Special Needs in the General Classroom, 3rd Edition: 500+ Teaching Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

This fresh, new, updated 3rd Edition of the best-selling "Special Needs in the General Classroom, Strategies That Make It Work" is a strategy roadmap to help educators create a classroom environment where ALL students can maximize their potential while getting the best bang for their time. Discover effective tips and tricks for motivating and engaging students in the learning process and doubling their successes while working more efficiently.This update offers more teaching strategies, expanded research, and course work options for self-study, group-study, and textbook applications. We've even included a graduate credit option!Perfect for teachers who are having a hard time reaching all the different levels of learners in their classroom and need a systematic way to teach their content using differentiated instruction strategies, this edition of the book is very different for a couple of reasons.First, we focus on the the classroom teacher, who may be overwhelmed and in need of a complete toolkit of learning strategies that will help with the multitude of learning challenges they face every day.Secondly, the book is practical, straight forward, and easy to read. (Academic jargon is kept to a minimum.) You’ll get simple, common sense, and effective strategies that will provide students with tools to overcome the obstacles they face in the classroom.When you use teaching methods that allow students to learn the way THEY learn, you create a win-win and both students & teachers achieve more success than they ever thought possible. Teachers replace time-consuming, ineffective teaching methods with research-based teaching and learning strategies that yield positive results.

Susan Fitzell has been teaching since 1980 and has spent the past 15 years onsite in classrooms throughout the United States working hand in hand with teachers, helping them make a difference for kids. She has written over a dozen books for teachers, parents, and students, and is one of only 650 certified speaking professionals in the world today. She s a black belt in kickboxing and a student of kung fu. Her family prides themselves in being geeks and her two adult children have earned degrees in mechanical engineering using the strategies that she shares in her books. Susan Fitzell, M. Ed, has been touching lives in public schools and beyond since 1980. As a mother, teacher, and martial artist, Susan has over two decades of experience identifying and meeting the needs of youth, especially those with special needs, students with behavioral and anger management issues, and students who experience bullying. Susan's work focuses on building caring, inclusive school communities and helping students and teachers succeed in the inclusive classroom.

Susan is a dynamic, nationally recognized presenter and educational consultant specializing in special education topics, co-teaching, bullying prevention, adolescent anger management, and practical strategies to increase achievement of ALL students in ALL classrooms. Susan's motto is, Good for all, critical for students who learn differently. With years of experience co-teaching in the general education classroom, Susan possesses a unique understanding of the challenges facing co-teachers and paraprofessionals, and has spent her teaching life developing tools for both child and teacher success. Motherhood has helped her identify with the needs of parents and help them find the best ways to help their children with homework and other critical issues. Susan's greatest satisfaction comes from helping teachers make a positive impact using practical, doable strategies that fuel positive, measurable results. Whether she's doing a one day workshop or long-term consulting, Susan s straight forward, common sense approach always yields positive results.