Teaching individuals with physical and multiple disabilities - Hardcover

Bigge, June L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0675085276 ISBN 13: 9780675085274

Publisher: Merrill, 1976

Synopsis

Graduate level text for teachers intending to work with Special Education Students with physical and multiple disabilities. Basic definitions, techniques for remediation, task analysis, motor development, case studies, psycho-social aspects of physical disabilities, self care, academics, education of severely and profoundly handicapped, etc. Each chapter has been authored by an expert in that field. ( Older copy but information still accurate and viable.)

About this title

From the Back Cover

Comprehensive and unique, this text provides special educators and others education professionals with the knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It is the only text published that specifically addresses the educational and psychosocial needs of students with physical or health impairments who do not necessarily have cognitive disabilities and explains the psychosocial impact of disability including those disabilities that are degenerative and terminal in nature. It teaches key knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities to reach their highest potential. New to this Edition!

• NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum - found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text.
  • Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to "hang" current and future knowledge.
• NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation - Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1)
  • Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications.
• NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12) - emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes.
• NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text - Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos.
  • Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall.
• NEW! For faculty an Instructor's Manual is now available - to help structure their course and make the content more meaningful to their students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Merrill
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0675085276
• ISBN 13: 9780675085274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 279