Learning disabilities : appropriate practices for a diverse population / Barry Edwards McNamara.

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McNamara, Barry E, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policyPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585075026
9780585075020
9780791438831
079143883X
9780791438848
0791438848
1438412614
9781438412610

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning disabilities.DDC classification:

371.9/0973 21

LOC classification:

LC4705 .M46 1998eb

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Contents:

2. The Referral Process 15 -- 3. Assessment Practices 45 -- 4. Interventions 91 -- 5. Classroom Management 127 -- 6. Implications for Teacher Training 155 -- 7. Parents as Partners 173.

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.Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index.

2. The Referral Process 15 -- 3. Assessment Practices 45 -- 4. Interventions 91 -- 5. Classroom Management 127 -- 6. Implications for Teacher Training 155 -- 7. Parents as Partners 173.

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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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