Helpful as a special ed. Teacher t
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I use it along with my social skills curriculum to teach impulse control. My students need to learn point of view and empathy as to learn why stealing is not a good choice.
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There are some great tips in this book for teaching phonics that every teacher should use.  Very entertaining almost like games.
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Excellent teaching tool in our High School class of Tutors in training.  Lead to classroom discussion and a much broader understanding of individuals with special needs.
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I actually purchased this book for a grad class book review project.  The first 3rd of this book was informational and helpful in guiding my understanding of ASD.  This is especially geared towards elementary Ed teachers, though others may find useful ideas (I'm preschool and many things are well above that level).  However, I knew from the description that would be the case.  I was hopeful that I could glean some educational ideas or tips but if you teach or know what developmentally appropriate practice is, then you are doing it right.  If you do teach elementary, then there actually may be some good ideas for teaching especially with writing.

There is a lot of overlapping/redundancies but I suppose you could say its thorough.  For example, they talk about social skill building in the context of social curricula, treatment/therapy, and classroom strategies.  A lot of this is the same information but maybe extended within the given context.  Probably my biggest complaint.  If the larger chunk of the book would have just been concise resources or even missing I'd give it 5 stars.

Because of the organization and information in the first chunk of the book, I will definitely keep this on hand as a resource.  I knew little before about ASD (especially in retrospect) and I have a much better understanding now, so I did get what I needed out of it.
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As a writing project trainer a couple of fellow trainers recommended this. It is organized well and helpful for any teachers. Socail studies might be able to benefit too.
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Sturdy and easy to use. As a special education teacher I find that these are incredibly useful.
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It's a great teaching tool, I enjoy being able to should for reference in my class room environment
Great read
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I really enjoyed this book.  It gives short, but relevant strategies for teachers.  The author directed the book to first year teachers, but any teacher could benefit from his advice.  I have been teaching for over 10 years and I am planning to use many of Mr. Smythe's ideas in my classroom.  He obviously is/was a top notch instructor.  Thanks for sharing your tried and true methods.
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This book is written for school teachers and I am not one, but I found some handy tips there anyway. In my opinion, it will be useful for new teachers.
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I have a gifted son who is also underachieving in school.  His teacher wanted tools / better understanding of how to teach him & get him motivated again (our years vary with each teacher).  This book gives excellent examples of how gifted kids are (to help her understand him) as well as several suggestions for the classroom.  I've made many of the suggestions in the books, but I think it's also good for them to see it from another source that isn't a parent.

This addresses behaviors of underachievement and can give the teacher information that he really is acting 'normal' for the type of learner he is, and offers suggestions and strategies to try to engage the children again.

It also addresses concerns with misdiagnosis & dual diagnoses so they can see overlapping characteristics that are gifted, but may also lead schools to feel there is another problem.  There are strategies in there for teaching the twice exceptional student as well.

It is an easy book to ready and understand and hopefully will work well as a springboard to help my son's teacher and I communicate better and create a better school year.
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This book offered many ways to improve my teaching.  I was overwhelmed while I was reading it, but it ends with a very helpful section on how to take small steps to get started and to not bite off too much at one time.  As a teacher, I never want to forget to be a life-long learner, and this book helps with that.
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I am a special educator and I love books like this for working with kids one on one! It's great for students with math learning disabilities to be able to use their reading strengths and make a positive connection to math through text. Awesome!!!
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I am using it for a class at school and it has been very helpful
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Theresa delivers a compelling story about a student with learning difficulties. Through help from an understanding teacher both the student and classroom teachers adapt in order to help the student succeed! A great look into the world of special needs, useful for both students with and without disabilities.
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I am a teacher.  All my students struggle with word problems.  This book offers a wide variety of problems with step-step solutions.  I will use this book to help my struggling students.  I am sure they will benefit from the numerous examples in this book.
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As a new teacher, this book has been useful for some of the ideas offered.  I can see how it could support a teacher with a whole overview of curriculum throughout the year.  It is nicely laid out by month making it a great, quick resource for ideas. I work in a Waldorf charter school and so some of the activities and blackline masters are too "public school" for my class.  But I appreciate the use of characters and stories throughout the year to teach language arts and math concepts.  I'm glad to own this - I refer to some of the ideas for games and activities over and over.
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I am a special education teacher, and specialize in kids with emotional disturbances.  I've been doing it for years, and so when I saw this book originally, I did give a bit of an eye roll.  However, this book a breath of fresh air. Regardless of if you agree with Kagan strategies or not (Kagan pushes this book), this book has some great ideas for trackers, new approaches, and ideas for ways to supplementing services to kids who do need extra help.

It covers not only SLD, but ED, even techniques for autism, although it never classifies kids by disabilities--but by behaviors.  I highly recommend this to SpEd teachers, but also to teachers new to inclusion.  Additionally, it's great for SpEd teachers who are new to being a coteacher OR who have to work with Gen Ed teachers who may be iffy on the inclusion aspect.