The physical environment of a classroom has a powerful impact on learning and well-being—especially for students who have experienced trauma. Part of an essential new series of laminated quick guides for educators, this is your concise, practical introduction to creating a safe and supportive physical environment using a trauma-informed lens.
Simple Stuff to Help Children Regulate their Emotions and Senses
Packed with simple ideas to regulate the emotions and senses, this book will help children tackle difficult feelings head-on and feel awesome and in control!
From breathing exercises, pressure holds and finger pulls, to fidgets, noise-reducing headphones and gum, the book is brimming with fun stuff to help kids feel cool, calm and collected.
Teaching Students with Reading Difficulties, Grades K-6
Comprehensive and evidence-based, structured literacy (SL) approaches place a high value on explicit, systematic, and sequential instruction. This book brings together leading experts on key components of literacy to help K-6 teachers design and target SL interventions for particular student profiles. Chapters identify effective features of ......
Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students
As schools reopen their doors and students return to the classroom, what will the "new normal" of special education look like? The pandemic exposed educational inequities and areas of urgent need-and now, schools have a unique opportunity to press pause and reimagine their practices.
This book offers honest and clear professional insights into what it really means to have ADHD and provides information about where to go and what to expect. This book arms professionals, parents, and women themselves as it maps out where to go for information, who can help and how to understand ADHD better.
Strategies and Solutions to Help with Behaviour and Support for Children Aged 3-11
30 children, their families, diverse needs... so little time! This dip-in A-Z guide gives you a wide-range of strategies for a variety of behaviours. Guidance on strategies to avoid and resolving compassion fatigue enables you to give all children in your classroom the support they need with renewed optimism and strength.
Filling a vital need, this is the first comprehensive guide to supporting K-12 teachers in effective implementation of classwide positive behavior interventions and supports (CWPBIS). The book presents a roadmap for designing and delivering professional development based on behavioral principles. Procedures are outlined for providing data-driven ......
What to Do When Everything Feels Too Much or Not Nearly Enough
Think about our senses being like cups and everything we see, hear, feel, smell, touch, and taste as we move about is like water going into our cups.
Some of our cups might be big and some might be small. Whether big or small, we like it best when our cup is filled enough so that its just right for us! We are all different. We ......
The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
An easy-to-use practical guide to the research-proven Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model. This book helps K-8 educators solve serious behaviour challenges by guiding school-based teams through the five-step PTR process. This edition has been updated to include the latest research supporting PTR.
