Parent Teacher Resource Center Materials List
 List as of 3/5/04

The materials listed below are available to borrow at the Parent Teacher Resource Center located in the Old Tappan Board of Education Meeting Room in CDW.

You may arrange to borrow a book and have it sent home with your child. To do so, contact:
Diane Brosnan:

Social Skills/Issues

Cliques (2 copies)
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
The Soul of Education
Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Guide
Conflict Resolution and Peer Medication Guide Volume II
Childhood Socialization
Your Child: Bully or Victim?
A Walk in Your Shoes - Living with HIV/AIDS

Gender Issues

Raising Confident Girls
Strong Mothers Strong Sons
Odd Girl Out

Domestic Violence/Abuse

The Domestic Violence Sourcebook

Drugs/Alcohol

Is Your Child at Risk? Warning Signs (2 copies)

Neurological Disorders

When Your Child Has LD
Keys to Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability
Keys to Parenting a Child with Autism
The Out of Sync Child
Helping a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger’s Syndrome
Children with Tourette’s Syndrome
Mom, I Have a Staring Problem

Development

The Magic Years
Louise Bates Ames Series:
  • Your Six-Year-Old (2 copies)
  • Your Seven-Year-Old
  • Your Eight-Tear-Old
  • Your Nine-Year-Old
  • Your Ten-to-Fourteen-Year-Old

    • The Secret Life of the Brain
    High Risk – Children Without a Conscience
    Your Baby & Child - from birth to age five
    Touchpoints

    Psychotherapy

    60-Second Shrink
    A Child’s First Book About Play Therapy

    Parenting

    Loving Without Spoiling
    How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (3 copies)
    Challenging Child
    A Slant of Sun
    365 Ways To Help Your Children Grow
    The New Public School Parent
    Your Anxious Child – How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve High Risk: Children Without a Conscience
    Strong Mothers Strong Sons
    Raising Confident Girls
    It Takes A Village
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
    The Roller-Coaster Years, Middle School
    Life Strategies for Teens
    Keys to Parenting Your Teenager
    To Listen to a Child
    The Nurturing Father
    The Importance of Being Baby Finding Time for Fathering
    A Good Enough Parent

    Attentions Disorders

    Driven to Distraction
    Taking Charge of ADHD
    How to Reach & Teach ADD/ADHD
    Ritalin Is Not The Answer
    Sometimes I Drive My Mother Crazy, But I Know She’s Crazy About Me
    The Challenging Child
    The Myth of the ADD Child

    Learning Disabilities

    The Secret Life of the Dyslexic Child Helping Children Overcome Learning Difficulties
    When Your Child Has LD
    Learning to Learn
    Creative Play Activities for Children with Disabilities
    Guidelines for All Kinds of Minds
    All Kinds of Minds
    Keeping A Head in School
    Keys to Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability
    Dyslexia - Finding the Answers (multimedia package)

    Special Needs

    Don’t Call Me Special

    Special Education Law

    Negotiating the Special Education Maze, From Emotions to Advocacy (2 copies)
    The Complete IEP Guide, How to Advocate for Your Special Ed Child
    Parental Rights in Special Education
    The Right to Special Education in New Jersey (2 copies)
    From Emotions to Advocacy

    New Jersey Special Education Codes

    Integrating Transition Planning Into the IEP Process
    The 1999 IDEA Regulations: A Practical Analysis
    New Jersey Administrative Code – Title 6 – Education, Chapter 28 – Special Education
    New Jersey Administrative Code – Title 6A, Chapter 14 – Special Education

    Legal

    Students Rights Handbook (book or audiotape)

    Family & Life Issues

    On Children & Death
    That New Baby
    The Adopted One
    About Handicaps
    Making Babies
    About Dying
    Everything I do, You Blame on Me
    Children First - What Our Society Must Do-And Is Not Doing- For Our Children Today
    Working and Caring
    The Second Shift
    Families: Crisis and Caring

    Gifted & Talented

    Guiding the Gifted Child
    Exceptionality (Journal)
    Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades
    Giftedness Information Notebook

    Community Resources

    Community Resources Directory
    Resources for Parents (photocopied lists)

