Teaching Children and Adolescents With Special Needs - Softcover

Judy-l-olson-jennifer-platt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0675212308 ISBN 13: 9780675212304

Publisher: Merrill Pub Co, 1992

Synopsis

With collaboration so vital to today's educational arena, this thorough, well-organized, highly readable book concentrates on the general process of teaching—the basic “how to do it”—to help prospective teachers of children with mild disabilities in grades K-12 learn to work effectively with students, other teachers, and families. Basing coverage on their extensive experience, the authors present practical, research-based teaching strategies that relate to everyday occurrences in schools; provide motivating, experience-based activities; and offer numerous detailed lesson plans. Their personal, conversational writing style makes even complex concepts accessible, while their extensive coverage gives readers a solid understanding of what works and what doesn't in both special education classrooms and inclusive settings. For future teachers of elementary school students with mild disabilities and learning problems.

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From the Publisher

Personal in tone and interactive in format, this functional text fully prepares special education students for their new role in the 21st century, offering a solid foundation in effective general methodologies necessary for their future role in teaching. It describes in detail research-based strategies that help special educators a) facilitate learning of children and adolescents with mild disabilities; b) adapt and modify materials and instruction for these students to be successful in inclusive settings; c)collaborate with regular educators and families; and d) prepare students for the transition from school to work, to community living.

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: Written by two of today's most experienced special education teachers, this personal and highly interactive book offers a solid foundation in effective general methodologies necessary for teaching children and students with special needs. It describes in detail research- based strategies that help special educators a) fa cilitate learning of students with mild disabilities; b) adapt and modify materials and instruction for these students to be successful in inclusive settings and collaborate with regular educators and families; and c) prepare students for the transition from school to work, and to community living. Key Topics: Covers grades K-12, preparing users to teach either elementary or secondary student with mild disabilities. Emphasizes and integrates multicultural populations throughout the book, and stresses the current focus on the collaboration between regular and special education with a thorough examination of the changing roles and responsibilities of special educators in inclusive settings. Market: For special education teachers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0675212308
• ISBN 13: 9780675212304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 473