Conners: The Tourette Syndrome & OCD Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents & Teachers

Children with TS are often teased and punished for the unusual yet uncontrollable symptoms of their disorder. Academic failure is common. The Tourette Syndrome / OCD Checklist helps parents and teachers to better understand children and youth with TS and/or OCD and provide the support and interventions these children need. Presented in a simple, concise, easy-to-read checklist format, the book is packed with the latest research, practical advice, and information on a wide range of topics.

Loaded with practical information, strategies, and resources, this book helps parents and teachers to better understand Tourette Syndrome and OCD and shows how every individual can reach their potential in school and in life.

Key Features

• Shows how parents can modify their child's behavior and prevent meltdowns.
• Presents classroom tips for teachers working with children with TS and OCD.
• Includes practical ideas for helping to manage homework assignments.
• Offers proven suggestions for advocating for a child with TS and OCD.
• Recommends techniques for training teachers to work successfully with kids with TS/OCD.
• Provides effective strategies for dealing with challenging behaviors in the classroom.
• Includes a model Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Behavior Intervention Plan for students with TS and OCD.
• Contains practical ideas for teaching social skills to kids with TS/OCD and their peers.

Contents

• About This Book.
• About the Author.
• Foreword.
• Preface.
• Introduction.

Section 1: Basic Information About TS, OCD, and Associated Disorders.

• 1.1. What Is Tourette Syndrome (TS)?
• 1.2. Manifestations of Motor Tics.
• 1.3. Manifestations of Vocal Tics.
• 1.4. Waxing and Waning of Symptoms.
• 1.5. Suppression of Symptoms.
• 1.6. Other Related Tic Disorders.
• 1.7. Medical Treatment of TS.
• 1.8. Associated Disorders.
• 1.9. What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
• 1.10. Dysgraphia.
• 1.11. Executive Dysfunction.
• 1.12. Depression.
• 1.13. Sleep Disorders.
• 1.14. Sensory Processing.
• 1.15. Learning Disabilities.
• 1.16. Auditory Processing Difficulties.
• 1.17. Social Skills Deficits.
• 1.18. Behavioral Issues.
• 1.19. What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
• 1.20. Manifestations of OCD.
• 1.21. Medical Treatments for OCD.
• 1.22. Behavioral Interventions for OCD.

Section 2: Understanding the Impact of TS and OCD.

• 2.1. Why It Can Be Difficult to Recognize TS and OCD.
• 2.2. The Impact of TS and OCD on the Family.
• 2.3. The Impact of TS on School Performance.
• 2.4. The Impact of OCD on School Performance.
• 2.5. Tips for Accentuating the Positive.
• 2.6. Tips for Ensuring Success at School.

Section 3: Checklists for Parents.

• 3.1. What Parents Can Do at Home and at School to Support Children with TS and OCD.
• 3.2. Preventing Meltdowns and Other Behaviors Through Positive Behavioral Management and Supports.
• 3.3. Accommodations, Tips, and Environmental Changes.
• 3.4. Managing Homework.
• 3.5. Suggestions for School Breaks, Rainy Weekends, and Summer Vacation.
• 3.6. School Issues.
• 3.7. Synopsis of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
• 3.8. Tips for Being an Effective Advocate.
• 3.9. Sample Letter for Requesting an IEP

Section 4: Checklist for Teachers.

• 4.1. Top Ten Things Teachers Need to Know About Tourette Syndrome.
• 4.2. Tips for Working with Students with TS and OCD in the Classroom.
• 4.3. Tips for Training Staff on Working with Students with TS and OCD.
• 4.4. Tips for Educating Peers About TS and OCD.
• 4.5. A Peer in-Service Model.
• 4.6. Strategies for Dealing with Motor and Vocal Tics in the Classroom.
• 4.7. Accommodating Motor Tics.
• 4.8. Dealing with Vocal Tics.
• 4.9. Accommodating Vocal Tics.
• 4.10. Attitude Is Everything.
• 4.11. Classroom Observation Form.
• 4.12. Tips for Addressing Challenging Behaviors.
• 4.13. Functional Behavioral Assessment and Positive Behavior Intervention Plan for Students with TS, OCD, and ADHD.
• 4.14. Accommodations for Associated Disorders.

Section 5: Other Helpful Checklists for Parents and Teachers.

