Evidence-based interventions for students with learning and behavioral challenges / edited by Richard J. Morris and Nancy Mather.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morris, Richard J.

Mather, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled children--Education--United States.

Problem children--Education--United States.

Special education--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book assembles into one volume summaries of school-based intervention research that relates to those who deal on a regular basis with the growing body of students having high-incidence learning disabilities and/or behavior disorders: special educators, school psychologists, and clinical child psychologists. Chapter authors begin with an overview of their topic followed by a brief section on historical perspectives before moving on to the main section - a critical discussion of empirically based intervention procedures. In those instances where evidence-based prescriptions can legitimately

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; I: Introduction; 1 Introduction and Historical Perspectives; 2 Why the Need for Evidence-Based Interventions?; II: Students Having Behavioral Challenges; 3 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; 4 Disruptive Behavior; 5 Fears and Related Anxieties; 6 Depression and Related Difficulties; III: Students Having Learning Challenges; 7 Oral Language Problems; 8 Teaching Younger Readers with Reading Difficulties; 9 Teaching Older Readers with Reading Difficulties

10 Written Language Instruction during Early and Middle Childhood11 Effective Mathematics Instruction; 12 Cognitive Processing Deficits; 13 Effective Learning Strategy Instruction; 14 Accommodation of Instructional and Testing Situations; IV: Issues Related to Teaching Students Having Learning and Behavioral Challenges; 15 Issues Unique to English Language Learners; 16 Serving Gifted Students; 17 Effective Service Delivery Models; V: Commentary on Teaching Students Having Learning and Behavioral Challenges

18 Perspective and Commentary: The Power of Mindsets, Creating Classrooms that Nurture ResilienceIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-92513-5

1-135-92514-3

1-281-06255-3

9786611062552

0-203-93854-2

OCLC:

213501251