Brain Gym-(41042)
The companion guide to the Brain Gym book, for parents, educators and all others interested in the relationship between movement and whole-brain learning.
Brain Compatible Classrooms-(41061,41062,41063,42002)
It links brain research with Gardner's multiple intelligences and Goleman's emotional intelligence theory. It also explains how to use brain compatible strategies in the classroom.
Creating Brain Friendly Classrooms-(41064,41065,41066,41067)
Biller's guide to brain-friendly learning promotes an understanding of how the neuroscience discoveries of the past decade can be applied in today's classrooms. His four-step model provides instructional tools and strategies that are aligned with the way the brain naturally learns.
Write Brain Write-(41068)
The author provides a proven brain compatible approach for bringing out the writer in every student. The book contains specific practical techniques for teaching standard writing skill-sets and a host of visually pleasing reproducibles that make implementation a breeze.
The Great Memory Book-(41069,41070,42001)
It introduces the latest research on memory and how it applies to learning. Gain techniques for recalling names, facts, formulas, definitions, spelling and more. Determine how your students can better remember what you teach them in school.
The Laughing Classroom-(41071, 42009)
Learn how to use humor to your benefit in the classroom. It is packed with dynamic warm-ups, laughing sessions, energizers, puns, gags, raps, songs and stress reducers that will turn your classroom into everyone's favorite. Loosen up a bit, laugh a little and learn a lot!
How the Special Needs Brain Learns-(41072,41095,42000)
This book outlines how the brain processes information and provides dozens of learning strategies that will make a huge difference in the academic and social success of your special learners. Deals with ADD/ADHD, Speech, Reading, Writing, Math Disabilities, Sleep Disorders, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
The Learning Brain-(41073)
Practical applications of the newest brain research. It includes 299 classroom and training applications.
Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice-(41074,41092)
This book introduces the anatomy of the brain, describes how the brain encodes, manipulates and stores information, and provides strategies that are guaranteed to increase retention, understanding, and your student's ability to apply the concepts they are learning.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind-(41075)
From its introduction to brain biology to its in-depth discussions of emotion, memory and recall, this popular volume is invaluable for those who want to better reach students through both the science and practice of brain compatible teaching.
PE-4-ME: Teaching Lifelong Health and Fitness-(41076)
Integrating physical activity with movement concepts, social skills, stress reduction, nutrition, school safety, and drug resistance education, weekly thematic lesson plans will help you prepare children for a lifetime of wellness and fitness. This brain-based PE guidebook illustrates the importance of physical activity to cognitive function.
Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual Mapping-(41077)
This book presents a variety of maps including Mind Maps and Mindscapes. Mind Mapping is an easy-to-learn, straight forward system for generating and organizing ideas.
Quantum Teaching-(41078)
This book shows you how to bring out the best in every learner. Any level of classroom can be transformed into a place of joyful learning with this practical resource.
Different Brains, Different Learners-(41079,42055,42056)
Eric Jensen presents a succinct overview of the key factors that prevent students from achieving, as well as a concise outline for identifying the symptoms in causes of impairments. You will also learn what to do once you have identified the disorder.
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners-(41080)
This book provides a host of techniques and real-life examples that help teachers deal with large class sizes and students from diverse backgrounds with varying readiness levels, skill levels and interest.
Begin with the Brain: Orchestrating the Learner-Centered Classroom-(41081,41122)
This book contains easy-to-implement strategies for creating systems that take the brain into account. You will discover ways to categorize classroom routines, how to establish classroom procedures that work, ways to build positive awareness of self and peers, ways to inspire curiosity and minimize anxiety, and ideas for meeting the needs of belonging, power, freedom and fun.
Teaching in the Cyberage: Linking the Internet and Brain Theory-(41084)
Help students discover how to communicate clearly, accurately and purposefully in an electronic environment.
Multiple Intelligences in the Math Classroom-(41085)
Aligned with the NCTM standards, this hands-on book comprises fully developed projects and activities that help students see mathematics as a powerful problem-solving tool, feel confident in their ability to do mathematics and communicate and reason mathematically.
From Toothpicks to Treetops: Quantity and Space in Mathematics-(41086)
This book provides a vantage point from which to discern how students' prior knowledge can be used to help expand their mathematical thinking and increase their ability to communicate. Activities are included to help students understand the relationship of mathematics and their surroundings.
