  Find out how to get organized, six ways to be a better learner, how to handle testing, tips for doing better in reading, writing, spelling and math, how to get help from adults, ways to keep school cool, how to stick up for yourself, and much more! Shelf code GEN ESE 15. 

Unexpected Blessings.  A faith-based book illustrating the blessings of having a child with a disability.  Written by the mother of a young man with autism, who is also the sister of a woman with Down Syndrome, the author's experiences help families let go of false beliefs that can hold one back, working through the cycles of grief, focusing on self-care and healthy routines, building a strong faith foundation, and creating support systems for yourself and for others.  Written through the lens of faith.  Shelf code GEN ESE 1.

What Works Clearinghouse:  Bringing Answers to Educators.  A CD of resources and approaches in special education helpful for program staff.  Each item is rated as "meets evidence standards," "meets evidence standards with reservations," or "does not meet evidence standards."  Shelf code GEN ESE 5.  

Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children:  Open-ended Mental Stimulation Activities.  Stretch creative, intellectual, and evaluative skills with over 100 activities including warm-ups, brainteasers, and maths-focused activities to open-ended exercises to complete independently.   While this resource was written for students up to age 11, the approaches and insights apply to any student and any teaching situation.  Shelf code GIFT 3.  

Challenge Boxes:  50 Projects in Creative Thinking for Grades 4 - 8 Gifted.  Includes 50 popular and demanding projects focused on higher level thinking skills.  Productive thinking, data analysis, and group discussions are emphasized.  Student creativity in content areas is encouraged.  Shelf code GIFT 4.  

Creating Effective Programs for Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities.  A road map for understanding assessment and programming for gifted-learning disabled students in the era of Response to Intervention (MTSS).  Identifies accommodations and adaptations that allow bright students to demonstrate their gifts and compensate for processing challenges.  Shelf code GIFT 6. 

Differentiated Instruction:  A Focus on the Gifted.  Observe the teaching and learning process in real classrooms.  This video focuses on learning how to differentiate and customize instruction to ensure  gifted and high-achieving students can be successful.  Shelf code GIFT 5.  

Embry Riddle:  Embry-Riddle, Aeronautical University is offering free online course offerings on topics ranging from aeronautics and meteorology, to computer applications, history and more. No-cost options are available for the general public as well as Embry-Riddle employees.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://worldwide.erau.edu/colleges/catalog

Genius Hour:  Passion Protects that Ignite Innovation and Student Inquiry.  A six-step map for teachers to implement and students to follow during Genius Hour (passion projects) in the classroom.   Includes handouts, online resources, and tips and tricks for making Genius Hour meaningful for students, highlighting its importance and impact on gifted students as they take ownership of their learning.  Shelf code GIFT 1.  

Gifted and Talented Enrichment:  An example from Kentucky, includes listings by grade groupings for critical thinking, creativity, leadership, visual arts, drama, dance, music, language arts, math, science, and social studies.   (WR).  Access this web resource at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UbaobL2ymO4_MW4N0eVvdBEfMPLyGaH7KipH27Onmg0/preview?fbclid=IwAR37phqRPemQEq-tDQ3SUYyPvYBSoYkH_TAxnGLpZwN3AyLJdR95cgl69O4+

GRE information:  ETS now has options to test at a center, or to test at home.   (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.ets.org/gre/important_update/china_institutions

"Imagineering in a Box," a partnership between Walt Disney and the Khan Academy (WR). Access this web resource at https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/hass-storytelling/imagineering-in-a-box?CMP=ILC-DPFY19Q4wo0808190814190031F

Ivy League College Courses Online:  Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania are offering over 400 online courses ranging in categories from Computer Science, Humanities, Business to Engineering, Math and many more.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/ivy-league-free-online-courses-a0d7ae675869/

Khan Academy:  Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere to encourage continued education. Khan Academy is largely the #1 free resource during this time for students, teachers, districts and parents.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.khanacademy.org/

Taming the Spirited Child:  Strategies for Parenting Challenging Children Without Breaking Their Spirits.  Strategies to quiet the difficulties of the gifted child at home while appreciating the special gifts they possess.  Includes step-by-step methods for every type of misbehavior and every child's unique personality, learn to cultivate your child's spark and reach beyond labels.  Shelf code GIFT 2.  

Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom:  Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Meet the Academic Needs of the Gifted and Talented.  Strategies and techniques designed to support gifted education opportunities already available in your district.  Useful at all grades and with teachers of any level of experience, in schools with gifted programs or without, or where gifted programs have been eliminated or significantly reduced.  Shelf code GIFT 7.

 

All In:  18  Ways to Create Inclusive Virtual Classrooms. A guide and starting point for discussion and planning, not only for teaching in virtual spaces but for considering how to bring the learning we acquire in this format back to the face-to-face classroom.  This resource features stories from parents, administrators, and teachers, as well as tips for making inclusion work for students of all ages.   Shelf code INCL 3. 

Beyond Differentiated Instruction.  This practical guide presents a 10-step approach to differentiating instruction to create an empowering learning environment for every child.  Includes case studies illustrating the how-to's of differentiated instruction, from planning through implementation and assessment, recommendations for appropriately structuring the pace and flow of instruction, guidance on when to use tiered instruction and accommodations, and classroom-ready templates, resources, and tools for each step of the process.  Shelf code INCL 4.  

Demystifying Secondary Inclusion:  Powerful School-wide and Classroom Strategies.  Written for secondary administrators seeking to improve in seven areas:  creating a school-wide culture, celebrating success of all students, developing interdisciplinary collaboration, implementing effective co-teaching, establishing active learning environments, implementing successful instruction, and improving grading and student assessments.  Shelf code INCL 6.  

Demystifying Secondary Inclusion:  Powerful School-wide and Classroom Strategies, 2nd Edition.  An updated guide, written for secondary administrators seeking to improve in seven areas:  creating a school-wide culture, celebrating success of all students, developing interdisciplinary collaboration, implementing effective co-teaching, establishing active learning environments, implementing successful instruction, and improving grading and student assessments.  Shelf code INCL 7.  

Inclusion in Action:  Practical Strategies to Modify Your Curriculum.  Once we believe that "all means all," curriculum modifications are a primary key to successful inclusion.  Learn to make your curriculum "possible and achievable" for EVERY learner, with or without disabilities.  Includes a guide to creating an inclusive culture and 40 specific, teacher-tested strategies to modify curriculum.  Shelf code INCL 1.  

Instructional Power!  Co-Teachers Share Instructional Techniques.  A collection of simple yet effective strategies and ideas for increasing student engagement and participation.  Examples are included at the elementary, middle, and high school level.  Though filmed in co-taught classes, these techniques are easily adaptable for use by any teacher.  Shelf code INCL 11.

Leading the Co-Teaching Dance:  Leadership Strategies to Enhance Team Outcomes.  A quick, informal read, specifically written for school administrators, on helping you to ensure quality co-teaching programs.  Covers details associated with the five keys to quality co-teach programs:  know what co-teaching is and when it is needed; recognize that co-teaching is a marriage, and you are the matchmaker; make scheduling a priority; planning is critical; and, monitor success, give feedback, and ensure evidence-based practice.  Shelf code INCL 5.  

More Power!  Instruction in Co-Taught Classrooms.  The second in a series of four DVDs addressing Inclusion by Dr. Marilyn Friend. Covers seven dimensions of quality instruction:  assessment and planning; content, materials and technology; instructional environment; instructional presentation; student participation; evaluation of performance; and adult interactions (professional relationships, professional development, building partnerships with parents, paraprofessionals and teachers, and bringing it all together).  Shelf code INCL 9

Power of 2, 2nd Edition.  A comprehensive look at co-teaching as part of the foundation of an inclusive and collaborative school.  Clear and detailed presentation of six co-teaching arrangements make up the heart of the program, with key considerations outlined for those building and refining their programs.  Lessons learned are included from professionals working with co-teaching on a daily basis.  Any educator, from first-year to most experienced will find this tool valuable.  Shelf code INCL 10.

