Health Matters
The Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for People with Developmental Disabilities
By Beth Marks, Jasmina Sisirak, & Tamar Heller

This single resource includes everything professionals need to run successful health education sessions so people with disabilities will have the motivation and skills they need to improve and maintain their health.

Transition Strategies for Adolescents and Young Adults Who Use AAC
Edited by David B. McNaughton, & David R. Beukelman

Help young people who use AAC on the road to a successful, fulfilling adult life with this research-based book, the key to providing effective services and supports that meet individual needs.

Melanie, Bird with a Broken Wing
A Mother's Story
By Beth Harry

A gripping, candid personal account of what it's like to parent a child with a severe disability, this unforgettable memoir will help early childhood professionals work sensitively with families of children with special needs. An ideal supplemental textbook.

Nursing Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
An Integrated Approach
Edited by Cecily L. Betz, & Wendy M. Nehring

The most comprehensive text available for nurses who specialize in intellectual and developmental disabilities, this essential book helps readers improve patient outcomes with an evidence-based and person-centered approach to care.

Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success
A Practical Guide to Transition Planning
Edited by Stan F. Shaw, Joseph W. Madaus, & Lyman L. Dukes

College success—put it within reach for students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities. This cutting-edge book balances current research with the most practical guidance available on making a smooth transition to college and ensuring the best academic and social outcomes.

Prevent–Teach–Reinforce
The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
By Glen Dunlap, Rose Iovannone, Donald Kincaid, Kelly Wilson, Kathy Christiansen, Phillip Strain, & Carie English

Solve intense behavior challenges in K–8 classrooms with this practical guide to the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model, developed by some of the most respected authorities on positive behavior support.

Little Kids, Big Worries
Stress-Busting Tips for Early Childhood Classrooms
By Alice Sterling Honig

Packed with fast, innovative, and clinically validated stress-busters, this empowering book gives early childhood professionals the tools they need to recognize and help conquer stress in young children—and improve development, learning, and behavior.

Neurogenetic Syndromes
Behavioral Issues and Their Treatment
Edited by Bruce K. Shapiro & Pasquale J. Accardo

This cutting-edge volume sheds new light on neurogenetic syndromes by examining behavioral and psychological phenotypes, with a strong focus on the influence of genetics. An essential pediatrics textbook and an important professional reference for clinicians who work with children of all ages.

Passport to Friendship
Facilitating Peer Play for Children with ASD (DVD)
By Behavioral Intervention Association

Help young children with autism spectrum disorders build friendships with typically developing peers with this practical and engaging DVD. Professionals and parents will get easy-to-follow, step-by-step strategies for facilitating positive peer play among children ages 3-5.

The Beyond Access Model
Promoting Membership, Participation, and Learning for Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom
By Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Michael McSheehan, & Rae M. Sonnenmeier

Practical, forward-thinking, and person-centered, this guide to The Beyond Access Model helps educators create classrooms where students with intellectual and developmental disabilities not only participate and communicate, but also learn academic content.

Think College!
Postsecondary Education Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
By Meg Grigal & Debra Hart

As legislation and policy changes expand postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disabilities, this resource provides education professionals with the critical information they need to help students take full advantage of their educational opportunities.

ASQ-3™ Scoring & Referral (DVD)
By Elizabeth Twombly & Jane Squires; produced by Arden Munkres

Scoring the ASQ-3 and interpreting the results just got easier with this engaging and informative DVD.

Preschool Pathways to Science (PrePS™)
Facilitating Scientific Ways of Thinking, Talking, Doing, and Understanding
By Rochel Gelman, Kimberly Brenneman, Gay Macdonald, & Moisés Román

The basis for the PBS KIDS show Sid the Science Kid, this innovative teaching resource helps children ages 3–5 investigate their everyday world and develop the basics of scientific thinking—skills they'll apply across subject areas when they enter school.

Transition of Youth and Young Adults with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties
An Evidence-Supported Handbook
Edited by Hewitt B. "Rusty" Clark & Deanne K. Unruh

Drawing on the expertise of a wide range of contributors—practitioners, educators, researchers, administrators, parents, and young people themselves—this book collects our best, most current knowledge on supporting transitions for young people with mental health issues.

Helping Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Make Connections
Differentiated Instruction Lessons Plans in Reading and Writing
By Virginia W. Berninger & Beverly Wolf

A state-of-the-art set of lesson plans that can be used for differentiated instruction of students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD, this book gives teachers of Grades 4–6 a whole school year of specialized group instruction that improves the literacy skills of students who struggle with written language.

Edades & Etapas Actividades de Aprendizaje de 0 a 5 años
By Elizabeth Twombly & Ginger Fink

Now in Spanish! Developed to coordinate with the Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) screening system, these inexpensive and easy-to-use learning activities enhance the growth and development of infants and young children.

Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievements Standards
Policy, Practice, and Potential
Edited by William D. Schafer & Robert W. Lissitz

This book gathers cutting-edge knowledge and best practices in seven states to help readers work toward accurate assessment of students with severe disabilities.

Teaching the Moving Child
OT Insights That Will Transform Your K–3 Classroom
By Sybil M. Berkey

Elementary educators—improve students' academic and social outcomes with key insights from the field of occupational therapy. Get research-based knowledge and simple strategies for addressing the sensorimotor and environmental factors that affect learning.

Learning How to Improve Vocabulary Instruction Through Teacher Study Groups
By Joseph Dimino & Mary Jo Taylor

With the nine complete teacher study group sessions in this book, K–8 teachers will form dynamic in-school learning groups with their fellow educators and discover the best ways to apply scientifically based vocabulary research to classroom practice.

