Learning disabilities [electronic resource] : identification, assessment, and instruction of students with LD /

This volume addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to learning disabilities and is written by leaders in the field of learning disabilities. The layout of the book and ordering of chapters will allow readers to follow learning disabilities in a very logical and thoughtful process from legal issues, identification, and assessment, to effective practices and response to intervention finally ending with practical issues of inclusion, working with families, and teacher preparation. Chapters can be read in order or independently which will allow readers considerable versatility. Chapters in the book include: Legal Issues and Learning Disabilities; Themes and Dimensions of Learning Disabilities; Identification and Assessment of Students with LD; Placement of Students with Learning Disabilities; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students who have Learning Disabilities; Prevention Strategies for At-Risk Students with Learning Disabilities; ELL Students and Learning Disabilities; Differentiating Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Interventions for CLD Learners with Learning Disabilities; Positive Behavior Supports and Students with Learning Disabilities.Legal issues and students with learning disabilities / Mitchell L. Yell, Todd W. Busch -- Themes and dimensions of learning disabilities / Valerie L. Mazzotti, April L. Mustian -- Assessment and LD : determining eligibility, selecting services, and guiding instruction / Frederick J. Brigham, Jeffrey P. Bakken -- Placement of students with learning disabilities / Cynthia G. Simpson, Chad A. Rose, Jeffrey P. Bakken -- Culturally and linguistically diverse students labeled as having learning disabilities / Yvel C. Crevecoeur, Festus E. Obiakor -- Prevention strategies for students at-risk for learning disabilities / Amina M. Turton, Satasha Green -- Evaluating bilingual students for learning disabilities / Beatriz A. Duarte, Barbara Greybeck, Cynthia G. Simpson -- English language learners and learning disabilities / Amy Eppolito, Cristin Jensen Lasser, Janette Klingner -- Differentiated instruction and students with learning disabilities / Lenwood Gibson -- Reframing outcomes for students with learning disabilities : the application of a problem-solving approach / Michelle Marchant, Gordon S. Gibb, Darlene Anderson.This volume addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to learning disabilities and is written by leaders in the field of learning disabilities. The layout of the book and ordering of chapters will allow readers to follow learning disabilities in a very logical and thoughtful process from legal issues, identification, and assessment, to effective practices and response to intervention finally ending with practical issues of inclusion, working with families, and teacher preparation. Chapters can be read in order or independently which will allow readers considerable versatility. Chapters in the book include: Legal Issues and Learning Disabilities; Themes and Dimensions of Learning Disabilities; Identification and Assessment of Students with LD; Placement of Students with Learning Disabilities; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students who have Learning Disabilities; Prevention Strategies for At-Risk Students with Learning Disabilities; ELL Students and Learning Disabilities; Differentiating Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Interventions for CLD Learners with Learning Disabilities; Positive Behavior Supports and Students with Learning Disabilities.Print version recor

Current issues and trends in special education research, technology, and teacher preparation /

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 1er fév. 2012)Comprend des réf. bibliogr.Part I. Research in education. 1. Quantitative research in education: impact on evidence-based instruction / Frederick J. Brigham -- 2. Qualitative research in education: other methods of seeking knowledge / Julia B. Stoner. Part II. Language, communication, and education. 3. Bilingualism and education: educating at-risk learners / Fabiola P. Ehlers-Zavala -- 4. Mastering English to enhance education / Dike Okoro. Part III. Technology and students with disabilities. 5. Using assistive technology to support the instructional process of students with disabilities / Howard P. Parette, Jr. and George R. Peterson-Karlan -- 6. Technology and students with disabilities: does it solve all the problems / Emily C. Bouck. Part IV. Multicultural education. 7. Multicultural education: a necessary tool for general and special education / Satasha L. Green -- 8. Multicultural education: not a general and special education panacea / Festus E. Obiakor. Part V. Transition. 9. Transition planning, preparation, and implementation: collaboration and consultation at work / Kagendo Mutua and James Siders -- 10. Transition: why it does not work / Michelle J. McCollin and Festus E. Obiakor. Part VI. How prepared are teachers? 11. Increasing professionalism through teacher preparation / Elizabeth Drame -- 12. Teaching is not a profession: how general and special education teacher education have failed / Barbara J. Dray and Cathy Newman Thomas

\u3ci\u3eBehavioral Disorders: Practice Concerns and Students With EBD\u3c/i\u3e

Editors: Jeffrey P. Bakken, Festus E. Obiakor, and Anthony F. Rotatori Chapter 2, Academic Instruction and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, authored by Jessica Hagaman, UNO faculty member. Along with Volume 22 of the same series, this book addresses the most current perspectives and issues related to behavior disorders and it involves leaders in the behavior disorders field. This books specifically addresses practice concerns and students with EBD. This book is organized to allow readers to follow behavioral disorders in a very logical and thoughtful process. Topics addressed include inclusion, social skills training, effective instruction, response-to-intervention, transition, technology finally ending with working families, and teacher preparation. Chapters can be read in order or independently since they have considerable versatility. This volume of Advances in Special Education will be an excellent resource for special education professionals who teach and serve students with behavioural disorders.https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/facultybooks/1227/thumbnail.jp