Brain Compatible Learning for the Block-(41087)
It quickly summarizes findings on brain research, demonstrates how block scheduling fits perfectly with the research results, and details curriculum, instruction and assessments. Each chapter features sample lesson formats that show which multiple intelligences and standards it targets.
Empowering Students with Technology-(41088)
This book helps teachers understand how to use computers, fax machines, digital cameras, and other technology resources as productive and innovative learning tools.
Integrating Mathematics Across the Curriculum-(41089)
This book demonstrates how teachers can stretch their math curricula across disciplines and convince students that math is related to almost every area of life. What's more, this book, with its "real world" problems that teach essential skills and principles, conforms to the learning objectives in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics.
If the Shoe Fits. . . .How to Develop Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom-(41090)
This resource translates Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into practical methods for classroom use. It offers information and how to advice for identifying and developing student's strengths.
How To Grade For Learning: Linking Grades to Standards-(41091)
Eight models will assist teachers in designing and conducting grading practices that help students feel more in control of their academic success.
Conscious Discipline-(41093)
Based on current brain research, child development principles, and developmentally appropriate teaching practices, this book teaches you how to handle conflicts with integrity while teaching your students to be respectful and responsible members of your classroom.
The Brain Encyclopedia-(41094)
You will find current information relating to brain structure, brain development, brain mapping, brain injuries and diseases and disorders of the brain.
The Power of Portfolios-(41100)
This book offers a practical and imaginative approach for using portfolios with elementary level students and shows how the portfolio process can serve as a powerful motivational tool by encouraging students to assess their own work, set goals, and take responsibility for future learning.
The Road to Avalon: Cultivating Spirituality in the Classroom-(41101)
Susan Frey successfully integrates ideas ranging form ancient philosophy to modern thought, providing explanations in understandable terms, as well as applicable practices for both novice and expert. In doing so, she illumines our path, helping us lead our children on a journey of transformative learning toward a new spiritual world.
Hands on Math Projects with Real Life Applications-(41102,41135)
For all teachers grades 6-12, here is an exciting collection of 60 hands-on investigations to help students apply math concepts and skills to everyday problems found across the curriculum, in sports, and in daily life. These tested projects stress cooperative learning, group sharing, writing and build skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making and computation.
Building Your Baby's Brain: A Parent's Guide to the First 5 Years-(41103)
This new clearly-written booklet, packed full of illustrations and helpful charts, explains what scientists know about brain development. Sections include: prenatal care, vision and hearing, touching your baby, teaching your baby about feelings, relating to others, talking with your child and sharing books, moving and doing, play, music and math, and art.
Start Smart!-(41104)
Offers simple, straightforward ways to boost brainpower with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, laughter and more. All the chapters describe how and why the brain develops and explain how you can use the activities to give your children the best foundation for future learning.
The Learning Gym-(41105)
Scientifically based movements that help to facilitate maximum learning potential for both children and adults.
50 Fun and Easy Brain-Based Activities for Young Learners-(41106,41119)
These playful, engaging activities support children's healthy brain development and maximize learning. Includes brief, practical descriptions of brain research and a glossary of key terms.
Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind-(41107)
These behaviors can aid both students and adults in school and everyday life as they encounter life's challenges. The habits also encourage thinking skills essential to lifelong learning. Book One defines and discusses the habits of mind.
Integrating and Sustaining Habits of Mind-(41108)
This is the fourth book in the series. It explains how communities, departments, teams, school districts and school faculties can integrate the habits of mind into school culture and sustain them.
Activating and Engaging Habits of Mind-(41109)
This is the second book in the series. Theory is translated into action with practical classroom-tested advice.
Assessing and Reporting on Habits of Mind-(41110)
This is the third book in the series. The authors consider how to assess and report student progress in using habits of mind with many practical classroom-tested assessment tools and approaches.
A New View of ADHD-(41111)
Discover how what we know about the brain today can support you and your ADHD learners in the classroom. Find out how methodical approach based on a series of simple steps can ensure the appropriate responses for each individual learner. Gain a better understanding of what makes the ADHD brain tick.
