Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W. Brue

The Complete Guide to Special Education (eBook, ePUB)

Expert Advice on Evaluations, IEPs, and Helping Kids Succeed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Complete Guide to Special Education, Third Edition, explores the special education process from testing and diagnosis to IEP meetings and advocating for special needs children. The stages of identification, assessment, and intervention are explained step by step to help you better understand special needs students' legal rights and how to become an active, effective member of a child's educational team. This third edition has been revised throughout and discusses Response to Intervention (RTI); provides updates on new laws and regulations; expands coverage of autism spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder; and includes a revamped Resources section for teachers and parents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351619424
• Artikelnr.: 53237159

Autorenporträt

Linda Wilmshurst, PhD, ABPP, is in private practice and teaches graduate students online at Capella University. She has previously taught in graduate programs and practiced internationally. Linda is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a licensed clinical and school psychologist in Florida.

Alan W. Brue, PhD, NCSP, teaches graduate students online at Capella University, is employed as a school psychologist, and works as an educational consultant. A Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP), he has served students, teachers, and parents in several school districts in the Atlanta metro area.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION 1: UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES Chapter 1: Teachers and Parents:
Common Interests and Goals Chapter 2: Disabilities Defined and Explained
Chapter 3: Specifics about Specific Disabilities Chapter 4: Using Response
to Intervention to Identify a Specific Learning Disability SECTION II:
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS Chapter 5: Evaluation of Students' Difficulties:
The What, Why, and How? Chapter 6: Introduction to Assessment: What's it
all about? Chapter 7: The Assessment of Intelligence Chapter 8: Evaluation
of Academic and Processing Problems Chapter 9: Assessment of Emotional
Difficulties and Behavioral Problems Using Rating Scales and Classroom
Observation Chapter 10: Executive Functions Chapter 11: A Sample
Psychological Report SECTION III: GUIDELINES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS
Chapter 12: Interventions and Supports to Address Problems of Executive
Functions Chapter 13: Interventions to Boost Self Esteem, Social
Competence, and Social Skills Chapter 14: Behavior Modification in School
and at Home Chapter 15: Developing A Child's Personal Skills for Academic
Success SECTION IV: PLANNING FOR SUCCESS AND MONITORING CHANGE Chapter 16:
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the Importance of
Teacher-Parent Collaboration Chapter 17: Transitions: Important Information
on Moving, Changing Schools, or Transitioning between Levels SECTION V:
SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS Chapter 18: A Review of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004)
Chapter 19: A 504 Plan vs. Special Education Eligibility and Placement
Chapter 20: A Comparison of IDEA 2004 and Section 504, and an Overview of
the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)