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Having Hard Conversations

Jennifer Abrams
© 2009, 152 pages, 8.5" x 11"

Speak with clarity, confidence, and courage!

For many educators, confronting a colleague about a work-related issue can be a daunting matter. This insightful book helps educators speak with clarity and courage to directly address difficult situations within their schools.

Having Hard Conversations provides an interactive, personal approach to mastering the art of challenging conversations. The author’s step-by-step strategy addresses a wide range of situations, including communication with supervisees, peers, and supervisors. Emphasizing that initiative and preparation are the keys to a successful conversation, this resource includes:

• Thought-provoking questions and first-person accounts that help educators become more self-aware, effective communicators
• Advice on overcoming personal hesitation about expressing concerns
• Guidance on identifying goals for the conversation and choosing the best "what-where-and-when" for a productive discussion
• Sample scripts and practical tools to help educators prepare for the conversation

By addressing important issues directly and professionally, educators can find self-empowerment and promote an open, healthy school environment.

View sample pages:     Preface     Chapter 1

MR #051650   Having Hard Conversations   Price: $37.95

Time Timer

Make time "visible" to all your students!

Now everyone can recognize time even if they don’t know how to tell time. Easy to operate. Simply pull down the red disc to your desired length of time. Then, as time passes, the red disc portion decreases, always visibly indicating the current amount of time remaining.

Has no annoying ticking or dinging other than an optional audible signal upon completion. Suitable for timing any number of tasks, tests, or activities. Maximum timing interval is 60 minutes.

Made of durable lightweight plastic with safety rounded edges. Suitable for standing on a desk or hanging on a wall. Requires one AA battery (not included). Available in three different sizes of approximately 3”, 8”, and 12” square.

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MR #031373   Time Timer 3" (personal size)   Price: $39.95
MR #031374   Time Timer 8" (regular size)   Price: $44.95
MR #056499   Time Timer 12" (large size)   Price: $49.95

Edmark Reading Program

Second Edition

Widely regarded as the “one that works,” the Edmark Reading Program (ERP) has long helped students who need an alternative to phonics.

The key to this success is the program’s use of a carefully sequenced, highly repetitive word recognition method combined with errorless learning. This approach eliminates incorrect responses and helps students view themselves as readers.

The Edmark Reading Program ensures success to students of all ages who have not yet mastered beginning reading. The print version can be used independently or in combination with the Edmark Reading Program Software.

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MR #054771   ERP Level 1 Complete Program    Price: $729.95
MR #054774   ERP Level 1 Complete Program & Software    Price: $1,299.95

MR #054772   ERP Level 2 Complete Program    Price: $729.95
MR #054775   ERP Level 2 Complete Program & Software    Price: $1,299.95

MR #054770   ERP Levels 1 & 2 Complete Programs    Price: $1,399.95

READING MILESTONES

Fourth Edition

Stephen P. Quigley • Patricia L. McAnally • Susan Rose • Cynthia M. King

An Alternative Reading Program

Widely used with great success as a reading foundation for students with learning disabilities, ESL students, and deaf/hard-of-hearing students.

Reading Milestones is the most popular reading program of its kind. This successful alternative, language-controlled program is designed to take readers to approximately a fifth grade reading level. It is especially effective for students with hearing impairments and language delays and is also widely used with others who have special language and reading needs, including individuals with learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, and English Language Learners (ELL). These students are aided by reading materials designed to match their language levels and which progress in steps small enough to ensure continued success in reading. Success from the beginning of the learning-to-read experience motivates students to read and to continue learning. Reading Milestones accommodates the needs of such learners and has been developed to maximize their opportunities for success.

