A Practical Guide For Special Education Professionals

Author : Lisa Churchill,Rita Mulholland,Michelle R. Cepello
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X030263399

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A Practical Guide for Special Education Professionals by Lisa Churchill,Rita Mulholland,Michelle R. Cepello Pdf

A Practical Guide for Special Education Professionals is a resource guidebook, the purpose of which is to provide practical information and suggestions to help the special education teacher survive and eventually succeed in the school and classroom setting. This book is written to be used as a quick reference. Thus, the chapters are presented in a brief, user-friendly format. The guidebook''s content presents an overview of the major elements in special education: The Individualized Education Program (IEP), Classroom and Individual Behavior Management, Assessment for Instruction, Supervision of Paraprofessionals, Instructional Planning and Strategies, Collaborative Consultation, Home-School Partnerships, and Stress Reduction Strategies and Time Management Techniques. Each chapter prepares the teacher to work effectively in special education by supplying strategies and practical tips for working directly with pupils and other adults in the educational setting. Features: Guidebook''s content presents an overview or "big picture" of the major elements in the field of special education. Selected topics are essential for teacher survival and readily applicable to the classroom setting. Gives a quick, user friendly reference and overview for teaching students with special needs as well as for working successfully with adults. One chapter does not rely on information contained in a previous chapter. Allows teachers to access chapter materials in on an individualized as- needed-basis. Beginning special education teachers "need it all" and the sooner the better. The organization of the book permits teachers to quickly reference chapter contents and obtain practical information and resources to assist their daily activities. Teaching Tips, Forms, Charts, and Tables that summarize and underscore information for the reader. Enables teachers to easily find solutions to the problems encountered in their work, including working with students, parents, other teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals. The authors consider the IEP the "heart of special education." The chapter on IEP Legal and Pragmatic Issues provides up to date information and practical suggestions and forms to guide the special education teacher to successfully participate in this process and complete the required paperwork. This chapter takes the teacher step by step through the IEP meeting process and assists in understanding Present Levels of Performance (PLEP) , Response to Intervention RtI), and Writing, Monitoring, and Reporting IEP Goals. Gives clear, concise information on the IEP process and document and "demystifies" the IEP. Provides professors with useful tools for instruction on the IEP. Two features that emphasize reflection are "Take A Moment" and "Explorations." Both provide focused questions and structured activities to promote self-reflection and application of the chapters'' content. Provides teachers with an understanding of their roles and responsibilities as a special educator by reflecting on content through focused questions and applicable activities. Chapter on stress reduction strategies and time management techniques addresses the "overwhelmed" feeling that most special educators experience as they enter the profession. Provides tips and strategies for improving multitasking skills. Technology tools and resources are featured in the book. Assisted Technology, Universal Design, Grading Websites, and Web Site Resources are described.

Author : Bob Algozzine,Jim Ysseldyke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781629149622

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The Fundamentals of Special Education by Bob Algozzine,Jim Ysseldyke Pdf

The busy educator’s concise guide to the essentials of special education! In The Fundamentals of Special Education, authors Bob Algozzine and Jim Ysseldyke highlight the major concepts in special education, providing readers with a better understanding of the field, from disability categories and statistics to appropriate learning environments. Including a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this practical guide answers the many questions educators have about special education, including: • What is "special education" exactly, and why do we have it? • How many students receive special education services and who are they? • How are students identified for special education services? • Where are students with disabilities taught? • What is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)? • What roles do general and special education teachers play in addressing the needs of students with disabilities, and how do their responsibilities overlap? • How does diversity influence special education? • What about students who are gifted and/or talented? This excellent resource outlines a practicable approach to special education in all its many forms so that teachers can be prepared for the challenges they might face in the classroom.

Author : Marilyn Penovich Friend,William D. Bursuck
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 0132179725

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Including Students with Special Needs by Marilyn Penovich Friend,William D. Bursuck Pdf

