PARENT CENTER RESOURCES
VIDEO TAPES/DVD’S
Excellence in Teaching Series:
Managing Student Conflict
Keeping Control of the Class
Constructive Parent Conferences
Assigning Effective Homework
Integrating Computers in the Curriculum
Lesson Planning
Cooperative Learning
Avoiding Burnout
Creative Teaching Methods
The Beauty of Teaching
Pathways to Lifelong Learning Series:
Teaching Through the Arts
Technology in the Classroom
Constructing Effective Questions
Community Partnerships in Education
Involving Families in Education
Principles in Action (Award-Winning Professional Development)
School Improvement
Successful Schools, Successful Students
Keys to Compliance: Practical Guide to Meeting Special Education
Requirements
The Parallel Curriculum
Adapting Curriculum and Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms
The Power of 2: Making a Difference Through Co-Teaching
MORE POWER HOSTED BY MARILYN FRIEND
RTI~ Response to Intervention
C-SPED
LRE Standards
LRE Decisions
IEP: The Team
IEP: The Components
IEP: Special Factors
Avoiding Special Education Landmines
Breakthroughs: How to Reach Students with Autism (Book)
Straight Talk About Autism
One-on-One: Working with Low-Functioning Children with Autism &
Other Developmental Disabilities (Book)
Educating Peter
Max’s World: A Story of ADHD
The Guidance Club for Kids Series
Kid’s Guide to Coping with ADHD
20 Helpful Tips for Hyperactive Kids
Classroom Accommodations for Dyslexic Students
Dyslexia- Disabled or Different
How the Special Needs Brain Learns
Learning Disabilities and Social Skills
Determining Section 504 Disability- A Guide for Staff Training
When the Chips are Down- Strategies for Improving Children’s
Behavior (Book)
Managing Non-Compliance: Effective Strategies for K-12 Teachers
Defusing Anger and Aggression
What’s Happened to Discipline?
Room Arrangement as a Teaching Strategy
Safe at School Series:
Drug Intervention Strategies
Blood, Chemicals and Other Dangers
Weapons at School
Stopping Teasing and Harassment
Developing a Crisis Plan
Protecting Teachers and Staff
Getting to School Safely
Improving the School Climate
Preventing Fights
Reacting to Rumors and Threats
Managing Threats- A School-wide Action Plan
Violence Prevention: Bullying Isn’t for Hummers Either
Hurting on the Inside: Girls and Bullying
Carl: The Ultimate Price of Bullying and Teasing
It’s Not Funny! Teasing is a real Bummer for Everyone
Picking Off our Kids 1 at a Time
Raising Kids in Troubled Times Series:
School Behavior
Temper Tantrums
Educational Video Network Series:
Teenage Sexual Harassment
Bullying, Fear and Depression
Pathological Behaviors: Lying, Stealing and Sex
Why Abstinence?
Stay in School: Top Reasons not to be a Dropout
Teenage Emotional Harassment
Inbox (Cyber Bullying)
Waking up From Dope
Eating Disorders… Real Life Teens
A Meeting at The Crossroads- Straight Talk about Substance Abuse
Scientific Method
The Lesson Collection: Measuring Area (Middle School
Interactive Writing (Middle School)
The Lesson Collection: Algebra I (High School)
Algebra II (High School)
Pre-calculus (High School)
Concept Definition Map (High School)
Science (High School)
SAT Prep (Lessons 1-6) DVD
SAT I
Job Skills Video Series
Necessary Skills for the Workplace
Interview Tips from a Recruiter
The Rules of Work
Business Basics: What’s Next
Make a Good First Impression (DVD)
Parents as Tutors
Active Parenting of Teens Series
Your Teen’s Success Cycle
Sidestepping the Power Struggle
Effective Discipline
Active Communication
The Magic of Family Meetings
Active Parenting Series
Effective Discipline
Sidestepping the Power Struggle
The Magic of Family Meetings
Success with Parents Series
Turning Parents Into Partners
Confident Parent Conferences
Positive Solutions to Difficult Situations with Parents
Active Parenting Today Series
What’s Your Parenting Style?
