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Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students With Mild Disabilities

by Henley, Martin; Ramsey, Roberta S.; Algozzine, Robert

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3rd

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9780205290666

ISBN10:

0205290663

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Pub. Date:

9/1/1998

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Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

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Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities
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Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students With Mild Disabilities

Table of Contents

Preface

xiii

PART ONE Characteristics of Students with Mild Disabilities

1

(216)

1 Foundations of Special Education for Students with Mild Disabilities

3

(40)

Vignette: Jake, Mary, Felipe

5

(1)

The Roots of Special Education

6

(2)

Diversity in the Schools

8

(3)

Multicultural Education

9

(2)

Handicappism

11

(9)

Litigation and Legislation

12

(2)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

14

(6)

Who Receives Special Education?

20

(6)

Physical Reasons for Needing Special Education

21

(1)

Cognitive Reasons for Needing Special Education

22

(2)

Academic Reasons for Needing Special Education

24

(1)

Communication Reasons for Needing Special Education

25

(1)

Behavioral-Emotional Reasons for Needing Special Education

26

(1)

How Many Students Receive Special Education?

26

(2)

Students with Mild Disabilities

28

(2)

Labeling

30

(3)

Advantages of Labeling

31

(1)

Disadvantages of Labeling

31

(2)

Focus on What to Teach Students

33

(1)

Individual Education Program

33

(1)

Focus on Where to Teach Students

34

(5)

Regular Classroom Placement (Level I, Level II)

35

(1)

Resource Room Placement (Level III)

35

(1)

Special Class Placement (Level IV)

35

(2)

Special Day School Placement (Level V)

37

(1)

Homebound Programs (Level VI)

37

(1)

Other Domiciled Settings (Level VII)

37

(1)

Residential Programs (Level VIII)

38

(1)

Focus on How to Teach Students with Mild Disabilities

39

(2)

Comparing General and Special Education

39

(2)

Summary

41

(1)

Activities

42

(1)

2 Students with Mild Mental Retardation

43

(43)

Vignette: Larry

45

(1)

Intelligence

46

(3)

Alfred Binet

47

(1)

Intelligence Tests

47

(2)

Definition and Identification

49

(4)

Degrees of Mental Retardation

51

(1)

Prevalence

52

(1)

Causes of Mental Retardation

53

(6)

Organic Causes

54

(2)

Environmental Causes

56

(3)

Characteristics

59

(14)

Cognitive

60

(4)

Mental Processing

64

(1)

Academics

65

(2)

Communication

67

(3)

Perception/Motor

70

(2)

Social/Adaptive

72

(1)

The "New" Student with Mild Retardation

73

(1)

Teaching Strategies

74

(9)

Instruction

75

(1)

Thinking Skills

76

(1)

Early Intervention

77

(1)

Reading

78

(1)

Functional Skills

79

(1)

Adaptive Behavior

80

(2)

Daily Living and Work Skills

82

(1)

Summary

83

(1)

Activities

84

(2)

3 Students with Behavior Disorders

86

(44)

Vignette: Fred Peterson

88

(2)

Foundations of Behavior Disorders

90

(2)

Historical Perspective

91

(1)

Definition and Identification

92

(4)

Issues and Concerns

92

(3)

Levels of Behavior Disorders

95

(1)

Prevalence of Behavior Disorders

96

(3)

Causes of Behavior Disorders

99

(10)

Biophysical Causes

100

(1)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

101

(3)

Psychodynamic Causes

104

(2)

Psychoeducational Causes

106

(1)

Behavioral Causes

107

(2)

Disturbed or Disturbing?

109

(2)

The Ecological Model

111

(3)

Characteristics

114

(7)

Cognitive

115

(2)

Academic

117

(1)

Communication

118

(1)

Social-Adaptive

119

(2)

Strategies for Teaching Students with Behavior Disorders

121

(6)

Discipline

122

(1)

Improving Emotional Problems

122

(2)

Improving Social Problems

124

(1)

Integration of Treatment Approaches

124

(3)

Summary

127

(1)

Activities

128

(2)

4 Students with Learning Disabilities

130

(46)

Vignette: David

132

(2)

Foundations of Learning Disabilities

134

(10)

Early Research on Learning Disabilities

136

(3)

Brain Research

139

(4)

Causes of Learning Disabilities

143

(1)

Definition and Identification

144

(3)

Major Concepts and Key Phrases

145

(2)

Discrepancy between Achievement and Intellectual Ability

147

(1)

Prevalence of Learning Disabilities

147

(1)

Characteristics

148

(10)

Cognitive

150

(1)

Mental Processing

151

(1)

Academic

152

(1)

Communication

153

(2)

Perceptual-Motor

155

(1)

Social/Adaptives

156

(2)

Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder

158

(3)

Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities

161

(8)

Medical Model

161

(2)

Psychological Process Model

163

(1)

Behavioral Model

164

(2)

Cognitive Model

166

(3)

Young Adults

169

(2)

Characteristics

169

(2)

Alternative Strategies

171

(1)

Looking to the Future

171

(1)

Summary

171

(3)

Activities

174

(2)

5 Overview of Students with Mild Disabilities

176

(41)

Tale of Three Students: Vignettes

178

(1)

Cross-Categorical Characteristics of Students

179

(9)

