Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms

by Lewis, Rena B.; Doorlag, Donald H.

• ISBN13: 9780130953070
• ISBN10: 0130953075
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For course in Inclusion or Introduction to Special Education. This popular, practical text prepares future teachers for the challenges of inclusion and gives them the background to work with a wide range of students in a variety of educational settings in the elementary and secondary classroom. Using an informal style, the text demonstrates how to identify pupils who have learning problems and provides the tools necessary to help these children succeed in general education classrooms. The book concentrates on techniques that will improve academic performance; classroom behavior; and social acceptance for students with disabilities, gifted and talented students, culturally and linguistically diverse students, and students at-risk.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION.

1. Success for All Students in the General Education Classroom.
2. Collaboration and the Team Approach.
3. Special Students, Special Needs.

II. SKILLS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

4. Adapting Instruction.
5. Managing Classroom Behavior.
6. Promoting Social Acceptance.
7. Coordinating the Classroom Learning Environment.
8. Using Computers and Other Technologies in the Classroom.

III. METHODS FOR TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION.

9. Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.
10. Teaching Students with Mild Retardation and Severe Disabilities.
11. Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders.
12. Teaching Students with Communication Disorders and Autism.
13. Teaching Students with Physical and Health Impairments.
14. Teaching Students with Visual and Hearing Impairments.

IV. METHODS FOR TEACHING STUDENTS WITH OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS IN GENERAL EDUCATION.

15. Teaching Students Who Are Gifted and Talented.
16. Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students.
17. Teaching Students at Risk for School Failure.
Epilogue: Inclusion Today . . . and Tomorrow.
Glossary.
Author Index.
Subject Index.