Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
"I have taught Assessment and Curriculum Development for Students with Intensive Special Needs for the past 5 years. As both a teacher educator and a practitioner, I have always been frustrated at the lack of support and guidance available for teachers in the development of curriculum. I have searched high and low for a text that adequately represents the decisions that teachers, therapists, and adult service workers have to make. Finally, Dr. Browder has provided that book! This is the first text I've ever used that almost makes me feel the author is teaching the class with me. I am thrilled it was published in time for use this semester." --Susan Ainsleigh,  MS Ed., Instructor, Graduate Program in Special Education, Simmons College, Boston, MA"This book is a valuable tool to prepare teachers to work with students with significant disabilities in the classrooms of the 21st century. The strength of the text is its breadth and functionality: It covers an unusually wide array of topics while maintaining a user-friendly and applied focus. The emphasis throughout on self-determination and student involvement ensures that educators will be prepared to provide services and supports that are student based. The 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act emphasized thatallstudents must have access to a challenging curriculum. This text will enable teachers working with students with moderate and severe disabilities to meet that important objective." --Michael L.Wehmeyer, PhD, Beach Center on Families and Disability, University of Kansas"Diane Browder's latest book comes at an opportune time. The text is comprehensive and fills an important gap in the professional literature. Browder does an outstanding job of linking assessment and curriculum in ways that reflect exemplary practices. The numerous examples, charts, and forms are extremely helpful in translating the theory and research into practice. I recommend this book to professors teaching courses in the area of severe disabilities and to anyone in the field interested in assessment and curriculum." --Michael F. Giangreco, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Center on Disability and Community Inclusion, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont"This book successfully unites a variety of current best practices, based on both research and theory, in a way that is readily transferrable to the real world. Drawing on her own experiences with students with disabilities, Browder has peppered the book with examples and case studies that accurately illustrate the practices she advocates. Researchers will appreciate the details of the reviewed studies, while practitioners will find this book of value in transferring research to practice. This is an up-to-date and reader-friendly text for anyone preparing personnel to work with persons with severe disabilities, or anyone practicing in the field. I am looking forward to using it in both undergraduate and graduate courses." --Belva C. Collins, EdD, Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Kentucky