Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability (Paperback)

Catherine C. Collier

ISBN 10: 1412971608 / ISBN 13: 9781412971607

Editore: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, 2010

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Paperback. Students' cultural and linguistic differences are often mistaken for learning and/or behavioural disabilities. On the other hand, these cultural and linguistic differences may actually mask a student's disability. Despite significant advances in the understanding of effective teaching practices for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, including limited English proficient (LEP) and English language learners (ELL), the transfer of research to practice remains elusive.In Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability, Catherine Collier introduces the PRISIM process (the Pyramid of Resiliency, Instruction, Strategies Intervention, and Monitoring) for use within an RTI framework. PRISIM's seven steps ensure that diverse students with special needs are not disproportionately identified for special services and that all students with special needs have those needs met in the most appropriate manner. This book contains:- A 7-step process for separating difference from disability within an RTI framework- Resource materials for implementing the process- Reproducible forms- Recommended reading materials- Case studies- Self-study assessment worksheet- Glossary. Based on the RTI model, this comprehensive book provides seven steps to determining appropriate instruction, intervention, and services for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability (Paperback)
• Editore: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1412971608
• ISBN 13: 9781412971607
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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"This is a complete book for practitioners, helping me determine at what stage in the process my child study team is and where we should go next."
-Margarete Couture, Principal, Seneca Central School District, Interlaken, Ny

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Catherine Collier, Ph.D. has over 45 years experience in equity, cross-cultural, bilingual, and special education. Dr. Collier is a nationally recognized expert on diverse learners with learning and behavior needs. She established and directed the Chinle Valley School, Dine Bitsiis Baa Aha Yaa, bilingual services for Navajo students with severe and multiple disabilities for the Navajo Nation. She was the director of a teacher-training program, Ikayurikiit Unatet for the University of Alaska for seven years, preparing Yup’ik Eskimo paraprofessionals for certification as bilingual preschool, elementary, and special educators. She was an itinerant (diagnostician/special education) for Child Find in remote villages in Alaska. For eight years, Dr. Collier worked with the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, Research, and Evaluation at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she created and directed the Bilingual Special Education Curriculum/Training project (BISECT), a nationally recognized effort. She is active in social justice activities for culturally and linguistically diverse learners and families. She started the first bilingual special education programs for the Navajo Nation and the White Mountain Apache. She is currently the director of the national professional development project Curriculum Integration for Responsive, Crosscultural, Language Education (CIRCLE) at Western Washington University. She works extensively with school districts on professional and program development for at-risk diverse learners. Dr. Collier provides technical assistance to university, local, and state departments of education regarding programs serving at-risk cognitively, culturally and linguistically diverse learners. She works with national organizations to provide professional development in the intersection of crosscultural, multilingual, diversity, special needs issues in education.