    Health

    Food Allergies
    Alexander & His Pals Visit the Main Street School (2 copies)
    Alexander Goes to a Birthday Party (2 copies)
    Alexander Goes Trick-or-Treating (2 copies)
    Andrew and Maya Learn About Food Allergies (2 copies)
    Is This Your Child’s World? How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Child Sick

    Reading and Writing

    Beginning Reading Packets (developed by Mrs. Rice) (6 copies)
    Teaching Reading in Today’s Elementary School
    Art of Teaching Reading
    The Read-Aloud Handbook
    Choosing Books for Children, A Commonsense Guide
    Draft:Builder – software & manual
    Co:Writer 4000 – software & manual
    Write:Outloud – software & manual
    Start-to-Finish books for Middle School – multimedia for struggling readers:
  • Greek Myths I – Zeus and the Mighty Gods of Olympus

  • Greek Myths II – Heroes, Lovers and Mortal Men

  • Tales from Homer – Stories form the Iliad and the Odyssey

    • Old Tappan Parent-Student Guide to Writing and Reading

    Math

    Content-Area Strategies (Mathematics)
    Everyday Math for the Numerically Challenged
    Math Coach
    Math Magic

    Teaching/Inspirational

    50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth
    Edutopia – Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age
    Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul
    Building Capacity – Professional Development for New and Experienced Teachers
    The Educated Student – Defining and Advancing Student Achievement
    Do You Know What Day Tomorrow Is? A Teacher’s Almanac
    Mock Trial Exercises for Grades 3 to 6 – 2002 (26 copies)
    Mock Trial Exercises for Grades 3 to 6 – 1996 (3 copies)
    Mini-Court Mock Trial Activities for Grades K-2 (4 copies)
    Classroom Instruction the Works, Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

    Curriculum Guides

    Mathematics Curriculum Guide, K-8 and Algebra I, 1995
    Health and Family, Life Education Curriculum Guide, K-12, 1990
    English as a Second Language, K-12, 1998
    Physical Education Curriculum Guide, K-12, 1996
    Technology in Education Curriculum and Plan, K-12, 1998
    World Languages Curriculum Guide, K-12, 1999
    NAEP 1996 Science Report Card for the Nation and the States

    Proficiency Assessments

    May 1999 Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) - State Summary
    March 2000 Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA) – State Summary
    May 2000 Elementary School Proficiency Assessment (ESPA) - State Summary

    Problem-Based Learning

    Problem-Based Learning for K-12 Education
    Problem-Based Learning (Facilitator’s Guide, including 2 videos)
    Problem-Based Learning, Using Problems to Learn, video
    Problem-Based Learning, Designing Problems for Learning, video
    Problem-Based Learning- A Facilitator’s Guide
    Problems As Possiblities- Problem-Based Learning for K-12 Education

    Handwriting Without Tears Materials

    Letters and Numbers For Me (2 copies)
    My Printing Book (2 copies)
    Printing Power (2 copies)
    Cursive Handwriting (2 copies)
    Cursive Success (2 copies)
    Handwriting Without Tears Teacher’s Guide (2 copies)(overview of the program and guide to)
    Printing Teacher’s Guide (for cursive handwriting) (2 copies)
    Cursive Teacher’s Guide (for cursive handwriting) (2 copies)
    Writing Notebook (with regular double lines) (2 copies)
    Draw and Write Notebook (with wide double lines) (2 copies)
    Printed letters for wall & desk (2 copies)
    Cursive letters for wall & desk (2 copies)
    Small chalk boards (3 copies)
    Wood pieces set for capital letters
    Various lined paper

    Software

    Millie's MathHouse (2 copies)
    KidPix
    Type to Learn (7 copies)
    Kidspiration
    Inspiration
    Sammy's Science House
    Mighty Math Carnival Countdown
    Mighty Math Zoo Zillions
    Thinkin Things All Around Frippletown
    Demo discs for some of the software

    Workshops Handouts

    Guidance Workshops (Nancy Samalin)
    Handwriting Without Tears
    Study Skills
    Speech
    Gifted & Talented
    Writing a Research Paper
    Reading
    Head Lice

    Other

    Various catalogs, information and pamphlets