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Good reference for teachers in dealing with students with mild disabilities. Explanations and case studies presented. Very helpful for those taking the ABCTE in compliance with the No Child Left Behind.

I teach college theatre and am always looking for new material appropriate and challenging for my students. This play is that. It could also be appropriate for an open minded community theatre, too. There is some strong language. Could be cut. It has 5 roles that will strech my actors' craft. Mary, the lead female, needs to sing. I'm sure it will keep the attention of a 20 something or older audience. The set and costumes are simple. Easy to produce. It is one of the plays I'm considering of a One Act Festival in the Spring. Well done, Mr. Bell.

I was sceptical, but the story, imagery and laguage stays with you. One moment you're laughing inappropertly and the next, especially near the end, you're are hit hard with emotion. It is funny and erie in a very real, non-sitcom way. I would love to see it on stage. There is a mythic quality to the situatiom. The strong Female role is another plus.

This book should be the basis for all further research in the area of music therapy. I have sincerely never read a better work than this one on music therapy. Excellent theoretical background information and well-explained.

Some of the articles I was able to read quite easily, however, I had difficulty with most of the articles from British/European authors -- their theoretical background, if I'm not mistaken, seems to be in the Freudian/depth psychology area, or at least, schools of psychology with which I am not familiar -- my theoretical knowledge of psychology lies more in the various schools of psychology from the US.

Being a parent, I would never want any intervention that will be used on my son to be foreign to me. I like to be an active and knowledgable participant whenever we are adjusting his curriculum, or behavior plans. I find this book to be an ongoing resource for me and it is reffered to at many team meetings.It is an easy read...and I like the TESTS that follow each chapter .. I have a clearer understanding on how to CREATE and DESIGN an EFFECTIVE behavior plan. This book has fed my confidence level when I am involved in a conversation or meeting about behavior plans on diminishing inappropriate/maladaptive behaviors(unfortunatley for me, the wonderful examples they used in the book did not pertain to my struggles with my son on his verbal /vocal perseverations..so anyone out there..Mr Foxx perhaps(?) consider writing a book on combating one of the MOST challenging beahviors the vocal perseveration..thanks :) ) . Thank you to the author of this book.It is a wonderful read!

Richard Foxx's two volume set, Increasing and Decreasing Behaviors... was one of my first introductions to Applied Behavior Analysis, and I still come back to them often. They are written in an easy to read and understandable style. The author is one of the best there is in this field, and it shows in his writing. He knows his subject matter, and he knows how to teach it. Keep this set for the shelves, you won't outgrow them.

Although Dr. Beisser has been quoted in many books that deal with polio survival, he is firstly and foremostly a psychiatrist. This memoir ignores the human experience of polio to focus on psychiatric analysis of survival. It's a tough slog through the swamp of psycho-speak.

I'll keep it simple.....
I'm a physically challenged man. I had polio as a young man. I've had and still have a very rich full life...
I've learned through my life'experiences that we can all fly without wings... If we dare to fly...............
..... as if you could kill time.. without injuring eternity**
Sincerely,
JC

This book is a sociological overview of the variety of family types found throughout the world. It describes cultures that practice polyandry (exemplified by the Toda of South India), cultures that practice polygamy (exemplified by the Baganda of Uganda), matrilineal cultures (exemplified by the Hopi of Arizona), patriarchal cultures (exemplified by the Chinese), and cultures with minimal families (exemplified by the kibbutz culture of Israel). For each of these cultures, a detailed description is provided that includes information about family organization, kinship orientation and terminology, mate selection, responsibilities and typical practices of family members at different stages of life (birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age), family controls, division of the family, and functions of the family. The descriptions are based on published anthropological accounts of the cultures in question, and specific details are cited with endnotes that appear following each chapter. The parallel organization of the first five chapters facilitates easy comparison of each feature across the different cultures.

The second part of the book attempts to explore contemporary (1950s in the 3rd ed) American families by seeking historical roots of family traditions. The authors implicitly assume a Classical Western Civilization source of American family traditions and present a linear history that goes from colonial families to British families, to families of the Roman empire, to early Christian families, and ultimately back to Hebrew families. To me, this part of the book sounds a bit of a stretch, and a closed-minded one at that. I don't think cultural traditions work in such a closed, linear way. I would guess that American families probably have some things in common with other heterogeneous cultures of immigrants, like those found in Israel, Brazil, or New Zealand, in that ties with ancestors and extended family were severed with emigration from the home countries, and may not have been rebuilt by later generations. In addition, certainly Slavic, Spanish and Muslim, and Scandinavian family traditions must all have played some role in creating the culture of the contemporary American family, a role that certainly equaled that contributed by the early Roman or Hebrew cultures. The book closes with a chapter on the American "Negro" family, which highlights some reasons why family traditions in African American families can be so very different from European American (WASP) families.

Overall, I found the book somewhat informative and occasionally even interesting. In places, it seemed that the book focused a bit too much on mating customs and wedding traditions, and didn't delve into the more important questions such as "What is a family in this culture?" or "How do the children view their families in this culture?" In order to facilitate the discussion, the focus is on the ideal family in each culture, such as a family with a patriarch and 3 or 4 generations living under one roof. What doesn't receive enough discussion is what happens when the patriarch passes away, since although this doesn't meet the ideal for family composition in the culture, it certainly happens within every family, and everyone in the culture at some point is going to live in a broken family. How do they manage then? The authors brush these questions aside, providing at most a paragraph or two about divorce for each culture. Despite these shortcomings, for a cross-cultural overview of family traditions that is accessible to the general reader, this book may nevertheless prove adequate.

