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Guide to understanding students with autism and including them fully in the classroom. Includes specific ideas for enhancing literacy; planning challenging, multidimensional lessons; supporting student behavior; connecting, communicating, and collaborating; fostering friendships; and adapting the physical environment. Softcover. DLC: Autistic children--Education--United States.

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Brilliant and eye opening.......2007-07-25

Brilliant, eloquent, and helpful, this book is not only eye opening, but gives a clear grasp and understanding to the broad spectrum Autism occupies. Dr. Kluth's book clearly explains the way parents and teachers can impact children not only at home, but in an inclusive classroom.

"You re" Going to Love this Kid" is written in a clear, no non-sense style capturing the unique challenges that can occur between school systems, teachers, parents and the special child with autism. Dr. Kluth brilliantly gives examples and steps to help overcome the obstacles so many parents face with educational professionals who may be ignorant or unaware of the promising and doable outlook of inclusive teaching.

Dr. Kluth's book is not only creative, but easy to follow and useful. It is information on routines and other helpful ideas and all done in an easy to follow creative way. This book is inspiring and touching with the many stories she includes from actual students.

I borrow Dr. Kluth's book out regularly and strongly encourage teachers, administrators and parents to attend Dr. Kluth's seminars regarding inclusive teaching and understanding autism.

So Glad I Read This Book!.......2007-07-20

My Boss gave me a copy of this book and suggested that I read it last summer. It sat on my desk for almost a year. When I finally did read it I couldn't believe I waited so long! I couldn't believe all the information, strategies and inspirational stories that where sitting in this wonderful book just waiting for me to read!

I got a tremendous amount of information, tips on planning, routines to follow and I feel it would have made my last year so much more fun, challenging, rewarding and hopeful if I would have just read it when it was given to me! That is why I had to tell people to read this book, don't procrastinate, do it! Dr. Kluth's book has given me such a bright and promising outlook on the future of inclusion. Her easy to follow, creative, and doable steps on including students with Autism into the classroom make sense. Her stories from actual students with Autism were touching and made me realize why I am doing this. I can't wait for the new school year.

If I have to say one thing......just read this book! It's for your own good!

This book at least understands the meaning of inclusion........2006-10-01

This book provides information on how to make classrooms inclusive enough for autistic people and a wide range of other people, by adapting the way everything is done so that a broader range of people can participate than exists in the everyday classroom. Unlike people that view inclusion as putting a disabled child in with nondisabled children with nothing modified except adding an aide for the disabled child, this book views inclusion as about changing the entire way the class is taught so that a wider variety of people can participate to begin with.

For people who want to work within the education system at all, this would seem to be the way to do it. The only problem I had with this book was that it assumes as one of its key points that there is something good and right and natural about having children separated by age in their education.

I can see why that would be a tempting idea, because it removes the problem of, for instance, an autistic person being stuck in a class of entirely people five years younger than them because that's how they come out on standardized tests of their grade level. It allows autistic people to be exposed to the same academic material as others their age without being assumed not to benefit from this. However, there's nothing particularly natural or right about learning entirely with and from people in your exact age group, for anybody. This aspect of the school system has been extensively criticized by non-disabled students and their parents. I was disappointed to see this problem was not addressed, but rather reinforced.

Finally, as an autistic person, I was glad to see our points of view directly represented throughout the book. While I believe the education system has to change a lot more than is outlined in this book, this book is a good start.

Must have book!.......2006-08-29

I found this book to be a fabulous resource with invaluable advice for all teachers, not just those who teach special needs students. I've passed this book along to two other teachers already and have others who are waiting their turn!

Educator's perspective of autism, but some things off the mark.......2005-11-16

As a parent with a child who is half way through her first year of inclusion, I found this book to be on the mark in many ways - especially in preparation of the social/community aspects of including a child in a typical classroom (e.g. listening to parents, preparing the class, the teacher). However, I had hoped that this book would provide more useful information on the biggest problem that my school has with inclusion: prompting and prompt dependance. Applied Behavioral Analysis has a very formal language and method of describing and fading prompting. This book could have performed a useful service if it had taken these concepts and put them into terms that a teacher could understand.