• 5.1. Educational Rights of Students with TS and OCD.
• 5.2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
• 5.3. What Is a 504 Accommodation Plan?
• 5.4. Requesting Services.
• 5.5. Sample Physician's Letter.
• 5.6. How to Proceed If You Disagree with the School's Evaluation.
• 5.7. Being a Role Model for Children with TS and OCD—and for Their Peers.
• 5.8. Relaxation Techniques.
• 5.9. School Placement.
• 5.10. Sources of Help and Support.
• 5.11. Recommended Organizations, Web Sites, Books, Videos, Articles, and Brochures.

Appendix: Real-Life Scenarios.

• Motor and Vocal Tics.
• Tap, Tap, Tap.
• “I Have a Chicken in My Pants”.
• PB and J.
• The Dreaded Cursing.
• Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.
• Where Should Jeannie Sit?
• No Applause Necessary.
• Self-Abusive Tics.
• OCD and Anxiety.
• The Clipboard Chronicle.
• Dairy Dilemma.
• Locker Phobia.
• Toeing the Line.
• Why Theresa Feels Trapped.
• Can You Hear Me Now?
• What If I Choke?
• “But You Promised Chicken”.
• Kids Don't Tell.
• To the Point.
• Thank God for Purell.
• Scantron Saga.
• Dysgraphia.
• When Writing Hurts.
• Photo Op.
• To See or Not to See.
• Behavior Plans.
• Hash Browns, French Fries, or Tater Tots: Any Kind of Potatoes Will Do.
• The X Box Does It.
• Miscellaneous.
• I Like Ben Better.
• Executive Dysfunction.
• A Shoe Will Do.
• Circling the Wagons.
• Index.

About the Author

• Susan Conners, MEd, is founder and president of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Greater New York State. For twelve years she served on the board of directors of the national Tourette Syndrome Association and established TSA's Education Committee, which she ran for sixteen years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (August 2, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470623330
• ISBN-13: 978-0470623336
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

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Reys: Helping Children Learn Mathematics 10th Edition

Helping Children Learn Mathematics, Tenth Edition reflects the ever changing world of learning and teaching elementary school mathematics. Change is everywhere. Teachers of mathematics in elementary school not only experience change but, more important, also have an opportunity to help lead the way. This edition of Helping Children Learn Mathematics is built around three main themes; helping children make sense of mathematics, incorporating practical experiences and research to guide teaching, and emphasizing major ideas from the 2010 Common Core State Standards: Mathematics.

This text is intended for those who are or who will be teachers of mathematics in elementary school. It is designed to help readers, help children

Contents

• Chapter 1: School Mathematics in a Changing World
• Chapter 2: Helping Children Learn Mathematics with Understanding
• Chapter 3: Planning for and Teaching Diverse Learners
• Chapter 4: Assessment: Enhanced Learning and Teaching
• Chapter 5: Mathematical Processes and Practices
• Chapter 6: Helping Children with Problem Solving
• Chapter 7: Developing Counting and Number Sense in Early Grades
• Chapter 8: Extending Number Sense: Place Value
• Chapter 9: Operations: Meaning and Basic Facts
• Chapter 10: Computation Methods: Calculators, Mental Computation, and Estimation
• Chapter 11: Standard and Alternative Computational Algorithms
• Chapter 12: Fractions and Decimals: Concepts and Operations
• Chapter 13: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent: Meanings and Applications
• Chapter 14: Algebraic Thinking
• Chapter 15: Geometry
• Chapter 16: Measurement
• Chapter 17: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
• Chapter 18: Number Theory

Key Features

• Focus Questions: point the way into each of the chapters.
• Cultural Connections: located near the end of most chapters, highlights differences in the mathematical experiences and performance of students from different countries.
• Equity: an important issue in mathematics classrooms is highlighted throughout the text. Many ways of providing for individual differences are discussed and illustrated.
• "In the Classroom" Activities: found throughout the text in special boxes, these activities provide a wealth of ideas and strategies for teaching children the topics of each chapter.
• "Things to Do" End of Chapter Activities: found near the end of each chapter, these sections embody the text's active learning and teaching approach to mathematics.
• Children's Literature: specific books are referenced at various points within the text and an annotated list of useful books is provided at the end of each chapter.
• Updated and streamlined research is referenced throughout the text.
• Technology tools and strategies are discussed and illustrated within the text. 
• Math Link boxes within the chapters also highlight additional technology resources, including virtual manipulatives.

