Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settings

9780130910684

0130910686

Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settingshas been written and developed for use in survey, inclusion, and/or mainstreaming courses, method courses (general and special education), as well as for inservice classes. This text is acomplete packagewritten to provide instructors, graduate, and undergraduate students with a practical, user-friendly, easy-to-follow text. The major focus of this text is to assist general educators, special educators, administrators, and other support personnel in providing appropriate services for students with disabilities and for students at risk for failure in general education settings. The text is designed around a semantic map that helps students to see the whole text visually and each specific chapter as covered. ORGANIZATION OF THE FOURTH EDITION The text is divided into two parts. Part 1, Chapters 1 through 5, builds the foundation for the "road to responsibility." Included in this part is coverage on the legal foundation for inclusion; the functions, roles, and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team; teaching the culturally diverse and bilingual student; how to identify the various characteristics of students at risk; and a description of the continuum of placement for students and informations on transitions. Part 2, "Including All Students," introduces the reader to the two-step procedure of inclusion. In Chapter 6, the first step--theprocess--teaches "how we do inclusion" with a focus on collaboration and its various models, including coteaching. Chapters 7 through 16, focus on step two--thecontent--or "what we do in inclusion:" These 10 chapters discuss the content segment through the use of the research-based model developed and tested extensively by the author. THE "SAALE" MODEL Developed over the past several decades and class-tested by teachers from all over the country, the SAALE model (SystematicApproach forAdapting theLearningEnvironment) expands on the model of mainstreaming introduced in the earlier editions. The first component of the model is a transition/intervention checklist to identify student problems in the general class setting. Following this, the student is shown how to use the model to accommodate and individualize within the specific chapters on adapting the learning, behavioral, and physical environments. Chapters covering lesson planning, formatting of content, and media technology follow. The model concludes with chapters on evaluation and grading. SUPPLEMENTS TO THE TEXT Adapting Instruction to Accommodate Students in Inclusive Settingsoffers a complete ancillary package for the instructor. The following are available: Instructor's Manual--The manual includes chapter outlines, key concepts and terms, activities, test questions, suggested homework and classroom assignments, handouts, resources, and overhead black-line masters.