Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities

A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
Bob Algozzine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
James E. Ysseldyke - University of Minnesota, USA
Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
March 2006 | 136 pages | Corwin
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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.

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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:

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

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A Practical Guide for Every Teacher


March 2006 | 136 pages | Corwin

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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:


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

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