RENT TEXTBOOKS

1. Understanding Foundational Concepts (Michael Giangreco)
2. Fostering Family-Professional Partnerships (Nina Zuna, Ann Turnbull, & Rud Turnbull)
3. Assessing Students in a Meaningful Way (Fredda Brown, Donna Lehr, Marti Snell).
4. Understanding  Teaching Strategies (Marti Snell and Fredda Brown)
5. Measuring Student Performance  (Fredda Brown and Marti Snell)
6. Planning and  Implementing Instructional Programs (Rachel Janney and Marti Snell)
7. Designing and implementing... MORE individualized positive behavior support (Rob Horner, Rick Albin, Anne Todd, Steve Newton, and Jeff Sprague).
8. Understanding Special Health Care Procedures (Jane Rues, Carolyn Graff, and Marilyn Ault) 
9. Collaborating with Occupational and Physical Therapists to Maximize Student Participation (Yvonne Swinth)
10. Teaching Self-Care Skills (Marti Snell and Monica Delano)
11. Supporting Peer Relationships (Erik Carter)
12. Teaching Functional Communication (June Downing)
13. Teaching Academic Skills (John McDonnell and Susan Copeland)
14. Using the Home and Community (Linda Bambara, Freya Koger, Audrey Bartholomew, and Diane Browder)
15. Transitioning from School to Employment (David Test and Valerie Mazzotti)
16. The Promise of Adulthood (Philip Ferguson and Dianne Ferguson)

Marti Snell is a Professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia where she prepares teachers of students with disabilities. Her research and writing address positive behavior support, communication, inclusion, and data-based decision making. She is the author of a series of four books with Rachel Janney: Teachers’ Guides to Inclusive Practices (Behavioral Support, Collaborative Teaming, Modifying Schoolwork, Social Relationships and Peer Support). She is an author on the upcoming Intellectual disability: Definition, classification, and systems of supports (11th ed.) for the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Dr. Fredda Brown is Professor in the Programs in Special Education at Queens College, City University of New York.  She is the Director of the Queens College Regional Center on Autism and Related Disabilities, and past Editor-in-Chief of Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD).  In addition to Dr. Brown’s work as a Professor and teacher educator, she has spent many years providing educational and behavioral consultation to individuals with severe disabilities and their families.  She is the editor of four books, and author of numerous journal articles and book chapters relating to the education of individuals with severe disabilities.  Most recently her work focuses on the relationship between problem behavior, communication, and self-determination, and professional attitudes regarding behavioral treatment acceptability. Dr. Brown is on several Editorial Boards, including the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (JPBI), and RPSD, and is on the national Board of Directors of the Association for Positive Behavior Supports (APBS). She presents her work and ideas nationwide to professionals and families, advocating for positive, dignified and effective methods of addressing the learning and behavioral needs of individuals with disabilities.