Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings

Each chapter concludes with Summary and Further Reading. 1.Inclusive Education: An Introduction. History of Education for Students with Disabilities. Inclusion Strategies: People First Language. Students with Special Needs. Rights and Responsibilities: Comparison of IDEA Section 504, and ADA. Current for Students with Special Needs. Personal Spotlight: School Principal. Diversity Forum: Diversity-Sensitive Assessment. Where Should Students with Disabilities Be Educated? Inclusion Strategies: Empirical Support for Inclusion. Classroom Teachers and Students with Disabilities. Technology Today: Technology-Based Applications That Can Assist Individuals with Mild Disabilities. 2.Designing Inclusive Classrooms: Effective Instruction and Collaboration. Perceptions of Inclusion. Critical Dimensions of Inclusive Classrooms. Technology Today: Web Resources on Inclusion and Disability. Creating and Maintaining Inclusive Classrooms. Inclusion Strategies. Personal Spotlight: Mother. Planning for Successful Inclusion One Student at a Time. Final Thought. 3. Identifying and Programming for Student Needs. Personal Spotlight: Mother and Daughter Team. Rights and Responsibilities: 1999 Rules and Regulations for Parent Participation under IDEA 1997. Prereferral Child Study and Referral Process. Assessment. Inclusion Strategies: Classroom Ecological Inventory. Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Technology Today: Suggested Internet Goals across the Curriculum. Diversity Forum: Involving Parents with Limited English Skills. 4.Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. Basic Concepts about Learning Disabilities. Rights and Responsibilities: Examples of Accommodations for Assessments. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities. Diversity Forum: Impact of Language/Vocabulary Differences on Listening and Reading Comprehension. Inclusion Strategies: Reading Comprehension Strategies for the General Education Classroom. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities. Technology Today: Assistive Technology for Deficits of Students with Learning Disabilities. Promoting a Sense of Community and Social Acceptance for Students with Learning Disabilities. Personal Spotlight: General Classroom Teacher/Former Special Education Teacher. 5.Teaching Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Basic Concepts about Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Rights and Responsibilities: Parent Rights Under Section 504. Diversity Forum: Practical Suggestions for Helping At Risk Learners. Educational Intervention. Strategies for Instruction and Classroom Accommodations for Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Personal Spotlight: General Education Classroom Teacher. Inclusion Strategies: Time-on-Task Self-Assessment for Teachers. Technology Today: Guidelines for Using the Computer to Support Major Instructional Principles. 6.Teaching Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Basic Concepts about Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Rights and Responsibilities: Manifestation Determination: What Does Federal Law Say? Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction. Personal Spotlight: Elementary Principal. Classroom and Behavioral Management. Inclusion Strategies: Problem Classroom Behaviors and Differential Reinforcement Strategies. Interventions Based on Functional Behavioral Assessment. Inclusion Strategies: Behavioral Diagnostics. Technology Today: Use of Videotaping in Classrooms Serving Youth with Behavioral Disorders. Enhancing Inclusive Classrooms for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Diversity Forum: Ways for Teachers to Lessen Discrimination. Supports for General Education Teachers. 7.Teaching Students with Mental Retardation. Basic Concepts about Mental Retardation. Transition Considerations. Personal Spotlight: Sibling. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction. Classroom Accommodations. Enhancing Inclusive Classrooms. Technology Today: Features of Effective Drill-and-Practice Software. Technology Today: Assistive Technology. Inclusion Strategies: Why Friends Are Important. Inclusion Strategies: Circles of Friends in Schools. Final Thoughts. Rights and Responsibilities: A Disabled Manifesto. 8.Teaching Students with Sensory Impairments. Basic Concepts about Hearing Impairment. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Hearing Impairments. Rights and Responsibilities: Legal Requirements for Sign Language Interpreters. Inclusion Strategies: Teaching Science to Deaf Students. Technology Today: ALDs at a Glance. Promoting a Sense of Community and Social Acceptance for Students with Hearing Impairments. Basic Concepts about Visual Impairments. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Visual Impairments. Personal Spotlight: Mother. Technology Today: Using a Monocular. Promoting a Sense of Community and Social Acceptance for Students with Visual Impairments. Diversity Forum: Suggestions for Working with Language Interpreters. 9.Teaching Students with Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Low-Incidence Disabilities. Basic Concepts about Autism. Diversity Forum: Contrasting Beliefs, Values, and Practices. Personal Spotlight: The Real Rain Man. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Autism. Rights and Responsibilities: Court Decisions to Interventions and Treatment Programs for Students with Autism. Asperger Syndrome. Basic Concepts about Traumatic Brain Injury. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Traumatic Brain Injury. Low-Incidence Health Problems and Physical Disabilities. Inclusion Strategies: How to Handle the Issue of Death. Technology Today: Pushing a Wheelchair. 10.Teaching Students with Communication Disorders by Kathleen McConnell Fad and Peggy Kipping. Basic Concepts about Communication Disorders. Rights and Responsibilities: The Right to Related Services for Students with Speech Impairments. Speech Disorders. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Speech Disorders. Language Disorders. Classroom Accommodations for Students with Language Disorders. Inclusion Strategies: Teaching Listening Skills for Class Discussions. Personal Spotlight: Special-Language Pathologist. Language Differences to Culture. Diversity Forum: Considerations for Observing Linguistically Different Students. Technology Today: Speech Language Disorders and Types of Communication Applications. Augmentive and Alternative Communication. Enhancing Inclusive Classrooms for Students with Communication Disorders. Future Trends. 11.Teaching Students Who Are Gifted. Basic Concepts about Students Who Are Gifted. Rights and Responsibilities: Gifted Children. Diversity Forum: Observational Checklist for Identifying Strengths of Culturally Diverse Children. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction. Inclusion Strategies: Goals for Curricula of Gifted Children. Classroom Accommodations for Students Who Are Gifted. Technology Today: Websites That Offer Curriculum, Strategies, and Interventions. Personal Spotlight: Special Education Teacher. Promoting a Sense of Community and Social Acceptance. 12.Teaching Students Who Are at Risk. Basic Concepts about Students Who Are at Risk Personal Spotlight: Counselor. Diversity Forum: Issues to Consider Before Referring Students from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds for Special Education Programs. Strategies for Curriculum and Instruction for Students Who Are at Risk. Technology Today: Using Technology with Multicultural and Bilingual Students Who May Be at Risk. Who May Be at Risk. Rights and Responsibilities: At Risk Children's Right to Nondiscriminatory Assessment. Inclusion Strategies: Components of Effective Mentoring Programs for At-Risk Students. 13.Classroom Organization and Management. Fundamentals of Classroom Organization and Management. Components of Effective Classroom Organization and Management. Inclusion Strategies: Components of a Behavior Management Plan. Rights and Responsibilities: Disciplinary Issues and Federal Law. Personal Spotlight: Third-Grade Teacher. Inclusion Strategies: Collaboration: Ways to Involve Other Personnel in Management. Diversity Forum: Behaviors and Punishments in Asian American Families. 14.Teaching Students with Special Needs in Elementary Schools. General Curricular Considerations. Curricular Content. Rights and Responsibilities: Cases Helping to Define School Responsibility for FAPE. Cooperative Teaching. Personal Spotlight: Teacher Educator. Inclusion Strategies: Collaborative Teaching Functions. Instructional Adaptations. Technology Today: Computer Applications Facilitating Teacher's Productivity. Diversity Forum: Strategies for Working with Students with Different Language. 15.Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Schools. Secondary School Curricula. Rights and Responsibilities: Legal Requirements to Transition. Programs for Students in Secondary Schools. Diversity Forum: Teacher's Expectations of Students from Diverse Backgrounds. Technology Today: Journals: Marriage and Relationship Issues. Personal Spotlight: High School Special Education Teacher. Methods to Facilitate Students' Success in General Education Classes. Inclusion Strategies: Learning Strategies. 16.Working with Families of Students with Disabilities. Technology Today: Technology Resources for Families. The Family. Rights and Responsibilities: Schools Must Provide Continuous Care. Home-School Collaboration. Diversity Forum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Disability or a Gift? Home-Based Intervention. Inclusion Strategies: Facilitating Family Involvement. Final Thoughts. Personality Spotlight: Fourth-Grade Teacher. References.