Best Colleges For Learning Differences - April 2024

The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences, 14th Edition: 338 Schools with Programs or Services for Students with ADHD, ASD, or Learning Differences (College Admissions Guides)

FIND THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS. Hundreds of thousands of students with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or other learning differences head to college every year. This comprehensive guide makes it easy for those students and their families and guidance counselors to tackle the daunting process of finding the school that fits their needs best.  This indispensable resource book for students, parents, and professionals includes:   • 338 school profiles with targeted information on services, admissions, and support at each school   • Lists of support services available to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525567895
• ASIN: 0525567895
• ISBN: 0525567895
• Manufacturer: Princeton Review

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020

"The best college guide you can buy."―USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for more than 35 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most authoritative source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delive... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1492664944
• UPC: 760789271250
• ASIN: 1492664944
• ISBN: 1492664944
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

Teach Like a Champion 2. 0 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College

Achieve classroom greatness with updated Champion techniquesTeaching is one of the most important jobs in the world and often one of the hardest Excellent teachers continually strive to learn and improve their craft and no matter how good a teacher is theres always room for improvement Teach Like a Champion became a global bestseller because it offered concrete engaging easy-to-implement techniques teachers could use to keep their students engaged focused and learning Teach Like a Champion 2 0 compiles the feedback gathered from real teachers in real classrooms around the world to deliver an u... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1118901851
• ASIN: 1118901851
• ISBN: 9781118901854
• Brand: Jossey-Bass
• Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

#1 New York Times Bestseller  An inspiring and thought-provoking graduation gift: At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage  Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a li... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101875321
• ASIN: 1101875321
• ISBN: 9781101875322
• Brand: Knopf Publishing Group
• Manufacturer: Knopf

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question. In alternating narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385528205
• ASIN: 0385528205
• ISBN: 0385528205
• Brand: Spiegel Grau
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native Amer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316013692
• ASIN: 0316013692
• ISBN: 9780316013697
• Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny. Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 055338371X
• ASIN: 055338371X
• ISBN: 9780553383713
• Brand: Bantam Books
• Manufacturer: Bantam

From High School to College: Steps to Success for Students With Disabilities

College is a different world from high school and the laws, expectations, and culture around disability services and accommodations are different, too. Elizabeth Hamblet, a Columbia University Learning Specialist/Consultant and recognized transition speaker and writer, has written a one-of-a-kind, step-by-step guide that is an essential resource for college-bound students, their families, and the special educators and school counselors who work with them. This second edition has been updated to include recent research and reflections from college disability services directors, successful colle... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0865865205
• ASIN: 0865865205
• ISBN: 0865865205
• Manufacturer: Council for Exceptional Children

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

• ASIN: 0385480016
• UPC: 784497385320
• ASIN: 0385480016
• ISBN: 0385480016
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

• ASIN: B01069X4H0
• ASIN: B01069X4H0
• Manufacturer: Mango

For the Love of ACT Science: An innovative approach to mastering the science section of the ACT standardized exam

2019-20 Update!So very excited to bring you an update to this guide. I hope you all like it - for science!-MichaelThe ACT science section requires students to utilize the basic principles of applied science. In this fun and easy-to-read book, test prep guru Michael Cerro walks readers through the key pillars of the scientific method: hypothesis analysis, experimentation, data collection, numerical and graphic data analysis, and conclusion-drawing.Michael uses his background as a chemical engineer, chess player, and expert tutor with years of test prep experience to write a book that offers a n... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0996832203
• ASIN: 0996832203
• ISBN: 0996832203
• Brand: Ingramcontent
• Manufacturer: Private Prep

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

A revised edition of the classic bestselling how to draw book. A life-changing book, this fully revised and updated edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is destined to inspire generations of readers and artists to come. Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used instructional drawing book. Whether you are drawing as a professional artist, as an artist in training, or as a hobby, this book will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception, as well as foster a new appreciati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1585429201
• UPC: 619580019953
• ASIN: 1585429201
• ISBN: 1585429201
• Brand: Penguin Putnam Inc.
• Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (FSG Classics) by Anne Fadiman (2012-04-24)

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• ASIN: 0374533407
• ASIN: 0374533407
• ISBN: 9780374533403
• Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

PWN the SAT: Math Guide

PWN is back and better than ever.The PWN the SAT Math Guide was created to help ambitious, highly motivated kids maximize their SAT math scores. Do you crave a higher score? Are you willing to do a little hard work to achieve it? Good. I knew I liked you.Read this book from beginning to end, with a pencil in hand and a calculator and an Official SAT Study Guide by your side. When you're done, you'll be able to approach the SAT with confidence--very few questions will surprise you, and even fewer will be able to withstand your withering attacks.Stand tall, intrepid student. Destiny awaits.Updat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1523963573
• ASIN: 1523963573
• ISBN: 1523963573
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25B (FAA Handbooks series)

This official FAA handbook has been required reading for more than 30 years. Providing basic knowledge essential for all pilots, from beginning students through to the more advanced certificates, this Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publication introduces readers to the broad spectrum of knowledge required as they progress through pilot training. Studying this book, pilots gain the required knowledge to earn a certificate and understand aerodynamic theory associated with airplane flight. Written for the pilot preparing for a Remote, Sport, Private, Commercial, or Flight Instructor Pilot ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1619544733
• ASIN: 1619544733
• ISBN: 1619544733
• Brand: ASA
• Manufacturer: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.

The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences, 14th Edition : 338 Schools with Programs or Services for Students with ADHD, ASD, or Learning Differences

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• UPC: 854985222

Learn to Draw the Best of Nickelodeon

In "Learn to Draw the Best of Nickelodeon," young artists and Nickelodeon fans alike will discover how to draw their favorite Nickelodeon characters step by simple

• UPC: 21661959

Power Chess for Kids : Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best Players in Your School

A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead. To become one of the best chess players in your school you need to be able to

• UPC: 15438293

Learning to Be Latino : How Colleges Shape Identity Politics

In Learning to be Latino, Reyes paints a vivid picture of Latino student life, outlining students’ interactions with one another, with non-Latino peers, and with faculty, administrators, and the outside community. Reyes identifies the normative

• UPC: 547609352

The Best 384 Colleges, 2019 Edition : In-Depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College For You

*****As seen on the TODAY SHOW!***** NO ONE KNOWS COLLEGES LIKE THE PRINCETON REVIEW! The Princeton Review's college rankings started in 1992 with surveys from 30,000 students. Over 25 years and more than a million

• UPC: 361573494

Make College Count: A Faithful Guide to Life and Learning

National college transition expert engages students with the most pressing questions they will face and encourages them to make the most of their college

• UPC: 581933957

The End of College : Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere

"The rise of the internet, new technologies, and free and open higher education are radically altering college forever, and this book explores the paradigm changes that will affect students, parents, educators and employers as it

• UPC: 49118662

A Graduate's Guide to Life : Three Things They Don't Teach You in College That Could Make All the Difference

The college years are often referred to as the best years of your life. Author Frank J. Hanna believes your best years are still ahead of you, but only if you have a strategy for

• UPC: 911841190

Once Upon a Crocodile : A Story to Encourage Social and Emotional Development: Learning to Embrace Differences

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• UPC: 769159664

10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Revised : The Skills You Need to Succeed

A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate--revised and updated for today's economic and academic landscapes. Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays

• UPC: 19420582
• Rating: 3.0