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Ideal for literacy methods and elementary instruction courses, this book brings together three strands of educational practice—Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP), Disability Sustaining Pedagogy (DSP), and balanced literacy—to present a cohesive, comprehensive framework for literacy instruction that meets the needs of all learners. Situating balanced literacy instruction within the current debate on how to best teach elementary school literacy, this book prepares pre-service and in-service teachers to work with racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students of all abilities and disabilities and addresses effective curriculum design, lesson planning, and assessment. Chapters offer real-world classroom examples and lesson plans, charts, and discussion guides for CSP/DSP-infused instruction for each component of a balanced literacy instructional block.

Die Thematik der Inklusion ist so aktuell wie nie: Am 15. Juli 2015 hat der Landtag Baden-Württembergs die Änderung des Schulgesetz verabschiedet. Somit entscheiden nun die Eltern von Kindern mit Behinderung, ob ihr Kind an einer Sonder- oder einer öffentlichen Grundschule unterrichtet werden soll. Diese Entscheidung stellt für die Gleichberechtigung von Menschen mit Behinderungen einen sehr wichtigen Schritt dar, doch stellt gleichzeitig Schulen und Lehrer vor eine große Herausforderung. Viele Lehrerinnen und Lehrer fühlen sich darauf nicht vorbereitet, geschweige denn dafür ausgebildet. Es gibt nur sehr wenige Handreichungen, wie spezielle Fächer, die inklusiv aufgearbeitet werden können und noch weniger Erfahrungsberichte. Im vorliegenden Buch wurde versucht die wichtigsten Komponenten des inklusiven Unterrichts mit einigen Grundlagen des englischen Fremdsprachenunterrichts in der Grundschule zu vereinen. Dazu wurden zuerst beide Themen separat behandelt und anschließend miteinander verbunden. Den Abschluss bildet eine qualitative Studie in Form dreier Experteninterviews, bei welchen Lehrer unterschiedlicher Schulformen zu ihren Erfahrungen und Meinungen befragt wurden. Diese Interviews wurden sich dann letztlich noch gegenübergestellt und ausgewertet.

Between the pressure to meet standards and the overwhelming number of different learning needs of students, planning math lessons has become more complex. In this Judith Storeygard provides proven approaches to understanding the behaviors of children with special needs and effectively teaching all students.Using research-based and field-tested methodology, this book's teaching strategies include differentiated instruction, with an emphasis on co-teaching between general educators and special educators. Included are examples from teachers who have put these techniques into practice and guidelines for reproducing their successes in your classroom. Key topics include:Strategies for teaching students with autism, ADHD, and various learning disabilitiesWays to develop students'cognitive flexibilityHow to help learners plan, organize and self-monitor in mathematics classA new focus on mathematical strengths and learning ability rather than on deficits and labelsThere are numerous resources to help teachers address literacy needs, but few address mathematics. Count Me In! will bring out the full potential in all of your students—and in you as an educator.

Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches is a resource book for educational staff and pediatric occupational therapists, especially those new to the field. It shows how the implications of physical, psychological, social, and learning difficulties impact upon children's abilities. This highly practical book will help readers recognize when a student's poor performance within the classroom is a result of a medical condition or underlying motor and perceptual deficits.

This concise, useful book identifies organisational, social and physical barriers to disabled children's inclusion in primary school playgrounds, and suggests ways to overcome these barriers in the future, as well as examining examples of good practice.This is essential reading for teachers, special educational needs coordinators, personal support assistants, lunchtime supervisors, playworkers, and architects and landscape professionals involved in play.

Parents and carers of children with conditions such as autism, Down's Syndrome or other forms of developmental delay can do much to help encourage their child's development. Stepping Out provides parents and carers with practical advice, and fun games and activities to improve a child's skills in the six areas of development: cognitive; physical; sensory; language; social and emotional. The book also outlines the stages of child development so parents can place their child's progress in context. This book is particularly suitable for primary school children, exploring the standard stages of development in children aged 3 to 11.Sarah Newman tackles many general problems, such as sleep, behaviour and toilet training, which may be encountered by parents of children with any form of disability - physical, learning or sensory. Drawing on her own experience, the author offers advice for parents on coping with the stress of caring for a child with special needs and discusses issues associated with education. This illustrated book offers a wealth of information and imaginative ideas, with a comprehensive resources section.

First Published in 2004. Word track Workbook is ideal for all learner with specific learning difficulties who have particular problems memorising spellings. The activities in the book support and reinforce correct spellings of words within the context of the sentence. concentrating on the letters and sounds (phonemes) of words. The workbook: contains 180 graded, illustrated model sentences. The learner reads the model sentence and tracks the words of that sentence in correct order; encourages users to check each phoneme using visual discrimination skills proofreading skills; encourages users to recognise critical features of words- for example, shape and length of words, common spelling patterns and words within words; supports the reading and spelling of high-frequency words and easily muddles spellings(sed/said), letter order mistake (form/from, no/on, saw/was) and confusion over letter formation (dent/bent, bin/pin, bd/deb, met/wet).