English learners with learning disabilities : a collaborative practice guide for educators / Richard T. Boon and Vicky G. Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boon, Richard T., author.

Spencer, Vicky G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

Learning disabled children--Education (Elementary)--United States.

Learning disabled children.

Learning disabled teenagers--Education (Secondary)--United States.

Learning disabled teenagers.

Inclusive education--United States.

Inclusive education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2023]

Summary:

"This edited book is intended to offer a practical guide for general, special, and bilingual/English as a second language educators working with English learners (ELs) with learning disabilities in the K-12 inclusive classroom. Authored by leading scholars with expertise in the fields of special and bilingual education, the book provides educators with a solid foundation of the growing demographics of ELs in our schools, an understanding of second language acquisition, further knowledge of the referral, assessment, and identification process, including the individualized education program, legal issues, instructional practices, and multi-tiered systems of support, research-based interventions, with a specific focus on reading, a variety of co-teaching models, and ways to better communicate with parents and/or families to enhance collaboration between home and school"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

English learners with learning disabilities: demographic imperatives / Alba A. Ortiz

Second language acquisition / Sylvia Linan-Thompson

Referral, assessment, and identification / Catherine Richards-Tutor and Maria Virginia Cornejo Guevara

Legislation, pedagogy, and multi-tiered systems of support / Kristi L. Santi

The individualized education program (IEP) / John J. Hoover and Lydia Sollenberger

Effective instruction / Tim T. Andress and Colleen K. Reutebuch

Co-teaching models / Wendy W. Murawski and Samantha G. Toews

Communication and collaboration with families / Terese C. Aceves and Lauren Black.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-87302-00-3

OCLC:

1379479682