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MR #055110   RM Level 1 (Red) Complete Package    Price: $469.95
MR #055130   RM Level 2 (Blue) Complete Package    Price: $469.95
MR #055150   RM Level 3 (Yellow) Complete Package    Price: $469.95
MR #055170   RM Level 4 (Green) Complete Package    Price: $469.95
MR #055190   RM Level 5 (Purple) Complete Package    Price: $469.95
MR #055210   RM Level 6 (Orange) Complete Package    Price: $469.95

MR #055060   RM Levels 1, 2, 3 Complete Packages Set    Price: $1,349.95
MR #055061   RM Levels 4, 5, 6 Complete Packages Set    Price: $1,349.95

MR #055100   RM Complete Set of all 6 Level Packages    Price: $2,599.95

ELSB Early Literacy Skills Builder

The Early Literacy Skills Builder (ELSB) program is a research-based, language-rich curriculum for children ages 5 to 10 with moderate to severe developmental disabilities, including autism.

The ELSB program incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. It is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace.

Moe the frog puppet and his corresponding stories make ELSB student friendly. Going beyond using sight words this program relies on systematic phonics instruction.

The goal of ELSB is to develop the skills and behaviors children need to succeed in a standard reading program.

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MR #050175   Early Literacy Skills Builder (Complete Kit)    Price: $799.95

EPACC Explicit Phonemic Alphabetic Connections Curriculum

by Syster Mary Karen Oudeans, Professor of Special Education at Silver Lake College

For students with mild to moderate disabilities in Grades K-6.

EPACC emphasizes fundamental skills that all early readers must master. The curriculum connects sounds in spoken words to letters of the alphabet, systematically and explicitly, to help beginning readers reach skill proficiency benchmarks. EPACC complements your core reading curriculum by making these important connections transparent to students who are at risk of reading difficulties. EPACC focuses on specific skills validated by research: phonemic awareness, alphabetic understanding, and fluency with the alphabetic code.

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MR #053708   EPACC Complete Package    Price: $599.95

Helping Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Make Connections

Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plans in Reading and Writing

Virginia W. Berninger, Ph.D., & Beverly Wolf, M.Ed.

Students in Ginger Berninger’s research studies showed significant improvement in their reading and writing after using these lessons-—now available to teachers for the first time ever in one convenient book! A state-of-the-art set of lesson plans that can be used for differentiated instruction of students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL LD, this book gives teachers of Grades 4–6 a whole school year of specialized group instruction that improves the literacy skills of students who struggle with written language.

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MR #052079   Helping Students with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Make Connections    Price: $79.95

Sounds Like Fun

Activities for Developing Phonological Awareness

Second Edition
Cecile Cyrul Spector, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Q: How do fireflies start a race?
A: Ready, set, glow!

Kids love jokes—and teachers and SLPs love fast and easy ways to improve students’ phonological awareness. That’s why every elementary and middle-school SLP and educator needs this playful, effective activity book, packed with jokes and riddles that increase students’ awareness of the phonemes that make up words. The perfect way to avoid “drill and kill” instruction while still giving children the strong foundation they need to be successful readers.

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MR #053515   Sounds Like Fun    Price: $36.95

FISH Functional Independence Skills Handbook

Assessment and Curriculum for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

William K. Killion

The Functional Independence Skills Handbook, or FISH, is used to assess a person's ability to perform certain functional activities in daily life. It was developed for special education teachers, paraeducators, and parents working with individuals with severe developmental disabilities. The outcome of the program, when successful, is a direct increase in personal independence in those with autism, mental retardation, and related disorders.

FISH contains (a) an assessment instrument that can assist the professional in determining goals for future educational or developmental training programs for a person with developmental disabilities and (b) sample lesson plans with teaching techniques for each item evaluated. The assessment directly relates to the accompanying curriculum.

Although targeted toward people with developmental disabilities, this program would also be beneficial for children in the early grade levels or anyone with cognitive deficits, school-age through adult. It is a criterion-referenced series of 421 tasks. The assessment instrument and lessons are organized according to seven domains: Adaptive Behavior Skills, Affective (or Emotional) Skills, Cognitive Skills, Sensorimotor Skills, Social Skills, Speech and Language Skills, and Vocational Skills.

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MR #031129   FISH Curriuculum and 10 Assessment Booklets    Price: $89.95
MR #031130   FISH Additional Assessment Booklets (10-pack)    Price: $37.95

Differentiating Language Arts Instruction for Students With Special Needs in Inclusive Settings

Grades K-5

Howard G. Sanford, Donald S. Marozas, Erin Lane Marozas, James R. Patton

Aligned with state and national standards,this book was developed to assist K–5 teachers with teaching English/Language Arts content to students with disabilities.

