Prelude Foreword: Patricia Eckardt and Madeline Craig Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part one: information gathering and distribution concerning special needs and different ability learners Chapter One: Reaching/Teaching Varied Learners Chapter Two: Response to Intervention, Individual Education Plan and Classroom Organization Chapter Three: Individual Processing Style and Social Cognition Chapter Four: The Interactive Method, Student Engagement and Self-Efficacy Chapter Five: Memories and Interactive Learning Techniques Chapter Six: Interactive Learning Technique Pluses, Leadership Building, and Alternative Means of Assessment Chapter Seven: The Reciprocity of Thinking Chapter Eight: The Cognitive Collective: Thinking and Feeling Chapter Nine: Definition and Examples of Reciprocal Thinking Phases’ Skills Part two: different ways of teaching, personal commentaries, and author’s closing thoughts Chapter Ten: The IM’s Self-Reliance and the “How To” of Teaching Thinking Chapter Eleven: Objectives of the Interactive Method and its Components Chapter Twelve: Two Personal Perspectives Addressing Special Education Disabilities, Differences and Diversity: Maggie Blair Autism Awareness: Author Interview of a Different Abilities Child’s Parent: Kevin Cooney Chapter Thirteen: Commentary and Personal Experience: Teaching and Being Special Needs Commentaries and Personal Experiences: Special Needs and Different Abilities Commentary: Engaging Students with Exceptionalities: Patricia Mason A Teacher with Epilepsy: From Childhood through Retirement: Marc Hoberman Chapter Fourteen: Author’s Summative Sharing: Classroom Comfort Zone References About the Author

With the current explosion of children being born with various special needs, especially on the autism spectrum, it becomes imperative that educators seek ways in which they can best meet the educational needs of these children, and all those they educate, so they can reach their potential. Educators, over the past decade, differentiated the curricula by adapting and adopting new ways of teaching the students they serve. However, there have not necessarily been real workbooks for educators to reference and use.