Teaching Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities


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This book has been replaced by Teaching Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities, Second Edition, 978-1-4625-4238-3.







Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities


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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.




Teaching Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities


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"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. Subject Areas/Key words: special education, children, adolescents, special-needs learners, disabled, moderately, severely, developmental disorders, academic interventions, academic skills, life skills, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, inclusion classrooms, systematic instruction, special educators, teachers, literacy, reading, mathematics, textbooks, texts Audience: Students in special education and school psychology; K-12 special educators, school psychologists, reading specialists, classroom teachers, and administrators"--




Teaching Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities


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This book educates teachers on how to incorporate applied curriculum strategies into their classrooms so ALL students can participate. A unique aspect is its ability to balance inclusive practice with practical, functional instruction and materials. It provides many actual examples of teaching skills in an applied setting. These scenarios, combined with mini case studies, games, and learning activities offer a keen understanding of how to work with those who have moderate to severe disabilities. A three-part organization covers foundations of curriculum, implementation of the curriculum, and instructional environments. For future preschool, elementary, and secondary level teachers of students with moderate to severe disabilities.




Academic Instruction for Students With Moderate and Severe Intellectual Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms


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Packed with instructional strategies for students with significant disabilities, this research-based resource helps teachers adapt their curriculum, work collaboratively, develop accurate assessments, track student progress, and more.




Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities


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Written in a way that makes the most complex findings of research understandable and usable in the real educational world, this book offers comprehensive coverage of all of the issues that are pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities. The authors clearly and completely address both methodology and curriculum, presenting topics in the order in which a teacher would approach them: prior considerations, planning and assessment, general instructional procedures, and, finally, procedures targeted to learners with specific disabling conditions. In addition, they pay thoughtful attention to assessment, the role of paraprofessionals, and multicultural concerns. For teachers and future teachers of students with severe/multiple disabilities.




Teaching Literacy to Students With Significant Disabilities


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Break down the barriers to successful literacy instruction and empower students with special needs with these insightful tips, tools, and examples.




Effective Literacy Instruction for Students with Moderate Or Severe Disabilities


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With this practical guidebook, teachers will help students with disabilities meet academic standards for literacy. Appropriate for use in all settings, including inclusive classrooms, this book is the lifeline every K-12 teacher needs to Teach every key literacy component--phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension, and oral language--to students with disabilities. Implement proven strategies. The practical teaching techniques and suggestions throughout the book are backed by research and field tested. Plan better lessons that get results with simple organizational tools like the Literacy Planning Matrix. Teach students with a wide range of disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and multiple disabilities. Understand the research. The authors highlight reliable research on effective literacy practices and put it in the most accessible terms. A must-have resource on one of today's hottest topics, this easy-to-use book will help educators raise expectations for all students and teach those with disabilities the crucial literacy skills they'll use for the rest of their lives.




Instructional Strategies for Students With Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability


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Strategies for Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disabilities is a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in special and general education teacher preparation programs (as well as practicing professionals) offering a solid, research based text on instructional methodologies for teaching students with intellectual disability across the spectrum of intellectual abilities. The book addresses both academic and functional curricula in addition to behavioral interventions. Additionally, Instructional Strategies for Students Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability adopts developmental or life span approach covering preschool through adolescence and young adulthood.