Think Visually-(41112)
This book will help you demystify the learning process and let students in on the secrets of learning. You will discover how the visual mapping of ideas can be used to personalize learning and to focus on the individual strengths of students.
Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites-(41113,41134)
This book targets teachers as "growers of brain cells" and encourages them to make practical applications of the findings of learning style theorists and neuroscientists. Tactile learners, spatial thinkers, and logical minds alike will become eager students as the strategies in this handbook are implemented.
How the Brain Learns-(41114)
This book focuses on information that can help teachers turn research on brain function into practical classroom activities and lessons. It includes brain facts, information on how the brain processes information, and tips on maximizing retention.
Social Skills Activities for Special Children-(41115)
Each of 142 lessons place a specific skill within the context of real-life situations. They give the teacher a means to guide students to think about the social skill and provide a hands-on activity for students to work through and practice in or outside the classroom.
Hands On-How to Use Brain Gym-(41116,41133)
This book has been designed to give the user practical, visual, step-by-step ideas on how to use the Brain Gym movements in learning handwriting, reading, spelling and math skills.
The Learners' Way-(41117)
This book offers suggestions for creating the same productive ways of teaching/learning in the classroom that taught children so effectively when they first learned to talk. Active involvement with the learning materials in an environment that encourages children to take risks in order to gain understanding is key in all of the scientifically based learning models.
An Introduction to Portfolios-(41118)
This practical guide provides a useful resource for educators who would like to begin using portfolios in the classroom. In a concise format, the authors examine the many uses of portfolios and offer guidance on strategies to increase the effectiveness of this process in assessment and instruction.
Brain Games for Toddlers and Twos-(41120)
A fun filled collection of ways to lay a groundwork for your child's future with everyday opportunities to contribute to brain development during the critical period from 12-36 months. Each game is accompanied by information on related brain research and a description of how the activity promotes brainpower in your child.
Wonderful Rooms Where Children Can Bloom!-(41121,41125)
This book provides over five hundred exciting ideas and activities which allow the teacher to: provide quiet spaces and play areas for children, create a literate environment, focus on children's art, develop learning centers and provide game activities.
Wiggle, Giggle and Shake-(41123)
Encourages children to think and solve problems, to recognize and explore their feelings, and to participate physically in their own learning. Explore 38 popular classroom themes, such as transportation, seasons, and occupations with these simple, fun movement activities.
Connecting with Others-Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence Grades 3-5-(41124)
This program presents a broad variety of strategies to promote skills in self-advocacy, communication, interpersonal behaviors, and problem solving. The program is based on a sound theoretical framework and give attention to practical application. The information follows a lesson cycle already familiar to educators.
Brain Teasers!-(41126)
For all K-6 teachers, here are nearly 200 exciting "quickie" classroom activities and reproducible worksheets to develop the thinking, reasoning, and memory skills of your elementary students and help them master both basic and advanced concepts in math, language and writing.
Math Maps-(41127)
Math maps is a teaching tool that provides brain-based approaches to learning math. It includes inquiry projects, repetition of key concepts with variation and novelty, active immersion and understanding of relationships.
A Mind at a Time-(41129)
So many children struggle in school because they don't fit the "one-size-fits-all" education philosophy. By working with individual strengths, you can help even your most unmotivated students find ways to succeed in school.
The Myth of Laziness-(41130)
The author is convinced that laziness is nothing more than a myth. He says everybody yearns to be productive. We should wonder what is thwarting that person's output and suggest there are constructive ways people with output failure.
I Read About It but I Don't Get It--Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers-(41131)
This book is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. It takes you through a step-by-step practical theory-based reading instruction that can be adapted for use in any subjects area.
Tools for Engagement-Managing Emotional States-(41132)
This book will teach you specifics about different emotional states and how to adapt the learning processes to work effectively with those states. Within this book's color-coded chapters, you'll discover more than 150 practical activities that will arouse curiosity, promote accountability , ease transitions, boost confidence an enhance understanding and retention.
The Writing Road to Reading-(41136)
This method (The Spalding Method) is a total language arts approach that has been used by teachers and parents for nearly fifty years to teach millions of students to spell, write, and read. This method trains the left and right sides of the brain as children see, hear, read, and write.
