PIPPIN PUBLISHINGLANGUAGE, LlTERACY AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS |
ISBN: 0-88751-072-8 View Graphical Site Go Back |
Descript: As children with special needs become integrated into the educational mainstream, it's important to welcome and support them so that they can truly participate and share in the whole group's activities. Sally Rogow spices her often moving and inspiring story with anecdotes drawn from the experiences of real children and real teachers in real classrooms, outlining a variety of successful approaches that will help teachers ensure that good learning happens for everyone. Audience: A book for parents seeking encouragement, hope and practical advice, and for teachers who find themselves teaching a disabled child as part of their regular classes, and who need support and advice, too. Paperback 6" x 9" |
Table of contents: Introduction Literacy Instruction and Children with Special Needs Everyone Can Learn to Read and Write Story and Storytelling The Sense of Nonsense: Language Awareness Learning to Write Word Knowledge and Reading Using Children's Books to Promote Understanding Including Children Who Cannot Speak Including Children with Special Needs Glossary References Resources Additional Professional Reading |
Review: "It's not a typical textbook with in-depth theory or rigid methodology. Rather, it's a gift for yourself or for a colleague who may be anxious about a new student with special needs, struggling with too many students and too little time, feeling out of ideas, or in need of a morale boost." "...goes a long way to helping teachers develop strategies that work with special needs children in the regular classroom. But Rogow's book is much more than prescriptive. Vividly retold case studies provide ample examples of specific steps to help children with various disabilities read and write. In the book, the victories of children and teachers are hard-won. Teachers work with children step-by-step, and eventual outcomes, while positive, aren't miraculous." |