New to this edition

• Updated to reflect current recommendations from the Common Core State Standards: Mathematics, and from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and other associations.
• All “Snapshots of a Lesson” now include video clips, easily accessed online.
• This edition utilizes videos from TeachScape, with research-based best practices, commentaries by noted researchers, and teacher reflections on featured instructional decisions to better promote understanding.

About the Author

Robert E. Reys is currently Professor of Math Education at the University of Missouri. He received his B.S. in Education and his M.A. in Mathematics, both from Central Missouri State University. He also received his Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Missouri. Reys has been on the University of Missouri faculty since 1966. He has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate mathematics education courses and has served as advisor for more than 400 secondary mathematics majors, 100 MEd and 30 PhD students in mathematics education. Reys has also served as visiting professor at the University of Georgia, Fulbright Research/Lecturer in Mexico during 1989-90); University of Tsukuba (Japan; 1991-92) and a Fulbright Research/Lecturer in Sweden (1995). He was a visiting summer professor at the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and the University of Regina (Canada). During the last ten years Reys has conducted workshops and seminars for teachers/researchers on mathematical topics from elementary to secondary school throughout the United States, and several countries including Australia, Canada, Cyprus, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Taiwan and Yemen.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 10 edition (October 25, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 111800180X
• ISBN-13: 978-1118001806
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches

List Price: $157.50 

 

Autism & Gastrointestinal Complaints: What You Need to Know

Children and adults on the autistic spectrum frequently suffer from gastrointestinal complaints such as diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and flatulence. Far from being ‘just part of the condition’, worldwide research is confirming that many children and adults on the spectrum with an array of gastrointestinal symptoms are actually suffering from serious underlying conditions which, left untreated, are a source of constant pain that can seriously exacerbate behavioural symptoms.

This book will be of invaluable assistance to teachers, parents, relatives, therapists, nurses and absolutely anyone concerned with the welfare of an adult or child with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Designed to inform and educate, the initial section summarizes the anatomy and functioning of the digestive system before moving on to highlight specific symptoms associated with gastrointestinal disease and, more particularly, how this manifests within the setting of ASD. How today’s gastroenterologist identifies gut disease is discussed, highlighting state-of-the-art technology followed by practical ways of coping with gastrointestinal problems in the home and school setting.

Case histories illustrate the progress of disease and how it affects the growing ASD child, and a series of useful resources empower the reader to analyse and document any difficulties. Finally, a glossary of common medical terms associated with gastrointestinal diseases explains their meanings in plain English whilst a comprehensive Bibliography of published medical papers completes the book.

Contents

• Introduction

1 Understanding Gastrointestinal Complaints in Individuals with Autism

• A brief tour of the digestive system
• Signs and symptoms
• The emerging picture
• Inflammatory bowel diseases
• Medical diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease
• Specific gastrointestinal findings in ASD children and adults

2 How You Can Help: Five Steps to Success

• 1. Recognize and document the symptoms
• 2. Ensure easy or frequent access to the toilet
• 3. Find a way to communicate pain or need for toilet
• 4. Assure dignity and eradicate bullying
• 5. Effective ASD toilet training

3 Case Histories

• Timeline Case 1
• Case 1 discussion
• Timeline Case 2
• Case 2 discussion

4 Treatment of Gastrointestinal Complaints

5 Resources

• Toileting and behaviour chart
• Pain chart
• Toilet training chart
• Basic symptoms checklist

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition (February 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843109840
• ISBN-13: 978-1843109846
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches

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Janice VanCleave's Engineering for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Science Fun

This is a basic book about engineering that is designed to teach facts, concepts, and problem-solving strategies. Each section introduces concepts about engineering that make learning useful and fun.

Engineering is the application of science, mathematics, and experience to produce a thing or a process that is useful. Engineering is neither more nor less important than science, just different. The basic objective of science is to discover the composition and behavior of the physical world; that is, science is a study of the natural world. The basic objective of engineering is to use scientific principles and methods to produce useful devices and services that serve humankind.

Examples of the work of engineers include making things like buildings, bridges, and airplanes and designing useful services, such as ways to clean up an oil spill in the ocean or to keep flood waters out of low-lying areas. Since useful things and processes must “obey” the laws of nature, engineers must understand and use these laws. Although engineering and science are two separate fields of study, in practice the work of real-world scientists and real-world engineers overlaps to some degree. For example, scientists use engineering ideas when they design instruments for experiments, and engineers use scientific experiments when they test the laws of nature in order to develop new things.

