Teaching Students With Special Needs in Inclusive Classrooms - Softcover

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Diane Pedrotty Bryant is a professor in the Learning Disabilities/Behavior Disorders program in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently the principal investigator of the Three-Tier Early Mathematics Assessment and Intervention project with the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts, also at the University of Texas at Austin.  She is the author/co-author of numerous articles, books, test, and professional development products that focus on learning disabilities, assistive technology, behavior managmeent, reading, and assessment.  Her research interests include validating interventions in reading and mathematics for students with early learning difficulties and learning disabilities.

Deborah Deutsch Smith (Ed.D. University of Washington) is a professor of Special Education at the School of Educational Studies (SES) at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). She currently is co-principal investigator of the IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu. The national center is charged with developing course enhancement materials for the non-special education faculty who are preparing the next generation of school personnel who work in inclusive school settings.  She also directs IRIS-West, which housed at CGU, and is the national outreach component of The IRIS Center.

Brian R. Bryant, Ph.D. has served as Director of Research for PRO-ED, Inc. for 10 years and has since served as the Director of the Office for Students with Disabilities at Florida Atlantic University, as Project Director of the Texas Assistive Technology Partnership (Texas' Tech Act project), and as a private consultant. For 12 years, Brian has had an adjunct faculty Lecturer appointment in the Department of Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin. For the past 5 years, he has also had an appointment as a Research Fellow with the Vaughn Gross Center for reading and Language Arts, also at The University of Texas at Austin. Brian is the author/co-author of dozens of psycho-educational tests, articles, books, chapters in books, professional development materials, and other products dealing with remedial education, learning disabilities, mental retardation, assessment, and assistive technology. His primary research interests are in assessment and instruction in learning disabilities (especially reading and mathematics) and mental retardation (especially support provisions), and the exploration of assistive technology applications for children and adults with a variety of disabilities.

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Learn how to ADAPT to the needs of all your students!

Using the research-validated A-D-A-P-T model as a mnemonic, problem-solving approach, and an instructional guide, this new text clearly promotes the thoughtful practices and adaptations that have been proven as the most effective means to teach hard-to-reach students.

Features designed to help you teach all your students:

• Opening Challenge. Each chapter begins with a case study illustrating a teaching challenge, which is then revisited throughout the chapter, to demonstrate how theory applies to real situations.
• ADAPT in Action . Integrated directly within the text discussion, this illustrative feature applies the ADAPT Framework to the student and teacher introduced in the Opening Challenge scenarios. In this feature, the teacher thinks out loud using the ADAPT Framework, allowing readers to follow the problem-solving steps as they are applied by the teacher.
• ADAPT Framework. This feature provides a helpful summary chart that applies the ADAPT model to practical, oft-encountered teaching and learning topics. For ease of reference, the ADAPT Framework is also included on the bookmark attached to the back cover.
• Making a Difference. A collection of first-person essays written by classroom teachers, special educators, and parents, these offer realistic insights and positive experiences about the impact of inclusive settings on the success of students with disabilities and other special learning needs, and their families.
• Working Together. Provides practical advice for how an idea or concept can be taught using a collaborative approach involving other school professionals and/or family members.
• What Works. Presents key research-to-practice findings or interesting, classroom-based statistics that are relevant to topics within each chapter.
• Considering Diversity . Highlights a specific idea from a cultural or linguistic perspective, displaying ways to consider factors of diversity as they relate to academic instruction and management.
• Tech Notes. This feature provides readers with information about assistive and instructional technologies that can be employed with students that have learning and behavior problems. Examples from classrooms are used to show practical applications.
• CEC, INTASC, and Praxis II Standards. INTASC Core Principles, CEC Knowledge and Skill Core Standards, and Praxis II Core Content Knowledge standards are correlated to each chapter in end-of-chapter charts to relate concepts presented in the text to professional standards.