Brain Stations-(41137)
If you want to teach thinking skills, you must first convince children that thinking is fun and worthwhile. Here are 50 thinking centers which will challenge and motivate your students.
Loosen Up-(41138)
These drawing, cutting and folding activities are fun, lively, and non -threatening. They encourage students to try things, building an "I Can" confidence that will spill over into other areas as well.
Just Write-(41139)
Your elementary-age students are sure to respond to these 50 lively activity pages. You'll find topics as diverse as the "The Spill Page," "The Backwards Page," and "The Worry Page." Children will want to tackle these high-interested assignments.
Surprise in the Middle-(41140)
Midway into each activity, you get to say, "Surprise! You have just started a drawing of. . ." The element of surprise can be a wonderful thing. In this book, it is the motivational tool, the hook, the carrot, for getting children to listen carefully.
Is it Friday Already?-(41141)
This is the book you need if you want to set up an effective, year-long learning center program in your classroom. You'll find more then 250 lively activities in nine subject areas--listening, cognition, language arts, creative writing, art, handwriting, work-study, reading and science.
There's Got to Be a Better Way-(41142)
Are They Thinking? A Thinking Skills Program for Elementary-(41149)
Devote 10-15 minutes a day and help your students become more accomplished thinkers. This comprehensive program focuses on five skill areas: analytical thinking, flexible thinking, problem solving, elaborative thinking and originality. Children's thinking abilities will grow as they respond to these motivational activities.
What to do About Your Brain Injured Child-(41151)
This book is Glenn Doman's way to share the knowledge on how to make brain-injured children well. It is based on his work at the The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential.
Helping Children with Autism Learn-(41151)
How to Integrate the Curricula-(42003)
A curriculum must apply research on how the brain learns, address standards, support life-long learning, center around the student, and offer meaningful connected learning. Ten models for integrated curricula are defined with examples of how each model looks and sounds in a classroom.
Integrating Curricula with Multiple Intelligences-(42004)
Using Gardner's multiple intelligences and Fogarty's ten curriculum integration models, this instructive book includes activities for building teams, exploring how to put power into themes, and ways to thread life skills through the subject matter content.
Environments for Learning-(42005)
Second only to the quality of the teacher, classroom environment is the most influential factor to student success. It can be nourishing or toxic, supportive or draining, but it is never neutral. This book examines every aspect of the classroom the way a student experiences it-through the senses.
Discipline without Stress, Punishment or Reward-(42006)
Learn how to motivate your learners in a way that stops discipline problems before they start and encourages individual and social responsibility. The "Raise Responsibility System" provides a revolutionary alternative to the traditional discipline techniques that are based on the principles of obedience and coercion.
Reading Clinic-Brain Research Applies to Reading-(42008)
This book represents a new way to teach reading to people, young and old, who have not been able to learn to read using conventional methods. This book can teach you the same method discovered and used at Neuro-Learning Systems.
Problem Based Learning and Other Curriculum Models for the Multiple Intelligences Classroom-(42010)
By using the holistic models presented in this book, teachers can structure curricula in ways that give them more time to teach students. Included are six innovative curriculum models to stimulate the minds of elementary, middle and high school students.
Becoming A "Wiz" at Brain Compatible Teaching-(42011)
Using a clever analogy to The Wizard of Oz, the author combines information about cognitive research with simple tactics to help you implement a brain-based curriculum that puts the brain/body's needs first in the enriched classroom.
The Neuropsychology of Written Language Disorders-(42012)
Utilize cutting edge research from the neurosciences to understand the various brain mechanisms involved with both language and nonlanguage types of written disorders in children. Introduce the 90 minutes dysgraphia evaluation as a more viable means to both diagnose and remediate written language disorders in children.
Bal-A-Vis-X Rhythmic Balance/Auditory/Vision Exercises for Brain and Brain Body Integration-(42023,42066,42067)
Bal-A-Vis-X is a series of Balance/Auditory/Vision Exercises of varied complexity, most of which are deeply rooted in rhythm. These exercises require full-body coordination and focused attention. It demands cooperation, promotes self-challenge, fosters peer teaching and improves academic skills.
Brain Compatible Strategies-(42027)
This book includes: Magic Learning Formulas, Secrets to Increase by-Product Learning, 5 Ways to Trigger Learning, The Real Power of Music, Dealing with Barriers to Learning, Discipline Strategies That Really Make Sense and much more!!
