A parent's guide to special education : insider advice on how to navigate the system and help your child succeed /
"A Parent's Guide to Special Education" offers invaluable information and a positive vision of special education that will help parents through the potentially overwhelming processes of catch-all programs that encompasses dozens of learning challenges such as: developmental delay lear...
| Основен автор: | Wilmshurst, Linda. |
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| Други автори: | Brue, Alan W. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Amacom,
℗♭2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=134101 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Parent's guide to special education. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction to special education : a new territory
- Walking through the process
- Step one : federal law and your child's education
- The individuals with disabilities education improvement act of 2004 : what a great idea!
- Not all roads lead to special education placement : the 411 on 504 plans
- A comparison of IDEA 2004 and section 504, and a brief look at No Child Left Behind
- Step two : understanding the psychological assessment and your child's disability
- The psychological assessment : what to expect
- The assessment of intelligence
- Other psychological assessments : achievement testing, process testing, and Emotional/behavioral assessments
- Understanding your child's disability
- Step three : understanding the special education process
- Labels : the good, the bad, and the ugly
- You and me and the IEP
- Beyond eligibility for special education : what's next?
- Helpful hints for positive parenting
- A parent's guide to parent-teacher communication and school meetings
- A parent's guide to stress and coping
- A parent's guide to building your child's self-esteem and increasing social Competence
- A parent's guide to behavior and discipline
- Appendix A : selected changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004)
- Appendix B : sample 504 plans
- Appendix C : sample behavior charts
- Appendix D : procedural safeguards
- Appendix E : sample IEP forms
- Appendix F : food for thought: helpful resources
- Glossary : acronyms 101 : educational abbreviations and what they mean.