The book will focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Severe Disabilities (ASD/SD). Its purpose is to discuss the enhancement of the pedagogical skills of special education teachers who work specifically with students on the autism spectrum and have concurrent, significant intellectual disabilities. Due to the increase in diagnosis of autism, the editors recognize the need for teachers to have expertise working successfully with students on the spectrum. In the interest of pedagogical flexibility that the editors have explored options beyond, and in addition to, standard ABA guidelines. This book provides instructional strategies/methodologies for students on the low and high ends of the spectrum, as defined by the DSM, Fifth Edition, and with other concurrent severe disabilities

Recent performance-based teacher assessments have challenged teacher educators to rethink the ways that candidates are prepared in education programs. edTPA (formerly the Teacher Performance Assessment) requires teacher candidates to demonstrate knowledge and skills through authentic teaching artifacts, written commentary, and video clips recorded in real classroom settings. As part of the edTPA requirements, teacher candidates submit video clips of their own teaching to be viewed and assessed by evaluators. This implies that teacher candidates should know how to utilize their own videos for the purpose of improving their instructional skills as well as the learning of their students. These initiatives have urged teacher educators to prepare their candidates for the active use of video-recorded instruction either in university classrooms or in field-based practices. This book provides research-based strategies to support video analysis of authentic teaching in initial teacher education programs. It also presents a review of video recording tools in reference to their features and practicality for different educational settings.

This book focuses on the use of teaching video for teachers' professional development and growth. The objectives of the book are to discuss the benefits of video analysis of authentic teaching to improve teacher instruction in various contexts, such as advanced teacher education programs, in-service teacher professional development activities, teacher evaluation, and so on. This book reviews a theoretical framework and instructional strategies for video analysis among professional learning communities and provides research-based strategies to support video analysis of authentic teaching for teachers' professional development activities. This book will benefit teacher educators who teach in-service teachers, school administrators who evaluate in-service teachers, and classroom teachers or supervisors who would like to reflect on their instructional practice and improve the learning of their students. It will serve as a resource for teacher educators and teachers of all subjects.

Recent performance-based teacher assessments have challenged teacher educators to rethink the ways that candidates are prepared in education programs. edTPA (formerly the Teacher Performance Assessment) requires teacher candidates to demonstrate knowledge and skills through authentic teaching artifacts, written commentary, and video clips recorded in real classroom settings. As part of the edTPA requirements, teacher candidates submit video clips of their own teaching to be viewed and assessed by evaluators. This implies that teacher candidates should know how to utilize their own videos for the purpose of improving their instructional skills as well as the learning of their students. These initiatives have urged teacher educators to prepare their candidates for the active use of video-recorded instruction either in university classrooms or in field-based practices. This book provides research-based strategies to support video analysis of authentic teaching in initial teacher education programs. It also presents a review of video recording tools in reference to their features and practicality for different educational settings.

The book will focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Severe Disabilities (ASD/SD). Its purpose is to discuss the enhancement of the pedagogical skills of special education teachers who work specifically with students on the autism spectrum and have concurrent, significant intellectual disabilities. Due to the increase in diagnosis of autism, the editors recognize the need for teachers to have expertise working successfully with students on the spectrum. In the interest of pedagogical flexibility that the editors have explored options beyond, and in addition to, standard ABA guidelines. This book provides instructional strategies/methodologies for students on the low and high ends of the spectrum, as defined by the DSM, Fifth Edition, and with other concurrent severe disabilities

This book focuses on the use of teaching video for teachers' professional development and growth. The objectives of the book are to discuss the benefits of video analysis of authentic teaching to improve teacher instruction in various contexts, such as advanced teacher education programs, in-service teacher professional development activities, teacher evaluation, and so on. This book reviews a theoretical framework and instructional strategies for video analysis among professional learning communities and provides research-based strategies to support video analysis of authentic teaching for teachers' professional development activities. This book will benefit teacher educators who teach in-service teachers, school administrators who evaluate in-service teachers, and classroom teachers or supervisors who would like to reflect on their instructional practice and improve the learning of their students. It will serve as a resource for teacher educators and teachers of all subjects.