Learn With the Classics-(42028)
This book will teach you how to use music before, during and after study sessions, how to use music to shift into the alpha brain wave state, how to study for tests in a time saving way, and how to use music to access your minds most original ideas.
Music with the Brain in Mind-(42029,42053)
This resource translates brain research as it relates to music and cognition, and provides practical strategies for incorporating musical arts at all levels. The sections devoted to theory, as well as practical strategies and applications for the classroom, you will find it easy to put the science into practice immediately.
Super Teaching-Practical Teaching Strategies-(42030,42054)
This book explores the foundations of brain compatible learning and then offers specific and practical ways you can make brain research based methods a part of your teaching and training repertoire.
Nathan Levy's Stories with Holes 11-(42040)
Nathan Levy's Stories with Holes 7-(42041)
Nathan Levy's Stories with Holes 5-(42042)
Nathan Levy's Stories with Holes 6-(42043)
Nathan Levy's Stories with Holes 13-(42044)
These books provide for growth in imagination and intuitive, encourage divergent thinking, give experiences that display the fun of working cooperatively on a common problem, increase cognitive skills of resolving discrepancies through successful experiences and provide enjoyable changes-of-pace for task-oriented learning environments.
Nathan Levy's Test Book of Basic Knowledge-(42045)
This book will help students achieve a degree of literacy about the world around them. If they don't know the answers right now, go seek them out!!
Not Just Schoolwork-(42046)
Differentiation Through Learning Styles and Memory-(42048)
This book provides an essential overview of how the brain processes, stores, and retains information, and how teachers can guide students in accessing this information by utilizing their individual learning styles and strengths. This resource gives educators practical strategies and applications for accessing these "sensory pathways," connecting learned content to the real world.
Differentiated Instructional Strategies-(42049)
This book presents the practical techniques and processes that teachers can use to adjust learning based on individual students' knowledge, skills, experience, preferences and needs. Centers, Projects, Problem-Based Learning, Inquiry Models, and Contracts are all featured, complete with explanations and examples. More than 50 planning models, matrixes, rubrics, checklists and questionnaires are included as well, to help teachers make the right decisions about instruction and assessment on an individual basis.
Preparing America's Teachers-(42050)
In this book, Donald R. Cruickshank and his associates provide an overview of the model curriculum, summarize 29 teacher education reform proposals, and examine six promising instructional approaches to teacher education.
Impact Teaching Ideas and Strategies-(42051)
This book covers the skills, techniques, and concepts classroom teachers need to know to be most effective in their jobs. It covers the global picture, including Crest of the Wave and Framing, all the way down to the smallest details, such as Question-Detail-Question, Vocal Italics and Specify the Reason. While broad in range, each idea is presented through the use of practical, real-life examples, making it a user-friendly book.
Secrets of the Teenage Brain-(42052)
This book describes the neural changes that middle school and high school students are coping with and provides concrete, practical solutions for keeping their attention, handling disruptive and distracting behavior and addressing their cognitive strengths and limitations.
Magic Trees of the Mind-How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence-(42057)
Brain researcher Dr. Marian Diamond reveals how a child's brain physically responds to environmental influences and how we can provide our children with the nurturing and stimulating conditions they need to develop and thrive.
Mindshifts-(42058)
A brain-compatible process for professional development and the renewal of education. The design of this book aids educators in discovering how they learn, then shows them how to apply what they have discovered to their classrooms.
Neuroscience for Kids-(42059)
A collection of information and activities to use with your students that deal with the brain and how it works.
The Gifted Kids Survival Guide-(42060)
This survival guide for students 10 and under answers question like: What do the labels gifted, high potential and IQ really mean? Why do kids tease you about being smart and what should you do about it? How can you make school more right, more challenging?
The Gifted Kids Survival Guide-(42061)
This survival guide for students 11-18 answers important question about giftedness and what it means to them. Three hundred gifted kids contributed to this book.
The Gifted Kids Survival Guide II-(42062)
Guide II, as a sequel presents an extended and in-depth look at the ups and downs of growing up gifted. It offers useful information, support and strategies to help you get more out of school, develop strong friendships, understand who you are, and figure out how to get what you want out of life.