This book will not provide all the answers about engineering, but it will offer keys to understanding more about the work of engineers. It will guide you to answering questions such as, What wing shape gives airplanes their lift? How does knowledge about density help determine the best materials for fire control? What types of instruments do meteorological engineers design and test?

This book is designed to teach engineering concepts so that they can be applied to many situations. The problems, experiments, and other activities are easy to understand. One of the main objectives of the book is to make learning about engineering fun.

How to Use This Book

Read each chapter slowly and follow procedures carefully. New terms are boldfaced and defined in the text when first introduced. So if you do not read the chapters in order, you may need to look in the Glossary for unfamiliar science terms. The format for each section is:

• What You Need to Know: Background information and an explanation of terms.
• Exercises: Questions to be answered or situations to be solved using the information from What You Need to Know.
• Activity: A project to allow you to apply the skill to a problem-solving situation in the real world. Solutions to Exercises: Step-by-step instructions for solving the Exercises.

All boldfaced terms are defined in the Glossary at the end of the book. Be sure to flip back to the Glossary as often as you need to, making each term part of your personal vocabulary.

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Push and Pull - Structural Engineering
• 2. Blast Off - Aerospace Engineering
• 3. Up and Away - Aeronautical Engineering
• 4. Up and Down - Roller-Coaster Engineering
• 5. Coming Through - Solar Engineering
• 6. Easy Listening - Acoustical Engineering
• 7. Stop and Go - Electrical Engineering
• 8. Directors - Optical Engineering
• 9. Recover - Petroleum Engineering
• 10. Break Out - Nuclear Engineering
• 11. New Stuff - Chemical Engineering
• 12. Hot Stuff - Fire Protection Engineering
• 13. Brighter - Product Development Engineering
• 14. Primary - Biological Engineering
• 15. Shiny - Metallurgical Engineering
• 16. The Limit - Stress Engineering
• 17. Weakened - Product Durability Engineering
• 18. Discarded - Environmental Engineering
• 19. Less Is More - Geotechnical Engineering
• 20. Flowing Through - Hydraulic Engineering
• 21. Shake Up - Earthquake Engineering
• 22. Changes - Meteorological Engineering
• 23. Around and Around - Hydrology Engineering
• 24. Neighbors - Agricultural Engineering
• 25. Stringy - Textile Engineering
• Glossary
• Index

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471471828
• ISBN-13: 978-0471471820
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

List Price: $14.95 

 

Strong Kids, Healthy Kids: The Revolutionary Program for Increasing Your Child's Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week by Fredrick Hahn

Years ago there was a very popular monthly magazine titled Strength and Health. At first, I thought the words should be reversed, as health seemed to be a much broader and important life attribute than strength. However, after conducting research in the area of muscular fitness over the past 30 years, I now realize that for most practical purposes as your strength goes…so goes your health. Fred Hahn’s new book, Strong Kids, Healthy Kids, is therefore a perfect title for showing the direction we need to take to enhance the health and fitness of our nation’s young people.

As Fred clearly explains in his well-written text, the best time to be strong is during youth and the best time to develop strength is during youth. It’s a perfect match, and yet one that is poorly understood by most people and rarely recommended by fitness or medical professionals. Part of the problem is the myth that, from an injury perspective, resistance exercise is unsafe and interferes with normal bone growth. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. In all of the studies conducted on youth strength training over the past 30 years, not one has reported a serious injury resulting from supervised resistance exercise. With respect to bone, research reveals that preadolescent girls who strength train experience four times greater increase in bone mineral density during their ninth year of life than those who don’t perform resistance exercise. Let it be clearly understood that the best time to develop a strong musculoskeletal system (for life) is during youth, and that the best way to achieve this is through a sensible strength training program.

Although some people may think that resistance exercise is boring, we have never had that response from our youth strength training program participants. Throughout 20 years of conducting youth strength training studies, our classes have averaged better than a 90 percent attendance rate and a 95 percent completion rate. Youth enjoy both the process and the product of sensible strength training, especially those children who are overweight. Whereas heavier children typically perform poorly in sports that involve speed, endurance, and agility, they generally use higher resistance than their lighter peers, which makes strength training a highly reinforcing physical activity for them.

