Instructional Strategies for Students With Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability

Richard M. Gargiulo - University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Emily C. Bouck - Michigan State University, USA
Instructional Strategies for Students With Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability
February 2017 | 520 pages | Sage US
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Description

Instructional Strategies for Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability supports teacher educators who are preparing pre-service or in-service teachers to instruct students with intellectual disability from preschool through transition.  As a solid, research based methods textbook, it focuses on providing strategies and approaches for how to teach across the spectrum of intellectual abilities and shows how teaching these students involves attention to evidence-based practice. The book presents academic, functional, and behavioral instructional strategies for all these populations.

 



Contents

Part I. Perspectives on Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 1: Understanding Intellectual Disability
  • Historical Perspectives on Intellectual Disability
  • Identification and Assessment of Intellectual Disability
  • Evolving Definitions of Intellectual Disability
  • Classification of Individuals with Intellectual Disability
  • Prevalence of Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 2: Foundational Concepts: Etiology of Intellectual Disability and Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Prenatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Perinatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Postnatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Social and Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 3: Educational Issues Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Legislation Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Individualized Education Programs
  • Contemporary Educational Issues
  • What to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Where to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability

Part II. Educational Concerns Across the School Years for Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 4: Assessing and Evaluating Students with Intellectual Disability
  • What is Assessment?
  • Norm Referenced Tests
  • Criterion-Referenced Tests
  • Formative and Summative Assessments
  • Curriculum-Based Evaluations
  • Ecological Assessment
  • Assessment of Student Preferences
  • Assessment for Effective Instruction
  • Participation in Accountability Systems
  • Alternate Assessment
  • Chapter 5 Behavioral Interventions for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Behavior Challenges and Approaches for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Preschool Through Secondary
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Antecedent Interventions
  • Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
  • Chapter 6: Assistive Technology for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Understanding Assistive Technology
  • Assistive Technology to Support Academics Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Life Skills Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Behavior Across the Life Span

Part III. Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 7 Teaching Academic Skills to Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 8 Life Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Preschool Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Preschool Students

Part IV. Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 9 Teaching Academic Skills to Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 10 Life Skills for Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Elementary Age Students

Part V. Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 11 Teaching Academic Skills to Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Secondary Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 12 Life Skills for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Secondary Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Secondary Students
  • Chapter 13 Transition Planning for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Transition Defined
  • An Overview of Transition Planning
  • Transition from Early Childhood Special Education
  • Transition from Elementary to Secondary Education
  • Transition from High School
  • Post School Outcomes and Services

Additional materials

Description

Instructional Strategies for Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability supports teacher educators who are preparing pre-service or in-service teachers to instruct students with intellectual disability from preschool through transition.  As a solid, research based methods textbook, it focuses on providing strategies and approaches for how to teach across the spectrum of intellectual abilities and shows how teaching these students involves attention to evidence-based practice. The book presents academic, functional, and behavioral instructional strategies for all these populations.

 



Contents

Part I. Perspectives on Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 1: Understanding Intellectual Disability
  • Historical Perspectives on Intellectual Disability
  • Identification and Assessment of Intellectual Disability
  • Evolving Definitions of Intellectual Disability
  • Classification of Individuals with Intellectual Disability
  • Prevalence of Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 2: Foundational Concepts: Etiology of Intellectual Disability and Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Prenatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Perinatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Postnatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Social and Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 3: Educational Issues Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Legislation Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Individualized Education Programs
  • Contemporary Educational Issues
  • What to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Where to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability

Part II. Educational Concerns Across the School Years for Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 4: Assessing and Evaluating Students with Intellectual Disability
  • What is Assessment?
  • Norm Referenced Tests
  • Criterion-Referenced Tests
  • Formative and Summative Assessments
  • Curriculum-Based Evaluations
  • Ecological Assessment
  • Assessment of Student Preferences
  • Assessment for Effective Instruction
  • Participation in Accountability Systems
  • Alternate Assessment
  • Chapter 5 Behavioral Interventions for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Behavior Challenges and Approaches for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Preschool Through Secondary
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Antecedent Interventions
  • Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
  • Chapter 6: Assistive Technology for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Understanding Assistive Technology
  • Assistive Technology to Support Academics Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Life Skills Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Behavior Across the Life Span