Inside the Brain-Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works-(42063)
This book reveals new understandings about how nature builds the brain and develops it during early life. It explains how scientists have changed their belief that brains learn from a preset, unchangeable set of rules. It explores how the brain gets damaged and heals itself. The implications are staggering for those suffering from Alzheimer's, brain injury and alcoholism.
How the Brain Learns to Read-(42068)
This book presents what scientists have uncovered about how children develop spoken language and use spoken language abilities when learning to read.
50 Activities for Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Level 1, Elementary-(42069)
50 Activities for Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Level II, Secondary-(42070)
Teach students how to constructively express and control feelings, think through the consequences of behavior before they act, take the perspective and understand the feelings of others, accept responsibility for decisions and actions and learn to manage conflicts and fight fair.
Overcoming Dyslexia-(42084)
Offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. Gives the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade and step by step.
Top Tunes for Teaching-(42086)
Nine hundred seventy-seven song titles and practical tools for choosing the right music every time.
"Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites-(42087)
Supported by learning-style theory and brain research, these strategies enable all staff development professionals to plan and deliver powerful, memorable presentations that improve teaching practices and increase academic achievement. It includes more than 150 professional learning activities and several sample professional learning designs.
10 Best Teaching Practices-(42088)
How brain research, learning styles, and standards define teaching competencies. This book details the fundamentals of differentiated teaching strategies, teaching for long-term memory, collaborative learning, higher-order thinking skills, technology integration and more.
Classroom Activators-(42089)
The three sections in the book, Activate Instruction, Activate the Environment and Activate Your Students, give you quick access to specific state-changing activities and the brain research behind them.
Overcoming Barricades to Reading-(42090)
Applying current brain research, social-emotional findings, and the theory of multiple intelligences to more traditional approaches to teaching reading, this exciting new resource helps teachers unlock the door to literacy by teaching to the individual and unique strengths of their students.
The Threads of Reading-(42091)
The author describes the six foundational threads that students need to study in order to become effective readers: phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and higher-order thinking.
Learning Teaching and the Brain-(42094)
The Essential Difference-(42095)
This book is about a controversial study revealing the scientific evidence that proves female brains are better at empathizing and communicating, while male brains are stronger at understanding and building systems such as politics and music. This book suggests the new theory that autism is actually an example of the extreme male brain.
Students Who Drive You Crazy-(42096)
All educators face the stress brought on by difficult students, parents and colleagues. By providing a vital model for identifying, managing, avoiding, and rising above conflicted relationships this how-to survival guide explores the many angles perspective and complexities of this pervasive obstacle.
Raising Resilient Children-(42097)
This book is thoughtful and sound in its approach, and direct and supportive in its tone. It is for those who are searching for a caring method to help children grow into healthy, happy, loving and mature adults.
The Executive Brain-(42098)
The author shows how the frontal lobes enable us to engage in complex mental processes, how vulnerable they are to injury, and how devastating the effects of damage are, often leading to chaotic, disorganized, asocial, and even criminal behavior.
Resilient Classrooms-Creating Healthy Environments for Learning-(42099)
This book provides practical, powerful, easy to apply tools for helping teachers, school psychologist, and administrators make classrooms into more caring, learning environments.
Brain-Based Strategies to Reach Every Learner-(42100)
Teachers tend to teach in the same way that they learn. This book helps you identify your learning preferences and also expand your teaching repertoire by learning classroom-tested strategies that engage all kinds or learners. Surveys and checklists are provided for your students so you can discover their learning preferences.
Autism Spectrum Disorders-(42101)
This resource was developed to respond directly to the extraordinary difficulty school professionals and families face in selecting and applying appropriate, effective interventions and treatments.
Autism Spectrum Disorders-A Practical Guide-(42102)
This book includes an overview of autism and how it effects learning, suggestions for established, effective strategies and interventions, advice on how to select the appropriate strategies for individual students, tried and tested ideas for successful lessons, handy hints and checklists, and a selection of photo-copiable material ready for the classroom.
Brain Compatible Mathematics-(42104)
Part One covers the background and rationale for brain compatible learning. Part Two has portfolio-ready sample unit project tasks complete with instruction outlines, evaluations, and rubrics for teachers as well as students.