Teachers are provided 90 instructional outlines in the specific skill areas of Reading (word identification, comprehension), Written Expression (prewriting, writing, postwriting), and Oral Language (listening, speaking). The strategies and supports will allow many students with disabilities to participate in the instructional program offered in general education programs, including a greater potential for academic success on statemandated assessments.

This book consists of more than 360 teaching ideas focusing on specific skill areas related to English/Language Arts, as well as a correlated set of 360 specific and varied techniques to provide appropriate instructional differentiation for students with disabilities. In addition, each instructional outline has five recommendations for integrating real-life skills into the academic content covered by the strategies. These suggestions are organized according to five domains:
Career Awareness/Work Related, Home and Family, Leisure Time, Community Living, and Emotional/Physical Health.

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MR #053105   Differentiating Language Arts Instruction for Students With Special Needs in Inclusive Settings    Price: $35.95

Managing ADHD in the K-8 Classroom

A Teacher's Guide

Grad L. Flick

Improve problem behavior in your classroom with these ADHD facts and intervention strategies!

To help teachers gain a better understanding of ADHD, licensed clinical psychologist Grad L. Flick provides clear-cut behavioral intervention strategies for dealing with everything from general behavior challenges to specific issues related to ADHD.

Managing ADHD in the K–8 Classroom offers the latest research-based information about characteristics, assessment, and behaviors associated with ADHD, and provides appropriate options for responding to children’s challenging behavior. This valuable resource features case studies, checklists, graphs, and specific strategies that help general and special education teachers

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MR #052651   Managing ADHD in the K-8 Classroom    Price: $42.95

Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

A guide for Effective Practice

Third Edition
Richard L. Simpson, Brenda Smith Myles

Asperger Syndrome and Higher Functioning Autism is a clearly written resource that succinctly addresses foundational issues related to the characteristics of children and youth with Asperger Syndrome. It describes effective methods that will facilitate the growth and development of children and youth with Asperger Syndrome and higher functioning autism spectrum disorders in home, school, and community settings.

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MR #053789   Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism    Price: $47.95

Self-Regulation for Kids K-12

Strategies for Calming Minds and Behavior

Patricia K. Tollison, Katherine O. Synatschk, Gaea Logan

This informative text about self-regulation is also a step-by-step, practical guide to developing a program for helping children and adolescents. It is a valuable resource for counselors, teachers, school psychologists, and behavior specialists.

Chapters 1–3 provide research-based information regarding the connections between emotional intelligence, somatic experience, emotional regulation, relationships, and the ability to selfregulate. Chapter 4 is a how-to for using somatic interventions. Chapter 5 links the concepts of solution-focused therapeutic approaches to the emotional/somatic concepts. Chapter 6 integrates the theory and literature into a model for use in the schools and mental health settings to help children and adolescents regulate their emotions and behaviors. Vignettes and case examples are included.

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MR #053506   Self-Regulation for Kids K-12    Price: $51.95

Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings

A Teacher's Guide

Dawn M. Denno, M.Ed., Victoria Car, Ed.D., & Susan Hart Bell, Ph.D.

This complete professional development package gives educators the practical help they’ve been waiting for. Taking a “big picture” approach to this critical topic, this book-and-CD set illuminates the diverse influences on challenging behavior—including temperament, preferences, home life, and peer relationships—and arms teachers with the tools they need to create powerful solutions. Building on up-to-date research and their experience in early childhood education, the expert authors show teachers how to improve behavior.

Going beyond the “one size fits all” strategies, this resource empowers teachers to assess their students’ specific needs and choose the solutions that will work best. Educators will get more than 60 tools and worksheets that help them analyze their current practices, collect information about the child’s behavior and temperament, build stronger relationships with parents, and much more. With this hands-on guide to classroom harmony, teachers will provide positive, customized behavior support to young children with and without disabilities—and ensure that all students stay safe, engaged, and ready to learn.

