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Provides information on disability categories, the referral and placement process, teaching strategies, and behavioral adaptations to the curriculum.
Offers strategies for effective inclusion in secondary schools and classrooms, discussing creating a culture, celebrating successes, interdisciplinary collaboration, co-teaching, active learning environments, instruction, and assessment.
This valuable resource provides a methodology that focuses on visual learning, and is especially significant for those students having difficulty learning to read through a traditional auditory, sound based approach; includes explicit direction for the instructional steps to be taken and the kinds of visual materials that can be created and used to build skills; is packed with strength-based strategies and reinforcement activities for the development/acquisition of literacy skills; is designed for students with special learning needs, including ASD and Down Syndrome; and embraces the basic tenets of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Focuses on specific questions and corresponding actions teachers must take for differentiating instruction in the general ed. curriculum for students with disabilities & for all other students who are experiencing difficulty learning.
This book will provide school administrators and teachers with the essential techniques, resources, and guidelines to start a comprehensive “Response To Intervention” process in their own schools. The reader will learn how to: · Help stakeholders “buy-in” to the RTI process · Inventory and organize intervention resources · Create research-based and classroom-friendly student intervention plans · Set objective goals for student improvement · Apply decision rules to determine when a student who fails to respond to intervention should be referred
To assist teachers in implementing Response To Intervention (RTI), this book will link instructional techniques to assessment, ensuring that data truly informs instruction. This comprehensive resource will provide research-based interventions for each of the five components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel, as well as the important issue of motivation. Thought provoking questions about student learning will guide the teacher to the appropriate intervention, while step by step procedures for implementation of each technique, along with measures to monitor students' progress are what makes this book a "must have" for every classroom. Reproducible forms allow for easy management and data collection.
Newly revised and updated for 2012, Inclusion: A Service Not a Place guides educators in taking a whole school approach to inclusion that positions students as the centerpiece of educational decision making. Authors Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky and Alan Gardner reinforce the need for inclusion and explain what educators must do to ensure all students have full access to the entire general education curriculum. The book supports the implementation of inclusive practices by presenting the following:A definition and description of inclusive practice The relationship of inclusion to IDEA and NCLB Best practices, based upon experience and current research Roles and responsibilities of various school personnel, including administrators, related services providers, and clinicians Parental roles and responsibilities Exploration of interventions, with a major focus on RTI and PBIS Reproducible forms for structuring inclusive classrooms Additional resources for specific topics, including a listing of organizations, videos, web sites, and a glossary
Designed to assist the first-year teacher in navigating the ever-changing field of special education and to equip them for the challenges they will face, this revised edition includes updated information on specific learning disabilities, behavioural disorders and parental choice.