Full Description
Describes the characteristics of students with mild disabilities, and clearly explains the best teaching practices for inclusive education, behavior management, social skill instruction, and modifying classroom instruction for students with mild disabilities, including learning disabilities, mild intellectual disabilities and emotional disturbance.
This new edition includes an elaboration of Response to Intervention (RTI), which since the last edition has become a focal point of research and literature among general and special educators. This is a dynamic progression of cooperation between general and special education - primarily due to changes in the federal law regarding how students with learning disabilities are identified.
Highlights of the New Edition:
Re-organized to present the overview of mild disabilities earlier in the sequence of chapters(now chapter 2). This chapter includes new information on Asperger's Syndrome, pervasive developmental delay and non-verbal learning disabilities, as well as expanded information on ADHD.
Response To Intervention (RTI). New information on RTI and how it creates opportunities for general education reading specialists to establish preventive reading programs for at-risk students. Included is specific scientifically based reading strategies identified by the National Institute for Literacy (Chapter 5).
Contains updated information on IDEA '04 and No Child Left Behind with an emphasis on how these laws affect teaching, assessing and managing the behavior of students with mild disabilities.
New information on using technology with students with mild disabilities.
Contents
Chapter One
Foundations of Special Education
Chapter Outline
Roots of Special Education
Diversity
Ending Handicappism
Litigation and Legislation
Federal Laws
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
No Child Left Behind Act
Who Receives Special Education?
Physical/Sensory Disabilities
Cognitive Disabilities
Academic Disabilities
Communication Disabilities
Emotional Disabilities
How Many Students Receive Special Education?
Students with Mild Disabilities
Learning Disability
Mild Intellectual Disability
Emotional Disability
Labeling
Advantages of Labeling
Disadvantages of Labeling
What to Teach Students
Individual Education Plan
Where to Teach Students
How to Teach Studens
Summary
Activity
Chapter Two
Students with Mild Disabilities
Chapter Outline
Cross Categorical Characteristics
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Asperger's Syndrome
Nonverbal Learning Disability
Causes of Mild Disabilities
Organic Causes
Environmental Causes
At-Risk Populations
Due Process Procedures
Prerefferal
Referral
Evaluation
Response to Intervention
Summary
Activities
