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Contained in: Advances in special education, Print version: Special education for young learners with disabilities, Front Cover; Special Education for Young Learners With Disabilities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Authors; Preface; Special Education for Young Learners with Disabilities: An Introduction; Early Stages of Support; Identifying Children For Services; Maximizing the Potential of Young Children With Disabilities; Using a Family-centered Approach; Decision-making on Evidence-based Practices; Making Inclusion Work; Using Assistive Technology; Conclusion; References, Reading Interventions for Young Learners with Reading Difficulties and Disabilities: The Role of Word Reading and Word MeaningWord Reading; Phonemic Awareness; Phonics; Fluency; Word Meaning; Background Knowledge; Vocabulary; The Impact of Word Meaning on Word Reading; Conclusion; References; The Urgent and the Always: Intervening on Behavior Problems in Young Children; Intervention for Young Children With EBD; Interventions for Very Young Children; Positive Behavior Interventions and Support; Program-wide Positive Behavior Support; Family-centered Interventions; Tools of the Mind, Communicative InterventionsInterventions for Young Children; BEST in CLASS; Progressive Muscle Relaxation; Function-based Interventions; Peer Tutoring; Conclusion; References; Special Education for Young Learners with Intellectual Disabilities; Introduction; Young Learners with Intellectual Disability; Special Education for Young Learners with Intellectual Disability; Instructional Environments; Curriculum; Academics; Life Skills; Social Development; Behavior; Instructional Approaches; Technology; Transition; Conclusion; References, Special Education for Young Learners who are Deaf/Hard of HearingDiagnosis of Hearing Loss; Impact of Diagnosis on Families; Early Intervention Services; Communication; Hearing Assistive Technology; Family Stress; Early Childhood Service Provision; Educational Practices; Language-rich/Expansion; Conclusion; References; Special Education for Young Children with Visual Impairments; Introduction; Role of Vision Professionals in Special Education for Young Children with Visual Impairments, Questions to Ask a TVI about Supporting Young Children with Visual Impairments in Special Education and at HomeQuestions to Ask an Orientation and Mobility Specialist about Supporting Young Children with Visual Impairments in Special ... ; Causes, Signs, and Symptoms of Visual Impairment in Young Children; Physical Signs or Symptoms of a Vision Problem in Young Children; Behavioral Signs or Symptoms of a Vision Problem in Young Children; Assessment of Young Children with Visual Impairments; Evaluation of Need for Early Intervention Services Related to Visual Impairment

Print version: Computer-based technology for special and multicultural education, Introduction to computer-based technology for education / Lenwood Gibson -- Benefits of using computer-based technology for special education and multicultural education / Festus Obiakor, Sunday O. Obi, and Lenwood Gibson -- Computer-based strategies to improve reading skills / Lenwood Gibson and Shobana Musti-Rao -- Enhancing instruction for students with academic needs : strategies for writing skills / Mary Theresa Kiely -- Technology integrated mathematics interventions for cld students with math difficulties / Sun A. Kim and Andrea S. Kim -- Strategies for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills / Tolulope O. Salami and Elizabeth O. Omiteru -- It's a different world : making social studies accessible to marginalized populations / Christopher D. Yawn, Temple S. Lovelace, and Amil N.T. Cook -- Using computer-based technology to enhance culturally relevant pedagogy / Morris Council, Lenwood Gibson, and Gwendolyn Cartledge -- Using computer technology to enhance cooperative learning strategies / Sunday O. Obi -- Addressing the communication needs of English language learners / Michelle A. Ocasio and Grazyna Walczak

