Understanding Physical, Health, and Multiple Disabilities

Understanding Physical, Health, and Multiple Disabilities
Author: Kathryn Wolff Heller
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Child development
ISBN: 9780132402736

Featuring current information on the physical, health, and multiple disabilities that are most commonly encountered in the school setting, this second edition will give students a thorough understanding of a wide range of disabilities and their educational implications.

Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities

Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities
Author: Fred P. Orelove
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"This textbook has been a staple of teacher training programs in special education and related fields since 1987. With this expanded fourth edition, undergraduate and graduate students will have research and practical strategies for educating children with severe and multiple disabilities. Equally useful for preservice special education professionals and for general educators teaching students with multiple disabilities, this core text provides comprehensive coverage of the topics essential to effective practice." "With the practical, research-based guidance in this textbook, teachers will learn effective strategies for educating students with severe and multiple disabilities in a variety of appropriate environments."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition

Essential Elements in Early Intervention: Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Second Edition
Author: Deborah Chen
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 671
Release: 2014-01-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0891284885

Essential Elements in Early Intervention is a complete sourcebooks and guide for early interventionists, teachers of students with visual impairments, and other professionals who work with young children with visual impairments, dual sensory impairments, and multiple disabilities. It includes comprehensive information on vision and hearing examinations, functional vision and hearing assessments, and effective methods of providing early intervention services. The new edition includes expanded, updated information on federal special education legislation, best practices in early intervention, evidence-based outcomes, and the role of the early interventionist, as well as strategies for working with families and educational teams successfully.

Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition

Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Second Edition
Author: Robert Reid
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1462511988

"Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms"--

Itinerant Teaching

Itinerant Teaching
Author: Jean E. Olmstead
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891288787

Using the practical advice from itinerant teachers within the US, each chapter develops strategies for working with students with visual impairments. It discusses the rights, expectations and demands of itinerant teaching, as well as the provision of services within a variety of environments.

Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities

Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
Author: Belva C. Collins
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781681254388

This bestselling, reader-friendly textbook provides readers with comprehensive guidance on the why and how of systematic instruction (SI), a highly effective, evidence-based teaching approach rooted in applied behavior analysis (ABA). The second edition includes updated research to expand the evidence base for SI, fully revised chapters with a wealth of practical recommendations, detailed sample lesson plans, and robust online faculty materials, including test banks and PowerPoints. Systematic Instruction can be used as a stand-alone text for graduate and undergraduate teaching methods courses; supplemental text to larger, more comprehensive books on severe disabilities; and as a practical guide for in-service special educators.

Keys to Educational Success

Keys to Educational Success
Author: Sharon Sacks
Publisher: AFB Press
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2016-06-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780891285519

"Published in conjunction with the Perkins School for the Blind."

Teaching Students with Language and Communication Disabilities

Teaching Students with Language and Communication Disabilities
Author: S. Jay Kuder
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Divided into three sections, the text examines research with a focus on application to school-age students, and then analyzes the language difficulties associated with specific disability types. The third section focuses on contemporary assessment and instructional strategies. Kuder emphasizes research-based instructional techniques and discusses several new methods, including technology-based approaches."--BOOK JACKET.