Student Teacher to Master Teacher: A Practical Guide for Educating Students With Special Needs

A reflective guide for use during supervised special-education student teaching experiences or graduate field experiences, with an emphasis on linking field experience to real-life classroom situations. Coverage includes students with mild to moderate disabilities, planning for instruction, classroom assessment, paperwork, student and family transitions, and professional issues. Features reflection boxes, chapter summaries, exercises, and boxes highlighting issues and legislation. Spiral wire binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Designed as a reflective and practical guide, this book will assist students in both their initial field experience and their student teaching experience. The book provides structured, reality-based discussions and activities pertaining to the most relevant issues in special education. Once student teaching is completed, users of this guide can refer to it as a resource that will continue to challenge their personal philosophy of special education as they become involved with professional organizations, recertification and in-service programs, and advocacy groups.