Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
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Learn how to provide targeted support to students with sensory disabilities!
With the right modifications, students with sensory disabilities-impairments that affect how well they see and/or hear-can participate fully in general education classes alongside their neighbors and peers.
In Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining characteristics and specific needs of students who are categorized as deaf, blind, or deaf-and-blind. Offering numerous practical classroom management tips and surprisingly easy instruction adjustments, this valuable resource shows teachers how they can provide instruction in a highly effective manner that will foster the independence of students with visual and hearing impairments in the general education classroom.
Including a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this highly informative guide discusses everything educators need to know about students with sensory disabilities, including:
- Cognitive characteristics and issues
- Academic characteristics and issues
- Physical characteristics and issues
- Behavioral characteristics and issues
- Communication characteristics and issues
A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher: The 13-Book Collection
This collection equips educators with practical knowledge and methods that will help them to better engage students in exploring-and meeting-their fullest potential.
Also see:
- The Fundamentals of Special Education
- The Legal Foundations of Special Education
- Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs
- Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs
- Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs
- Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education
- Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Communication Disorders
- Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance
- Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
- Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
Contents
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Students With Special Needs
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Students With Special Needs
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Teaching Students with Sensory Disabilities
Introduction to Teaching Students with Sensory Disabilities
1.What Should Every Teacher Know About Visual Impairments?
- Definition
- Eligibility for Special Education
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
2.What Should Every Teacher Know About Hearing Impairments?
- Definition
- Types of Hearing Loss
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Deafness and Blindness?
- Definition
- Prevalence
- Characteristics
4.What Tools and Strategies Should Teachers Use to Support Students With Sensory Disabilities?
- Eliminate Barriers
- Improve Communication
- Foster Independence
5.Sensory Disabilities in Perspective
- Understand Characteristics
- Support Accomodations
- Foster Collaboration
- Prepare for the Future
6. What Have We Learned?
- Key Points
- More About Visual Impairments
- More About Hearing Impairments
- Key Vocabulary
- Self-Assessment II
- Answer Key for Self-Assessments
- On Your Own
Resources
- Websites
- Books
- Journals & Articles
- Organizations
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
Learn how to provide targeted support to students with sensory disabilities!
With the right modifications, students with sensory disabilities-impairments that affect how well they see and/or hear-can participate fully in general education classes alongside their neighbors and peers.
In Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining characteristics and specific needs of students who are categorized as deaf, blind, or deaf-and-blind. Offering numerous practical classroom management tips and surprisingly easy instruction adjustments, this valuable resource shows teachers how they can provide instruction in a highly effective manner that will foster the independence of students with visual and hearing impairments in the general education classroom.
Including a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this highly informative guide discusses everything educators need to know about students with sensory disabilities, including:
- Cognitive characteristics and issues
- Academic characteristics and issues
- Physical characteristics and issues
- Behavioral characteristics and issues
- Communication characteristics and issues
A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher: The 13-Book Collection
This collection equips educators with practical knowledge and methods that will help them to better engage students in exploring-and meeting-their fullest potential.
Also see:
- The Fundamentals of Special Education
- The Legal Foundations of Special Education
- Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs
- Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs
- Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs
- Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education
- Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Communication Disorders
- Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance
- Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
- Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
Contents
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Students With Special Needs
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Students With Special Needs
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Teaching Students with Sensory Disabilities
Introduction to Teaching Students with Sensory Disabilities
1.What Should Every Teacher Know About Visual Impairments?
- Definition
- Eligibility for Special Education
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
2.What Should Every Teacher Know About Hearing Impairments?
- Definition
- Types of Hearing Loss
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Deafness and Blindness?
- Definition
- Prevalence
- Characteristics
4.What Tools and Strategies Should Teachers Use to Support Students With Sensory Disabilities?
- Eliminate Barriers
- Improve Communication
- Foster Independence
5.Sensory Disabilities in Perspective
- Understand Characteristics
- Support Accomodations
- Foster Collaboration
- Prepare for the Future
6. What Have We Learned?
- Key Points
- More About Visual Impairments
- More About Hearing Impairments
- Key Vocabulary
- Self-Assessment II
- Answer Key for Self-Assessments
- On Your Own
Resources
- Websites
- Books
- Journals & Articles
- Organizations
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
March 2006 | 136 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412939003 | $37.95 |
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412939478 | $63.95 |
Learn how to provide targeted support to students with sensory disabilities!
With the right modifications, students with sensory disabilities-impairments that affect how well they see and/or hear-can participate fully in general education classes alongside their neighbors and peers.
In Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining characteristics and specific needs of students who are categorized as deaf, blind, or deaf-and-blind. Offering numerous practical classroom management tips and surprisingly easy instruction adjustments, this valuable resource shows teachers how they can provide instruction in a highly effective manner that will foster the independence of students with visual and hearing impairments in the general education classroom.
Including a pretest, posttest, and key vocabulary terms, this highly informative guide discusses everything educators need to know about students with sensory disabilities, including:
- Cognitive characteristics and issues
- Academic characteristics and issues
- Physical characteristics and issues
- Behavioral characteristics and issues
- Communication characteristics and issues
A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher: The 13-Book Collection
This collection equips educators with practical knowledge and methods that will help them to better engage students in exploring-and meeting-their fullest potential.
Also see:
- The Fundamentals of Special Education
- The Legal Foundations of Special Education
- Effective Assessment for Students With Special Needs
- Effective Instruction for Students With Special Needs
- Working With Families and Community Agencies to Support Students With Special Needs
- Public Policy, School Reform, and Special Education
- Teaching Students With Medical, Physical, and Multiple Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities
- Teaching Students With Communication Disorders
- Teaching Students With Emotional Disturbance
- Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
- Teaching Students With Gifts and Talents
Table Of Contents:
- About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Students With Special Needs
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Self-Assessment I
- Introduction to Teaching Students with Sensory Disabilities
- 1.What Should Every Teacher Know About Visual Impairments?
- Definition
- Eligibility for Special Education
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
- 2.What Should Every Teacher Know About Hearing Impairments?
- Definition
- Types of Hearing Loss
- Prevalence
- What you May See in Your Classroom
- 3.What Should Every Teacher Know About Deafness and Blindness?
- Definition
- Prevalence
- Characteristics
- 4.What Tools and Strategies Should Teachers Use to Support Students With Sensory Disabilities?
- Eliminate Barriers
- Improve Communication
- Foster Independence
- 5.Sensory Disabilities in Perspective
- Understand Characteristics
- Support Accomodations
- Foster Collaboration
- Prepare for the Future
- 6. What Have We Learned?
- Key Points
- More About Visual Impairments
- More About Hearing Impairments
- Key Vocabulary
- Self-Assessment II
- Answer Key for Self-Assessments
- On Your Own
- Resources
- Websites
- Books
- Journals & Articles
- Organizations
- References
- Index