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MR #053103   Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings    Price: $42.95

Assessing Young Children in Inclusive Settings

The Blended Practices Approach

Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Ed.D., & Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph.D., with invited contributors
Foreword by Stephen J. Bagnato, Ed.D., NCSP

To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment—-including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They’ll get the preparation they need with this comprehensive textbook, an in-depth blueprint for high-quality assessment in today’s age of inclusion, standards-based education, and accountability.

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MR #053785   Assessing Young Children in Inclusive Settings    Price: $42.95

Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites

20 Instructional Strategies THat Engage the Brain

Second Edition
Marica L. Tate

How can I improve my students’ retention of what they have learned? For any teacher asking this vital question, the second edition of Marcia L. Tate’s bestseller offers 20 field-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies that maximize memory, engagement, and learning for every student.

Each concise chapter provides an overview of the brain research and learning style theory behind a specific strategy, sample classroom activities that can be used immediately, and an opportunity to reflect on how to apply the strategy in instruction. Teachers will learn how to make their classrooms come alive with active learning techniques

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MR #052666   Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites    Price: $41.95

Cyber Kids, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Balance

Barbara C. Trolley & Constance Hanel

Use technology to boost student learning, improve school climate, and prevent cyber bullying!

Emphasizing prevention, assessment, and intervention as well as evaluation, this concise, proactive guide for busy educators offers techniques for helping today’s tech-savvy students make balanced choices about using technology in ways that can advance learning and significantly reduce cyber bullying while improving school climate.

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MR #052641   Cyber Kids, Cyber Bullying, Cyber Balance    Price: $41.95

Practically Speaking

Language, Literacy, and Academic Development for Students with AAC Needs

Gloria Soto, Ph.D. & Carole Zangaria, Ph.D.

A must-have guide for educators and SLPs who provide communication support, this book answers pressing questions about working with students who use AAC and helps teachers skillfully meet student needs while satisfying the demands of their curriculum. Pre-service and in-service educators and the SLPs who work with them will benefit from this book.

Balancing practical strategies with up-to-date research, this book unlocks language and literacy skills for children who use AAC and lays the groundwork for long-term school and social success.

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MR #051752   Practically Speaking    Price: $49.95

Dual Langugage Development and Disorders

A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language Learning

Second Edition johanne Paradis, Ph.D., Fred Genesee, Ph.D. & Martha B. Crago, Ph.D.

As more and more dual language learners enter the school system, now’s the ideal time for this second edition of the bestselling textbook—essential for preparing SLPs and educators to work with young children who are bilingual or learning a second language.

This comprehensive text takes the popular first edition to the next level, enriching it with 6 years of new research and the latest guidance on best practices. Preservice professionals will get a solid foundation of knowledge to help them.

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MR #053835   Dual Langugage Development and Disorders    Price: $49.95

EOWPVT-4 Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test

Fourth Edition

Ages: 2 through 80+
Testing Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT-4) is an individually administered, norm-referenced assessment of an individual’s English speaking vocabulary. In addition to providing information about how well a person processes language, the test also provides information about the following:
- Speech defects
- Learning disorders
- Auditory processing
- English fluency of a bilingual child
- Auditory–visual–verbal association ability

The EOWPVT–4 now consists of 190 items presented in a developmental sequence (based on the 2010 normative sample) that reflects the concepts with which people currently have experience through home, school, or media. The expanded norms allow use of the test with adults in various diagnostic, rehabilitation, or therapeutic settings. The EOWPVT–4 has been co-normed with the ROWPVT–4 to provide a comprehensive assessment of expressive and receptive vocabulary.

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MR #053660   EOWPVT-4 Complete Kit    Price: $199.95

ROWPVT-4 Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test

Fourth Edition

Ages: 2 through 80+
Testing Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (ROWPVT-4) is an individually administered, norm-referenced assessment of how well a person can match a word that is heard to objects, actions, or concepts presented in full-colour pictures (in a multiple-choice format). The ROWPVT–4 is ideal for use with children who are bilingual, speech impaired, immature and withdrawn, or emotionally and physically impaired. Features additional items for younger children as well as for older adults.