I used this book as a supplement to my upper division course, The Psychology of Marriage & Family, which I taught for about 7 or so years. I assigned five chapters and encouraged reading the whole book.

There is no other text that I know of like this and it gives a perspective which is extremely valuable for understanding functions and changes in marriage.

There are so many forms to marriage and family historically and culturally that obviously no one book could survey them all. But this one does an excellent job of giving a taste of the complexity, especially concentrating on those antecedent influences on the American (and much of the Canadian) heritage. But it also gives some other examples for contrast, (e.g., the Chinese, etc.), that are not part of the usual heritage.

The book has chapters on the families of the polyandrous Toda; matrilieal Hopi; traditional Chinese; the Kibbutz; ancient Hebrews; ancient and later Romans; early Christians;Anglo-Saxons; Medieval English; colonial American; modern American; contemporary Black; and Mexican-American to name all but three or four chapters.

While written from a socioloigical point of view, anthropologists, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and many other students of marriage and family will find it a rich treasure. Most chapters are heavily footnoted so there are ready references to other sources.

I still look up things in my copy or reread chapters and it's a shame this book is no lonmger in print. Fortunately, there are a number of cheap used copies available and I sometimes order one or two to give as gifts to friends interested in the area. I'm sorry that I've not posted a review earlier. (If you do a Google on the title, you'll see this text is still being used in several upper division courses in the US and Canada.)

I don't know what earlier editions are like (I think the first edition was published in 1952!) but I suggest anything from the fourth edition (1974; 460 pp.) on will be valuable. As I recall, the edition in which Jill Quadagno joined the original two authors resulted in a somewhat easier reading book; I'm not sure if the book was shortened at all with her addition.

I've used this book in teaching a college class of the same matter. It is easy to present as well as follow. The examples and situations are practical and helpful. The material is concise and accurate in addressing the needs and concerns at the secondary level. I will continue to use this book in my class.

This textbook is user friendly. The sections flow in a sequential order, and the language used is easy to follow. The information is in-depth, and there are a lot of good resources listed in the text. Of all the special education textbooks I've used, this is one of the best.

This book was required reading in a grad class. This is a class that is made up of all professional educators. I found the book really helpful and know that it contains accurate information that is helpful to someone who is learning about diversity, co-teaching, different levels of disabilities. Those of us who are Special Educators found it easy reading and the others think it is a good text book as well. Lots of basics that are valuable to teacher in general education and SPED as well.

This book has been a great resource to use while I am teaching at the high school level.

According to research, individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities are the fastest growing population needing rehabilitation services. The techniques and approaches that work with most populations are usually ineffective for these individuals. Wide spread application of the information in this book could change outcomes and turn around the lives of many LD and ADD clients; people who will otherwise flounder throughout their working years.

This textbook is a very good source if you are or plan to work with this population. It provides good insights for someone not too familiar with working with the Learning Disabled. The material is presented in a very straight forward style. The book is divided between the case study approach and this is preceded by a guide to the "definitions", terms and characteristics that apply the clients. Everything that impacts on the employability of this population. Assessment tools are also discussed.

Do you play a musical Instrument but are struggling to learn how to read musical notation? That was the case with my daughter and myself for that matter, (But I don't play an instrument yet) After a year and a half of playing the Harp my daughter couldn't figure out the Theory part. It didn't hit me until I realized that after my helping her for the past 1 1/2 yrs. that I couldn't "get it" either. After searching the Internet for hours and hours I came to the conclusion that we both have Dyslexic Tendencies. This is the only Book that I could find on the subject. If you play an Instrument and you have difficulty learning to read music this Book has a lot of answers.

Here is the Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - The Manifestations of Dyslexia, its biological bases, and its effects on daily living.
Chapter 2- how dyslexia can affect musicians
Chapter 3- Dyslexia and musical development
Chapter 4 through 19- Personal stories about Dyslexic Musicians
Chapter 20- a multi-sensory approach to the teaching of musical notation.
Chapter 21- Gathering the threads
Appendix I- Recognizing the dyslexic child-notes for parents and teachers.
Appendix II- Checklist of dyslexic symptoms in adults.

I feel the first 4 chapters alone are worth getting the book for. Having someone explain Their Theory on Music and Dyslexia in a nutshell was very enlightening.
In Chapter 20- The Author has developed a method he calls 'Colour Staff' for learning to read Music. Interestingly enough I have developed my own variation of the same idea with using color.

After reading his idea and comparing it to mine, I like mine better. I created a 'Grand Staff' on a Word Processor and using Colored Notes I have been writing Music "In Color" for 6 Months. And guess what, IT WORKED! My daughter can read music now, and no longer has to memorize the songs she learns. I'm considering writing some sort of booklet on My Colored Notes Theory, and possibly a Web Site in the future...I hope this information helps you in your search for finding new ways of Learning to read Music. ....

I was hoping this book would explain methods through which musicians are able to overcome their learning issues. Mainly a group of case studies, this book offers hope and inspiration to those who struggle in understanding and applying music theory and technique. However, the book was short on strategies and specifics in explaining how to "open new doors."