Releasing the Power:  District and School-Based Leaders on Inclusive Schooling and Co-Teaching.  The third in a series of four DVDs addressing inclusion by Dr. Marilyn Friend.  Includes setting the direction at the district level for inclusive practices, budgeting, collaboration, keys to success, working with parents, what administrators should look for in co-taught classrooms, principal engagement, challenges, and supporting activities.  Presented from the point of view of practicing principals; runs 54 minutes, contains time references to fast forward to sections of particular interest.  Shelf code INCL 8.

Staff Training Tips Focusing On: LRE and Inclusion - Second Edition.  Designed to assist district and school site personnel to deliver planned quality professional development on ten topics related to LRE and the inclusion of students with disabilities.  Correlated handouts include topic-specific articles, practical strategies, sample tools, and quick tips to ensure students with disabilities are educated in the LRE under IDEA.  Sections can be customized to meet participant need.  Shelf code INCL 2.  

The Inclusion Toolbox.  Research-based strategies and practical tools to help you design and implement a truly inclusive education program.  Relevant to all grades, disabilities, and stages of implementation, and organized in a way that allows multiple entry points.  Includes user-friendly online resources and practical strategies to help make inclusion a reality! Shelf code INCL 12.

A Parent's Handbook:  Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  This is a booklet meant to guide parents in understanding ESSA.  Includes what ESSA is, and provides an understanding of a parent's rights and responsibilities under ESSA.  This item is non-consumable. Shelf code LPP 6.

Applying a Trauma-Informed Framework to the IEP Process:  From Referral to Development.  Integrates an understanding of trauma into various components of the process of developing an IEP or Section 504 plan, including review of relevant case law and considerations on the viability of invoking IDEA or Section 504 for students with trauma histories.  Shelf code LPP 9.  

Conducting Virtual Meetings that Comply with the IDEA and Section 504.  A review of the IDEA and Section 504 rules districts must follow in conducting IEP meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, and MDRs for students with disabilities.  Includes an explanation of how those rules may impact such meetings occurring in the virtual setting, and offers practical solutions to those potential problems.  Shelf code LPP 11. 

Educating Twice-Exceptional Students in Compliance with IDEA and Section 504.  Covers five key special education issues affecting twice-exceptional gifted/disabled students:  identification and evaluation, eligibility determinations, IEPs and Section 504 plans, provision of services, and disability discrimination.  Shelf code LPP 4. 

Hit the Ground Running:  Everyday Practice and Compliance Tips for the New Special Educator.  Provides administrators a cost-efficient way to get new staff up-to-speed on the basics of special education practices and concepts, the roles they will play, and how to comply with the law and meet challenges.  This is essentially a primer on special education law for teachers with little or no experience in special education.  Includes a solid understanding of IDEA and Section 504 basics, practical Do's and Don'ts Tips, and sample forms and checklists that are modifiable.  Shelf code LPP 3.

IEP Goals  That Make a Difference:  An Administrator's Guide to Improving the Process.  A guide for school/district administrators to ensure the writing of instructionally relevant IEPs that are systematically monitored for progress.  Shelf code LPP 5.  

Roadmap to IDEA/504 Compliance:  Manifestation Determinations.  Step-by-step guide to help districts determine if a student's disciplinary removal triggers a manifestation determination review.  If so, how to prepare, and how to conduct and document the meeting, as well as steps to take as a result of the MDR team's conclusion are included.  Shelf code LPP 7. 

