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Teaching Adolescents With Disabilities:

Accessing the General Education Curriculum

By: Donald D. Deshler, Jean B. Schumaker

Tap into this comprehensive guide to research-validated practices and interventions that break down the barriers to academic success for secondary school students with disabilities.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412914895
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2005
Page Count: 304
Publication date: November 02, 2005

Price: $46.95

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Get the blueprint for building bridges that leave no learner behind!

Teaching Adolescents With Disabilities is the gold standard for proven methods of teaching students with disabilities at the secondary level. Developed by one of the most respected research teams in special education, this resource provides teachers and administrators with detailed and practical knowledge of research-validated practices that have been effective for adolescents with disabilities. Aligned with current Individuals with Disabilities Acts (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements, these proven strategies can break down the barriers to academic success, while opening doors to the complex curriculum of secondary schools.

Donald D. Deshler and Jean B. Schumaker are highly attuned to these students' special needs, and the skills and methods required to teach them effectively, including:

Practical planning advice, interventions, and learning strategies
Tips for leveraging technology to promote student success
Strategies for planning transition beyond high school
Real-life examples and illustrations to facilitate implementation
Methods for designing instructional materials that maximize curriculum access and student achievement

With this resource, practitioners can gain the in-depth knowledge that will enable them to close the performance gap for middle and high school students with disabilities.

Key features

Most comprehensive resource of scientifically validated methods and interventions designed for the inclusion of adolescents with disabilities in high schools.
Takes a practical approach to the description of practices and the ways in which they can be most effectively implemented.
Written by the leading scholars in secondary special education.
Designed for use as a supplementary text in the training of special education teachers, with wide use in inservice and other professional development training for inservice teachers.

Author(s)

Donald D. Deshler

Donald D. Deshler is one of the best-known and well-respected researchers in the field of special education at the secondary level and is a leading scholar in the area of bringing research into practice. He is the director of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, which has been providing specialized training to secondary special education teachers for over 20 years, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy. Deshler is the co-developer of the Learning Strategies Model, one of the most thoroughly researched and widely used special education teaching methods. Deshler has been the recipient of the CEC Research Award and numerous federal research and personnel preparation grants.

Jean B. Schumaker

Dr. Schumaker is Associate Director of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. She has spent the last 32 years studying the problems of adolescents and developing educational interventions for them. Together with Don Deshler and others at the Center, she co-developed the Strategies Intervention Model, a comprehensive program for students with learning disabilities. Dr. Schumaker is widely published and has been the recipient of numerous federal research grants. She is an author of Learning Strategies Curriculum and other curricular and methodological resources, for teaching both content and social skills.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: High Schools and Adolescents with Disabilities: Challenges at Every Turn

2: Planning Practices that Optimize Curriculum Access

3: Teaching Practices that Optimize Curriculum Access

4: Teaching Adolescents to be Strategic Learners

5: Designing Instructional Materials to Promote Curriculum Access

6: Using Technology to Access the General Education Curriculum

7: Strategies for Enhancing Nonacademic Outcomes and Transitions to Adult Life

Index

Reviews

"Deshler and Schumaker are highly attuned to students' special needs and the skills and methods required to teach them effectively. With this resource, practitioners can gain the in-depth knowledge that will enable them to close the performance gap for middle and high school students with disabilities."

Adolescence, Summer 2006

Other Titles in: Special Education | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | High School Teaching Methods

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