Book : Teaching Students With Severe Disabilities, Pearson..

-Titulo Original : Teaching Students With Severe Disabilities, Pearson Etext With Loose-leaf Version -- Access Card Package

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This title is only available as a loose-leaf version with Pearson eText. This text presents comprehensive coverage of the major issues pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities in a form readers can readily understand and apply in their own educational settings. Lauded as a book unparalleled for its level of currency and reality, the authors draw on their own personal experience and an array of professional literature to help make even the most complex research findings on severe disabilities understandable and usable in the real world of education today. They look at both methodology and curriculum, present topics in the order in which a teacher would approach them, and target procedures to learners with specific disabling conditions. The new Fifth Edition of Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities pays thoughtful attention to such topics as how best to support students with severe disabilities to access meaningful opportunities for learning and relationships within inclusive school and community settings; how to ensure students with disabilities have the services and supports needed to participate fully in the life of their school alongside their peers; how to promote successful participation in diverse settings through quality indicators of inclusive education and research-based approaches; and how to make the best use of academic instruction and alternate assessments to evaluate students. 0133388085 / 9780133388084 Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities, Loose-Leaf Version with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package consists of: 0133104656 / 9780133104653 Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities Loose Leaf Version 0133398064 / 9780133398069 Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities, Pearson eText -- Access Card From the Back Cover Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities presents comprehensive coverage of the major issues pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities in a form readers can readily understand and apply in their own educational settings. Lauded as a book unparalleled for its level of currency and reality, the authors draw on their own personal experience and a broad array of professional literature to help make even the most complex research findings on severe disabilities understandable and usable in the real world of education today. They look at both methodology and curriculum, present topics in the order in which a teacher would approach them, and target procedures to learners with specific disabling conditions. Thoughtful attention is paid to alternative assessments, the role of the paraprofessional, multicultural concerns, the effects of peer relationships, the use of assistive technology, early intervention, and more. The new Fifth Edition deepens the text’s discussions of: How best to support students with severe disabilities to access meaningful opportunities for learning and relationships within inclusive school and community settings. How to ensure students with disabilities have the services and supports needed to participate fully in the life of their school alongside their peers. How to promote successful participation in diverse settings through quality indicators of inclusive education and research-based approaches. How to make the best use of academic instruction and alternate assessments to evaluate students. About the Author David Westling joined the faculty at Western Carolina University as the Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished Professor of Special Education in 1997. Before arriving at WCU, Dr. Westling was on the faculty in special education at Florida State University. He received the Ed.D. Degree in Special Education from the University of Florida in 1976 with related areas of study in Applied Behavior Analysis and Educational Research. He is the co-author of Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities, Special Education for Today’s Teachers: An Introduction, and Inclusi