The ROWPVT–4 now consists of 190 items presented in a developmental sequence (based on the 2010 normative sample) that reflects the concepts with which people currently have experience through home, school, or media. The expanded norms allow use of the test with adults in various diagnostic, rehabilitation, or therapeutic settings. The ROWPVT–4 has been co-normed with the EOWPVT–4 to provide a comprehensive assessment of expressive and receptive vocabulary.

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MR #053664   ROWPVT-4 Complete Kit    Price: $199.95

SB-5 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

Fifth Edition

Gale H. Roid

Ages: 2 through 85+
Testing Time: Approx. 5 minutes for each of 10 subtests
Administration: Individual

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth Edition (SB-5) have been widely known as the standard for intelligence measurement since 1916. This collection of 10 subtests, providing Nonverbal, Verbal, and Full Scale IQ scores and other diagnostic indexes, offers highly reliable assessment of intellectual and cognitive abilities, based on a large normative sample of 4,800 individuals, ages 2 to 85+ years. Under the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education and Improvement Act (IDEIA, 2004), the SB–5 provides a comprehensive profile of scores to document the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of children, adolescents, and adults with learning difficulties, delays, and disabilities.

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MR #051942   SB-5 Complete Kit with Interpretive Manual and Software    Price: $1,449.95

Early SB-5 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales for Early Childhood

Fifth Edition

Gale H. Roid

Ages: 2-0 through 7-3
Testing Time: 15 - 50 minutes
Administration: Individual

The applications of Early SB–5 are generally identical to those of SB–5. The primary difference is that Early SB-5 is streamlined for ages 2–5, covering the full range of abilities. However, for ages 6–7, professionals seeking a broad assessment of early intellectual giftedness should instead use the complete SB–5. Early SB–5 may be used to assess intellectual deficiencies, delays, and disabilities; assess developmental delays in the cognitive and language domains; identify developmental disabilities in children with limited English and other expressive language difficulties; plan interventions, including individual family plans and individual education plans; and refer children for more extensive pre-academic and neuropsychological evaluations.

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MR #051924   Early SB-5 Complete Kit with ScoringPro Software    Price: $579.95

UNIT Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test

Bruce A. Bracken & Steve McCallum

Ages: 5-0 through 17-11
Testing Time: 10 - 45 minutes
Administration: Individual

The UNIT is designed to provide a fair assessment of intelligence for individuals who have speech, language, or hearing impairments; have different cultural or language backgrounds; or are verbally uncommunicative. The manual describes studies of the UNIT used with African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, and individuals with limited English proficiency or those who are deaf/hearing impaired. Diagnostic information is provided that is relevant to common educational exceptionalities, including mental retardation, giftedness, and learning disabilities.

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MR #053641   UNIT Complete Test Kit (with case)    Price: $849.95

CAS Das-Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System

Jack A. Naglieri & J.P. Das

Ages: 5-0 through 17-11
Testing Time: 40 - 60 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) is a well-researched, norm-referenced measure of cognitive ability developed to be consistent with well-known PASS theory. The Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) theory is based on cognitive and neuropsychological research. The CAS measures those cognitive processes which are important for differential diagnosis and intervention planning. Importantly, the CAS is fair for minority children. The CAS assesses the “basic psychological processes” used to describe children with specific learning disabilities provided in IDEA 2004.

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MR #050007   CAS Complete Kit (with case)    Price: $1,049.95

DP-3 Developmental Profile

Third Edition

Gerald D. Alpern, Ph.D.

Ages: Birth through 12-11
Testing Time: 20 - 40 minutes
Administration: Individual or group

The Developmental Profile–Third Edition (DP-3) strengthens and updates an instrument already considered the best of its kind. Like previous versions, the new DP–3 evaluates children’s functioning in five key areas. Efficient and accurate, the DP–3 is an excellent way to identify developmental strengths and weaknesses early in a child’s life. Its norm-based standard scores allow you to compare children’s functioning with that of their peers, design interventions that meet their particular needs, and monitor their progress over time.

