Supporting Children with Sensory Impairment
Supporting Children with Sensory Impairment

Author: Hull City Council

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1317419669

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This book provides a quick and easy reference guide to different types of sensory impairment, including causes, symptoms and the implications on teaching and learning. With most children and young people with hearing or visual impairments attending mainstream schools, this book explains the most effective and practical strategies for use in mainstream classrooms. Fully up to date with the 2014 SEND Code of Practice, this accessible resource is split into two sections: Supporting Children with a Hearing Impairment and Supporting Children with a Visual Impairment. The wide-ranging chapters include: Educational access for pupils with hearing loss Teaching phonics Teaching deaf pupils with English as a second language Identifying children with visual impairment Classroom management Adapting resources This practical text provides strategies to use in schools to ensure that children with sensory impairments are fully supported. Featuring useful checklist and photocopiable resouces, it contains a wealth of valuable advice and tried-and-tested strategies for teachers and support staff working in early years settings, schools, academies and colleges.

Universal Design in Higher Education
Universal Design in Higher Education

Author: Sheryl E. Burgstahler

Publisher: Harvard Education Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1612500935

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Universal Design in Higher Education looks at the design of physical and technological environments at institutions of higher education; at issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction; and at the full array of student services. Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive guide for researchers and practitioners on creating fully accessible college and university programs. It is founded upon, and contributes to, theories of universal design in education that have been gaining increasingly wide attention in recent years. As greater numbers of students with disabilities attend postsecondary educational institutions, administrators have expressed increased interest in making their programs accessible to all students. This book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for schools as they work to turn this admirable goal into a reality. It addresses a comprehensive range of topics on universal design for higher education institutions, thus making a crucial contribution to the growing body of literature on special education and universal design. This book will be of unique value to university and college administrators, and to special education researchers, practitioners, and activists.

Games for People with Sensory Impairments
Games for People with Sensory Impairments

Author: Lauren J. Lieberman

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9780873228909

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"This practical new reference provides teachers and recreation specialists with 70 ready-to-use games that people with sensory impairments - both visual and hearing - can play. Games for People With Sensory Impairments makes it easy to select and modify games and activities for players of all ages and ability levels." "Fifteen of the country's best practitioners have submitted their most successful group activities for this how-to guide. Using photos from actual physical education classes, the authors show how to evaluate and adapt these games and activities to any group. The book is designed for people who work with students or adults who are visually impaired, deaf, deaf-blind, or visually impaired with other disabilities. But the activities are also appropriate for people without disabilities. Plus a handy "Game Finder" helps you speedily locate and select appropriate games." "Written by two authorities in the field of adapted physical education, Games for People With Sensory Impairments shows you how to apply proven techniques to help people of all ages reach their full potential for fun and fitness."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities

Author: Robert Algozzine

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2006-03-24

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1412939003

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With the right modifications, students with sensory disabilities that affect how well they see and/or hear can participate fully in general education classes alongside their peers. Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining characteristics and specific needs of students who are deaf, blind, or deaf-and-blind. Offering numerous practical classroom management tips and surprisingly easy instruction adjustments, this valuable resource shows teachers how they can teach in a highly effective manner that will foster the independence of students with visual and hearing impairments in the general education classroom. Including a pre-test, post-test, and key vocabulary terms, this highly informative guide discusses everything educators need to know about students with sensory disabilities, including: o Cognitive characteristics and issues o Academic characteristics and issues o Physical characteristics and issues o Behavioural characteristics and issues o Communication characteristics and issues

Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
Strategies for Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

