Learning disabilities : appropriate practices for a diverse population / Barry Edwards McNamara.
This book addresses issues in teacher preparation and parental roles in the education of children with learning disabilities. It provides a variety of instructional approaches that recognize the cultural and linguistic diversity found in students classified as learning disabled. There is a critical...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policy.
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| Summary: | This book addresses issues in teacher preparation and parental roles in the education of children with learning disabilities. It provides a variety of instructional approaches that recognize the cultural and linguistic diversity found in students classified as learning disabled. There is a critical need to incorporate a sensitivity to issues of diversity into educational assessment, curriculum planning, teacher training, and interactions with parents, especially in large urban areas which are characterized by cultural and linguistic diversity. Significant changes in traditional special education assessment and instruction are needed to effectively deal with the overrepresentation of minority students classified as learning disabled, and resolve the inherent problems with the definition and diagnosis of learning disabilities. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585075026 9780585075020 9780791438831 079143883X 9780791438848 0791438848 1438412614 9781438412610 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |