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Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students With Mild Disabilities

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

Characteristics of and Strategies for Teaching Students With Mild Disabilities

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

ISBN 13:
9780205340699
ISBN 10:
0205340695
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Describes the characteristics of students with mild disabilities, and clearly explains the best teaching practices for inclusion, behavior management, social skill instruction, and modifying classroom instruction for students with mild disabilities.

Preface

PART ONE Characteristics of Students with Mild Disabilities

Foundations of Special Education for Students with Mild Disabilities

(44)

Vignette: Jake, Mary, Felipe

(1)

The Roots of Special Education

(3)

Diversity

(2)

Handicappism

(3)

Litigation and Legislation

(2)

Federal Laws

(11)

Who Receives Special Education?

(6)

Physical Reasons for Needing Special Education

(1)

Cognitive Reasons for Needing Special Education

(3)

Academic Reasons for Needing Special Education

(1)

Communication Reasons for Needing Special Education

(1)

Behavioral-Emotional Reasons for Needing Special Education

(1)

How Many Students Receive Special Education?

(3)

Students with Mild Disabilities

(2)

Labeling

(2)

Advantages of Labeling

(1)

Disadvantages of Labeling

(1)

Focus on What to Teach Students

(1)

Individual Education Program

(1)

Focus on Where to Teach Students

(4)

Regular Classroom Placement

(1)

Resource Room Placement

(1)

Special Class Placement

(2)

Special Day School Placement

(1)

Homebound Programs

(1)

Other Domiciled Settings

(1)

Residential Programs

(1)

Focus on How to Teach Students with Mild Disabilities

(2)

Comparing General and Special Education

(1)

Summary

(1)

Activities

(2)

Students with Mild Mental Retardation

(45)

Vignette: Larry

(1)

Intelligence

(3)

Alfred Binet

(1)

Intelligence Tests

(2)

Definition and Identification

(5)

Types of Mental Retardation

(2)

Prevalence

(1)

Causes of Mental Retardation

(6)

Organic Causes

(2)

Environmental Causes

(4)

Disproportionate Representation of Minorities

(1)

Characteristics

(16)

Cognitive

(5)

Mental Processing

(2)

Academics

(2)

Communication

(3)

Perception / Mothor

(2)

Social / Adaptive

(2)

Teaching Strategies

(8)

Instructions

(2)

Thinking Skills

(1)

Reading

(1)

Functional Skills

(1)

Adaptive Behavior

(2)

Daily Living and Work Skills

(1)

Summary

(1)

Activities

(2)

Students with Behavior Disorders

(42)

Vignette: Fred Peterson

(2)

Foundations of Behavior Disorders

(1)

Historical Perspective

(1)

Definition and Identification

(3)

Issues and Concerns

(1)

Levels of Behavior Disorders

(1)

Prevalece of Emotional Behavior Disorders

(3)

Causes of Behavior Disorders

101

(12)

Biophysical Causes

101

(8)

Psychodynamic Causes

109

(1)

Psychoeducational Causes

110

(1)

Behavioral Causes

111

(2)

Disturbed or Disturbing?

113

(2)

The Ecological Model

115

(2)

Characteristics

117

(7)

Cognitive

119

(1)

Academic

120

(1)

Communication

121

(1)

Social-Adaptive

122

(2)

Strategies for Teaching Students with Behavior Disorders

124

(5)

Discipline

125

(1)

Improving Emotional Problems

125

(1)

Improving Social Problems

125

(4)

Integration of Treatment Approaches

129

(1)

Summary

129

(1)

Activites

130

(2)

Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

132

(44)

Vignette: David

134

(1)

Foundations of Learning Disabilities

135

(11)

Early Research on Learning Disabilities

138

(3)

Brain Research

141

(4)

Causes of Learning Disabilities

145

(1)

Definition and Identification

146

(4)

Major Concepts and Key Phrases

146

(3)

Discrepancy between Achievement and Intellectual Ability

149

(1)

Prevalence of Learning Disabilities

150

(1)

Characteristics

151

(9)

Cognitive

152

(1)

Mental Processing

153

(2)

Academics

155

(1)

Communication

156

(2)

Perceptual-Motor

158

(1)

Social/Adaptive

159

(1)

Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities

160

(8)

Medical Model

162

(1)

Psychological Process Model

162

(2)

Behavioral Model

164

(2)

Cognitive Model

166

(2)

Young Adults

168

(3)

Characteristics

170

(1)

Alternative Strategies

171

(1)

Looking to the Future

171

(2)

Summary

173

(1)

Activities

174

(2)

Overview of Students with Mild Disabilities

176

(38)

Tale of Three Students: Vignettes

178

(1)

Cross-Categorical Characteristics of Students

179

(8)

Generalities about Mild Learning Disorders

182

(5)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

187

(5)

Educational Strategies for ADHD

190

(2)

Causes of Mild Disabilities

192

(9)

Organic Causes

194

(3)

Environmental Causes

197

(4)

Special Populations at Risk

201

(10)

Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers

201

(1)

At-Risk School-Aged Youth

202

(1)

School Dropouts

203

(2)

Identification of Learning Problems

205

(2)