Also, the author did not give ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) enough (any) credit for the real advance of treatment and education for autistic learners. She describes "behaviorism" as "complex" - well, yes, but Cognitive models for understanding and teaching are even more so. I think she really needs to sit down with a good (or even an average) behavioral consultant and make a chapter on how to integrate the learnings of Discrete Trial, Pivotal Response, Errorless Teaching, etc. into an included classroom. We are lucky that our classroom aide was also our daughter's home ABA therapist. It is a very powerful combination to have in an included classroom.

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This book will help you build the tools to initiate a networking plan with specific goals, establish relationships that are meaningful and long-term, use electronic media to expand your network, and develop ways to promote yourself through your networking.Knowing how to network is an important skill for everyone to have. To get a new job, secure a promotion, publicize your favorite cause, or build a business, you have to create a networking strategy. Everyone has a personal networking style, and this book will help you understand your style, and design an approach that will work for you.

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An integrative managerial approach gives students an overview of the production system and illustrates how operations management relates to each area of the organization. The text also emphasizes the role of operations management in achieving competitive goals. The third edition includes more emphasis on quality, a new chapter on Time-based Competition (Ch. 4), and coverage of business process reengineering, agile manufacturing and Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA) (Ch. 6).

Operations Management: Concepts, Methods, and Strategies

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Operations Management: Concepts, Methods, and Strategies
Mark A. Vonderembse , and Gregory P. White
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0471393274

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Effective operations management lies at the heart of almost every successful organization—from the research and development that goes into creating new products, to information systems that improve productivity and reduce lead-time. Whether your future career is in marketing, accounting, engineering, or information systems, you'll find the knowledge, tools, and practical advice you need to implement successful operations management right here in OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND STRATEGIES.

Operations Management - Concepts, Methods and Strategies Second Edition

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Operations Management - Concepts, Methods and Strategies Second Edition
Mark A. & White, Gregory P. VONDEREMBSE
Manufacturer: West Publishing Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KD08M2

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Operations Management : Concepts, Methods and Strategies
Gregory P. White, Gregory P. White Mark A. Vonderembs, Mark A. Vonderembse
Manufacturer: West Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OU94FI

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Own It--Love It!!.......2006-04-10

As I've said before--you can't go wrong with her books!! They are wonderful and beautifully full of vibrant colors!! Her books are precious to me. She did an excellent job!! Thank you Ruth Issett!!

Perennial Gardens: Great Ideas and Projects for Glorious Color Year After Year (Better Homes & Gardens)

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Perennial Gardens: Great Ideas and Projects for Glorious Color Year After Year (Better Homes & Gardens)
Better Homes and Gardens Books
Manufacturer: Better Homes and Gardens
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0696211777

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Inspiring: 15 gardens representing all climates.

Hardworking: how to build handsome hardscape features.

Practical: how to plant, maintain, and multiply perennials.

Easy plant identification: common and botanical names cross-referenced; detailed descriptions.

Dozens of tips that ensure perennials flourish year after year.

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A simple collection of eye-grabbing costumes and tapestries to make and a lesson in style by an original and fearless designer, bursting with brilliant photographs of objects that inspired his work. Compare luminous blue-and-green Persian pots with a similarly shaded blue patch crewneck—and then knit the sweater yourself.

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Gave a new dimension to my knitting.......2002-07-06

I met Kaffee Fassett for the first time through the first edition of this book, and my knitting life totally changed. From then on I have seen colors and patterns everywhere, and love to blend and mix colors in my knitting.

The book is a great pattern book, but even greater book for inspiration. Filled with color pictures there are so many wonderful items to look at you hardly get time left for knitting.

Fassett started from scratch when he learned to knit, and he shares his way to become a master with us. And with his explanations everybody can become a knitter, everybody can become an artist.

Good luck with your colors and needles.

Britt Arnhild Lindland

Welcome back, Kaffe.......2001-02-02

This is a reprint of the original Glorious Color, which was a groundbreaking knitting book. Kaffe Fassett, a London-based artist, discovered that he could use a rainbow pallette of yarn as well as paint to express his particular artistic ideas. The rest is knitting history.

Kaffe also pioneered a new type of "less technique, more design" knitting. He uses cut strands of yarns to create wonderful repeating patterns of circles, tumbling blocks and multicolored stripes. The ends are woven in as he goes along --or not. Finishing on the back is not so important; getting a wonderful colorway and exciting visual pattern is the objective.