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MR #050402   DP-3 Complete Kit    Price: $249.95
MR #050403   DP-3 Complete Kit with Scoring and Interpretation CD    Price: $439.95

CAYC Cognitive Assessment of Young Children

M. Beth Langley, Rebecca Fewell, Taddy Maddox

Ages: 2-0 through 5-11
Testing Time: 15 - 30 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Cognitive Assessment of Young Children (CAYC) is a newly developed easy-to-administer screening and assessment tool used to identify children with developmental delays. It is based on the same reliable, successful, theoretical model as the DASI (Developmental Activities Screening Inventory) and DASI-II. This test was normed on 743 demographically representative children.

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MR #053670   CAYC Complete Kit    Price: $649.95

SMALSI School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory

Kathy Chatham Stroud, Ph.D, & Cecil R. Reynolds, Ph.D.

Ages: 8 through 18 years
Testing Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Administration: Individual or group

With the School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory (SMALSI), you can measure the skills related to academic success early in a student’s school career. This allows you to address any weaknesses proactively—rather than waiting for repeated academic failures to determine that a student needs help.

Designed for both special and general education students, this new self-report inventory assesses 10 primary constructs associated with academic motivation, learning strategies, and study habits—7 focusing on student strengths and 3 focusing on student liabilities

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MR #050350   SMALSI Comperehensive Kit (ages 8 to 18)    Price: $279.95

TVMS-3 Test of Visual Motor Skills

Third Edition

Nancy A. Martin, Ph.D.

Ages: 3-0 to 90+ years
Testing Time: 30 - 45 minutes
Administration: Individual or group

The Test of Visual Motor Skills—Third Edition (TVMS-3) assesses how well a person can coordinate visually guided fine-motor movements to copy a design while it is in sight. The TVMS-3 is used to determine whether there are any systematic distortions or gross inaccuracies in the copied design that could be the result of deficits in visual perception, motor planning, and/or execution.

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MR #052222   TVMS-3 Complete Kit    Price: $143.95

TVPS-3 Test of Visual Perceptual Skills

Third Edition

Nancy A. Martin, Ph.D.

Ages: 4-0 through 18-11
Testing Time: 25 minutes
Administration: Individual

Now, just one test covers all of the ages that were previously covered by the two forms of the earlier test (TVPS-R and TVPS-UL-R). The TVPS-3 is used by many professionals, including learning specialists, occupational therapists, optometrists, and rehabilitation specialists.

The TVPS-3 remains an easy to use assessment to determine the visual perceptual strengths and weaknesses of students aged 4-0 through 18-11. Visual perception is an important ability that enables one to make sense out of what is seen (in contrast to visual acuity tests which determine just that something was seen by the individual).

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MR #042848   TVPS-3 Complete Kit    Price: $172.95

MVPT-3 Motor-Free Visual Perception Test

Third Edition

Ronald P. Colarusso & Donald D. Hammill

Ages: 4 through 85 years
Testing Time: 25 minutes
Administration: Individual

The Motor-Free Visual Perception Test (MVPT-3) is appropriate for children and adults ages 4 through 85 years. Designed to assess visual perception without reliance on an individual's motor skills, the MVPT–3 is particularly useful with those who may have learning, cognitive, motor, or physical disabilities. The MVPT–3 can be used for screening as well as diagnostic and research purposes by teachers, psychologists, educational specialists, rehabilitation therapists, and others who need a quick, highly reliable, and valid measure of overall visualperceptual processing ability in children and adults.

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MR #025879   MVPT-3 Complete Kit    Price: $159.95

TAPS-3 Test of Auditory Processing Skills

Third Edition

Nancy A. Martin & Rick Brownell

Ages: 4-0 through 18-11
Testing Time: 1 hour
Administration: Individual

The Test of Auditory Processing Skills (TAPS-3) measures what a person does with what is heard. It represents a very thorough reshaping of the Test of Auditory Perceptual Skills, Revised (previously authored by M. Gardner). The most obvious change is that there are no longer two “levels” of the test — the TAPS-3 offers seamless coverage for ages 4 through 18 years. It is designed to be used by speech-language pathologists, audiologists, school psychologists, and other testing professionals.

