New content, new format!PRT guidance from infancy to adulthoodOne of the most respected and widely used autism interventions, Pivotal Response Treatment uses natural learning opportunities to modify key behaviors in children—leading to widespread positive effects on communication, behavior, and social skills. Now the pioneering experts behind PRT have created a comprehensive modern guide to this research-based approach, completely reworked and revis...

Teach social-emotional competence—the foundation of school and social success—with the NEW editions of the Strong Kids™—Grades 3–5 curriculum! Strong Kids is the fun and easy way to help your students develop the social-emotional skills they need to manage their challenges and succeed in school and life. Developed by a team of educational and mental health experts, this evidence-based, age-appropriate curriculum isLow cost and low techProven to he...

Katie Clover had been dead for twenty-five years, and there had been DNA carrying her killer's profile since the second week of the investigation, skin cells recovered from under her fingernails, fetal DNA from a pregnancy nobody, not even her best friend, had known about until the autopsy. Run it through every database available back in the summer of 2000 and you got nothing, no match, no name, just a lab folder that got thinner every year while a promising eighteen-year-old runner from S...

Access the NEW ONLINE COMPANION MATERIALS now!Expanded by 30% with practical new content!Early childhood professionals—learn the nuts and bolts of activity-based intervention (ABI), the trusted, child-directed approach for young children birth to 5. With the fourth edition of this classic textbook and professional guide, you'll discover how to

Now enhanced with new topics critical to effective practice, this second edition ebook is the essential methods textbook for preservice professionals preparing to teach young children with disabilities in today's increasingly diverse and inclusive programs. Focusing on children birth to 5, this core text gives future professionals specific, evidence-based knowledge on what to teach and how to teach it, with practical methods that fit into naturally occurring activities and routine...

Home visits with at-risk families present unique, complex challenges that professionals must be ready to address with skill and sensitivity. The problem-solving framework in this practical guide will help home visitors manage even the most difficult on-the-job challenges-and support and empower vulnerable families of children birth to 3.The authors' PAUSE framework (Perceive, Ask, Understand, Strategize, and Evaluate) walks home visitors through the entire process of addressing pro...

The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning shows teachers, administrators, professional development providers, and researchers how to use translanguaging to level the playing field for bilingual students in English-medium and bilingual classrooms. The term translanguaging can be understood in two different ways. From a sociolinguistic perspective, translanguaging can be understood as the dynamic language practices of bilinguals. From a pedagogical ...

The number of dual language learners in early childhood classrooms is expanding every year—and teachers often feel underprepared to bridge language barriers and effectively meet these students' learning needs. Help is here in this book—a toolbox of today's best strategies for supporting children and families from diverse backgrounds and ensuring the academic and social success of young dual language learners.Early childhood educators will get an invaluable collection of 45 practica...

**TEN YEARS. THREE MONTHS. SIXTEEN DAYS.—That was how long it had been since she had felt safe.**As a teenager Gabby Kendall witnessed the execution of her best friend's family. Those images haunt her every day. Now... Now the killers are back. They know who she is, where she lives, and who her friends are.They know everything about her...He has the TSP to run, and a woman to protect...Police Chief Elliot Marshall had lost a...

Sophie Davies has a secret . . . in fact, she has quite a few secrets.Sophie Davies is the head of weapon development for a private firm contracted with the Department of Defense. Because of her knowledge and high security clearances, she has kept her job a secret for fear of kidnapping and sabotage. She always knew some groups would kill to learn what she knows, and now someone is trying to do just that.Nash Dagher trained to become an elite weapon for the Rahmi Royal Fami...

"Where was this book when we were teenagers?" - Real SimpleGet ready for back-to-school season with the ultimate in-depth, full-color illustrated guide to understanding how to save, spend, and invest your money from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and the team at HerMoney.There’s no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life ― but ...

To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American.Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewp...