Here are two new additions to our Curriculum Resources Collection that offer valuable information and advice for working with students with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders in the classroom.

Managing the Cycle of Meltdowns for Students with Autism by Geoff Colvin and Martin R. Sheehan is a practical, teacher-friendly handbook to preventing as well as responding to the acting-out behaviors of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) includes detailed procedures for general and special education teachers.  The book pays particular attention to how challenging behaviors of students with ASD are related to the disability, specifically the role of sensory and medical issues.

Educational Interventions for Students with Autism edited by Peter Mundy and Ann M. Mastergeorge is a new title in the Autism for Educators Series, and it provides information from recognized authorities in the field on topics related to the issues and best practices involved in education for autism. For ease of use, the book includes summaries throughout the book, with specific recommendations for classroom use. Topics covered include: autism and its impact on schools; a teacher’s view of autism and the classroom; best practices and challenges of working with students with ASD in the classroom; working with high-functioning autism (HFA) in schools; successful community-school partnerships; and options for teacher training.

Interested in these or other new titles? Look for them on the New Acquisitions Shelf in front of the OISE Library service desk on the ground floor.

Check out these new titles that have been recently added to the OISE Library’s Modern Language Collection (MLC). The MLC contains research and teaching materials in second language education, supporting both the theory and practice of second language teaching.

For students of Modern Greek, The Greek Dictionary & Phrasebook compiled by Aspasia Merkouri will come in handy. It is a concise and compact reference that contains a bilingual dictionary with over 4,000 entries, essential phrases, and phonetic pronunciations for Greek words. It is a useful introduction to the Greek language and alphabet and provides a concise guide to grammar basics and pronunciation.

Studying or teaching Polish? For more in depth language study and instruction, of the Polish language, Polish: And Essential Grammar by Dana Bielec is an easy to use guide to the grammatical structures of the language. The author explains in accessible language the complexities of Polish grammar. This is a second and revised edition and  includes comprehensive descriptions of the parts of speech covered, tables that clearly present information, real life examples, nine appendices, and a new chapter on studying inflected language.

For students and teachers of any language, Games Language People Play by Jerry Steinberg offers over a hundred games to make the hard work of learning a language fun. Games provide a good break from regular grammar and vocabulary lessons. The book includes games for all levels from Beginners to Advanced, as well as games that can be used in a multilevel classroom. The game description indicates the language skill or skills being practiced, the optimal group size, the game’s educational objective, the materials needed to play, a full description of the game, along with additional suggestions, scoring guides and additional handouts.

Interested in these titles? Find them and many other new titles on the New Acquisitions shelves in front of the service desk on the ground floor of the OISE Library.