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Assistive Technology for Young Children with Disabilities: A Guide for Providing Family-Centered Services
1998Sharon Lesar Judge (Editor) and Howard P. Parette (Editor)
Assistive technology is increasingly important in improving disabled children's mobility, language, and learning--enabling them to function independently and take advantage of schooling and social opportunities. The authors here explore considerations involved in evaluating children's needs, selecting and prescribing devices, and training children, families, and teachers to use the technology.
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Strategies for Teaching Students With Mild to Severe Mental Retardation
1993Robert A. Gable (Editor) and Robert F. Warren (Editor)
Special education teaching has advanced greatly over the last few decades in line with a more progressive social and educational policy. This book highlights the need for the continuation of effective instruction for students with mild to severe mental retardation alongside instructional research into this field. The case studies included are examined from both an empirical research perspective and a field orientated, practical viewpoint and the book is divided into two sections, the first dealing with mild disabilities and the second with more severe levels of mental retardation. [From Amazon.com]
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Strategies for Teaching At-Risk and Handicapped Infants and Toddlers: A Transdisciplinary Approach
1991Sharon A. Raver
The purpose of this book is to provide information about effectively using a transdisciplinary team approach to increasing developmental growth in infants and toddlers who are at risk for or who have disabilities. The intended audience is family members and early interventionists who provide services to children who have special needs from birth to three years of age.
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Assessing Students With Special Needs: A Sourcebook for Analyzing and Correcting Errors in Academics
1990Robert A. Gable (Editor) and Jo Mary Hendrickson (Editor)
This step-by-step guide to informal, classroom-based assessment of students with special needs offers a comprehensive presentation of error analysis procedures. The book deals with the following topics in 10 chapters: (1) an overview of traditional academic assessment; (2) enhancing the learning of handicapped preschoolers; (3) errors and error analysis in arithmetic, reading, handwriting, spelling, and written language (Chapters 3-7); (4) computer-based assessment and error analysis; (5) content area skill assessment; and (6) strategies for integrating error analysis and instruction. [From Amzaon.com]
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Instructional Materials for Exceptional Children: Selection, Management and Adaptation
1980Joseph J. Stowitschek, Robert A. Gable, and Jo Mary Hendrickson
The book discusses the problems besettling special education research and reviews various instructional materials used for special needs students.
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