As Far As Words Go
Activities for Understanding Ambiguous Language and Humor, Revised Edition
By By Cecile Cyrul Spector

A natural follow-up to Cecile Cyrul Spector's Sounds Like Fun, this activity book will enable you to help students understand ambiguous words, phrases, and sentences and boost their ability to read well, communicate skillfully, and enjoy humor based on word play.

Extending the Dance in Infant and Toddler Caregiving
Enhancing Attachment and Relationships
By Helen H. Raikes & Carolyn Pope Edwards

An in-depth blueprint for promoting attachment and relationships in early childhood settings, this book helps professional caregivers and educators develop sensitive, nurturing relationships with young children.

Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3™): A Parent-Completed Child-Monitoring System
By Jane Squires & Diane Bricker, with assistance from Elizabeth Twombly, Robert Nickel, Jantina Clifford, Kimberly Murphy, Robert Hoselton, LaWanda Potter, Linda Mounts, & Jane Farrell

The highly anticipated new edition of the screener professionals have trusted for more than 15 years, ASQ-3 is the most accurate, cost-effective, and parent-friendly way to identify children from one month to 5 years with developmental delays.

The Paraprofessional's Handbook for Effective Support in Inclusive Classrooms
By Julie Causton-Theoharis

The essential guide for every paraprofesssional, this empowering book takes the guesswork out of a critical classroom role and helps students with disabilities reach their full potential.

Using Skilled Dialogue to Transform Challenging Interactions
Honoring Identity, Voice, and Connection
By Isaura Barrera & Lucinda Kramer

This book guides early childhood professionals in applying Isaura Barrera's popular Skilled Dialogue approach to addressing behavior challenges through an understanding and accommodation of cultural differences.

Teaching Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia
Lessons from Teaching and Science
By Virginia W. Berninger & Beverly Wolf

The only teacher training text to cover the three learning disabilities that require differentiated instruction—dysgraphia, dyslexia, and oral and written language learning disability—this book prepares educators to teach students with learning differences in explicit, reflective, and intellectually engaging ways.

Sounds Like Fun
Activities for Developing Phonological Awareness, Revised Edition
By Cecile Cyrul Spector

Packed with jokes and riddles that increase students' awareness of the phonemes that make up words, this activity book is a playful, effective way to make learning literacy skills fun for the whole class.

Reversing the Odds
Improving Outcomes for Babies in the Child Welfare System
By Sheryl Dicker

Going beyond abuse prevention, this book will help professionals reverse the odds for young children in the child welfare system and ensure comprehensive healthy development of vulnerable children from birth to 3 years of age.

Talk to Me, Baby!
How You Can Support Young Children's Language Development
By Betty S. Bardige

With passion, warmth, and wisdom, this practical, easy-to-read guidebook shows professionals and parents how to talk to and play with young children in ways that directly support their emerging language skills.

The Promise of Pre-K
Edited by Robert C. Pianta & Carollee Howes

Combining the most current knowledge of top researchers, policy makers, and federal and state officials, this first book in the new National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) series examines where pre-K is today and inspires decision-makers with concrete examples of successful programs.

Number Sense and Number Nonsense
Understanding the Challenges of Learning Math
By Nancy Krasa & Sara Shunkwiler

How do children learn math? This highly accessible book brings math difficulties into clear focus, helping educators and psychologists get inside students' heads so they can devise the best way to help children learn.

Great Ideas
Using Service–Learning and Differentiated Instruction to Help Your Students Succeed
By Pamela J. Gent

This practical guide shows K-12 educators how to use service–learning (carefully linked to the curriculum and IEP goals) to promote inclusion and differentiate instruction for students with and without disabilities.

Real Life, Real Progress for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Strategies for Successful Generalization in Natural Environments
Edited by Christina Whalen

This practical, reader-friendly how-to helps professionals makes generalization an integral part of today's most popular autism interventions to take them to the next level.

The Program Administrator's Guide to Early Childhood Special Education
Leadership, Development, and Supervision
Edited by Janeen McCracken Taylor, James McGowan, & Toni Linder

The first book of its kind to address both early childhood and special education, this comprehensive resource guides administrators through all the challenges they'll face as they lead high-quality programs.

The Roots of Phonics
A Historical Introduction, Revised Edition
By Miriam Balmuth

A book that shaped the work of the most respected and prominent literacy experts today, the classic is back in print to enlighten a new generation of professionals.

Combating Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities
A Call to Action
By Nancy M. Fitzsimons

An eye-opening sourcebook for professionals and a must-share with anyone who has a disability, this book is the key to helping people with disabilities fight violence and abuse—and take charge of their bodies and lives.

The Way to Work
How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition
By Richard G. Luecking, with invited contributors

Teachers and transition specialists will rely on this strategy-filled guidebook to connect students with the early work experiences they really want—and make lifelong career satisfaction the rule, not the exception, for people with disabilities.

Practically Speaking
Language, Literacy, and Academic Development for Students with AAC Needs
Edited by Gloria Soto & Carole Zangari

This accessible guidebook answers pressing questions about helping students who use AAC develop the language and literacy skills they need for higher academic achievement and positive peer relationships.

Universal Design for Transition
A Roadmap for Planning and Instruction
By Colleen A. Thoma, Christina C. Bartholomew, & LaRon A. Scott

Schools across the country already use universal design for learning to improve students' access to the general curriculum—and now they'll have a practical book that takes this powerful teaching approach one step further for students approaching the transition to adult life.

Autism Spectrum Disorders and AAC
Edited by Pat Mirenda & Teresa Iacono

This comprehensive, up-to-date volume shows professionals what today's most effective AAC methods are—and why they're a perfect fit with a variety of learning approaches that work for people with autism.