As youth develop a stronger musculoskeletal system, they experience improved physical capacity and performance power, which encourages them to be more active and athletically inclined. Of course, more physical activity results in greater energy expenditure which leads to less body fat. First, resistance exercise is a vigorous activity that burns six to eight calories per minute when performed in a circuit-training format. Second, after a few weeks of regular resistance exercise, the new and conditioned muscle requires more energy for tissue remodeling and maintenance purposes 24 hours a day, resulting in a higher resting metabolism. As Fred explains clearly in his text, these advantageous aspects of strength training are major factors for calorie use and fat loss.

While strength training may be the most important physical activity for youth, it should be performed in a safe and effective manner. Fred wisely advises against fast and momentumassisted strength training, as explosive movements with added resistance can place excessive stress on joint structures. Our research supports Fred’s slow-speed exercise protocol for maximizing strength development and minimizing injury risk. Equally important, the recommended strength training programs can be successfully performed in a time-efficient manner.

Indeed, if there is one activity that boys and girls in our sedentary society should be doing for strength and health it is sensible strength training. Strong Kids, Healthy Kids, by fitness expert Fred Hahn, presents essential information and excellent guidelines for safely, effectively, and efficiently achieving these most desirable goals.

By Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., Fitness Research Director, South Shore YMCA

Contents 

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Slow Speed Training Program Basics
• Chapter 2 The Slow Speed Exercises
• Chapter 3 The Strong Kids, Healthy Kids Eating Plan
• Conclusion
• Case Studies
• Kid-Ready Recipes
• Endnotes
• Appendix
• Workout Progress Chart
• Index

About the Author

Fredrick Hahn (New York, NY), a professional exercise trainer for over 20 years, founded Serious Strength, Inc. in 1998. He is certified by the American Council on Exercise, and is president and cofounder of The National Council for Exercise Standards.

PRAISE FOR STRONG KIDS, HEALTHY KIDS

"In nearly 30 years as a medical reporter, the one thing that I continue to be amazed at is how much of what we once “knew” in health and medicine has proven to be wrong. From stem cells in adult hearts and brains to the causes and treatment of disease, medical knowledge is ever changing and growing. To that list we can now add the myth that weight training is dangerous for kids. Fred Hahn not only dispels the misconception that it’s harmful, he’s shown that it’s beneficial in numerous ways, not the least of which may be weight control for our increasingly sedentary young people. Better yet, Fred has shown us how to strength-train our children in a safe, effective, and, yes, even enjoyable manner. This is a book all parents need…for the health of their children."

By Dr. Max Gomez, Medical Correspondent for CBS-TV, New York

"Fred Hahn presents sound, well-researched facts on the importance of strength training for youngsters. Furthermore, Fred Hahn tells parents what to avoid in the areas of warm-up, flexibility, simulating sports skills, and fitness tests—which I whole-heartedly applaud."

By Ellington Darden, Ph.D., author of 47 fitness books, including The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results

"Are you concerned that your kid is weak, obese, even headed toward Type 2 diabetes? If so, you will find the answers on how to help your kid become strong, healthy, and fit in Fred Hahn’s new book, Strong Kids, Healthy Kids. And the treatment is not some dangerous drug. Rather it is whole foods, pure water, exercise, and strength training à la Fred Hahn."

By Dr. Bruce West, Founder, HealthAlert.com 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (November 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814409423 
• ISBN-13: 978-0814409428
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1 inches

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The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries 1/e 2009

Harga: Rp 261.400


Pengarang: Michele Borba Ed.D.
Jumlah halaman: 736
Penerbit: Jossey-Bass (Wiley)
Edisi: 1
Tahun terbit: 2009
Bahasa: Inggris
ISBN-10: 0787988316
ISBN-13: 978-0787988319
Versi digital / elektronik: tersedia

Deskripsi:
Written for parents of kids age 3-13, this book offers easy-to-implement advice for the most important challenges parents face with kids from toddlers to tweens.
Book features:

• Includes immediate solutions to the most common childhood problems and challenges,
  
• Written by Today Show's resident parenting expert Michele Borba,
  
• Offers clear step-by-step guidance for solving difficult childhood behaviors and family conflicts,
  
• Contains a wealth of advice that is easy-to-follow and gets quick results,
  
• Author has written outstanding parenting books including Building Moral Intelligence, No More Misbehavin', Don't Give Me that Attitude, and more.
  

Each of the 101 issues includes clear questions, specific step-by-step solutions, and advice that is age appropriate.