Tools for Promoting Active In-depth Learning-(42105)
Learning is an active practice. This book contains 25 new classroom tested ready-to-use techniques that will transform any classroom into an "aerobics session for the mind."
Blame My Brain-The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed-(42106)
New scientific research points to real biological reasons why teenagers are the way they are. So next time, you're told off for not getting out of bed before lunch or swearing at a teacher, have this book to explain clearly and simply that it is not you who is to blame. It is written for students, but enlightening for adults as well.
Boys and Girls Learn Differently-(50015)
Presents experiential learning techniques that teachers can use to create an environment and enriched curriculum that take into account the needs of the developing child's brain and allow both boys and girls to gain maximum learning opportunities. Based on latest scientific research on the differences between boy's and girl's brains, neurological development, hormonal effects, behavior, and learning needs.
Brain Smart-Courageous Learners: Unleashing the Brain Power of Students from At Risk Situations-(50016)
This book, based on more than 50 years of cognitive research and breakthroughs in neuroscience, will equip you with tools to help you understand 10 facts about the brain of learners at risk of academic failure, teach in ways that boost healthy optimism and persistence, reduce classroom management challenges, learn now to read the barcode of you students' brain, boost your energy while reducing stress, help your students to improve impulse control and self-regulation and boost skills of organization and time management.
The Owner's Manual for the Brain-(50018)
This information-packed guidebook combines the latest in brain research with real-world applications for your personal, family and work life. This updated edition covers how our brain functioning relates to: sex and love, the developing and aging brain, wellness and illness, mood disorders, learning and teaching, personality and intelligence, creativity and problem solving and workplace and performance.
The Re-Enchantment of Learning-(50028)
This book takes educators on a brain-based journey to rediscover their passion for and love of teaching. Firmly grounded in behavioral research and the new sciences, this book is a positive next step in the mindshift process the Caines and Crowell have developed.
Problem-Based Learning and Other Curriculum Models for the Multiple Intelligences Classroom-(50029)
This book includes six innovative curriculum models to stimulate the minds of elementary, middle and high school students. By using these models, students can learn how to problem-solve with the realization that they cannot always follow a formula or find one right answer.
12 Brain/Mind Learning Principles in Action-A Fieldbook for Making Connections, Teaching and the Human Brain-(50030)
The new book from the Caines and their colleagues introduce readers to their renowned 12 organizing principles of how the brain learns and how to use the knowledge for student learning. It brings forth the latest research on the brain and its executive function and makes the principles more practical than ever before for classroom application.
BOOKS ON CD
Train Smart-(41083)
Discover dozens of proven training strategies in this new expansive guide to brain-compatible training. Learn about the connection between group interaction and emotional safety, why parables are important to long-term memory, what value there is in presenting from the back of the room, how a "room with a view" optimizes learning, why silence is golden and much more.
Ten Principles of Positive Discipline-(42018)
Preventing Power Struggles-(42019)
Power struggles always end in abuse-verbal abuse in the form of shouting matches, physical abuse in the form of hitting and emotional abuse in the form of abandonment. Learn how to prevent power struggles from ever starting in this informative audio tape.
Conflict Resolution-(42020)
In Conflict Resolution you will learn how we unconsciously create conflict, to uncover the core cause of all conflict and how to heal it, the seven steps of conflict resolution, three phases of successful conflict resolution, relationships between inner conflicts and the conflicts we experience with others, to be responsible for creating peace and cooperation and how to handle a child's resistance to this goal and to maintain inner peace amidst conflict in order to model and teach cooperative strategies to children.
Transforming Aggression Into Healthy Self-Esteem-(42021)
You will learn the societal conditions that contribute to the creation of aggression in children, three essential rules needed to guide your behavior to constructively manage aggression, successful seven beliefs that must be held to effectively transform aggression, how to maintain self control in order to teach children self control, and three types of aggression and effective techniques to change these behaviors in children.
Brain Smart-(42022)
Early childhood experiences physically shape a child's brain. Nature supplies the materials but a child's environment serves as the architect. Dr. Becky Bailey and Sarah Sprinkel team up to present revolutionary discoveries that will help you boost your child's emotional and intellectual abilities.