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MR #035126   TAPS-3 Complete Kit    Price: $169.95

SPM Sensory Processing Measure

Ages: 5 through 12 years
Administration Time: 15 to 20 minutes

With the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM), you get a complete picture of children’s sensory functioning at home, at school, and in the community. Recognizing that sensory processing problems often manifest differently in different environments, this set of three integrated rating scales assesses sensory processing, praxis, and social participation in elementary school children. The assessment’s unique multi-environment approach lets you see, for example, why a child who functions well in a highly structured classroom may have problems in a more relaxed setting.

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MR #050342   SPM Comprehensive Kit    Price: $184.95

SPM-P Sensory Processing Measure

Preschool Edition

Ages: 2 through 5 years
Administration Time: 15 to 20 minutes

Now you can identify sensory processing difficulties in children as young as 2 years of age. This new Preschool Edition (SPM-P) of the popular Sensory Processing Measure lets you take an early look at overall sensory functioning as well as specific vulnerabilities that can affect learning.

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MR #053125   SPM-P Preschool Kit    Price: $149.95

ADOS Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule

Catherine Lord, Ph.D., Michael Rutter, M.D., FRS, Pamela C. DiLavore, Ph.D., Susan Risi, Ph.D.

Ages: Toddler to Adult
Testing Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Administration: Individual

This semi-structured assessment can be used to evaluate almost anyone suspected of having autism—from toddlers to adults, from children with no speech to adults who are verbally fluent.

The ADOS consists of various activities that allow you to observe social and communication behaviors related to the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders. These activities provide interesting, standard contexts in which interaction can occur.

The ADOS consists of four modules, each requiring just 35 to 40 minutes to administer. The individual being evaluated is given just one module, depending on his or her expressive language level and chronological age. Following guidance provided in the manual, you select the appropriate module for each person. Module 1 is used with children who do not consistently use phrase speech, Module 2 with those who use phrase speech but are not verbally fluent, Module 3 with fluent children, and Module 4 with fluent adolescents and adults. The one group within the autism spectrum that the ADOS does not address is nonverbal adolescents and adults.

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MR #050303   ADOS Kit    Price: $1,699.95

ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview

Michael Rutter, M.D., FRS, Ann LeCouteur, M.B.B.S., Catherine Lord, Ph.D.

Ages: Children and adults with a mental age above 2.0 years
Testing Time: 90 to 150 minutes
Administration: Individual

Used in research for decades, this comprehensive interview provides a thorough assessment of individuals suspected of having autism or other autism spectrum disorders. The ADI-R has proven highly useful for formal diagnosis as well as treatment and educational planning.

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MR #050311   ADI-R Kit    Price: $234.95

SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire

Michael Rutter, M.D., FRS, Anthony Bailey, M.D., Catherine Lord, Ph.D.

Ages: 4.0 years with a mental age over 2.0 years
Testing Time: less than 10 minutes
Administration: Individual

Previously known as the Autism Screening Questionnaire (ASQ), this brief instrument helps evaluate communication skills and social functioning in children who may have autism or autism spectrum disorders. Completed by a parent or other primary caregiver in less than 10 minutes, the SCQ is a costeffective way to determine whether an individual should be referred for a complete diagnostic evaluation.

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MR #050318   SCQ Kit    Price: $129.95

BDAE-3 Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination

Third Edition

Ages: Adults
Testing Time: 35 to 45 minutes
Administration: Individual

This new spectrum of tools helps you identify and distinguish among disorders of language function and neurologically recognized aphasic syndromes.

The BDAE–3 short form is perfect when you want rapid access to diagnostic classification and quantitative assessment. The short form takes 30 to 45 minutes to complete.

Boston Naming Test: This 60-item test helps you determine the extent of your client's visual confrontation naming abilities. A 15-item short form and a multiple-choice version of the test can be used to retest comprehension of any words missed on the confrontation naming exercise.

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MR #031349   BDAE-3 Complete Kit    Price: $519.95
MR #031351   BDAE-3 Long Form Kit    Price: $249.95
MR #031354   BDAE-3 Short Form Kit    Price: $104.95
MR #031357   BDAE-3 Naming Kit    Price: $119.95