Inclusion:
Schools for all Students
by J. David Smith, Dean of the Longwood College School of Education
and Human Services
Dr. Smith provides a thorough overview of inclusion, based on the
belief that "children with disabilities deserve to be valued
and fully included in the lives of our schools." Short personal
essays, case studies and questions to consider enhance each of the
chapters explaining how to create classrooms that welcome children
with different types of disabilities. Published by Wadsworth Publishing
Company.
Farmville,
Virginia: An Illustrated History
Commentary and descriptions by Petie Bogen-Garrett, Robert Flippen,
Carla Huskey, Mary Prevo and Robin Sedgwick. Design by Richard McClintock
of Hampden-Sydney College.
With donations of funds, objects, papers, portraits and recollections
from near and far, the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA)
staged an exhibition in honor of Farmville's Bicentennial in 1998.
According to then-LCVA director Dr. Georgia Coopersmith, the goal
of the exhibition and this book is ³to present evocative signs and
symbols of those who went before us, who fought for liberty, suffrage,
dignity, and survival at a cost we cannot fully appreciate today."
Published by the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.
Ritalin
Is Not the Answer: A Drug-Free, Practical Program for Children Diagnosed
with ADD or ADHD by David Stein Practicing Clinical
Psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Longwood College
With
this book Dr. Stein seeks to change a current trend of "over-using
drugs" with the more than 2 million children in the U.S. diagnosed
as having Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficient Hyperactivity
Disorder. Based on 20 years of research with hundreds of children,
Steinıs book teaches parents skills for helping their children learn
to control their own behavior, at home and at school, in a matter
of weeks of applying these behavior techniques. Ritalin Is Not the
Answer has won scientific recognition and media attention from coast
to coast. Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers.
