Teaching Struggling and At-Risk Readers: A Direct Instruction Approach is designed to provide specific information to assist educators in being effective teachers of reading with all of their students.
This three-part book provides information on incorporating instructional design and delivery principles into daily instruction for students at the beginning and primary stages of reading. It discusses:
Children Also Grieve is an imaginative resource, fully illustrated with colour photographs, that offers support and reassurance to children coming to terms with the loss of a close friend or relative and to adults who are supporting them through their bereavement. The combination of narrative and interactive memory book in the first part of the book is designed to be read and worked through by children. The story tells of the experiences of Henry, the dog of a family whose grandfather has died. During Henry's progress through the different... More info
How does affection shape a baby’s brain? Gerhardt sets out to demonstrate how in the very early years, especially the first twelve months, a baby’s brain can be affected emotionally for life. The amount of touch and the type of touch, she argues, can explain depression, anger and other behaviours that arise later in life. Scientifically and psychologically rigorous models are used to explain this as fact. Extremely interesting and an important work of our time for any parent with a baby or about to have one. More info
The book that explains us to ourselves - from one of Australia's most admired authors. Why do we talk as if we're rational, but act as if we're not? Why do some people always want to take control? What is the true role of religion? Why do we seek change, yet resist it? Why do we want more of the things that have failed to satisfy us? Why are we so passionate about sport? Why do we fall out of love? As Australia's leading social researcher, Hugh Mackay... More info