 

 

CPALMS - State of Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions.  (WR)

Discovery Education - Resources on a variety of topics.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Dyscalculia:  Do you know what dyscalculia is?  If you think your child has dyscalculia, here are steps you can take . And if you recently were told that your child has dyscalculia, learn what to do next .  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.understood.org/articles/en/dyscalculia-in-children

Florida Literacy Coalition - Assorted reading and language arts resources.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://floridaliteracy.org/

Global Classroom - Interactive Lessons for Reading and Language Arts.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.globalclassroom.org/2005/inservice/reading.html

Khan Academy - Teaching videos on a variety of topics.  (WR).  Access this web resource at https://www.khanacademy.org/

Math and Dyscalculia:  Often referred to as dyscalculia, math-related learning disabilities are complex and require intervention by skillful teachers to help students achieve success. This site contains informative resources here for both parents and educators regarding learning disabilities in the area of mathematics.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/math

Mathematics Resource Guide for Secondary Educators (PDF Document):  New Mathematics Standards for Florida to be implemented in 2022-2023 School Year.  The B.E.S.T. Standards Focus Areas by Grade 7 - 12 (These skills will be taught in Florida schools starting in 2022-2023 school year.)  All grade 7 - 12 courses are addressed. (WR).  

Math Teaching Resources for K-5 - Ideas/lessons for math classroom.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Free trial version of all types of manipulatives grades K-12.  (WR)   Access this web resource at http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Loan Library:  As a part of the Florida's MTSS Projects, the online resource library is designed to help districts and schools implement a universal, differentiated core curriculum based on the Florida B.E.S.T. Standards. The assistive technologies available in this library can be used to identify which technologies will best support students with disabilities to participate and progress in this core curriculum. The Universal Design for Learning technologies can be used to identify effective, instructional pedagogies that support highly effective learning environments. Accounts are only available to individuals approved by the district ESE Directors and staff members of BESE Discretionary Projects.  (WR)

Best Practices at Tier 1:  Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction:  ELEMENTARY.  This resource details key collaborative strategies to improve core instruction and ensure learning for all.  Learn strategies to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional intervention.  Using these strategies, teachers will discover effective practices to support student learning during core instruction.  Shelf code MTSS 1. 

Best Practices at Tier 2:  Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support:  ELEMENTARY.  Proven strategies for responding to students who need additional support after core instruction.  The authors posit that a school functioning as a professional learning community is essential to effectively implementing RTI.  The strategies presented are thus best used as part of a schoolwide, collaborative effort.  Shelf code MTSS 2.  

Best Practices at Tier 3:  Intensive Interventions for Remediation:  ELEMENTARY.  K-5 educators  are provided with research-based processes and practical tools and strategies to meet the needs of students who have fallen the furthest behind in the classroom. Help students grasp what they are currently learning as well as the basic, foundational skills from previous school years they have yet to master.  Improve your school's Tier 3 intensive interventions so that students are given the support they need to learn at the highest levels.  Shelf code MTSS 3. 

Best Practices at Tier 1:  Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction:  SECONDARY.  This resource details key collaborative strategies to improve core instruction and ensure learning for all.  Learn to differentiate instruction, engage students, increase success, and avoid additional intervention.  Shelf code MTSS 4. 

Best Practices at Tier 2:  Supplemental Interventions for Additional Student Support:  SECONDARY.  Grade 6-12 educators are provided strategies for responding to students who need additional support after core instruction.  The authors suggest that a school functioning as a professional learning community is best suited to effectively implement targeted and systematic intervention for students in need.  Shelf code MTSS 5.

Best Practices at Tier 3:  Intensive Interventions for Remediation, SECONDARY.  Grade 6-12 educators are provided with research-based processes and practical tools and strategies to meet the needs of students who have fallen the furthest behind in the classroom.   Shelf code MTSS 6. 

