Top Picks in the Northside Professional Library
Special Education
Top Picks in the Northside Professional Library
The Classroom Teacher’s Guide to Instructional and Curricular Modifications – Wendy Fetner Dover
(Master Teacher, 2005)
Co-Teach!: A Handbook for Creating and Sustaining Effective Classroom Partnerships in Inclusive Schools –
Marilyn Friend (Marilyn Friend, 2008)
Inclusion Strategies and Interventions – Toby J. Karten (Solution Tree, 2011)
Inclusion Strategies That Work for Adolescent Learners – Toby J. Karten (Corwin, 2009)
Rigor for Students with Special Needs – Barbara R. Blackburn, Bradley S. Witzel (Eye on Education, 2014)
Teacher’s Survival Guide: The Inclusive Classroom – Cynthia G. Simpson, Vicky G. Spencer, Jeffrey P. Bakken
(Prufrock, 2011)
Hawthorne Intervention Manuals
Attention Deficit Disorders Intervention Manual – Stephen B. McCarney
Behavior Intervention Manual: Goals, Objectives and Intervention Strategies – Samm N. House, ed.
Emotional or Behavior Disorder Intervention Manual: Goals, Objectives, and Intervention Strategies for the
Emotionally or Behaviorally Disordered Student – Stephen B. McCarney; Samm N. House, ed.
Learning Intervention Manual: Goals, Objectives, and Intervention Strategies – Samm N. House, ed.
Preschool Developmental Guide: Goals, Objectives, and Intervention Strategies, 0-72 Months – Amy E. Antes,
Samm N. House
The Pre-Referral Intervention Manual, 3rd ed. – Stephen B. McCarney, Kathy Cummins Wunderlich,
Angela Marie Bauer
Social Skills Intervention Manual: Goals, Objectives, and Intervention Strategies – Samm N. House, ed.
Speech and Language Classroom Intervention Manual – Jacquelyn S. Hagan, Steven B. McDannold, Jacqueline
Meyer
Teacher’s Resource Guide, 2nd ed. – Stephen B. McCarney, Kathy Cummins Wunderlich; Samm N. House, ed.
Response to Intervention
Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher – William Bender, Cara Shores (Corwin, 2007)
RTI in Middle and High Schools – William N. Bender (Solution Tree, 2012)
RTI Success: Proven Tools and Strategies for Schools and Classrooms – Elizabeth Whitten, Kelli J. Esteves,
Alice Woodrow (Free Spirit, 2009)
Learning Disabilities
101 School Success Tools for Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties – Betty Roffman Shevitz, Marisa Stemple,
Linda Barnes-Robinson, Sue Jeweler (Prufrock, 2011)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Dyslexia and Other Reading Disorders – Kathleen
McConnell, James R. Patton, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2003)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Reading Disabilities: Improving Vocabulary, Comprehension,
and Metacognition, 2nd ed. - Kathleen McConnell, Judith Moening, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2009)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Teaching Math Problem Solving – Gail R. Ryser, James R. Patton,
Edward A. Polloway, Kathleen McConnell (PRO-ED, 2006)
School Success for Kids with Dyslexia & Other Reading Difficulties – Walter E. Dunson (Prufrock, 2013)
Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: How Every Teacher Can Help Struggling
Students Succeed, 3rd ed. – Susan Winebrenner, Lisa M. Kiss (Free Spirit, 2014)
ADD/ADHD
101 School Success Tools for Students with ADHD – Jacqueline S. Iseman, Stephan M. Silverman,
Sue Jeweler (Prufrock, 2010)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with ADHD, Preschool through Grade 4, 2nd ed. – Kathleen
McConnell, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2005)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with ADHD, Gr. 5 through Gr. 12, 2nd ed. – Kathleen
McConnell, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2005)
Strategies for Teaching Adolescents with ADHD: Effective Classroom Techniques Across the Content Areas –
Silvia L. DeRuvo (Jossey-Bass, 2009) [also available as an OverDrive eBook]
Teaching Young Children with ADHD: Successful Strategies & Practical Interventions for PreK-3 – Richard A. Lougy, Silvia L. DeRuvo, David Rosenthal (Corwin, 2007)
Behavioral & Emotional
Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively, 2nd ed. –
