In order to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities in the classrooms of today and tomorrow, general and special educators must work together to differentiate instruction. The new differentiation must take place within an RTI framework…
Children who have low self-confidence; a negative attitude towards school; score below average on assessments of language comprehension; and have an erratic pattern of errors with no specific linguistic weaknesses on assessments of comprehension, ma…
Notes the pervasiveness of dyslexia among American children today, drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs to reveal the importance of early diagnosis and explaining how parents can work with their children and with educators throughout each grad…
This book is written to help parents of special needs children understand and navigate the educational system. The book describes the various ways parents can be involved in planning and delivering a special education program for their child. Commun…
I denne studien får vi møte tre gutter fra sjuende trinn. Dette er gutter som har lang erfaring med å bruke læringsstrategier i arbeid med tekster. Spørsmålet Elin Moen stiller er hvordan de opplever at dette har betydning for deres tekstforståelse…
Do you know a child who is bright, charming and articulate, but has no friends? A child who showed early signs of intelligence, but is now floundering, academically and emotionally? Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) are an enigma.…
Once your school has established the reason and the will to move forward with Response to Intervention (RTI), you still have to navigate all the difficult steps of implementing core instruction with a multitiered system of supports, data-based probl…
How prepared a child is to start school is an important predictor of overall schooling success. Often, children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) require additional support to ensure that they have the necessary social, academic and emotional skil…
Thirty-five teaching practitioners in higher education collaborated to provide this resource about the accommodation process for students with disabilities in the college classroom. It provides the educator with concrete teaching strategies for addr…
Racial inequities pervade special education in U.S. schools today. Minority children-especially African Americans-are far more likely than white children to be designated mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed and therefore in need of special ed…
This book supplies educators, classroom support personnel, and administrators with numerous tools for creating positive, inclusive classroom environments for students from preschool through high school. Reviewing the basics of cooperative learning,…
This invaluable guide equips teachers and trainees with practical tips and strategies for teaching children with profound and multiple learning difficulties. Engaging and informative, the authors provide advice on areas such as the daily management…
Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this book uses photographs of students engaging in a variety of real-life social situations. The realistic format plays to the visual strengths of children with ASD to teach appropriate social behaviors. Color ph…
