Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
|
Your cart is empty |
|||
Showing 1 - 5 of 5 matches in All Departments
Now in its Second Edition, this seminal handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of how students with disabilities might be provided classrooms and schools that are both inclusive and effective. With an enhanced focus on the elementary level, this new edition provides readers with a richer, more holistic understanding of how inclusive settings operate in K-5, featuring expanded chapters on principal engagement, teacher preparation, district-level support, school-based improvement practices, and more. Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the field, each chapter synthesizes the research, explores if and how this knowledge is currently used in schools, and addresses the implications for practice and directions for future research.
Now in its Second Edition, this seminal handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of how students with disabilities might be provided classrooms and schools that are both inclusive and effective. With an enhanced focus on the elementary level, this new edition provides readers with a richer, more holistic understanding of how inclusive settings operate in K-5, featuring expanded chapters on principal engagement, teacher preparation, district-level support, school-based improvement practices, and more. Fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the field, each chapter synthesizes the research, explores if and how this knowledge is currently used in schools, and addresses the implications for practice and directions for future research.
Distance education services are an effective way to meet the needs of students with disabilities, but few special educators get the preparation they need to conduct high-quality instruction remotely. All the fundamentals are in this one-of-a-kind guide, the first dedicated book on distance learning for special educators. With contributions from more than 35 experienced educators, this guide covers all types of distance learning from Grades PreK through 12-both real-time and asynchronous, from higher-tech online teaching to instruction with prepared materials. Special educators will get foundational knowledge on the principles and recommended practices of virtual learning, and then discover specific strategies for delivering behavioral, academic, and social supports at a distance. Up-to-date research blends seamlessly with practical action steps, giving educators a reliable and immediately useful guide to the most successful virtual learning practices. Required reading for both pre- and in-service special education teachers, this timely book clarifies what effective and engaging distance education looks like from preschool through high school-and how to maximize its benefits for students with a wide range of disabilities. LEARN HOW TO: adapt your curriculum and instruction for virtual learning select and use technology to support learners and families make skillful adaptations for students with physical, sensory, and communication challenges teach both reading and STEM skills at a distance respond to challenging behavior and mental health needs in a virtual environment collect student data and monitor IEP objectives meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students plan smooth student transitions at a distance SPECIAL FEATURES: Reinforce and enhance your learning with chapter objectives, case studies, reflection questions, and lists of helpful tools, apps, and resources to explore.
For years the text of choice for developing excellence as a teacher of K-12 students with moderate and severe disabilities, this clearly written work has now been revised and updated. Chapters provide step-by-step procedures for designing standards-based individualized education plans and evaluating and enhancing student progress. Methods and materials for teaching literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies are described in depth. The book also describes effective ways to build functional daily living skills. User-friendly features include extensive vignettes and classroom examples, end-of-chapter application exercises, and reproducible planning and assessment tools. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Reflects important advances in research and evidence-based practice. *Chapter on collaborating with culturally diverse families, plus a stronger multicultural focus throughout. *Chapter on writing instruction. *Two additional chapters on reading and math, ensuring coverage of both foundational and grade-aligned skills. *Increased attention to students with autism spectrum disorder and to uses of technology.
How can todaya s educators teach academic content to students
with moderate and severe developmental disabilitiesa while helping
all students meet Common Core State Standards? This text has
answers for K-12 teachers, straight from 37 experts in special and
general education. A followup to the landmark bestseller Teaching
Language Arts, Math, and Science to Students with Significant
Cognitive Disabilities, this important text prepares teachers to
ensure more inclusion, more advanced academic content, and more
meaningful learning for their students. Teachers will have the
cutting-edge research and recommended practices they need to
identify and deliver grade-aligned instructional contenta leading
to more opportunities and better quality of life for students with
severe disabilities.
PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Detailed vignettes based on the authorsa real-life experiences, teaching examples and guidelines that illustrate recommended practices, helpful figures and tables, resource lists, and suggestions for incorporating technology into teaching and learning."
|
You may like...
|