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Spellbound : My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith. by Hanley, Phil.;
In 'Spellbound', A-list comedian Phil Hanley tells the story of his unlikely path to success while struggling with severe dyslexia. Hanley shows us that dyslexia can be a huge challenge, but having it does not spell certain condemnation. Just the opposite: dyslexia has been more than a blessing in his life - its been his north star. Hanley is originally from Vancouver, BC.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; EDUCATION / Special Education / Learning Disabilities; HUMOR / Form / Essays; HUMOR / General;
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School success for kids with emotional and behavioral disorders / by Davis, Michelle R.(Michelle Renee),1972-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-291) and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Problem children; Emotional problems of children.; Behavior disorders in children.; Special education.; Teaching.;
© c2011., Prufrock Press,
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Social skills activities for special children / by Mannix, Darlene.;
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Subjects: Developmentally disabled children; Developmentally disabled children; Life skills; Social skills;
© c2009., Jossey-Bass,
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No one wins alone : a memoir / by Messier, Mark,1961-author.; Roberts, Jimmy,1957-author.;
For the first time, legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier tells the story of his life and career, from growing up the son of a hockey player, coach, and special education teacher, to building an Edmonton Oilers dynasty with Wayne Gretzky. He also shares the advice he got from the leaders who had the greatest influence on him, and the hard-won lessons from the pivotal successes - and sometimes failures - of his career. Messier is from St. Albert, AB.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Messier, Mark, 1961-; Hockey players;
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Eunice : the Kennedy who changed the world / by McNamara, Eileen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Examines the life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens, and her role as founder of the Special Olympics.
Subjects: Biographies.; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969; Kennedy family.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); Special Olympics, Inc.; Women philanthropists; Philanthropists; Presidents;
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Jesus camp [videorecording (DVD)] / by Ewing, Heidi E.; Grady, Rachel.; Mongrel Media;
Examines an evangelical Christian summer camp for children in North Dakota.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital stereo.AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival 2006, Sterling Feature Grand Jury Award ; Tribeca Film Festival 2006, Special Jury Award.
Subjects: Christian education of children; Church camps; Documentary films; Evangelists; Religious camps.;
© c2007., Distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media,
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Navigating autism : 9 mindsets for helping kids on the spectrum / by Grandin, Temple,author.; Moore, Debra(Psychologist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum. International best-selling writer and autist Temple Grandin joins psychologist Debra Moore in presenting nine strengths-based mindsets necessary to successfully work with young people on the autism spectrum. Examples and stories bring the approaches to life, and detailed suggestions and checklists help readers put them to practical use. Temple Grandin shares personal experiences and anecdotes from the thousands of parents and professionals who have sought her advice, while Debra Moore draws on more than three decades of work as a psychologist with kids on the spectrum and those who love and care for them. So many people support the lives of these kids, and this book is for all of them: teachers; special education staff; mental health clinicians; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; parents; and anyone interacting with autistic children or teens. Readers will come away with new, empowering mindsets they can apply to develop the full potential of every child"--
Subjects: Autistic children; Autistic children.; Parents of autistic children.; Social work with children with mental disabilities.;
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Won't back down [videorecording] / by Barnz, Daniel,1966-; Davis, Viola,1965-; Gyllenhaal, Maggie,1977-; Hunter, Holly,1958-; Isaac, Oscar.; Perez, Rosie.; Rhames, Ving,1961-; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Walden Media.;
Music by Marcelo Zarvos ; cinematography, Roman Osin ; edited by Kristina Boden.Viola Davis, Holly Hunter, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oscar Isaac, Rosie Perez, Ving Rhames.Frustrated by her dyslexic daughter's struggles at a failing inner-city school, Jamie Fitzpatrick tries to enroll her somewhere else. When this fails, Jamie recruits a disillusioned but caring teacher to try to fix the broken school.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Female friendship; Mothers and daughters; Teacher-student relationships; Urban schools; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2013., 20th Century Fox,
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Beautiful country : a memoir / by Wang, Qian Julie,1987-author.;
"An incandescent and heartrending memoir about Qian Julie Wang's five years living undocumented after immigrating with her parents from China to New York City in 1994. In Chinese the word for the United States, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country," but when seven-year-old Qian is plucked from her warm and happy childhood surrounded by extended family in China, she finds a world of crushing fear and poverty instead. Unable to speak English at first, Qian is isolated and disregarded, put into special education classes because she doesn't speak the language and humiliated by teachers and classmates when she struggles to pay attention because of hunger or exhaustion. She encounters racism, and people of other races, for the first time, shocked at where her family fits in comparison to their status as educated elites in China. After school she works shifts alongside her mother in Chinatown sweatshops. There is so much about Qian's new home that doesn't make sense, but the rules of survival are drilled into her head: If you see a policeman, you must run in the other direction. If anyone asks--or even if they don't--you tell them you were born here. Do as you're told or we could be separated forever. Understanding impliclity the toll this has taken on her parents, Qian tries desperately to cheer them up and mediate their increasingly heated arguments, certain that if she is good enough, she can hold the family together. In remarkable, unsentimental prose Wang channels her childhood perspective, illuminating the cruelty and indignity of America's immigration system, while also crafting a narrative of resilience from her family's small moments of joy: their first slice of pizza, "shopping days" when the family would unearth unlikely treasures in Brooklyn's trash, and the necessary escape she found in books at the local library. Searing and unforgettable, Beautiful Country is an essential book about the cost of making a home in a hostile land from an astonishing new talent"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-; Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-; Chinese Americans; Illegal aliens; Immigrants;
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An inconvenient truth [videorecording (DVD)] : a global warning / by Brook, Michael; Gore, Albert,1948-; Guggenheim, Davis.; Paramount Pictures Corporation;
Editors, Jay Lash Cassidy, Dan Swietlik ; music, Michael Brook.Host, Al Gore.A passionate and inspiring look at former Vice President Al Gore's campaign to expose the myths and misconceptions of global warming, and to create public awareness on the subject.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD; region 1; widescreen.
Subjects: Global warming; Global warming; Global warming; Risk perception.;
© c2006., Paramount Pictures,
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