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Strategy Instruction for Middle and Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities
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Strategy Instruction for Middle and Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities
Creating Independent Learners



February 2013 | 304 pages | Corwin

Teach your students learning strategies that will last a lifetime!

The pressure is on special and general education teachers alike. If we're to ensure that adolescents with mild disabilities achieve the very same gains as their peers, we must first teach them how to learn. Here's a one-stop guide for getting started, pairing the very best instructional methods with assessments and IEP goals so all students can be independent learners.

Driven by research, this indispensible resource features:

  • Evidence-based strategies for teaching vocabulary, reading, written language, math, and science, as well as study skills, textbook skills, and self-regulation
  • Clear presentation that describes strategies in context
  • Informal assessments for every content area or skill addressed
  • Case studies that link assessment results, IEP goals, and learning strategies 
  • Application activities with questions and suggested responses

Whether you teach in an inclusive, resource, or self-contained setting, there's no better guide for teaching your students learning strategies that will last a lifetime.

"This is a rare find—a book for practitioners that actually stays on task throughout and provides an abundance of teaching strategies. As a veteran of the classroom, it is nice to find strategies that are useful and can be readily implemented."
—Sally Jeanne Coghlan, Special Education Teacher
Rio Linda Preparatory Academy, Rio Linda CA

"I really like this comprehensive resource of strategies. I felt the book was written for people like me, struggling to do the very best for my students to make their time in school truly of benefit."
—Cheryl Moss, Special Education Teacher
Gilbert Middle School, Gilbert, IA


 
Introduction to Secondary Special Education
 
1. Instructional Approaches
 
2. The Strategies Approach
 
Informal Assessments, IEPs, and Strategies
 
3. Vocabulary: Informal Assessments
 
4. Vocabulary: Methods and Strategies
 
5. Reading Decoding: Informal Assessments
 
6. Reading Decoding: Methods and Strategies
 
7. Reading Comprehension: Informal Assessments
 
8. Reading Comprehension: Methods and Strategies
 
9. Written Language: Informal Assessments
 
10. Written Language: Methods and Strategies
 
11. Study Skills: Informal Assessments
 
12. Study Skills: Methods and Strategies
 
13. Textbook Skills: Informal Assessments
 
14. Textbook Skills: Methods and Strategies
 
15. Self- Regulation: Informal Assessments
 
16. Self- Regulation: Methods and Strategies
 
17. Math: Informal Assessments
 
18. Math: Methods and Strategies
 
19. Science: Informal Assessments
 
20. Science: Methods and Strategies

"This is a rare find—a book for practitioners that actually stays on task throughout and provides an abundance of teaching strategies. As a veteran of the classroom, it is nice to find strategies that are useful and can be readily implemented."

Sally Jeanne Coghlan, Special Education Teacher
Rio Linda Preparatory Academy, Twin Rivers USD, Rio Linda CA

"It is an exceptional book to use as a 'pull it off the shelf again' resource for a practicing special education teacher. It would make a great resource for general education teachers as well. I appreciated that the book covered every area of academics that would normally come up with special education students. I really like this book as a comprehensive resource for strategies to teach to special education students. I felt the book was written for people like me, struggling to do the very best for my students to make their time in school truly of benefit."

Cheryl Moss, Special Education Teacher
Gilbert Middle School, Gilbert, IA

A good book but the scope is too narrow for my class.

Dr Adrainne Thomas
College of Education, University of Alaska - Southeast
August 18, 2013

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