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Attainment eBooks
Many Attainment publications can now be downloaded to your iPad. Purchase just one eBook download, or get a discounted price on multiple downloads for your students. Downloaded eBooks are placed on the iBooks bookshelf on the iPad.
View a complete list of our eBooks in either Professional Books or Student Books categories.
Some eBook titles include free curriculum resources that include teaching guides, discussion questions, student worksheets, IEP forms, and supporting examples. These supplemental PDF documents are available from the Attainment Bookshelf website and may be freely viewed or printed.
Call us at 1-800-327-4269 (toll-free US and Canada) or 1-608-845-7880 for pricing and more information or visit AttainmentBookshelf.com.
Professional Books
Better IEPs
How to develop legally correct and educationally useful programs. A definitive book in its field, it looks at key legal cases that determine what's best for each student's education using the IEP process.
Teaching Communication Skills to Children with Autism
A comprehensive overview of methods and strategies for developing functional communication in children and adolescents with autism.
Aligning IEPs to the Common Core State Standards
A clear framework for aligning academic content for students with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities.
Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives
Explanations and step-by-step guidance for writing measurable IEP goals and objectives.
From Gobbledygook to Clearly Written Annual IEP Goals
Informative and easy to read, this book helps IEP writers move from foggy, “gobbledygook” goals to clean, objective, and effective annual goals.
Why Johnny Doesn’t Behave
The authors focus on 20 tips to help solve behavior problems. Along with advice for creating clear classroom expectations, the book covers Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.
IEP Workshop
A user-friendly guide that provides teachers and parents with help in forming teacher/parent partnerships. Included are definitions of special education terms, laws, and techniques.
A Curriculum Resources PDF is available with examples, IEP forms, and evaluation checklists.
RTI Workshop
A book-based workshop for those looking to start or maintain a response to intervention (RTI) program. The author stresses the use of evidence-based practices, high quality instruction, and organized accumulation of ongoing data about each student.
A Curriculum Resources PDF is available with forms, worksheets and materials for implementing a successful RTI program.
Working With Troubled Children
Childhood behavior disorder specialists offer help for teachers and parents of troubled children for learning how to recognize problems early and taking appropriate action before problems become severe and protracted.
The Tragicomedy of Public Education
A book for people who are serious about understanding and improving American education. The author presents a no-holds-barred look at public education, special and general, that will shake up you your notions of education in America and give you new insights on badly needed improvements.
Could John Stuart Mill Have Saved Our Schools?
The authors speculate as to the potential impact of John Stuart Mill’s 1843 “System of Logic”. If Mill's methods had been applied to education it might have — and still could — change the way we teach today.
Toward a Science of Education
The author presents a “battle between rogue and real science” and makes the case for a real science of education as our best hope for our children’s future.
Student Books
Picture Directions
The 54 step-by-step instruction sets from Attainment’s printed Picture Directions are now available for your iPad: Cooking, Arts and Crafts, and Life Skills/Play Skills/Discovery. This eBook features Read Aloud recorded narration with word-by-word text highlighting.
A Curriculum Resources PDF for Picture Directions is available with teaching tips to help make each activity a success.
Learning to Work
The Garden Center, Food Service, and Hospital picture stories from the printed Learning to Work literacy curriculum for secondary students who do not read conventionally are now available for your iPad. The stories feature a simple, consistent structure using repetitive phrases to help students focus on the text. The primary story characters are people with disabilities shown in actual work settings. This eBook features Read Aloud recorded narration with word-by-word text highlighting.
A Curriculum Resources PDF for Learning to Work is available with a teaching guide and information about the learning strategies supported by the stories.
Life Skill Stories
The 120 short stories (300-350 words each) from the 6-book print edition are available as a single eBook. The stories focus on typical teenage experiences and the skills we all need to navigate life. Reading difficulty is grade level 2-3 (Flesch-Kincaid).
A Curriculum Resources PDF for Life Skill Stories is available with discussion questions for each story.
New Kid
Engage students who are reluctant to read with this comic book style reader. The four-part book provides a narrative that explores serious social issues facing teenagers: insecurity, dating, drinking and driving, and bullying. The contemporary art in this graphic novel presents true-to-life characters facing real-world challenges.
A Curriculum Resources PDF for New Kid eBooks is available with discussion guide material for each of the four stories.
Read for Content: Social Studies
The 120 stories about U.S. History, World History, and Civics are available as an eBook. Help students approach challenging non-fiction with these short stories (200-250 words each) that help students learn to differentiate facts from opinions. Reading difficulty is grade level 4-5 (Flesch-Kincaid).
A Curriculum Resources PDF for the Read for Content eBooks is available with story review questions and key vocabulary terms.
A Curriculum Resources PDF for the Read for Content eBooks is available with story review questions and key vocabulary terms.
Making Choices: Three Stories About Life Decisions
Making Choices: Three Stories About Life Decisions provides engaging stories about three different teenagers facing important life decisions. Ramón is a recent immigrant homesick for his native Mexico. Li struggles as her family struggles to adjust after a move from China. Nikki must adjust to the challenge of a new home and accepting a new stepfather. At a critical point in each story, all three characters face a difficult decision - the reader is asked to take an active role in the plot by choosing one of two possible story outcomes. Two different endings are provided for each book, showing the consequences of each choice.
A Curriculum Resources PDF for Making Choices is available with a discussion guide topics and questions.