Part III. Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 7 Teaching Academic Skills to Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 8 Life Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Preschool Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Preschool Students

Part IV. Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 9 Teaching Academic Skills to Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 10 Life Skills for Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Elementary Age Students

Part V. Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disability

  • Chapter 11 Teaching Academic Skills to Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Secondary Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 12 Life Skills for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Secondary Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Secondary Students
  • Chapter 13 Transition Planning for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Transition Defined
  • An Overview of Transition Planning
  • Transition from Early Childhood Special Education
  • Transition from Elementary to Secondary Education
  • Transition from High School
  • Post School Outcomes and Services

Additional materials

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February 2017 | 520 pages | Sage US

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Instructional Strategies for Students with Mild, Moderate, and Severe Intellectual Disability supports teacher educators who are preparing pre-service or in-service teachers to instruct students with intellectual disability from preschool through transition.  As a solid, research based methods textbook, it focuses on providing strategies and approaches for how to teach across the spectrum of intellectual abilities and shows how teaching these students involves attention to evidence-based practice. The book presents academic, functional, and behavioral instructional strategies for all these populations.

 




Table Of Contents:

  • Part I. Perspectives on Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Intellectual Disability
  • Historical Perspectives on Intellectual Disability
  • Identification and Assessment of Intellectual Disability
  • Evolving Definitions of Intellectual Disability
  • Classification of Individuals with Intellectual Disability
  • Prevalence of Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 2: Foundational Concepts: Etiology of Intellectual Disability and Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Prenatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Perinatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Postnatal Causes of Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Social and Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 3: Educational Issues Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Legislation Affecting Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Individualized Education Programs
  • Contemporary Educational Issues
  • What to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Where to Teach Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Part II. Educational Concerns Across the School Years for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 4: Assessing and Evaluating Students with Intellectual Disability
  • What is Assessment?
  • Norm Referenced Tests
  • Criterion-Referenced Tests
  • Formative and Summative Assessments
  • Curriculum-Based Evaluations
  • Ecological Assessment
  • Assessment of Student Preferences
  • Assessment for Effective Instruction
  • Participation in Accountability Systems
  • Alternate Assessment
  • Chapter 5 Behavioral Interventions for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Behavior Challenges and Approaches for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Preschool Through Secondary
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Antecedent Interventions
  • Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
  • Chapter 6: Assistive Technology for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Understanding Assistive Technology
  • Assistive Technology to Support Academics Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Life Skills Across the Life Span
  • Assistive Technology to Support Behavior Across the Life Span
  • Part III. Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 7 Teaching Academic Skills to Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 8 Life Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Preschool Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Preschool Students
  • Part IV. Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 9 Teaching Academic Skills to Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 10 Life Skills for Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Elementary Age Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Elementary Age Students
  • Part V. Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 11 Teaching Academic Skills to Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Academic Skills for Secondary Students
  • General Instructional Strategies
  • Academic Instruction
  • Chapter 12 Life Skills for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Overview of Life Skills for Secondary Students
  • Determining What and Where to Teach
  • General Instructional Approaches
  • Components of a Life Skills Curriculum for Secondary Students
  • Chapter 13 Transition Planning for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Transition Defined
  • An Overview of Transition Planning
  • Transition from Early Childhood Special Education
  • Transition from Elementary to Secondary Education
  • Transition from High School
  • Post School Outcomes and Services
  • Chapter 5: Behavioral Interventions for Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 7: Teaching Academic Skills to Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 8: Life Skills for Preschool Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 9: Teaching Academic Skills to Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 10: Life Skills for Elementary Age Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 11: Teaching Academic Skills to Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 12: Life Skills for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability
  • Chapter 13: Transition Planning for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability

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