Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning and Behavior Problems

by Vaughn, Sharon R.; Bos, Candace S.

• ISBN13: 9780137034673
• ISBN10: 0137034679
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-11
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The streamlined eighth edition of the bestselling text Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problemsprovides more hands on application and classroom strategies than any other methods text on the market. #xA0; A practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students, this book uses current research on the best practices for providing instructional and support services to students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. The eighth edition contains more applied teaching strategies than ever before, a thorougly revised chapter on teaching and assessing math, and#xA0;an increased integration and emphasis on the topics of co-teaching and working with paraprofessionals, response to intervention and assessment, and technology.

Author Biography

Sharon Vaughn (Ph. D., University of Arizona) holds the H.E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is a recipient of the AERA Special Education SIG distinguished researcher award. She was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the coeditor of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. Dr. Vaughn is the author of numerous books and research articles that address the reading and social outcomes of students with learning difficulties including Teaching Students Who Are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, with Jeanne Schumm and Candace Bos. Currently she is principal or co-principal investigator on several Institute for Education Science, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and Office of Special Education Programs research grants investigating effective interventions for students with learning disabilities and behavior problems as well as students who are English language learners.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Understanding and Planning Instruction for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems

1. Planning and Teaching for Understanding

2. Approaches to Learning and Teaching

3. Response to Intervention

4. Promoting Social Acceptance and Managing Behavior

5. Communicating, Collaborating, and CoTeaching

 

Part 2: Instructing Students with Learning and Behavior Problems

6. Assessing and Teaching Oral Language

7. Assessing and Teachign Reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Word Recognition

8. Assessing and Teaching Reading: Fluency and Comprehension

9. Assessing and Teaching Writing and Spelling

10. Assessing and Teaching Content Area Learning and Vocabulary Instruciton

11. Aassessing and Teaching Mathematics