Just Kids: Visiting a Class for Children with Special Needs
- ISBN-10
- 0525456465
- ISBN-13
- 9780525456469
- Series
- Just Kids
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Relationships
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Dutton Children's Books
- Author
- Ellen B. Senisi
Description
A vivid, compelling look at a unique placeThere is a special classroom in many schools for children with disabilities. With intimate photos, Ellen Senisi takes readers inside this fascinating but often overlooked place.The story is based on a true incident. A girl teases a disabled child and is asked to spend time in the special-needs classroom. Through her, readers are introduced to an engaging group of kids and to a wide range of disabling conditions -- epilepsy, Down syndrome, autism, and more. Readers also see students run an obstacle course in physical therapy, mold clay in art therapy, and learn the sign-language story of the Little Red Hen in speech class.This is a thorough introduction to a special-needs program. It will make children feel familiar with this unique learning environment -- one that isn't far from their own classrooms.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
By J. K. RowlingHarry Potter y la piedra filosofal
-
Leslie's Journal: A Novel
By Allan StrattonIn this novel, Stratton takes us into a teen world that reverberates with the emotion and tension of a relationship gone wrong. Here is a book that examines the...
-
The Opposite of Invisible
By Liz GallagherAlice and Jewel have been best friends since grade school. Together, they don’t need anyone else, and together they blend into the background of high school. Invisible. To Alice, Jewel...
-
Tightrope
By Gillian CrossWhen anonymous messages from a stalker start becoming increasingly dangerous and violent, fourteen-year-old Ashley, who has an exciting secret that the stalker knows about, must decide if she should seek...
-
Eva Zeisel on Design
By Eva ZeiselWith a trailblazing career that spans more than seventy-five years and continues to this day, with recent creations that include a Martini glass featured in Bombay Sapphire ads and vases...
-
Behind the Eyes
By Francisco X. StorkSixteen-year-old Hector is the hope of his family, but when he seeks revenge after his brother's gang-related death and is sent to a San Antonio reform school, it takes an...
-
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
By E. LockhartThe hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the New York Times bestselling author of We Were...
-
19 Girls and Me
By Darcy PattisonJohn Hercules Po's kindergarten class is made up of 19 girls... and him. His older brother warns him not to let all those girls turn him into a sissy, but...
-
Daughters of the Moon: Night Shade - Book #3
By Lynne EwingNothing scares Jimena. Nothing, that is, except the reappearance of Veto, who was once the love of her life. That terrifies her, because Veto was killed a year ago by...
-
Some Kind of Pride
By Maria TestaNamed after the mighty Babe Ruth, Ruth DiMarco has some big shoes to fill. But she's already on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a major-league baseball player....