The latest edition of this bestselling text,Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problemsprovides practical, immediately-useful strategies for teaching students, managing professional responsibilities, and collaborating with family and other educators.
A practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students, this book uses current research on the best practices for providing instructional and support services to students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. The seventh edition contains more applied teaching strategies than ever before, with an increased integration and emphasis on the topics of response to intervention and assessment, diversity and English language learners, and family involvement.
Highlights of what's new to this edition...
Anew chapter onResponse to Interventionis added to reflect the increased importance of multi-tiered assessment in today’s classrooms.
Significantlyincreased and integrated discussion of the impact and implementation of RTI throughout the text reinforces the importance of understanding multi-tiered assessment.
A new, separate and earlier chapteronPromoting Social Acceptance and Managing Behaviorprovides the reader a more focused presentation on socialization, more information on behavior, and lets the reader get to know the students they will teach before presenting them with teaching strategies.
Additional methods forcommunicating and working effectively with familiesare included throughout the chapters, enabling the reader to more effectively collaborate with parents of students with special needs. (This recurring discussion is highlighted by a marginal icon.)
- Spotlight on Diversity featuresincorporate the most current methods for teaching diverse student populations, including students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. (Discussion of the topic of cultural and language diversity is also highlighted by a marginal icon.)