Improving educational outcomes of vulnerable children / Floyd D. Beachum, Festus E. Obiakor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beachum, Floyd D., author.

Obiakor, Festus E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor children--Education--United States.

Poor children.

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Learning disabled children--Education--United States.

Learning disabled children.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

This book examines the plight of vulnerable students in America's educational system. Scholars and practitioners will benefit from this in-depth and unique resource for working with diverse populations of students. A few of the topics discussed include students with special needs, the scholar identity of black males, parent perspectives, teacher preparation, and using technology in the classroom.

Contents:

Understanding vulnerable populations: from perceptions to realities / Floyd D. Beachum, Festus E. Obiakor, and Gina l. Gullo

Impacts of social class and poverty on vulnerable children / Raji Swaminathan

Students with special needs: visibility in today's classrooms / Tachelle Banks

Perpetuating vulnerability through the school racial discipline gap / Gina L. Gullo

Disrupting the myth of black male inferiority / Ramon B. Goings and Larry J. Walker

Psychological approaches to working with vulnerable children / Christopher T.H. Lliang and Louis A. Rivera

Reducing chronic absenteeism and promoting school success / Joshua Childs and Ain Grooms

Parental perspectives of educational vulnerability in students with autism / David E. Dematthews and Becca Gregory

Serving parents to save at-risk Hmong children / Tong T. Xiong and Mateba Harris

Providing vulnerable students with well-prepared teachers: the impact of on-site mentoring / Phyllis F. Reggio, Roberto C. Trigosso, and Carlos McCray

"At risk" children and teacher preparation / Chance W. Lewis, Dante Bryant, Amber C. Bryant, Nakeshia N. Williams, and Derrick Robinson

Using technology to work with vulnerable children / Sunday O. Obi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-63550-052-4

OCLC:

1076809381