Assessment and instruction of culturally and linguistically diverse students with or at-risk of learning problems : from research to practice / Virginia Gonzalez, Rita Brusca-Vega, Thomas Yawkey ; foreword by Leonard M. Baca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Virginia, 1962-

Contributor:

Brusca-Vega, Rita

Yawkey, Thomas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of minorities--Education--United States.

Children of minorities.

Learning disabled children--Education--United States.

Learning disabled children.

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

Educational anthropology--United States.

Educational anthropology.

Children of minorities--Education.

Learning disabled children--Education.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn & Bacon, ©1997.

Contents:

1. Understanding cultural and linguistic diversity and disability

2. Legal aspects of bilingual and special education

3. Separating mild disabilities from cultural and linguistic differences: assessment problems and approaches

4. Separating mild disabilities from cultural and linguistic differences: recommended alternative assessment practices

5. Separating mild disabilities from cultural and linguistic differences: the Qualitative Use of English and Spanish Tasks (QUEST)

6. How to link assessment with instruction for CLD students

7. How to Instruct CLD students

8. Working with CLD families

9. Organizing and delivering supportive services to CLD students

10. A dialogue on futuristic views in bilingual special education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gonzalez, Virginia. Assessment and instruction of culturally and linguistically diverse students with or at-risk of learning problems.

ISBN:

0205156290

9780205156290

OCLC:

34546550