Barbara Kaiser, Judy Sklar Rasminsky (Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2007)
Classroom Management for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Step-by-Step Guide for
Educators – Roger Pierangelo, George Giuliani (Corwin, 2008)
How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior: Practical, Ready-to-Use Interventions That Work
– Kaye L. Otten, Jodie L. Tuttle (Jossey-Bass, 2011) [also available as a Follett Shelf ebook]
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Disruptive, Defiant, or Difficult Behaviors, Preschool
through Gr. 4, 2nd ed. – Kathleen McConnell, Gail Ryser, James R. Patton (PRO-ED, 2010)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Disruptive, Defiant, or Difficult Behaviors, Gr. 5 through
Gr. 12, 2nd ed. – Kathleen McConnell, Gail Ryser, James R. Patton (PRO-ED, 2010)
Pyramid of Behavior Interventions: Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment – Tom Hierck, Charlie
Coleman, Chris Weber (Solution Tree, 2011)
School Success for Kids with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders – Michelle R. Davis, et al. (Prufrock, 2011)
The Teacher’s Encyclopedia of Behavior Management: 100 Problems/500 Plans, 2nd ed. – Randall S. Sprick,
Lisa M. Howard (Pacific Northwest, 2012)
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism & PDD: Primary Social Skills Lessons – Pam Britton Reese, Nena C. Challenner (LinguiSystems, 1999)
[Ages 3-8, Gr.PreK-3] 5 books: Behavior, Community, Getting Along, Home, School
Autism & PDD: Intermediate Social Skills Lessons – Pam Britton Reese, Nena C. Challenner (LinguiSystems,
2002) [Ages 8-12, Gr.3-7] 5 books: Communication, Controlling Behavior, Healthy Habits,
Middle School, Special Events & Activities
Autism & PDD: Adolescent Social Skills Lessons – Pam Britton Reese, Nena C. Challenner (LinguiSystems, 2001) [Ages 12-18, Gr.7-12] 5 books: Health & Hygiene, Interacting, Managing Behavior,
Secondary Schools, Vocational
Early Start for Young Children with Autism/PDD: Practical Interventions – Kathleen McConnell, Gail R. Ryser
(PRO-ED, 2006)
The New Social Story Book, rev. ed. - Carol Gray (Future Horizons, 2010)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2nd ed. – Kathleen McConnell,
Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2007)
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: High-Functioning Autism –
Kathleen McConnell, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2014)
School Success for Kids with Autism – Andrew L. Engel, Katherine C. Holman, Christine H. Bartold, eds.
(Prufrock, 2012)
School Success for Kids with High-Functioning Autism – Stephen M. Silverman, Lauren Kenworthy, Rich
Weinfeld (Prufrock, 2014)
Simple Strategies That Work! : Helpful Hints for All Educators of Students with Asperger Syndrome, High
Functioning Autism, and Related Disabilities - Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon, Dena Gitlitz
(Autism Asperger Pub., 2006)
Social Skills Games & Activities for Kids with Autism - Wendy Ashcroft, Angela M. Delloso, Anne Marie K.
Quinn (Prufrock, 2013)
The Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching Play, Emotion, and Communication to Children with Autism –
Jed Baker (Future Horizons, 2001)
The Social Skills Picture Book: For High School and Beyond – Jed Baker (Future Horizons, 2006)
Tasks Galore, rev. ed. – Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey (Tasks Galore, 2013)
Tasks Galore for the Real World – Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey (Tasks Galore, 2004)
Tasks Galore: Let’s Play: Structured Steps to Social Engagement and Symbolic Play – Laurie Eckenrode,
Kathy Hearsey, Pat Fennell, Beth Reynolds (Tasks Galore, 2009)
Tasks Galore: Making Groups Meaningful – Laurie Eckenrode, Pat Fennell, Kathy Hearsey (Tasks Galore, 2005)
Teaching Children with Autism in the General Classroom: Strategies for Effective Inclusion and Instruction –
Vicky G. Spencer, Cynthia G. Simpson, eds. (Prufrock, 2009)
Teaching Children with High-Functioning Autism: Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom – Claire E. Hughes-
Lynch (Prufrock, 2012)
