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| Title: | Arts With The Brain In Mind |
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| Author: | Eric Jensen |
| ISBN: | 0-87120-514-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book presents the definitive case, based on what we know about the brain and learning, for making arts a core part of the basic curriculum and thoughfully integrating them into every subject. |
| Title: | Brain Gym |
| Author: | Paul E. Dennison & Gail E. Dennison |
| ISBN: | 0-942143-02-7 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | The companion guide to the Brain Gym book, for parents, educators and all others interested in the relationship between movement and whole-brain learning. |
| Title: | Bullies Are A Pain In The Brain |
| Author: | Trevor Romain |
| ISBN: | 1-57542-023-6 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | If you're sick of being picked on, pushed around, threatened, or teased, this book is for you. Trevor understands what a pain bullies are, and he knows how you can become bully proof. |
| Title: | First Steps To A Physical Basis Of Concentration |
| Author: | Roy Anderson |
| ISBN: | 1-8998363-4-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book identifies the traditionally ignored physical causes of inattention. Children's conduct and learning problems can be due to poor concentration, and this is frequently viewed as a behavioural problem. |
| Title: | Hands On |
| Author: | isabel Cohen & Marcelle Goldsmith |
| ISBN: | 0-942143-12-4 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | How to use brain gym in the classroom - a practical photo manual for educators, parents and learners |
| Title: | Help Your Child To Succeed |
| Author: | Bill Lucas & Alistair Smith |
| ISBN: | 1-85539-111-2 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book is the essential guide for parents of pre school and primary children. It shows that helping your child to have the best chance of success in life is within the grasp of every parent. Packed with activities, games, tips and suggestions. |
| Title: | How To Identify And Support Children With Dyslexia |
| Author: | Chris Neanon |
| ISBN: | 1-85503-356-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Effective support for dyslexic pupils combines an understanding of their strengths and differences. The challenge for every teacher is to make this part of everday practice. |
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| Title: | How To Reach & Teach Children With ADD/ADHD |
| Author: | Sandra F. Rief |
| ISBN: | 0-7879-7295-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Practical techniques, strategies and interventions |
| Title: | How To Teach and Manage Children With ADHD |
| Author: | Fintan O'Regan |
| ISBN: | 1-85503-3488 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Teachers, teaching assistants and parents working with children with ADHD will love this book. It includes materials for develoing alternative learning strategies to suit ADHD students, classroom organisation advice and playtime supervision tips. |
| Title: | How to Understand&Support Children with Dyspraxia |
| Author: | Lois Addy |
| ISBN: | 1-85503-381-X |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Effective support for children with dyspraxia requires an understanding of this complex condition and the problems encountered by children with co-ordination and perceptual difficulties. |
| Title: | Learning To Learn |
| Author: | Carolyn Olivier & Rosemary F. Bowler |
| ISBN: | 0-684-80990-7 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book discusses, in easy to understand language, the nature of learning how we process information. |
| Title: | Marching To Different Drummers |
| Author: | Pat Burke Guild & Stephen Garger |
| ISBN: | 0-87120-306-5 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Initially published in 1985, this book was one of the first sources to pull together information on what was a newly flourishing topic in education. Now, more than a decade later, this revised and expanded edition takes a fresh look at the subject. |
| Title: | Mind Maps For Kids |
| Author: | Tony Buzan |
| ISBN: | 0-00-715133-0 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Mind mapping is a breakthrough system of planning and note taking that cuts homework time in half and makes schoolwork fun. Tony explains this amazing system using step by step examples in every subject across the cirriculum. |
| Title: | School Strategies for ADD Teens |
| Author: | Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Dixon & Susan Biggs |
| ISBN: | 1-883030-03-X |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Here's the road map you've been waiting for to help your ADD teenager find a way through the challenges of junior high and high school. With this guide, you'll get a clear sense of what kinds of help can really make a difference. |
| Title: | Sensory Motor Handbook |
| Author: | J. Bissell, J. Fisher, C.Owens & P. Polcyn |
| ISBN: | 076-1643-86-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book provides teachers with hundreds of suggestions to help meet sensory and motor needs in the classroom. |
| Title: | Smart Kids With School Problems |
| Author: | Priscilla L. Vail |
| ISBN: | 0-452-26242-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book should provide comfort, hope, and practical help to parents of children who, although intelligent, have ongoing difficulties with school. |
| Title: | Smart Moves |
| Author: | Carla Hannaford |
| ISBN: | 0-915556-27-8 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Why learning is not all in your head. |
| Title: | Succeed In Exams, Triumph In Tests |
| Author: | Jean Robb and Hilary Letts |
| ISBN: | 0-340-72811-6 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Tried and tested methods for guaranteed good results |
| Title: | The Dominance Factor |
| Author: | Carla Hannaford |
| ISBN: | 0-915556-31-6 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | How knowing your dominant eye, ear, brain, hand and foot can improve your learning. |
| Title: | The Everyday Genius |
| Author: | Peter Kline |
| ISBN: | 0-915556-18-9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book explains why and how successful learning occurs. It is a practical guide for producing confident, eager learners - at any age, in any school. |
| Title: | The Laughing Classroom |
| Author: | Diana Loomans & Karen Kolberg |
| ISBN: | 0-915811-99-5 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Everyone's guide to teaching with humour and play |
| Title: | The Learning Gym |
| Author: | Erich Ballinger |
| ISBN: | 0-942143-09-4 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Fun to do activities for success at school |
| Title: | The Mind Map Book |
| Author: | Tony & Barry Buzan |
| ISBN: | 0-563-48705-4 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book introduces you to the fundamental operational principles of the ultimate bio-computer - your brain! Mind Maps make it easy to remember things, plan a presentation or report, and plan personal goals |
| Title: | Thinking Goes To School |
| Author: | Hans G. Furth & Harry Wachs |
| ISBN: | 0-19-501927-X |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Piaget's theory in practice |
| Title: | TIPS |
| Author: | Ginnie Herbert & Rosemary Napper |
| ISBN: | 1-898924-81-3 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | Tried and tested ideas for parent education and support |
| Title: | When Listening Comes Alive |
| Author: | Paul Madaule |
| ISBN: | 0-9697079-1-6 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | This book re-awakens a skill that each of us has - a skill that can improve communication, creativity and learning ability, allowing a fuller and more energetic life. |
| Title: | You're Smarter Than You Think |
| Author: | Thomas Armstrong |
| ISBN: | 1-57542-113-5 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Summary: | A kid's guide to multiple intelligences |
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