Learning Disabilities - Appropriate Practices for a Diverse Population

This book addresses issues in teacher preparation and parental roles in the education of children with learning disabilities. It provides a variety of instructional approaches that recognize the cultural and linguistic diversity found in students classified as learning disabled. There is a critical need to incorporate a sensitivity to issues of diversity into educational assessment, curriculum planning, teacher training, and interactions with parents, especially in large urban areas which are characterized by cultural and linguistic diversity. Significant changes in traditional special education assessment and instruction are needed to effectively deal with the overrepresentation of minority students classified as learning disabled, and resolve the inherent problems with the definition and diagnosis of learning disabilities.

Info autore

Barry Edwards McNamara is Associate Professor of Education, Dowling College, New York. He is the author of several books, including The Resource Room: A Guide for Special Educators, also published by SUNY Press.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barry Edwards McNamara
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.08.1998
• EAN: 9780791438831
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3883-1
• Pagine: 254
• Serie: Suny Series, Youth Social Serv; Suny Series, Youth Social Serv
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia speciale