Teaching Individuals with Physical or Multiple Disabilities
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Description
- NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum – found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text.
- Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to “hang” current and future knowledge.
- NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation – Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1)
- Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications.
- NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12)—emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes.
- NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text – Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos.
- Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall.
PART I
Impact and Implications of Physical, Health, and Multiple Disabilities
CHAPTER 1
Understanding Individuals with Physical, Health, and Multiple Disabilities
CHAPTER 2
Physical Disabilities
CHAPTER 3
Cerebral Palsy
CHAPTER 4
Health Impairments and Congenital Infections
PART II
Curriculum Options and Avenues of Performance Improvement
CHAPTER 5
Curriculum and Individualized Educational Planning
CHAPTER 6
Task and Situation Analysis
CHAPTER 7
Assistive Technology
CHAPTER 8
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
PART III
Essential Knowledge and Skill Domains
for Personal Self-Reliance
CHAPTER 9
Feeding and Swallowing
CHAPTER 10
Adaptations for Personal Independence
CHAPTER 11
Adaptations in Physical Education, Leisure Education, and Recreation
CHAPTER 12
Self-Determination and Education for Transition
PART IV
Core Curriculum
CHAPTER 13
Reading Instruction and Adaptations
CHAPTER 14
Writing Instruction and Adaptations
CHAPTER 15
Science and Social Studies Instruction and Adaptations
CHAPTER 16
Mathematics Instruction and Adaptations
Name Index
Subject Index
Comprehensive and unique, this text provides special educators and others education professionals with the knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It is the only text published that specifically addresses the educational and psychosocial needs of students with physical or health impairments who do not necessarily have cognitive disabilities and explains the psychosocial impact of disability including those disabilities that are degenerative and terminal in nature. It teaches key knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities to reach their highest potential.
New to this Edition!
- NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum – found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text.
- Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to “hang” current and future knowledge.
- NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation – Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1)
- Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications.
- NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12) – emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes.
- NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text – Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos.
- Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall.
For undergraduate and graduate curriculum methods courses in Physical, Health and/or Multiple Disabilities, Disabilities courses or Severe Disabilities courses.
This unique text provides special educators and others with information, knowledge, and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. Comprehensive in nature, the text describes the educational and psychosocial implications of disability and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities reach their highest potential. While it emphasizes access to general education core curriculum, this text also addresses essential skills to facilitate student participation in major life activities at home, in school, and within community environments. Additionally, the text advocates the use and implementation of assistive technology and with an emphasis on appropriate curricular accommodations and modifications. Divided into four parts, this outstanding text offers readers a concise, targeted, yet comprehensive presentation by organizing the information in self-contained units that can be taught in any order, to suit a variety of course goals.
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- The four-part structure is conducive to teaching the course in a variety of ways–helping all instructors to teach in the way that best suits their particular course.
- Part I explains key definitions, legal requirements, and specific physical disabilities and health impairments; Part II describes accommodations for curricular access including assistive technology and augmentative/alternative communication; Part III examines specialized essential skill areas; and Part IV assists teachers how to implement core academic curriculum.
- A strong emphasis throughout on collaboration among teachers, service professionals and families–introducing the currently-advocated model of collaborative service delivery to students of the course.
- Defines similarities and differences among such professionals as teachers, social workers, counselors, therapists, and others when working in the range of classrooms (self-contained to inclusive) as well as hospital and home settings.
- Focus on the Net features at the end of every chapter have been updated–Provide students with current Website and Internet addresses relevant to chapter content, ideal for assignments, discussion topics, and for self-study.
- Encourages readers to use technology and the Web to extend their knowledge of current issues and developments in the field
- Information on appropriate software and functional academic skills — In every chapter in Part IV.
- Helps readers understand the potential of computers to bolster accessibility of school curriculum and offers guidelines for using computer technology to add meaning to content area studies.
- Separate chapters on assistive technology (AT) and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)–Describes the legal mandates for AT devices and services, the AT assessment process, and the application of “low tech solutions for high tech needs.”
- Also explores the potential to enhance both symbolic and non-symbolic communication and helps future teachers understand the strengths of AAC and its use to support curriculum accessibility and communication.
- Summary and Conclusion and References features—In every chapter.
- Organizes chapter content for easy review and creates opportunities for students to gauge their understanding of chapter content and explore additional sources of information.
- Questions for Discussionin every chapter—Many using a case-study approach.
- Provides opportunities for students to assess their understanding and serves as springboards for research papers, assignments, and individual study.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 1.45 × 8.45 × 10.55 in |
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| Subjects | higher education, special education, EDU046000, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Physical / Health Disabilities |