Your Child’s Success Cycle
Active Communication
By Parents, For Parents
Winning At Parenting
Basic Parenting Skills
Ready for Life Series
Families of All Shapes
The Basics of Day Care Selection
Pre-School Activities
Children of Single Parents
How to Stop Enabling and Start Empowering Kids
How to Set Limits for Kids
Parents Can Motivate Children
Parents Can Read with Children
The Parent Institute: Teachers’ Learning Secrets to Use at Home
Ways Busy Parents Can Help Children Succeed in School
How to Work With Your Child’s Teacher
Parents Are Teachers, Too!
What to Do If Your Child is Having a Problem in School
It’s Never Too Late To Get Involved
Parents… Can Help Children Learn
Can Build Responsibility in Children
Can Motivate Children
Can Build Children’s Self-Esteem
Can Talk and Listen to Children
Can Read with Children
Dropping Out: Don’t Let Your Child be Next
Keeping Your Child in School… and Out of Gangs
Families Talk About… Fathers Matter
Wise Words on Discipline
Spanking: What to do Instead
Say NO and Keep Your Friends
Drugs and Alcohol Parts 1 and 2
Drinking and Driving
Just Call Me Crash
Party Drugs
Tobacco Road
Truth About Tobacco
Sex Has a Price Tag
Take a Look in the Mirror (For Girls Only)
Educators Take Action: An Introduction to Personal Safety
The Teacher’s Role in Personal Safety
Dealing With Disclosures
A Curriculum Review
A Visit to a Freshman Advisory Program
A Visit to a Classroom of English Language Learners
Ready To Learn: I Am Your Child
Childsafe Video Library: Making Your Home Childsafe
Children In Charge (Kids Alone at Home)
Safety for All: A Child Passenger Safety Video
Begin With Love: Tools for Shaping Children’s Lives
Students At Risk: Teaching Strategies for Students Who Have A Low Motivation
To Learn
Teaching Strategies for Students With Poor Work Habits, Poor
Study Skills, and a Poor Testing History
Teaching Strategies for Students with Language Deficits
Conferencing with Students and Parents: Ways to Win When You are Talking
With Students
The Art of Building and Maintaining
Relationships with Parents
Throughout the School Term
Setting the Stage for Great
Conferences
How to Talk with Parents in the
Informal Conference
Embracing Play: Teaching your Child with Autism
Discipline Techniques You can Master in a Minute Series-DVD
Discipline Video Series-DVD
The ABC’s of Bullying Prevention- DVD and Book
VIDEO AND DISCUSSION PROGRAMS
Shared Learning: A Parent Involvement Program for Secondary Schools
Parents on Board: Building Academic Success Through Parent Involvement
Children In The Middle
The Parent Connection
Active Parenting Today (Parents of 2-12 year olds)
Parents! Parenting Children Ages 1-4
SOS! Help for Parents
Positive Parent Involvement Kit
Active Parenting of Teens: Video/Discussion Program
Raising Children in Troubled Times
Right from Birth: A Parenting Series
Parenting Skills that Work: Keeping Peace at Home
Good Discipline, Good Kids
Bus Discipline: A Positive Approach
Essential Elementary Issues: Courteous in the Classroom (Grades 3-6)
Real People: Dealing with Loss, Death and Grief (Grades 5-9)
The Rumor Mill: How Do You Know It’s True? (Grades 5-9)
Gossiping, Taunting, Bullying: It’s All Harassment (Grades 5-9)
Bullied: How to Handle Your Anger (Grades 5-9)
