Teaching Special Students in General Education Classrooms (5th Edition)

For course in Inclusion or Introduction to Special Education. This popular, practical text prepares future teachers for the challenges of inclusion and gives them the background to work with a wide range of students in a variety of educational settings in the elementary and secondary classroom. Using an informal style, the text demonstrates how to identify pupils who have learning problems and provides the tools necessary to help these children succeed in general education classrooms. The book concentrates on techniques that will improve academic performance; classroom behavior; and social acceptance for students with disabilities, gifted and talented students, culturally and linguistically diverse students, and students at-risk.