A Survival Kit for the Special Education Teacher (J-B Ed: Survival Guides)
For all educators who work with special children, here's a practical, up-to-the-minute guide to every facet of the special education teacher's job, from teaching in a self-contained classroom or resource room to serving on a multidisciplinary team, complete with reproducible forms, checklists, and sample letters that are ready for immediate use! Step-by-step, this unique kit takes you through the various stages required to understand the referral process, parent intakes and conferences, evaluation, interpretation, diagnosis, remediation, placement, IEPs, classroom management, medication, educational law, and more. And you'll find all of this material organized into seven convenient sections, and printed in a big 8-1/2" by 11" format for easy photocopying of the many useful reproducibles it contains. Here are just a few outstanding features of the KIT:offers a wealth of practical, current tips and strategies for working with all types of exceptional students.covers the latest laws, tools, and evaluative measures available for helping the special child.stresses the practical, everyday issues facing the special educator, such as on-task behaviors, discipline, learning styles and academic achievement.provides a special section packed with parenting tips, such as how to help children with their homework, how to improve their child's self-esteem and how to communicate better with the child.presents specific classroom management techniques for working with the aggressive child...the slow learner...emotionally disturbed children...and others.includes handy glossaries of educational, psychological and medical terms commonly used in special education.written by a special educator and licensed psychologist with over 25 years of experience in working with children at the elementary/middle level.In short, this unique "survival kit" offers an unparalleled store of tried-and-true suggestions, current information, and ready-to-use tools that will, in the author's words, help all teachers "survive the pressures and derive greater rewards when working with special children."