Sticks and Stones: Let’s Talk About Teasing (Elementary)
Angry? Ten Ways to Cool Off
Managing Problem Behavior
The Good Conduct Action Pack
Communication Skills on the Job (Grades 7-12)
TEACHER TRAINING MATERIALS
Classroom Management That Works
Sharing Rules and Procedures
Developing Relationships
Fostering Student Self-Management
What Works in Schools
School Factors
Teacher Factors
Student Factors
Examining Student Work
Improving Student Learning
The Tuning Protocol
Standards in Practice
Collaborative Analysis of Student Learning
Educating Everybody’s Children
Attitudes and Beliefs
Capitalizing on Students’ Strengths
Matching Instructional Methods to Students’ Instructional Needs
Increasing Interest, Motivation and Engagement
Creating Varied Learning Configurations
Making Connections for Understanding
The Child-Centered Classroom
Creating and Managing
Guided Reading
Making School Improvement Happen with What Works in Schools
Teacher Level
Student Level
School Level
Motivation: The Keys to Success in Teaching and Learning
Motivationally Anchored Classrooms
Motivationally Anchored Schools
The Effective Teacher Video Series (Wang)
The Effective Teacher
The First Days of School
Discipline and Procedures
Procedures and Routines
Cooperative Learning and Culture
Lesson Mastery
The Professional Educator
Positive Expectations
How to be an Effective Teacher: The First Days of School
The Brain and Learning
New Knowledge and Understanding
Classroom Applications
Changing Schools to Reflect New Knowledge
What Parents Need to Know
Teaching for Understanding
Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities in the Regular Classroom
Adjusting for Learner Needs
Using Learning Strategies
Making Assessment Accommodations
Making Inclusion More Successful (Grades K-6)
The LRE Continuum: Appropriate Placement Decision Under the IDEA and
NCLB
Reading in the Content Area
Pre-reading Strategies
During Reading Strategies
Post-reading Strategies
ADHD, Aspergers, OCD and Tourette
ADHD & LD Powerful Teaching Strategies and Accommodations
Sensory Challenges and Answers (Dr. Temple Grandin)
Aspergers’s Syndrome
The Out-of-Sync Child-Recognizing & Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Getting Kids in Sync
The Social Response Pyramid
Depression
The Jason Foundation- A Youth Suicide Prevention Curriculum
Toolkit For Success
For Safekeeping (Autism Educational Video)
The Power of RTI: Classroom Management Strategies (K-6)
RTI Tackles Reading
Getting Ready for RTI: Staff Training on Key Principles
BOOKS
Guided Discussions for Developing Character
Teaching Character…It’s Elementary
Character Education in America’s Schools
Character Under Construction
Advisor/Advisee Character Education
The First Class Character Education Activities Program
Character Building Activities for Kids
Character Builders
Responsibility and Trustworthiness
Positive Attitudes and Peacemaking
Respect for Self and Others
Caring and Capable Kids
The Best Self-Esteem Activities for the Elementary Grades
Building Self-Esteem Through the Museum of I
The Four Conditions of Self-Esteem
TWEENS
All About Me
Understanding Me
Developmental Classroom Guidance Activities
The Tough Kid Book
He Hit Me Back First!