Causes of Mild Disabilities

188

(1)

Mild Contrasted with Severe Disabilities

189

(10)

Organic Causes

191

(4)

Environmental Causes

195

(4)

Special Populations At Risk

199

(5)

Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers

199

(1)

Pre-school Children Served

200

(1)

At-Risk School-Aged Youth

201

(1)

School Drop Outs

202

(2)

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

204

(10)

Identification of Learning Problems

206

(2)

Prereferral Intervention

208

(1)

Referral to Special Education

209

(1)

Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Eligibility

210

(2)

The Individualized Education Program (IEP)

212

(2)

Summary

214

(2)

Activities

216

(1)

PART TWO Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities

217

(187)

6 Least Restrictive Environment

219

(32)

Vignette: Luis, Pablo, and Karim

221

(2)

Least Restrictive Environment

223

(2)

Mainstreaming

225

(1)

Inclusion

226

(6)

Organizing Inclusion Programs

229

(2)

Court Cases

231

(1)

Inclusion Models

232

(11)

Consultation

233

(2)

Team Teaching

235

(1)

Instructional Practices

236

(7)

Working Together

243

(5)

Teacher Expectations

244

(1)

Classroom Organization

244

(1)

Standardized Tests

245

(1)

Discipline

246

(1)

Administration

247

(1)

Summary

248

(1)

Activities

249

(2)

7 Learning and Teaching

251

(27)

Vignette

253

(1)

Problem Solving Questions

253

(1)

What Are Schools For?

254

(5)

Student Perceptions of School

254

(1)

Child and Adolescent Development

255

(2)

The Hidden Curriculum

257

(2)

Student Learning Styles

259

(3)

Instructional Models

262

(11)

Direct Instruction

263

(1)

Precision Teaching

264

(2)

Student-Centered Learning

266

(3)

Learning Strategies

269

(2)

Task Analysis

271

(1)

Functional Curriculum

272

(1)

Integrated Teaching

273

(3)

Summary

276

(1)

Activities

276

(2)

8 Instructional Modifications

278

(32)

Vignette: Shirley Allen

280

(1)

Instructing Students with Mild Disabilities

280

(5)

Time Management

281

(2)

Allocated Time

283

(1)

Engaged Time

283

(1)

Academic Learning Time

284

(1)

Testing and Grading

285

(3)

Testing Alternatives

285

(2)

Grading

287

(1)

Teacher Communication

288

(2)

Attention

288

(1)

Clarity of Language

288

(1)

Questioning

289

(1)

Student Performance

290

(6)

Self-Esteem

290

(1)

Study Skills

291

(2)

Organizational Skills

293

(3)

Selecting Instructional Materials

296

(2)

Modification of Materials

297

(1)

Individualized Education Program

298

(8)

Curriculum-Based Assessment

299

(3)

Curriculum-Based Planning

302

(1)

Curriculum-Based Monitoring

303

(3)

The Educator's Kit of Tools

306

(2)

Summary

308

(1)

Activities

309

(1)

9 Classroom Management

310

(31)

Vignette: Mr. Mellon

312

(1)

Discipline--An Overview

313

(2)

Preventive Discipline

315

(11)

Know Yourself

315

(2)

Know Your Students

317

(2)

Classroom Organization

319

(1)

Crisis Situations

320

(1)

Life Space Crisis Intervention

321

(2)

Emotional First Aid

323

(3)

Managing Student Behavior

326

(11)

Behavior Modification

326

(6)

Nonverbal and Verbal Methods

332

(2)

Verbal Interventions

334

(2)

Punishment

336

(1)

Getting Rudy to Behave: Putting Theory Into Practice

337

(2)

Summary

339

(1)

Activities

339

(2)

10 Teaching Social Skills

341

(27)

Vignette: Debbie

343

(1)

Why Teach Social Skills?

344

(3)

Teresa's Dilemma

344

(1)

Autocratic, Permissive, and Democratic Classrooms

345

(2)

Teaching Social Skills

347

(5)

Character Education

347

(3)

New Lyrics to an Old Song

350

(2)

Social Competence

352

(11)

The Anatomy of Self-Control

353

(8)

Selecting a Social Skills Curriculum

361

(2)

A Problem-Solving Model

363

(3)

Summary

366

(1)

Activities

367

(1)

11 Building Family Partnerships

368

(36)

Vignette: Eileen

370

(1)

America's Children--A Threatened Species

371

(2)

Parent's and Teacher: Valuable Partners

373

(2)

Benefits of Parent-Teacher Cooperation

375

(4)

Understanding Families

379

(5)

Parent Feelings

379

(2)

The Family Unit

381

(3)

Support for Families

384

(6)

Emotional Support

385

(1)

Information

385

(5)

Teacher-Parent Communication

390

(9)

Written Communication

395

(1)

Technology

396

(3)

The Individual Education Program Meeting

399

(3)

Summary

402

(1)

Activities

403

(1)

Appendix A A Chronology

404

(41)

Appendix B Commonly Used Psychoactive Medications

445

(5)

Appendix C Genetic, Pre-, Peri-, and Postnatal Disorders

450

(3)

Appendix D Frequently Used Achievement Tests

453

(7)

References

460

(32)

Index

492

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