Multi-Tiered Systems of Student Support - Technology and Learning Connections: https://www.tlc-mtss.com/resources  Includes resources on the MTSS process as well as a wealth of technology tools, access to blogs.  (WR)

A Parent's Guide to Special Education:  Insider Advice on How to Navigate the System and Help Your Child Succeed.  Guidance on diagnosis and awareness of disability, special education laws, eligibility issues and requirements, types of programs, parenting issues, communication between parents and schools, and much more!  Written with a minimum of jargon, easily understood by parents who are new to "the system."  Shelf code PAR INV 24.  

A Parent's Handbook:  Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  This is a booklet meant to guide parents in understanding ESSA.  Includes what ESSA is, and provides an understanding of a parent's rights and responsibilities under ESSA.  This item is non-consumable. Shelf code LPP 6.

Enhancing Executive Functioning in the Early Years:  Environment, Instruction and Adaptations to Promote School Readiness.   The author provides strategies for crafting motivating environments and learning experiences augmented with child-specific adaptations to help ensure development of skills critical to school readiness and academic success.  Shelf code GEN ESE 13.  

Helping Your Child Develop Fine Motor Skills.  A compilation of activities that can be done with items commonly found around the home.  Shelf code GEN ESE 10.

Don't Miss the Bus!  Steering Your Child To Success in School.  A comprehensive primer on helping your child be successful in school from the first day of kindergarten through high school graduation.  Shelf code PAR INV 25. 

Life as We Know It:  A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child.  A father's perspective on the joys and challenges of raising a Down Syndrome son in the first four years of life.  Honest and real, he questions society's values, basic human rights, and our obligations to each other as human beings.  Shelf code PAR INV 15. 

My Louisiana Sky. The story of a young girl named Tiger, whose mother and father are mentally challenged.  Shelf code PAR INV 17. 

Parents Can Build Children's Self-Esteem...and Help Them Do Better in School.   DVD of practical ideas to help parents build their children's self-esteem.  Shelf code PAR INV 1.

Parents Can Build Responsibility in  Children...and Help Them Do Better in School.  All children need to develop a sense of responsibility in order to succeed.  This DVD demonstrates basic techniques you can use in everyday activities to help build children's responsibility.  Shelf code PAR 10. 

Parents Can Help Children Learn...and Help Them Do Better in School.  Between birth and age 18, a child spends about 13% of their time at school.  But, learning is non-stop.  This DVD shows parents how they can make the most of the time they spend with their children at home...the benefits are endless!  Shelf code PAR INV 3.  

Parents Can Motivate Children...and Help Them Do Better in School.  This DVD demonstrates how everyday life situations as simple ways to successfully motivate your child.  Motivation is a key to success in school.  Using basic approaches like emphasizing success rather than failure, breaking down assignments into smaller manageable parts, and being good role models for your child are wonderful ways to start!  Shelf code PAR INV 9. 

Parents Can Read with Children...and Help Them Do Better in School.  Teaching children at home to love reading gives them the foundation they need for success in school and in life.  This DVD demonstrates how important it is to find books that are of interest to our children, why a weekly library habit can become treasured time, and why it is important to have plenty of books for children to read at home.   Shelf code PAR INV 2.  

Parents Can Talk and Listen to Children...and Help Them Do Better in School.  All people want to be heard when they talk, and children are no different.  This DVD demonstrates how even a few precious moments spent talking and listening every day can help develop healthy, open communication with your child.  Shelf code PAR INV 5.  

Parents on Board:  Helping Your Child Succeed in School, A Guide for Parents of Children Ages 4 - 14.  Parental involvement is THE SINGLE BIGGEST PREDICTOR of school success.  This DVD addresses different types of learners and how parents can support their child to become successful...even if school wasn't your favorite place!  Shelf code PAR INV 23. 

Petey.  A  young man is committed at age 22 to an insane asylum by parents unaware that he actually has a severe form of cerebral palsy.  Wheelchair bound and finding communication difficult, this is the story of Petey's life.  Shelf code PAR INV 16. 

