Assessment of Children and Youth With Special Needs

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This highly respected text focuses on current assessment issues and procedures that every special educator needs to know. The author’s integrated approach emphasizes in-class assessment approaches as well as more formal measures and instruments. Throughout they provide numerous practical examples of how the techniques and procedures can be used in the classroom. Included are practical, ready-to-used materials integrated within instruction delivery methods; relevant case studies; and examinations of current assessment topics in every chapter. This new Fifth Edition features an expanded discussion of classroom assessment and the assessment cycle; an expanded discussion of Response to Intervention (RTI); new sections on how to use assessment effectively with students with behavior problems and how to collaborate effectively with speech and language specialists; updated descriptions of formal, standardized texts and measures; interactive features embedded into examples and mini-cases throughout; and Web links embedded into the text to further engage readers with the material.

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Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs, 5/e focuses on current assessment issues and procedures that every special educator needs to know. The author’s integrated approach emphasizes in-class assessment approaches as well as more formal measures and instruments. Throughout they provide numerous practical examples of how the techniques and procedures can be used in the classroom. Included are practical, ready-to-used materials integrated within instruction delivery methods; relevant case studies; and examinations of current assessment topics in every chapter. This new Fifth Edition features:

• NEW! An expanded discussion of classroom assessment and the assessment cycle helps students see how to apply their understanding of the concepts to everyday classroom practices (Ch. 3).
• NEW! An expanded discussion of Response to Intervention (RTI) gives students a deeper understanding of issues and how they apply to contemporary school assessment practices (Ch. 3).
• NEW! A new section in Chapter 9 gives readers a deeper understanding of how to use assessment effectively with students with problem behaviors.
• NEW! A new section in Chapter 13 gives readers important support for collaborating with speech and language specialists.
• NEW! Updated description of formal standardized texts and measures throughout keeps students on top of the latest procedures being used today.
• NEW! Interactive features embedded into examples and mini-cases throughout foster active learning and engagement with the textbook.
• NEW! Web links embedded into the text further engage students in active learning with the textbook.