Inclusion: A Practical Guide for Parents: Tools to Enhance Your Child's Success in Learning

by Lorraine O. Moore

Overview

Formerly published by Peytral Publications

Answers parents' questions about inclusive education, provides tools to help parents enhance their child's learning in school and at home, and includes activities, exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and graphs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781890455446
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 17 Years

About the Author

Lorraine O. Moore has taught at the elementary and middle school levels, was a counselor in a middle school and high school, and was a school psychologist at all levels in both public and private schools. Moore was an instructor and adjunct associate professor in the counseling and psychology graduate education programs at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) and at St. Mary’s College Graduate Center in Minneapolis, MN. She has an extensive background in child development and is strongly committed to helping create more peaceful and fulfilling environments for children within a global context. She is the author of the books Inclusion Strategies for Young Children; Inclusion: A Practical Guide for Parents; Learning, What It Is-How Parents Can Help; Creating Balance in Children’s Lives; and, Creating Balance in Children. Moore is a coauthor of the Whole Kid Peace Activity Book. She earned her doctorate in educational psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Inclusive Education - A Shared Responsibility
2. Collaboration: Working Together
3. Why Some Children Have Difficulty Learning
4. Learning About Your Child as a Student
5. Charting Your Child's Progress
6. Creating a Home Environment for Learning
7. Strategies for Helping Your Child With Homework
8. Parenting With the Brain in Mind
9. Experiences and Insights
Appendix A: Forms
Appendix B: Bibliography
Appendix C: Resources
Appendix D: Glossary