Quick Tips Video:  Get Ready for the Parent-Teacher Conference.  Are parent-teacher conferences intimidating?  This DVD covers step-by-step what parents can do before, during, and after the parent-teacher conference to help improve their child's learning.  Shelf code PAR INV 4.  

Quick Tips Video:  About Your Child's Report Card.  Learn how to deal positively with your child's report card.  This DVD addresses using report cards to improve your child's learning and find ideas for helping children set goals for better grades.  Parents also must convey to children that report cards are only ONE way of measuring ability!  Shelf code PAR INV 7.  

Quick Tips Video:  How to Work with Your Child's Teacher.  DVD with suggestions on how to get to know your child's teacher and share information about your child, finding out what teachers expect, joining the parent-teacher organization, and making sure children attend school each day.  The key message:  teachers and parents are a team, and when the team works well together, everyone wins!  Shelf code PAR INV 12.  

Quick Tips Video:  It's Never Too Late to Get Involved.  Is your child getting older?  No worries, it's never to late to get involved!  This DVD stresses that any interest parents show in their child's learning can make a real difference in their child's education and in their life.  Shelf code PAR INV 13.  

Quick Tips Video:  Parents are Teachers, Too!  A DVD including ideas for helping parents make the most of their educational influence at home.  Topics include ways to encourage reading, learning games to play at home, and suggestions for making routine activities a time to learn.  Shelf code PAR INV 11. 

Quick Tips Video:  Teacher's Learning Secrets to Use at Home.  This DVD includes tips teachers use at school that parents can use at home.  Tips are included on ways to talk with children about school, giving children responsibility for some household chores, the importance of parents' scheduling time with each child every week, proven ways to help children with homework, and much more!  These are ideas you can start using today!  Shelf code PAR INV 6.  

Quick Tips Video:  Ways Busy Parents Can Help Children Succeed in School.  A DVD presenting some of the best, parent-proven ways parents can help children even when time is a real luxury!  How to use car time, set priorities, exchange notes with children and volunteer to help with school projects right at home are just some of the ideas presented.  Shelf code PAR INV 8.  

Quick Tips Video:  What to Do If Your Child is Having a Problem in School.  DVD including suggestions on specific times when it is important to call the teacher.  The practical, easy-to-remember suggestions are designed to help parents deal with nearly any problems that might occur.  Shelf code PAR INV 14.  

Rules.  Twelve-year-old Catherine wants a normal life, but has a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability.  Shelf code PAR INV 18. 

The Survival Guide for Kids with LD:  Ways to Make Learning Easier and More Fun.  Students:  read this book and make things better for yourself!  Find out how to get organized, six ways to be a better learner, how to handle testing, tips for doing better in reading, writing, spelling and math, how to get help from adults, ways to keep school cool, how to stick up for yourself, and much more! Shelf code GEN ESE 15. 

Unexpected Blessings.  A faith-based book illustrating the blessings of having a child with a disability.  Written by the mother of a young man with autism, who is also the sister of a woman with Down Syndrome, the author's experiences help families let go of false beliefs that can hold one back, working through the cycles of grief, focusing on self-care and healthy routines, building a strong faith foundation, and creating support systems for yourself and for others.  Shelf code GEN ESE 1.

Views from our Shoes:  Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs.  Neurotypical siblings share their stories of having a brother or sister with a disability.  Edited by Don Meyer, creator of the Sibshop program.  Shelf code PAR INV 20.  

When Parents Ask for Help:  Everyday Issues through an Asset-Building Lens.  A book of reproducible handouts to help parents and other caregivers answer their most frequently asked questions in an upbeat and positive way as they seek to navigate this thing called "adolescence," seeking to give their children the qualities, values, and skills they will need to be successful.  Shelf code PAR INV 21.  

Wish on a Unicorn.  The story of Mags who wishes she had a nice house, a mother who wasn't always tired, a normal little sister, and a brother who doesn't mooch food.  Caution:  contains colorful regional language.  Shelf code PAR INV 19. 