This single most-adopted Inclusion text worldwide continues to provide the best source of practical strategies for teaching students with special needs in inclusive settings. Filled with examples and vignettes, the emphasis is always on teaching methods that promote student independence at all education levels. Its non-categorical approach helps teachers ensure all students' success regardless of their specific categories of exceptionality. The Sixth edition integrates today's expectations for students with the authors' strong commitment to inclusive practices, tempered by the realities of day-today teaching. This text provides teachers with a firm grounding in special education practices, an understanding of the professionals who support these students and the procedures followed to ensure their rights are upheld, and a wealth of research-based strategies and interventions that can foster their success. Prepare with the Power of Classroom Practice. MyEducationLab's easy-to-assign homework and activities will engage your students and ensure that they come to class more prepared. It saves you the class time that is often spent reviewing the basics and lets you devote that time to higher level learning experiences. Informed by evidence-based practice, MyEducationLab connects your course content to real classrooms with interactive exercises and activities that enhance students' learning and give them a deeper understanding of teaching. Additionally, all of the activities and exercises in MyEducationLab are conveniently built around essential learning outcomes and mapped to professional teaching standards. To provide your students access to MyEducationLab, your bookstore is required to order the ISBN containing a MyEducationLab Student Access Card. To verify the correct ISBN, you can go to www.myeducationlab.com, see the ISBN below, or contact your local Pearson sales representative. Encourage your students to practice applying what they have been learning through interactive exercises and simulations including Building Teaching Skills and Dispositions assignments and the Classroom Management Simulations. Prepare your students to analyze, reflect, and respond to real classroom situations with assignments that provide them with classroom video, case studies, and authentic student and teacher artifacts. Provide your students with interactive modules, case study units, and podcasts from the acclaimed IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University with the IRIS Center Resources on MyEducationLab. AssignPractice Tests for each chapter of your text and your students will receive an individualized study plan that identifies their strengths and weaknesses and provides accompanying resources to help them master the concepts covered in your course. Interact with the IEP Tutorial to learn how to develop appropriate IEPs and how to conduct effective IEP conferences. Use the Lesson Planning Software to develop high-quality lesson plans. The software also makes it easy to integrate your state's content standards into all of your lesson plans. Prepare your students to pass their teacher licensure exam by familiarizing them with teacher certification test requirements. Thos module includes descriptions of what's covered on each exam and opportunities to answer sample test questions.

Author : James E. Ysseldyke,Bob Algozzine
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412938983

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Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs by James E. Ysseldyke,Bob Algozzine Pdf

Teachers will find practical guidelines for collaborating with families, applying early childhood intervention, using transition services, involving community agencies and businesses, and identifying post-high school options.

Author : Laurie U. deBettencourt,Lori A. Howard
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781478631064

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The Effective Special Education Teacher by Laurie U. deBettencourt,Lori A. Howard Pdf

This comprehensive, pedagogically rich guide aims to help teachers entering the rewarding field of special education become highly successful and competent. The authors’ thirty-plus years of experience interacting with teachers and learning their needs endows them with a deep understanding of important issues teachers encounter, as well as their concerns about employing the best teaching methods. The book’s well-structured, easy-to-follow sections are devoted to developing collaborative relationships, preparing individualized educational programs, writing lesson plans, selecting instructional and behavioral techniques, and understanding the teacher evaluation methods in current use today. Guidance is also provided for self-reflection and formulating future goals. Each chapter contains numerous vignettes, rubrics, templates, strategies, and stimulating activities.

Author : Richard Rose,Marie Howley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848605046

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The Practical Guide to Special Educational Needs in Inclusive Primary Classrooms by Richard Rose,Marie Howley Pdf

`A well-written and thought-provoking book for teachers. It offers many ideas to improve inclusive practice in primary schools, to the benefit of all pupils, not only those with additional or different learning needs′ - Special magazine Written for newly-qualified teachers and students approaching the end of their training courses, this practical and accessible text is an introduction to working with children of a range of abilities in inclusive primary classrooms. The book draws on recent research and innovation in the education of pupils with special educational needs to provide practical examples and advice on how to meet the challenges of developing effective teaching and learning in inclusive settings. Chapters cover: " becoming an inclusive teacher " pupils giving cause for concern " teaching and learning styles " creating inclusive classroom environments and teaching teams " learning from pupils " looking beyond school " developing further as a professional With advice on building positive attitudes, developing specific teaching strategies and adapting a personalising teaching approaches, the book helps teachers to build upon their earlier training in both practical and reflective ways. Richard Rose is Professor of Special and Inclusive Education and Director of the Centre for Special Needs Education and Research at University College Northampton. Marie Howley is senior lecturer in the Centre for Special Needs Education and Research at University College Northampton, teaching on both undergraduate and post graduate courses and in continuing professional development for teachers.

Author : Jim Ysseldyke,Bob Algozzine
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781544334332

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Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs by Jim Ysseldyke,Bob Algozzine Pdf

Discover what assessment methods you should be using, and how, when, and where they should be administered to ensure appropriate services are selected for all exceptional students.

