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Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities

Keys to Educational Success helps educators unlock the learning potential of their students by providing key program strategies that can be directly applied to classroom learning routines.

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Catalog Number: F-B0016

Authors: Mary C. Zattta, Sharon Zell Sacks

ISBN: 978-0-89128-551-9 (Print), 978-0-89128-763-6 (EPUB)

Format: Print, EPUB

Product Description

Every student has unique learning needs, but addressing the diverse needs of students who have visual impairments and multiple disabilities can be particularly challenging for teachers. Keys to Educational Success is also an important reference for special education teachers, educational team members, and administrators.

  • Contents
    Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    About the Contributors
    Introduction

    Part 1 – Students with Visual Impairments Who Have Multiple Disabilities: Who They Are and How They Are Served
    Chapter 1   Educating Students with Visual Impairments Who Have Multiple Disabilities: An Overview – Sharon Z. Sacks
    Chapter 2   The Role of the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments with Students Who Have Multiple Disabilities – Jane N. Erin

    Part 2 – Assessment
    Chapter 3   Assessment of Students Who Have Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities – Susan Bruce, Sharon Z. Sacks, and Chris Brum

    Part 3 – Instructional Planning and Design
    Chapter 4   Eligibility and IEP Development – Mary C. Zatta
    Chapter 5   Curriculum for Students with Visual Impairments Who Have Multiple Disabilities – Mary C. Zatta
    Chapter 6   Instructional Strategies: A Universal Design for Learning Approach – Elizabeth Hartmann

    Part 4 – Essential Areas of Instruction
    Chapter 7   Communication Skills – Therese Rafalowski Welch
    Chapter 8   Functional Literacy – Charlotte Cushman
    Chapter 9   Orientation and Mobility Programs – Robyn Herrera, Jennifer Cmar, and Diane Fazzi
    Chapter 10   Promoting Social Competence – Sharon Z. Sacks
    Chapter 11   Teaching Independent Living Skills – Angela Martyn and Frances Liefert
    Chapter 12   Assistive Technology – Stacy M. Kelly and Derrick W. Smith
    Chapter 13   Positive Strategies for Behavioral Intervention – Laurie Denno

    Part 5 – Preparing for Life Before and After School
    Chapter 14   The Early Childhood Years – Tanni L. Anthony
    Chapter 15   Planning an Effective Transition – Betsy L. McGinnity

    General Resources
    Index

    • Keys to Educational Success includes:
    • Information about the basics of assessment, IEP development, and instructional planning and design.
    • Specific strategies for essential areas of instruction including communication, literacy, O&M, behavior intervention, technology, and others.
    • Guidelines for working with very young children, as well as for preparing students for life transitions after school, are explained.
  • Federal Quota Funds: Available

    Product Type: Multiple Disabilities

    Authors/Editors: Mary C. Zattta, Sharon Zell Sacks

    Media: Book

    Format: Print, EPUB

    Language: English

    Publication Date: 2016

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