 

Assessing Impact:  Evaluating Staff Development.  A guide for designing staff development based on the National Staff Development Council's Standards for Staff Development, Revised.  The goal of quality PD is educator growth and student achievement, and emphasizes evaluating staff development as a program versus a collection of individual events.  GEN ESE 11. 

Staff Training Tips:  Focusing on Behavior Management, 2nd edition.  A professional development guide written for administrators to deliver planned, legally compliant, quality professional development on behavior management and discipline topics to address students with disabilities.  Includes problem behavior on the school bus, implementing behavioral intervention plans, serving students with emotional challenges, and what to do when students demonstrate dangerous behavior.  Shelf code BEH 7.

The Behavior Management Guidebook:  10 Key Training Components for Staff Development.  Guidebook designed for education professionals who work with or train others who work with individuals with behavior problems.  Can be used with new and experienced staff.  Each component lists the objectives, concepts, and interactive activities associated with the component.  Components can be reorganized at will for the purposes of customizing a presentation.  Content provides new strategies and reinforces good strategies in use.  Shelf code BEH 13.  

Going to College:  A resource for teens with disabilities considering going to college.  (WR).  Access this web resource at http://going-to-college.org/

Post-Secondary Transition Services:  An IDEA Compliance Guide for IEP Teams.  Explains post-secondary transition requirements under IDEA and provides practical advice for the development of the individualized transition plan.  Shelf code TRNS 2. 

Project 10:  Transition Education Network:  Includes documents useful to teachers and families, as well as recorded webinars on topics related to post-secondary transition.  (WR)

Transition to College and Career:  Experienced-Based Strategies to Improve Readiness of Students with Disabilities.  A concise look at the preparatory needs of high school students who plan to pursue postsecondary education or technical education at two- or four-year colleges.  Difficulties encountered by students with disabilities such as LD, ADHD, and Asperger syndrome are included with a focus on the factors impacting their success or lack of success.  The differences between high school and college are highlighted.  The author also identifies the K-12 protections of the ODEA versus the role of Section 504 and the ADA at the postsecondary level and what that means for K-12 schools and students.  Shelf code TRNS 1.

Exploring Florida:  A Social Studies resource including the curriculum, "Florida Then and Now."  Over 1,000 multimedia resources, including videos and clip art, are available to enhance curriculum in Florida classrooms.  (WR)

 

Dive into UDL:  Immersive Practices to Develop Expert Learners.  Learn how to intentionally incorporate UDL into instructional design of accessible lessons and materials.  Use technology to provide voice and choice for all learners.  Shelf code TECH 1.

Let Them Thrive.  Author Katie Novak lays out universal design for learning principles and practices in a plainspoken and useful way, showing how inclusive education really works in the classroom and at home.  Shelf code TECH 4.

UDL Playbook for School and District Leaders.  Calling all school leaders!  Remake your leadership skills and methods through the inclusive principles of Universal Design for Learning.  Create multitiered systems of support, deliver effective and inspiring feedback, and embed the UDL principles throughout your school's culture and curriculum. Shelf code TECH 3

Un-Learning:  Changing Your Beliefs and Your Classroom with UDL.  UDL suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences, but it DOES require us to UNlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work.  This book challenges educators to think again about what, how, and why they teach.  Shelf code TECH 2.  

Universal Design and Core Apps:  A placemat of apps serving learning for all.  (WR). Access this web resource at https://qiat.org/docs/resourcebank/UDL_Placemat_BWelsford_V2.pdf

The Writing Revolution:  A Guide to Advancing Thinking through Writing in all Subjects and Grades.  Also known as the Hochman Method, this method of teaching writing can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and provide them with targeted feedback.  This method can also help boost reading comprehension, improve organizational and study skills, enhance speaking abilities, and develop analytical capabilities.  Shelf code WRIT 1.