Teaching Individuals With Physical or Multiple Disabilities, Fifth Edition

Best, Sherwood J.;Bigge, June L.;Heller, Kathryn Wolff

ISBN 10: 0131121227 / ISBN 13: 9780131121225

Editore: Pearson, Merrill, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA, 2005

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8.25" X 10.25" Hard bound in blue pictorial covers with title in white on the front and spine. No DJ. [xix] + 568 pages illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. Condition is fine except for some highlighting. "This edition builds on the foundation of the previous editions, and June Bigge continues to guide and inspire our efforts. The book is designed for use by family member, educators, related-service providers, administrators, para-professionals, and others who provide services to individuals with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It meets the needs of service providers in three ways. First, it describes specific physical and health impairments with attention to their educational and psychosocial implications. Second, it illustrates accommodations and modifications that promote access to the curriculum and participation in home and community environments. Third, it addresses curricular issues in a comprehensive manner, thereby serving as a resource for family members and service providers." Text Book:

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Teaching Individuals With Physical or Multiple Disabilities, Fifth Edition
• Editore: Pearson, Merrill, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0131121227
• ISBN 13: 9780131121225
• Rilegatura: Pictorial Cover
• Disegnatore: Diane C. Lorenzo
• Edizione: Fifth Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
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Comprehensive and unique, this text provides special educators and others education professionals with the knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It is the only text published that specifically addresses the educational and psychosocial needs of students with physical or health impairments who do not necessarily have cognitive disabilities and explains the psychosocial impact of disability including those disabilities that are degenerative and terminal in nature. It teaches key knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities to reach their highest potential.

New to this Edition!

• NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum - found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text.
  • Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to “hang” current and future knowledge.
• NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation - Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1)
  • Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications.
• NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12) - emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes.
• NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text - Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos.
  • Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall.
• NEW! For faculty an Instructor’s Manual is now available - to help structure their course and make the content more meaningful to their students.

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Book by Best Sherwood J Heller Kathryn Wolff Bigge June L