Educating Individuals with Disabilities

by Grigorenko, Elena L.

• ISBN13: 9780826103567
• ISBN10: 0826103561
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC

Summary

Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Discusses how learning-disabled students are identified and assessed today in light of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. Topics include issues and developments in special education and learning disability identification. For school psychologists.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
Educating Individuals with Disabilities
Issues and Developments in Special Education	p. 3
Policy and Law of Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004: Attempting No Student With Disabilities Left Behind to the Extent Enforceable	p. 39
The Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA): Concepts and Constructs-Old, New, and Modified
The Law and Reality: Understanding the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act	p. 63
From Policy to Practice: IDEIA and Evidence-Based Practice	p. 85
Response to Intervention: A Strategy for the Prevention and Identification of Learning Disabilities	p. 115
Learning Disability Identification: How Does It Apply to English Language Learners?	p. 137
IDEIA 2004 and Specific Learning Disabilities: What Role Does Intelligence Play?	p. 165
Assessment and Eligibility of Students With Disabilities	p. 197
Systems of Instruction and Assessment to Improve Mathematics Achievement for Students With Disabilities: The Potential and Promise of RTI	p. 227
English Language Learners and Response to Intervention: Improving Quality of Instruction in General and Special Education	p. 249
Response to Intervention and Teacher Preparation	p. 273
Twice-Exceptional Students: Being Gifted and Learning Disabled-Implications of the IDEIA	p. 295
High Stakes Testing and Students With Disabilities: Why Federal Policy Needs to Be Changed	p. 319
Individualized Education Program	p. 337
Behavior Intervention Plans	p. 361
From the Front Lines
Increasing the Academic Performance of Struggling Students and Students With Disabilities in Underperforming Schools	p. 383
Local Educational Authorities and IDEIA	p. 403
New Individuals With Disabilities Educational Improvement Act and Psychological Assessment: From Policy to Practice	p. 421
Reading Assessment and IDEIA: The Science Made Practical	p. 435
How Private Practice Should Respond to IDEIA 2004	p. 453
The Road Just Started: Concluding Remarks From the Editor	p. 471
Index	p. 477
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