The need for teachers who have both the knowledge and the skills to teach students in special education, especially students who are emergent bilinguals, is more critical today than ever before. Assumptions about the assurances outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) have led to practices that have limited the scope of opportunities for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students with disabilities. This book examines the intent of special education polic...

This comprehensive account of bilingualism examines the importance of using students’ native languages as a tool for supporting higher levels of learning. The authors highlight the social, linguistic, neuro-cognitive, and academic advantages of bilingualism, as well as the challenges faced by English language learners and their teachers in schools across the United States. They describe effective strategies for using native languages, even when the teacher lacks proficiency in a lang...

This innovative STEAM guide will help general and special education teachers to increase effective instruction with adolescents (grades 5–10). The authors show teachers how to link STEM concepts with popular fiction and film selections as a catalyst to launch student interactions, discussions, projects, and investigations. This approach will promote problem solving and reasoning skills by initiating the scientific process, rather than simply presenting established facts. The book includes ...

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into person-centered interventions that improve lives. Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensiv...

Phoenix Warriors: Rising From the Ashes of Domestic ViolenceStories of Courage, Survival, and the Unbreakable Spirit of Those Who Refused to Be SilencedPhoenix Warriors is a powerful compilation of true stories from survivors of domestic violence who refused to let abuse define them. Written with unflinching honesty, each account reveals the journey from fear and isolation to strength, freedom, and self-discovery. These stories shed light on the e...

This anthology explores how the Middle East has captured the imaginations of a significant group of Native American poets, most of whom have traveled to the Middle East (broadly defined to include the Arab world, Israel, Turkey, Afghanistan). What qualities of the region drew them there? What did they see? How did their cultural perspectives as Native Americans inform their reactions and insights? Three thematic sections—Place, People, Spirit—feature poems and notes inspired by the poets' ...

EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.As many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, this interdisciplinary volume explores the intersection of sovereign debt and women's human rights.Through contributions from leading voices in academia, civil society, international organizations and national governments, it shows how debt-related economic policies are widening gender inequalities and argues for ...

Grand entretien avec BHL : « Dans la zone grise des idéologues, rien n’est lumineux »Bernard-Henri Lévy pose un regard sur le monde contemporain et sur sa complexité géopolitique. Le philosophe croit en un islam des Lumières sans nier la montée de l’islamisme et d’un antisémitisme d’origine arabo-musulmane.Dossier : Quoi de neuf ? Le diable !→ Les mille visages du diable par Robert KoppQu’il soit réel ou symbolique, le diable hante les arts du ...

Unpapered is a collection of personal narratives by Indigenous writers exploring the meaning and limits of Native American identity beyond its legal margins. Native heritage is neither simple nor always clearly documented, and citizenship is a legal and political matter of sovereign nations determined by such criteria as blood quantum, tribal rolls, or community involvement. Those who claim a Native cultural identity often have family stories of tenuous ties dating back several ge...

Podría ser una segunda oportunidad… El capitán Gabriel Deane había sufrido toda clase de horrores en la guerra, pero no hay peor tortura que ser rechazado por la mujer que se ama. Para Emmaline Mableau no hubo decisión más dolorosa que negarse a ser la esposa de Gabriel. Como su anterior matrimonio con otro soldado había tenido trágicas consecuencias no estaba dispuesta a cometer el mismo error. Dos años después, Emmaline volvía en busca de Gabriel con el corazón en un puño. En esa ocasión...

In the struggles for prison abolition, global anti-imperialism, immigrant rights, affordable housing, environmental justice, fair labor, and more, twenty-first-century Asian American activists are speaking out and standing up to systems of oppression. Creating emancipatory futures requires collective action and reciprocal relationships that are nurtured over time and forged through cross-racial solidarity and intergenerational connections, leading to a range of on-the-ground experiences.