Likewise, the shape and structure of the garment is not the focus although I really like the swing of the long coat and the shape of the peplum-styled jacket. But Kaffee Fassett is first and formost a colorist and painter, not a designer of couture. So the patterns are better for inspiration and finding your own path than for being followed with the exact yarn and exact pattern. But these patterns can be made successfully, and most people who've made them report that it has been an exciting adventure.

In summary, I'd recommend this book if you like to design your own knitted garments, if you want color and pattern inspiration and new ideas, and if you just like to read gorgeous books. If you want couture and shaping, or knitting instruction this is not the best book on knitted garments.

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"Glorious Technicolor"

Glorious Technicolor: The Movies' Magic Rainbow
Fred E. Basten
Manufacturer: Oak Tree Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection (Babes in Arms / Babes on Broadway / Girl Crazy / Strike Up the Band)

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The Busby Berkeley Collection (Footlight Parade / Gold Diggers of 1933 / Dames / Gold Diggers of 1935 / 42nd Street)

ASIN: 0498023176

Customer Reviews:

"Glorious Technicolor".......2007-09-14

As an avid movie fan, and having grown up in the 1950's, I was fortunate to have seen films made in the original 3 strip Technicolor process; truly the "Golden Age" of lavish Technicolor produtions. This book is a tremendous guide to the developing process of adding color to motion and sound in the movies; any film fan will enjoy this book greatly.

Arizona Highways Presents the Glorious Seasons of Arizona

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Arizona Highways Presents the Glorious Seasons of Arizona
Arizona Highway Magazine
Manufacturer: Arizona Highway Magazine
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KU74HM

The Fauves: The Reign of Color - Glorious Art

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The Fauves: The Reign of Color - Glorious Art

Manufacturer: Easton Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000GTP9F6

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Brand new LEATHER BOUND book accented in 22kt gold.

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The Glorious Garden Route: South Africa

Manufacturer: Protea Color Prints
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Winding between Cape Town andPort Elizabeth, the Garden Route combines history with breath-taking beauty and some of South Africa's most unusual attractions. It was here, in Mossel Bay, that the first Europeans set foot in South Africa 500 years ago. In Oudstshoorn, tourists come in the thousands to see the spectacular Cango Caves. The color photographs in this book were selected to introduce the variety and atmosphere of the Garden Route. *** Descriptions are in English, Afrikaaner, French and German. ***

Glorious Stew, Including browned & Unbrowned Stews Using Assorted Meats, seafood, fish and Vegetable

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Glorious Stew, Including browned & Unbrowned Stews Using Assorted Meats, seafood, fish and Vegetable
Dorothy Ivens
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NDBAO4

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The Glorious West in Natural Color

Manufacturer: Standard Oil Company of California
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GH6CYU

Product Description

A collection of full-color reproductions from original photographs produced in the interest of greater appreciation of the Scenic West.

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This contributed volume examines the far-reaching effects of the weakening of OPEC's cohesion and influence in the 1980s, the resulting decline of oil prices, and the accompanying economic reversals. These events resulted in both fortune and misfortune for oil users and producers and dramatically changed energy economics worldwide. Moreover, as revealed in this volume, the decade of the 1980s demonstrated that oil producers and oil importers can prosper in an atmosphere of mutual respect, cooperation, and moderation. The work examines major oil-related topics such as the experiences of OPEC and non-OPEC oil suppliers in the 1980s, adjustment and response of oil importers to changes in the oil market, the impact of oil price changes on both the developed and developing world, and possible future developments in the global oil market. This volume will be of interest to scholars of energy and international economics, as well as professionals in the area of energy development and markets.

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The Oil Market in the 1980s
Siamack (Edt)/ Katz, Bernard S. Shojai
Manufacturer: Greenwood Pub Group 01/1//1992
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N5K4PI

The Oil Market in the 1980s: A Decade of Decline

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The Oil Market in the 1980s: A Decade of Decline
Editor-Siamack Shojai; Editor-Bernard S. Katz
Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORN07E

The world oil market in the 1980s: Implications for the United States

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The world oil market in the 1980s: Implications for the United States
Everett M Ehrlich
Manufacturer: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006E7AY4

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How often has a company's handling of a customer's telephone call turned out to be a turn-off? How often has a customer query in the retail environment turned into a relationship-killer, rather than a loyalty-builder? No matter how good the work behind brand positioning and communication, a reputation can be ruined by one poor interaction with a customer. The challenge for any brand-focused company is to ensure that the whole organisation actually 'lives' the brand. New in paperback, Brand Manners is the runaway bestseller that demonstrates why a company needs, and how it can create, a branded service culture that consistently exceeds customer expectations. Drawing on a host of major case studies, Hamish Pringle and William Gordon show how any company can align its internal and external brand values to build a 'self-confident' organisation.