Author: Lucy C. Martin

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2008-12-19

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 145229612X

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"I wish I had this book when I started teaching! Every teacher starts out with an empty bag of tricks; it is nice to peek into someone′s bag!" —Nicole Guyon, Special Education Teacher Westerly School Department, Cranston, RI Classroom-tested strategies that help students with learning disabilities succeed! Teachers are often challenged to help students with learning disabilities reach their full academic potential. Written with humor and empathy, this engaging book offers a straightforward approach to skillful teaching of students with learning disabilities. Developed for K–12 general and special education classrooms, this resource draws on the author′s 30 years of teaching experience to help teachers gain a greater understanding of students′ learning differences and meet individual needs. Strategies are organized by skills—including reading, writing, math, organization, attention, and test-taking—helping teachers quickly identify the best techniques for assisting each student and encouraging independent learning. Readers will find: More than 100 practical strategies, interventions, and activities that build students′ academic abilities Recommendations on appropriate accommodations, assessment techniques, and family communication Support for complying with recent federal mandates related to learning disabilities, including the ADA, Section 504, and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004 Helpful guidance and stories from the author′s own classroom experiences Ready-to-use tools, forms, and guides Discover innovative, easy-to-implement teaching methods that overcome barriers to learning and help students with special needs thrive in your classroom.

Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments
Teaching Social Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Author: Sharon Sacks

Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780891288824

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"This book expands upon the knowledge base and provides a compendium of intervention strategies to support and enhance the acquisition of social skills and children and youths with visual impairments ... Part 1 ... addresses social skills from a first-person perspective. The second part ... examines how theory seeks to explain social development and influences assessment and practice ... Part 3, ties personal perspectives and theory to actual practice. Finally, Part 4 ... offers numerous examples and models for teaching social skills to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabling conditions."--Introduction.

The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education
The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education

Author: Amanda Morin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-04-18

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1440569681

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Be your child's best advocate! Children with special needs who succeed in school have one thing in common--their parents are passionate and effective advocates. It's not an easy job, but with The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education, you will learn how to evaluate, prepare, organize, and get quality services, no matter what your child's disability. This valuable handbook gives you the tools you need to navigate the complex world of special education and services, with information on: Assessment and evaluation Educational needs for different disabilities, including multiple disabilities Current law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Working within the school system to create an IEP The importance of keeping detailed records Dealing with parent-school conflict With worksheets, forms, and sample documents and letters, you can be assured that you'll have all you need to help your child thrive--in school and in life!

Teaching Students With High-Incidence Disabilities
Teaching Students With High-Incidence Disabilities

Author: Mary Anne Prater

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2016-12-29

Total Pages: 984

ISBN-13: 1483390616

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To ensure that all students receive quality instruction, Teaching Students with High-Incidence Disabilities prepares preservice teachers to teach students with learning disabilities, emotional behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity, and high functioning autism. It also serves as a reference for those who have already received formal preparation in how to teach special needs students. Focusing on research-based instructional strategies, Mary Anne Prater gives explicit instructions and includes models throughout in the form of scripted lesson plans. The book also has a broad emphasis on diversity, with a section in each chapter devoted to exploring how instructional strategies can be modified to accommodate diverse exceptional students. Real-world classrooms are brought into focus using teacher tips, embedded case studies, and technology spotlights to enhance student learning.

ECC Essentials
ECC Essentials

Author: Carol B. Allman

Publisher:

Published: 2014-07

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9780891284987

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ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments is the first comprehensive book for teachers of students with visual impairments to focus on the nine areas of the ECC that encompass the unique skills children and adolescents with visual impairments need to learn in order to access the core educational curriculum and become independent individuals, by providing the rationale, suggestions, and strategies necessary to implement instruction. The nine areas include compensatory access, sensory efficiency, assistive technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination. ECC Essentials helps teachers manage time efficiently and effectively; work with students of different ages and ability levels; collaborate with parents and other members of the educational team; conduct assessments; align instruction with state standards and the general education core curriculum; and maximize planning effectiveness. The book includes learning activities that combine several areas of the ECC; information about additional resources; specific guidelines and strategies for teaching each of the nine areas of the ECC. ECC Essentials provides teachers with a road map for helping their students achieve success in school and in life.