The General Educator's Guide to Special Education

The General Educator's Guide to Special Education

Author: Jody L. Maanum

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1412971373

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Provides information on disability categories, the referral and placement process, teaching strategies, and behavioral adaptations to the curriculum.


Bayley-III Clinical Use and Interpretation

Bayley-III Clinical Use and Interpretation

Author: Lawrence G. Weiss

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2010-07-19

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0080921078

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One of the most widely used assessments of infants and toddlers, the BAYLEY-III measures the major areas of development including cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive functioning. This book provides an introduction into use of the BAYLEY-III in each of these five areas. For each of these areas, individual chapters cover the relevant test content, administration, scoring, interpretation, strengths / concerns, and uses in clinical populations. Each chapter also includes a real life case study demonstrating typical performance of a child with delays one of the five areas of development. The book concludes with a special chapter on procedures for brief neurodevelopmental screening of infants in pediatric settings. Covering all major areas of development, the book is informative for a wide range of professionals who use the BAYLEY-III to evaluate development of infants and toddlers from multiple perspectives including psychology, speech and language, and occupational/physical therapy. - Provides an overview of the theoretical background and structure of BAYLEY-III written by the lead Research Director - Introduces practitioners to the test content in each of the five major areas of child development covered by the BAYLEY-III: cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive functioning - Readers will learn how to competently administer, score, and interpret each of the five scales in the BAYLEY-III - Explains the strengths and limitations of the test in each of the five areas it measures - Instructs readers on uses of the test in specific clinical populations - Includes five case studies showing typical patterns of children delayed in one of the five areas of development - Concludes with a special chapter on neurodevelopmental screening procedures in pediatric settings


Children with Specific Language Impairment

Children with Specific Language Impairment

Author: Laurence B. Leonard

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780262621366

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Children with Specific Language Impairment covers all aspects of SLI, including its history, possible genetic and neurobiological origins, and clinical and educational practice.