Getting Along
With All Due Respect
Before You Can Discipline
Breaking Down the Wall of Anger (5th-8th Grade)
Student Behavior: Intervention and Prevention Strategies that Work
The Teacher’s Guide to Behavioral Interventions
Teaching Self-Discipline
Discipline Strategies That Make A Difference in Teaching and Learning
Creating Positive Support Groups for At-Risk Children
Tough to Reach; Tough to Teach Students with Behavior Problems
Helping Kids Make Wise Choices and Reduce Risky Behavior
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Disruptive, Defiant, or Difficult
Behaviors (K-12)
Disability is Natural-Revolutionary Common Sense for Raising Successful
Children with Disabilties
What Works! Effective Techniques for Behavior Problems and Explosive Children
Behavioral Intervention Planning
Functional Assessments
Functional Assessment of Academic Behavior
One Minute Academic Functional Assessment and Interventions
Counseling Underachievers
Activities for Counseling Underachievers
Lessons In Tolerance and Diversity
Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt
Activities and Songs for Healing and Support
The Think Time Strategy for Schools-Bringing Order to the Classroom
Best and Promising Practices
Ideas for Inclusion
Inclusion in Secondary Schools
Practical Strategies for Including High School Students with Behavioral
Disabilities
Toward Successful Inclusion of Students with Disabilities:
The Architecture of Instruction
Adapting Reading and Math Materials for the Inclusive Classroom
Adapting Language Arts, Social Studies and Science Materials for the
Inclusive Classroom
Inclusive Programming for Middle School Students with Autism/Asperger’s
Syndrome
The Mom’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome
The Asperger Plus Child
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders
A Treasure Chest of Behavioral Strategies for Individuals with Autism
Strategies for Organization
Autism A Social Skills Approach for Children and Adolescents
Asperger Download A Guide to Help Teenage Males with Asperger
Syndrome Trouble-Shoot Life’s Challenges
The Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS) for Individuals with
Asperger Syndrome, Autism, and Related Disabilities
Starting Points The Basics of Understanding and Supporting Children and Youth
with Asperger Syndrome
All About Autism (Straight A A A’s)
Educating Children with Autism
Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
Asperger Syndrome What Teachers Need to Know
Asperger Syndrome and the Elementary School Experience
Pirates
With Open Arms
Learning with a Visual Brain in an Auditory World
Building Social Relationships
Inclusive Programming for Elementary Students with Autism
Teaching and Working with Children Who Have Emotional and Behavioral
Challenges
ADD and the Law: 2nd Edition
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with ADHD-Preschool through
Grade 4
Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with ADHD- Grades 5-12.
How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD
The Attention Deficit Disorders Intervention Manual
The Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders
Resourcing: Handbook for Special Education Resource Teachers
Survival Guide for the First-Year Special Education Teacher
The LD Teacher’s IDEA Companion
Co-Teaching Students with Autism (K-5)
Breakthroughs: How to Reach Students with Autism
KidTips- Study Strategies for Students with Learning Differences
Differentiated Instruction Guide for Inclusive Teaching
A Guide to Co-Teaching- Practical Tips for Facilitating Student Learning
Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom- Ways to
Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students to Achieve Proficiency with
Required Standards
Teaching Literacy to Students with Significant Disabilities
The Special Educator’s Guide to Collaboration-improving Relationships with CoTeachers, Teams and Families
Choosing Outcomes and Accommodations for Children
Understanding My Differences
Using Assistive Technology to Meet Literacy Standards
ADHD: Kids with Incredible Potential
Testing Kids with Disabilities
Students with Special Needs
Making Inclusion Work
Making Inclusion Work Effective Practices for ALL Teachers
Aligning IEPs to Academic Standards
The Power of 2: Making a Difference Through Co-Teaching
AD/HD. What it is. What it isn’t. What to do.
Guide to Writing IEPs.
Practical Strategies for Middle School Inclusion
Adapting Curriculum for Inclusive Classrooms
Powerful Classroom Management Strategies
Positive Classroom Management
Connecting with Students
Dimensions of Learning
Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment (K-12)
How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding the Needs of All Learners
Differentiated Instruction: Difference Strategies for Different Learners (K-8)
Differentiating Textbooks
Differentiating Instruction
Skill-streaming In Early Childhood
Professional Development: Learning from the Best
Dilemmas in Professional Development
Standards for Staff Development
Teachers Who Learn: Kids Who Achieve
Tracking Your School’s Success
Handbook for Qualities of Effective Teachers
Stress Management for Educators
Creative Ideas for Teaching Exceptional Children
Mississippi Mental Health and the Law- 2002
From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black and Hispanic Students
Continuing to Learn: A Guidebook for Teacher Development
Teaching for Diversity
Discipline, Achievement and Mental Health
Teaching with the Brain in Mind
Brain Matters: Translating Research Into Classroom Practice
Great Teaching in the One Computer Classroom
Reaching Out to Today’s Kids
No Disposable Kids
Life Centered Career Education: A Competency Based Approach
Life Centered Career Education: Modified Curriculum for Individual With
Moderate Disabilities
Gifted Education: Promising Practices
Coping With Crisis: Lesson Learned
The Best Web Sites for Teachers
The Do’s and Don’ts of Parental Involvement
Letters to Parents
Pass-Along Papers
Homework Partners: Parent Tutoring Tactics
TIPS: Pamphlets for Parents
Is It ADHD or Pediatric Bipolar?