Prereferral Intervention

207

(1)

Referral to Special Education

208

(1)

Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Eligibility

209

(2)

Summary

211

(2)

Activities

213

(1)

PART TWO Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities

The Inclusive Classroom

214

(33)

Vignette: Marsha

216

(3)

Least Restrictive Environment

219

(2)

Mainstreaming

221

(1)

Inclusion

222

(5)

Organizing Inclusion Programs

224

(2)

Court Cases

226

(1)

Collaboration

227

(4)

Characteristics of Collaboration

228

(2)

Collaboration as an Interdependent Style

230

(1)

Inclusion Models

231

(5)

Consulting Teacher

231

(2)

Co-Teacher Model

233

(2)

The Co-Teaching Plan

235

(1)

Tips to Remember about Co- Teaching

236

(1)

Collaborative Learning

236

(5)

Peer Tutoring

237

(2)

Cooperative Learning

239

(2)

Working Together

241

(3)

Teacher Expectations

241

(1)

Classroom Organization

242

(1)

Standardized Tests

243

(1)

Administration

244

(1)

Summary

244

(2)

Activities

246

(1)

Learning and Teaching

247

(31)

Vignette

249

(1)

The Purpose of School

250

(5)

Student Perceptions of School

250

(1)

Child and Adolescent Development

251

(2)

The Hidden Curriculum

253

(2)

Student Learning Styles

255

(3)

Instructional Models

258

(17)

Direct Instruction

259

(1)

Precision Teaching

260

(3)

Brain-Compatible Instruction

263

(2)

Student-Centered Learning

265

(3)

Learning Strategies

268

(3)

Multisensory Instruction

271

(1)

Task Analysis

271

(1)

Functional Curriculum

272

(3)

Integrated Teaching

275

(2)

Summary

277

(1)

Activities

277

(1)

Instructional Modifications

278

(33)

Vignette: Shirley Allen

280

(1)

Instructing Students with Mild Disabilities

281

(1)

Time Management

282

(3)

Allocated Time

283

(1)

Engaged Time

283

(1)

Academic Learning Time

284

(1)

The Physical Environment

285

(2)

Climate

286

(1)

Grouping for Instruction

286

(1)

Selecting Instructional Materials

287

(3)

Modification of Materials

288

(1)

Reading

288

(2)

Testing and Grading

290

(2)

Alternatives to Tests

290

(1)

Grades

291

(1)

Communucation between Teachers and Students

292

(2)

Attention

292

(1)

Clarity of Language

293

(1)

Questioning Skills

294

(1)

Student Performance

294

(7)

Self-Esteem

294

(1)

Study Skills

295

(2)

Organizational Skills

297

(4)

Individualized Education Program

301

(6)

Transition Plan

302

(1)

Curriculum-Based Assessment

302

(1)

Curriculum-Based Planning

303

(1)

Curriculum-Based Monitoring

304

(3)

The Educator's Tool Kit

307

(2)

Summary

309

(1)

Activities

310

(1)

Classroom Management

311

(31)

Vignette: Mr. Mellon

312

(2)

Discipline---An Overview

314

(1)

Preventive Discipline

315

(6)

Know Yourself

315

(3)

Know Your Students

318

(1)

Classroom Organization

319

(2)

Positive Behavioral Support

321

(3)

Functional Behavioral Assessement

323

(1)

Managing Student Behavior

324

(8)

Behavior Modification

324

(4)

Nonverbal and Verbal Techniques

328

(2)

Verbal Interventions

330

(2)

Conflict Situations

332

(7)

Life Space Intervention

332

(3)

Emotional First Aid

335

(2)

Punishment

337

(2)

Getting Rudy to Behave: Putting Theory Into Practice

339

(1)

Summary

340

(1)

Activities

341

(1)

Teaching Social Skills

342

(27)

Vignette: Debbie

343

(1)

Emotional Intelligence

344

(2)

Teaching Social Skills

346

(5)

Selecting a Social Skills Curriculum

348

(3)

A Sample Social Skills Curriculum

351

(7)

Character Education

358

(4)

Moral Development

362

(2)

A Functional Model for Problem Behaviors

364

(3)

Summary

367

(1)

Activities

368

(1)

Building Family Partnerships

369

(36)

Vignette: Eileen

371

(1)

America's Children

372

(3)

Parents and Teachers: Valuable Partners

375

(2)

Benefits of Parent-Teacher Cooperation

377

(3)

Understanding Families

380

(5)

Parent Feelings

380

(2)

The Family Unit

382

(3)

Support for Families

385

(5)

Emotional Support

386

(1)

Information

386

(4)

Teacher-Parent Communication

390

(7)

Written Communication

395

(1)

Technology

396

(1)

The Individual Education Program Meeting

397

(4)

Summary

401

(1)

Activities

402

(3)

Appendix A A Chronology

405

(24)

Appendix B Commonly Used Psychoactive Medications

429

(4)

Appendix C Genetic, Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Disorders

433

(3)

Appendix D Tests

436

(7)

Appendix E Sample Individualized Education Plan (IEP)

443

(2)

References

445

(28)

Index

473

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