Author : Council for Exceptional Children,Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Special education teachers
ISBN : 0865865264

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High-leverage Practices in Special Education by Council for Exceptional Children,Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform Pdf

Special education teachers, as a significant segment of the teaching profession, came into their own with the passage of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, in 1975. Since then, although the number of special education teachers has grown substantially it has not kept pace with the demand for their services and expertise. The roles and practice of special education teachers have continuously evolved as the complexity of struggling learners unfolded, along with the quest for how best to serve and improve outcomes for this diverse group of students. High-Leverage Practices in Special Education defines the activities that all special educators needed to be able to use in their classrooms, from Day One. HLPs are organized around four aspects of practice collaboration, assessment, social/emotional/behavioral practices, and instruction because special education teachers enact practices in these areas in integrated and reciprocal ways. The HLP Writing Team is a collaborative effort of the Council for Exceptional Children, its Teacher Education Division, and the CEEDAR Center; its members include practitioners, scholars, researchers, teacher preparation faculty, and education advocates--Amazon.com

Author : Bonnie S. Billingsley,Mary T. Brownell,Maya Israel,Margaret L. Kamman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118095683

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A Survival Guide for New Special Educators by Bonnie S. Billingsley,Mary T. Brownell,Maya Israel,Margaret L. Kamman Pdf

What every special education teacher needs to know to survive and thrive A Survival Guide for New Special Educators provides relevant, practical information for new special education teachers across a broad range of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educator effectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resource addresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resource teachers, and inclusion specialists. Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies for working with a variety of special needs students Covers everything from preparing for the new school year to behavior management, customizing curriculum, creating effective IEPs, and more Billingsley and Brownell are noted experts in special educator training and support This highly practical book is filled with checklists, forms, and tools that special educators can use every day to help ensure that all special needs students get the rich, rewarding education they deserve.

Author : Marilyn Penovich Friend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 0558207456

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Including Students with Special Needs by Marilyn Penovich Friend Pdf

Author : Roger Pierangelo,George A. Giuliani
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Habiletés de base - Étude et enseignement (Secondaire) - États-Unis
ISBN : 0205345697

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Transition Services in Special Education by Roger Pierangelo,George A. Giuliani Pdf

Transition Services in Special Education: A Practical Approach provides teachers with a comprehensive and practical guide to helping their students as they prepare to leave the world of special education. This book includes procedures, laws, school responsibilities, organizations, forms, legal requirements, parent's responsibilities, state and government agencies, and anything else that a would ever need to help ease them through this challenging and often confusing process. Teachers working with children with special needs.

Author : Council for Exceptional Children
Publisher : Council For Exceptional Children
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780865865044

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What Every Special Educator Must Know by Council for Exceptional Children Pdf

CEC wrote the book on special education ... literally. CEC s famous red book details the ethics, standards, and guidelines for special education preparation and practice. Delineating both knowledge and skill sets and individual content standards, What Every Special Educator Must Know is an invaluable resource for special education administrators, institutional faculty developing curriculum, state policy makers evaluating licensure requirements, and special educators planning their professional growth.

Author : Robert Algozzine,James E. Ysseldyke
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X004911305

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The Fundamentals of Special Education by Robert Algozzine,James E. Ysseldyke Pdf

A guide to the essentials of special education looks at various aspects of the field, from statistics and disability categories to appropriate learning environments.

Author : James B. Earley,Robert J. McArdle
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071877081

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A Practical Approach to Special Education Administration by James B. Earley,Robert J. McArdle Pdf

Your guide to excelling in the complex role of a special education administrator The job of the administrator of special education is arguably one of the most difficult in a school district—and that complexity can be overwhelming. It requires an aspect of every administrative job in the district, including budgets, human resources, student advocacy, and curriculum and assessment. Written by two veteran special education administrators with more than 100 years of combined experience, this book shows current and aspiring special education administrators how to excel in the many demanding areas of their position, allowing them to be effective administrators and educational leaders. Among the many topics included in the book are The importance of visibility in the form of face-to-face interactions to assist staff, students, and building principals The importance of parents in the process The significance of confidentiality, due process, program development, and working with advocates Insight into decision-making and relationship-building A critical tool in any special education administrator′s box, as well as building administrators, central office administrators and school committee members, this book provides practical and friendly advice for a difficult but critical job.

Author : Tim Loreman,Joanne Deppeler,David Harvey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415356687

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Inclusive Education by Tim Loreman,Joanne Deppeler,David Harvey Pdf

A practical guide to working with primary and secondary students who need extra attention. It outlines the principles behind diversity and inclusive policies, and discusses the range of needs teachers can expect to encounter in an inclusive classroom.