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Want to make customers surprised?.......2002-03-19

Do you know how to make customers always happily surprised? If not, you need to read this book. A better world could be created by making your customers happy and happily surprise. The Brand Manner Approach could give you the directions on how to maintain customers¡¦ satisfaction and create surprise to customers.
The second part of the book provides you with guidelines on how to be confident in making customer surprised. It¡¦s good for the author to provide guidelines for different role of people like, CEO, marketing director, management, employees and customers. But this part is a bit complicated and not so easy to understand.
This book is full of real world examples which are interesting and can help to illustrate the concepts the author wanted to raise. You will find you know more about the companies on the world more after reading and will be more confident in making customer surprised.

BEST THINKING ON BRANDS TO COME ALONG IN YEARS..........2002-01-03

There is simply no other book on this subject that comes even close to providing the new thinking, insights and perspective that Pringle and Gordon do. BRAND MANNERS should be required reading for every executive in every organization, especially those who aspire to be leaders over the next decade. At a time when brands and branding play an increasingly more critical role to the fundamental success of every business, readers will find this a truly invaluable (and actionable) guide.

A hugely original book for any company that lives branding.......2001-05-22

My impression is that this book is the most original addition to our literature since Kapferer's first edition of Strategic Brand Management in the 1990s. This does not necessarily mean that it will find a large audience though I hope it does.

Organisational brand linkages are embedded in the Brand Manners 4-dimensional framework by presenting two sides to every dimension : the customers and the company's. The four dimensions of the brand promise are named: Rational (What?) Emotional (How?) Political (Why?) Spiritual (Whither)

The customer according to this model uses each of these dimensions to evaluate how integratedly a brand's promise is 'created', 'conveyed' and 'kept'. On the corporate side, the mirror image to integrate is labeled as 'Encounters' with customers, 'Behaviours' involved and 'Rewards' that result. This provides 24 (ie 2 times 4 times 3) entries interlinked through The Brand Manners Book of Life....

Methodology represents about half the book. This is complemented by a rich variety of case studies, and a collection of practitioner briefs. These are called "brand manners how to guides" and are provided for each of : Chief Executive, Marketing Director, Employee, Management and Customer!

Exploring the true core of brands.......2001-04-26

Quite frankly, for most people, branding is all about crating a beautiful facade through advertising, PR etc. Now, for the first time, Pringle and Gordon go the extra mile to explore the true and rocksolid core of corporate brands. Most importantly, the authors do not come up with academic lectures, but zero-in on best-practice essentials. On each page, this book offers a wealth of intriguing case studies, insights, wisdom, bonmots, and meaningful anecdotes. Reading it is not only an inspiring and enlightening experience, but will also point clear directions to anybody who is serious about reinventing and bringing alive his corporate brand.

Exploring the true core of brands.......2001-04-26

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Simple, creative solutions can be worth more than gold. And all of us can learn how to become more creative. All we have to do is master and use the six specific thought processes or "winning strategies" creative individuals instinctively employ when they make major breakthroughs.

In this book those winning strategies are arranged on the arc of creativity, which forms the organizing structure for the six middle chapters. The first chapter tells you how to get yourself into the proper frame of mind to become more creative, how to surround yourself with supportive people, and how to persuade them to help you polish and perfect your midas-touch solutions.

Each of the six middle chapters opens with a description of a billion-dollar breakthrough made by a single individual armed with one simple, creative solutioon. The next part describes the specific thought process ("winning strategy") that individual used, and the last part explains how you can use that same thought process in developing solutions to your own personal and professional problems.

The final chapterr shows you how to polish and refine your most promising solutions and how to entice your colleagues to help you convert them into 24-carat gold. Creative solutions area a jewel-like commodity in today's exciting marketplace of ideas. By mastering and using the six winning strategies on the arc of creativity, you can lead a more stimulating life, help America's competitive posture, and enhance the value of your own career.

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