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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilmshurst, Linda
Otros Autores: Brue, Alan W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : AMACOM, ©2005.
Temas:
Special education > United States.
Special education > Law and legislation > United States.
Éducation spéciale > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Learning Disabilities.
Special education > United States > Law and legislation.
Special education
Special education > Law and legislation
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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