Linda Wilmshurst, Alan W Brue

The Complete Guide to Special Education

Expert Advice on Evaluations, IEPs, and Helping Kids Succeed

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Complete Guide to Special Education, 3rd Edition explores the special education process from testing and diagnosis to IEP meetings and advocating for special needs children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781138085046
• ISBN-10: 1138085049
• Artikelnr.: 51745975

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)