Special Education
Teaching Students with Learning and Behavioural Differences
A Resource Guide for Teachers
Recommended Resources
These resources have been reviewed and are recommended by the Learning Resources Branch of The Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.
Behaviour Problems: A System of Management, (1985) by P. Galvin and R. Singleton, Scarborough: Addison-Wesley Publishers Limited. Checklists to assist with integrating students with challenging behaviours.
Children with Exceptionalities: A Canadian Perspective, (1990) by M. Winzer, Scarborough: Prentice Hall Ginn Canada. Definitions, developmental consequences, and tips for teachers.
Instructional Strategies for Students with Special Needs, (1986) by Dan Bachor and Carol Crealock, Scarborough: Prentice Hall Ginn Canada. Strategies for teaching mainstreamed students with special needs.
100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers and Parents, (1976), by Jack Canfield and Harold Wells, Scarborough: Prentice Hall Ginn Canada. Class and small group activities to enhance self-esteem.
The Giving Book, (1988) by Bob Stanish, Weston, Mass.: Moyer Vico Corp. Activities to promote caring, valuing, and cooperating behaviours.
A Manual on Nonviolence and Children, (1984) by Stephanie Judson, Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers. Activities to promote conflict resolution and creation of positive classroom environments.
Positive Discipline, (1981) by Jane Nelson, Mississauga, Ont.: Random House of Canada Ltd. Logical and natural consequence-based discipline based on the ideas of Alfred Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs.
Spelling Instruction that Makes Sense, (1991) by Jo Phenix and Doreen Scott-Dunne, Markham, Ontario: Pembroke Publishers Ltd.
Teaching Kids to Spell, (1993) by J. Richard Gentry and Jean Wallace Gillet, Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann/Reed Publishing.
The Special Education Handbook, (1990) by Phillip Williams, Toronto: Scholarly Book Services. Introductory reference about the whole field of special education.
