Jeffrey Benson

Do you have stents who have challenges that can be helped by special education professions? Do you have these students in your learning commons? If so, this book of stories about young people with serious challenges is a good read. We suggest that it is a good book to read one chapter a week with not only the story by ways to cope, help, and work with others to reach out a helping hand. Benson is a seasoned professional who believes that in telling stories about young people who have challenges, can open our heads not only to build some strategies but also to remember those strategies as we meet the various and very different students in our schools. We are reminded of our heroine, Sue Kawalski in her New York middle school who invites every kind of student to be on her tech squad of the learning commons. And, we have witnessed a severely disabled student in her care who thrives as he serves in the LC. But, it is also amazing at the skills that Sue has developed to make this young man comfortable and productive. Do you need to sharpen your skills to deal with challenged studetns. If so, we highly recommend this book as an easy and interesting read that will mentor you through a variety of strategies and approaches.… (more)