Print version: Beachum, Floyd D. ; Improving educational outcomes of vulnerable children, Understanding vulnerable populations: from perceptions to realities / Floyd D. Beachum, Festus E. Obiakor, and Gina l. Gullo -- Impacts of social class and poverty on vulnerable children / Raji Swaminathan -- Students with special needs: visibility in today's classrooms / Tachelle Banks -- Perpetuating vulnerability through the school racial discipline gap / Gina L. Gullo -- Disrupting the myth of black male inferiority / Ramon B. Goings and Larry J. Walker -- Psychological approaches to working with vulnerable children / Christopher T.H. Lliang and Louis A. Rivera -- Reducing chronic absenteeism and promoting school success / Joshua Childs and Ain Grooms -- Parental perspectives of educational vulnerability in students with autism / David E. Dematthews and Becca Gregory -- Serving parents to save at-risk Hmong children / Tong T. Xiong and Mateba Harris -- Providing vulnerable students with well-prepared teachers: the impact of on-site mentoring / Phyllis F. Reggio, Roberto C. Trigosso, and Carlos McCray -- "At risk" children and teacher preparation / Chance W. Lewis, Dante Bryant, Amber C. Bryant, Nakeshia N. Williams, and Derrick Robinson -- Using technology to work with vulnerable children / Sunday O. Obi

Print version: Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners with Disabilities, Intro; Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners with Disabilities; Contents; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Preface; Viewpoints on Interventions for Learners with Disabilities: An Introduction; Introduction: Early Roots of Special Education; Initial Focus on the Sensory Disabilities; Social Advocacy Movement; The Emergence of Specialized Interventions; Specialized Interventions for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities; Advocacy Groups; The Rise of Socially Constructed Disability Categories; The Ongoing Commitment to Research-Based Practices; The Movement to Inclusive Education, Conclusion; References; Chapter 1: Viewpoint on Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities: Instruction Matters; State of LD; Summary of Research on Interventions for Students with LD; LD Research Institutes' Findings; Meta-analyses; Recent Reviews of Sustained Research Programs; Big Ideas About Interventions for Students with LD; Identification of Systematic Approach to Tasks; Explicit Instruction; Scaffolded Instruction; Multiple Opportunities for Practice with Feedback; Attribution and Self-regulation Components; Viewpoint: Instruction Matters; For Practitioners, For Teacher Educators and Professional Development Providers; For Administrators; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Promoting Positive Freedoms for Secondary Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: The Role of Instruction; Power versus Duties; Negative Freedoms; Positive Freedoms; Interaction of Positive and Negative Freedoms; LRE versus FAPE; Purpose of Action; Implications of the Endrew F. Case; Achievement and Services Provided to Students with EBD; Disappointing Outcomes.; Why Aren't We Doing Better?; Providing instruction of Students with EBD in Secondary Schools, Four Challenges for Completing a Secondary Education; Discriminating Essential from Nonessential Information; Recalling Target Information Quickly and Accurately; Letter Strategies. Many readers will be familiar with first-letter strategies where the first-letters of the target information are selected to create an acronym to aid in recall of the information. For example, the acronym "HOMES" is often used to prompt, The Keyword Method. When using the keyword method, a concrete, acoustically similar word is created for the unfamiliar information to be learned. Scruggs et al. (in press) provided an example to promote recall that Canidae is the scientific name of the biOrganizing Target Information; The QER. The "QER" (Bulgren, Marquis, Lenz, Deshler, & Schumaker, 2011) is designed to support thinking about and answering complex questions for students with disabilities. QER employs a graphic organizer with six thinking steps posed as questions

Print version: Leadership matters in the education of students with special needs in the 21st century, Cover; Series page; Leadership Matters in the Education of Students With Special Needs in the 21st Century; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Shifting Leadership Paradigms for All Students in General and Special Education; CHAPTER 2: District Leadership Strategies for Implementing Effective Individualized Academic and Student Interventions; CHAPTER 3: Preparing Leaders to Work With Students With Diverse Learning Needs; CHAPTER 4: Regular Classroom Teachers; CHAPTER 5: The Role of School Leaders in Managing Problem Behaviors, CHAPTER 6: Innovative Leadership to Increase School Completion and Graduation of General and Special Education LearnersCHAPTER 7: Why Psychologists Are a Part of the Leadership Team in Special Education; CHAPTER 8: Culturally Responsive Leadership in General and Special Education; CHAPTER 9: The Role of School Leaders in Helping Learners With Physical and Health Impairments; CHAPTER 10: School Leadership for All Learners in Rural Schools; CHAPTER 11: The Use of Technology by Leaders to Improve Special Education Services; CHAPTER 12: Leadership in General and Special Education

Print version: Interdisciplinary connections to special education. Part B.

