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	Autism • Access to the General Curriculum • Inclusion • Behavior • Reading & Literacy • Math • Transition & Employment
	Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), your school is called to invest in resources that improve the academic outcomes of all students, including those with disabilities. If your schools are receiving or applying for new stimulus funds under Title I, IDEA Part B, Title II (Teacher Quality), and other sources, we recommend the practical, research-based resources on this page. Directly addressing one or more of the key education topics specified by ARRA, each of these books and tools give educators evidence-based teaching strategies and interventions for struggling students and their peers.



K–12 Education: Autism
Fully include students with autism in every aspect of classroom life with this popular book filled with practical inclusion guidelines and first-person accounts from students and teachers.	Moving beyond functional skills, this bestseller helps teachers in inclusive classrooms implement research-based instructional practices and plan challenging, effective lessons.	Help students in inclusive classrooms learn standards-based academic content, boost literacy learning and math skills, develop social connections, minimize anxiety, and much more.

Improve communication and social-emotional abilities in children with autism.	The innovative Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) uses natural learning opportunities to target and modify key behaviors, leading to widespread, lasting improvements.	Help students with autism spectrum disorders master their toughest challenges–communicating effectively, improving behavior, developing social skills, and recognizing and reacting to emotions.

Help autism interventions "stick"—get the first how-to guide to generalization.	The complete guide to transition planning for young adults with autism.	Back to top

K–12 Education: Access to the General Curriculum
This book goes beyond functional and access skills and shows educators how to make the general curriculum accessible to students of all ages.	Educators will create classrooms where students with intellectual and developmental disabilities not only participate and communicate, but also learn academic content.	Discover what really works in alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards for students with severe disabilities.

Help students with moderate or severe disabilities work toward academic standards for literacy.
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K–12 Education: Inclusion
Create inclusive K–12 schools, differentiate instruction, and give back to the community—while helping students meet academic standards! Service-learning is the way to make it happen.	This popular, activity-packed workbook is an inexpensive way to meet the rising demand for paraprofessional training and the requirements for highly qualified personnel in every classroom.	This bestselling, teacher-trusted volume contains easily implemented tips and ideas on the hottest inclusion topics, such as literacy, positive behavior support, and curriculum adaptations.

These concise, reader-friendly bestsellers give teachers ready-to-use tips and guidance on five critical inclusion topics.	Advance inclusion and improve student outcomes in middle and high school with this reader-friendly, step-by-step guide to peer support strategies.	Implement this specific, proven model for peer buddy programs in secondary schools, and help students with and without disabilities enjoy higher academic achievement and new friendships.
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K–12 Education: Behavior
Understand how trauma affects behavior and other key elements of a child's school and social success and find dozens of simple, creative ideas teachers can use to create supportive classrooms.	Improve the social development—and academic achievement—of children from poverty with this essential professional resource.	The field-tested, nonaversive Positive Strategies method helps teachers understand why behaviors persist, prevent problem behavior, and replace challenging behaviors with better alternatives.

Using humor, memorable examples, and vivid metaphors, behavior expert and former teacher Tim Knoster helps educators solve mild to moderate behavior challenges in K–12 classrooms.	Promote the social-emotional competence and positive behavior of children and adolescents with these innovative curricula.	Catch "red flag" behaviors early before they become major roadblocks to academic and social success.
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K–12 Education: Reading & Literacy
Step-by-step differentiated instruction lesson plans bring significant improvement in reading and writing skills in students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and oral and written language learning disability.	This essential book has the research-based guidance teachers need to meet the learning needs of students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and oral and written language learning disability.	Invest in this practical, no-nonsense guidebook that answers every K–8 teacher's most pressing questions about SBRR.

Widely used in professional development, this book and companion activity book for teachers provides the knowledge base educators need to systematically teach students critical literacy skills.	Focusing on two interlocking skills—decoding and spelling—this book gives teachers a refresher course on language skills and a range of creative strategies for helping students learn.	Boost young learners' preliteracy skills in just 15–20 minutes a day with this bestselling research-based curriculum.

This effective program for teaching phonological awareness and letter–sound correspondence gives teachers 44 fun, developmentally sequenced lessons to help students before they have a chance to fail.	Ideal for students who demonstrate beginning levels of phonemic awareness, this program targets the next crucial skills, including word identification, oral reading, and spelling.	For Pre–K—the validated observation tool developed to assess preliteracy activities like storybook reading and circle time conversations.

For K–3—the field-tested observation tool developed specifically to reflect the evolving literacy skills of elementary school students.	The first comprehensive response to intervention research synthesis, this book shares what more than 30 experts know about one of today's hottest topics in education.	Teach struggling students the five Big Ideas of early literacy: phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

With this informative, research-supported handbook, elementary and middle school teachers will learn why and how to make explicit, systematic writing instruction a part of their classroom.	For K–8 students who need extra help with writing, these effective, field-tested lesson plans support every phase of the writing process.	Based on the well-known Home–School Study of Language and Literacy Development, this enlightening book helps educators understand critical factors for school success in adolescence.

Understand research on teaching vocabulary, put best practices to work in any classroom, and improve the reading achievement of all students with the easy-to-use guidance and sample lesson models.	Improve teaching practices, plan lessons that get results, and make the most of high- and low-tech assistive technology to strengthen literacy outcomes.	Back to top


K–12 Education: Math
Learn how the mind and brain work during the complex facets of math learning and get the insights and research findings needed to start improving math instruction.	This highly practical resource directly addresses students' learning barriers with lesson plans, practical strategies, photocopiable information-gathering forms, and online strategies-in-action.	Back to top


K–12 Education: Transition & Employment
Detailed profiles of real programs illustrate a wide range of postsecondary options, and the practical tools help ease the transition to college.	Improve the transition to adult life for students with disabilities using one of today's hottest teaching approaches— universal design for learning.	Connect young adults with disabilities with the early work experiences they really want—and pave the way for lifelong career satisfaction.

Help ensure that students with disabilities are college-ready with this guide that covers everything from college selection and application to classroom supports and accommodations.		Back to top