Parents On Your Side
Parents On Your Side 2nd Edition
Lee Canter’s Parents on Your Side Resource Materials Workbook
The Power of Positive Parenting
76 Ways to Involve Parents
176 Ways to Involve Parents
Family Literacy: Parents as Partners
Building Communication Partnerships with Parents
No Child Left Behind: A Toolkit for Teachers (2004)
Learning for Life (Grades 2-6)
COMMON CORE MATERIALS
The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded: Grades K-2
By Sharon Taberski with Jim Burke
The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded: Grade 3-5
By Leslie Blauman with Jim Burke
The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded: Grades 6-8
By Jim Burke
The Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded: Grades 9-12
By Jim Burke
Can Do! Reading Game –Phonics Grades 1-2
Can Do! Reading Game- Language Skills Grades 1-2
Can Do! Reading Game- Comprehension Grades 1-2
Pick-a-Question Fiction Comprehension Tub Ages 7+
Sight-Word Tactile Cards Levels 1-3
Quick-Pick Student Activity Cards- Vocabulary Ages 6+
Photo Card Library- Ages 3+ - School
Foods
All About Me
Animals
Around Our Community
ELL MATERIALS
The ESl/ELL Teacher’s Book of Lists
How to Teach English Language Learners
Sight Words Cards
Colors and Shapes Cards
Alphabet Cards
Opposites Cards
Picture Words Cards
Numbers 1-100 Cards
PARENT/TEACHER RESOURCES
Assertive Discipline for Parents
Lee Canter’s Assertive Discipline Parent Resource Guide
8 Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child
Tactics for Improving Parenting Skills
Positive Discipline for Preschoolers
Parenting Your 1-4 Year Old
The School-Savvy Parent
What Kids Need to Know to Succeed
Connect! How to Get Your Kids to Talk to You
Positive Discipline A-Z
Time Out- A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Active Parenting Today- The Basics
Helping Your Child Succeed in School (4-14 year olds)
Active Parenting of Teens- The Basics
ROPES- A Parent-to-Parent Mentoring Program
How to Read with Your Children- Parent/Caregiver Guide
Teach a Child To Read with Children’s Books
Homework Without Tears
Traits of a Healthy Family
50 Ways to Bring Out the Smarts in Your Kid
Parents are Teachers, Too
Who Says Homework Can’t Be Fun?
Together We Succeed
Speak Up for Health: A Handbook for Parents
Activity Schedules for Children With Autism
About Dyslexia
Teaching the Dyslexic Child
Nobody’s Perfect…Everybody’s Special
Attention Deficit Disorders and Learning Disabilities
Beyond the Rainbow
Behavioral Interventions for Young Children With Autism
Reaching Out, Joining In (Teaching Social Skills to Children With Autism)
How Many Days Until Tomorrow?
Zipper, the Kid with ADHD
Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception
Succeeding In College with Attention Deficit Disorders
Children With Facial Differences
That’s My Child: Strategies for Parents of Children With Disabilities
Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister With Special Needs
The Child Who Never Grew
We Are Family (Tolerance and Diversity)
MCT/SATP STUDY GUIDES
FLIPCHARTS
The ABC’s of Smoking
Smokeless Tobacco
Dangers of Drugs
Dangers of Alcohol