Print version: Interdisciplinary connections to special education : important aspects to consider, Rationale for interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary relations in special education / Jeffrey P. Bakken -- The role of special educators in interdisciplinary connections / Tachelle Banks -- Role of general educators in a multidisciplinary team for learners with special needs / D. Antonio Cantu -- Role of counselors in multidisciplinary interactions in special education / Beto Davison Avilés, Lori Russell-Chapin, Christopher J. Rybak -- Role of psychologists in interdisciplinary relations in special education / Lynda Kasky-Hernández, Gary Cates -- Role of school leaders in interdisciplinary connections in special education / D. Michael Risen, Jenny Tripses, Anne Risen -- Roles of related professionals in special education / Stacey Jones Bock, Christy Borders -- Role of parents/families/guardians / Julia Stoner -- The role of community in special education : a relational approach / Kate Warner, Karla Hull, Martha Laughlin -- Role of government agencies in enhancing special education / Sunday Obi -- Different roles and similar mission in the education of students with special needs : the comprehensive support model at work / Festus E. Obiakor, Michael Afolayan, Pauline Harris-Obiakor, Precious Afolayan

Print version: Current perspectives in special education administration, Changing roles and responsibilities of special education administrators / Jeffrey P. Bakken, Mary O'Brian and Debra L. Shelden -- Legal foundations of special education administration / John LaNear and Elise Frattura -- Administering successful multicultural special education programs / Darrell Williams [and others] -- Special education leadership in urban schools / Festus E. Obiakor and Gathogo M. Mukuria -- Changes in administering special education programs in rural areas / Betty Y. Ashbaker and Lynn K. Wilder -- Effective administrative strategies for inclusive charter school settings / Elizabeth R. Drame -- The administrator's role in establishing support services for college students with disabilities / Sunday O. Obi and Stephanie L. Obi -- Administrating discipline, grading and 504 plans for students with special needs / Julie A. Deisinger -- Disciplinary considerations for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) / Sandra Burkhardt -- A model self-advocacy curriculum for students with disabilities / Carol M. Szymanski -- 21st century technology for school administrators / Linda J. Burke

Print version: Current issues and trends in special education, Part I. Identification of students. Chapter 1. Early identification/intervention: the earlier the better for students with disabilities / Yi-Juin Liu -- Chapter 2. Early identification/intervention: can misidentification/misintervention impact students, teachers, and families? / Barbara Metzger, Cynthia G. Simpson, and Jeffrey P. Bakken. Part II. Under-identification and over-identification in special education. Chapter 3. Can underidentification affect exceptional learners? / Rhonda S. Black -- Chapter 4. Disproportionate representation in special education: overrepresentation of selected subgroups / Tina Taylor Dyches and Mary Anne Prater. Part III. Assessment and accountability in education. Chapter 5. Standardized testing/accountability: is NCLB fair for students with disabilities? / Tes Mehring -- Chapter 6. Curriculum-based assessment: the most effective way to assess students with disabilities / Sunday Obi. Part IV. Labeling and Categorization. Chapter 7. Labeling of students with disabilities: needed for students to get their needs met / Gathogo M. Mukuria and Jeffrey P. Bakken -- Chapter 8. Labeling of students with disabilities: unwanted and not needed / Craig Blum and Jeffrey P. Bakken. Part V. Placement and inclusion of students. Chapter 9. The general education classroom: this is not where students with disabilities should be placed / Jeffrey P. Bakken -- Chapter 10. Beyond traditional placement: making inclusion work in the general education classroom / Festus E. Obiakor, Mateba K. Harris, Anthony F. Rotatori, and Bob Algozzine. Part VI. Instructional methods for students with disabilities . Chapter 11. Behaviorism works in special education / Darlene H. Anderson, Michelle Marchant and Nancy Y. Somarriba -- Chapter 12. Other innovative techniques: positive behavior supports and response to intervention / John J. Wheeler and Michael R. Mayton. Part VII. Intervention methods. Chapter 13. Scientifically supported interventions. Chapter 14. Scientifically unsupported treatments for students with special needs

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