Strategies for Special Education & Inclusion Classrooms
Special Education means different things to different people. To educators, it means trying to reach and include most children in the classroom from kindergarten through high school. However, this inclusion requires much of teachers, and the field has many issues and many ways to approach these issues.
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Articles
Special Needs: A United Front
Early Childhood Today |
March ,1998
Dr. Stanley Greenspan has formed an interdisciplinary council to join together professionals who care for children with special needs. This council will allow professionals in various disciplines to exchange clinical information.
Meeting Learning Challenges: Creating an Inclusive Classroom
by Stanley I. Greenspan MD
Early Childhood Today |
September ,2005
Greenspan offers preschool teachers tips on how help children with and without special needs master the functional-emotional capacities, including the ability to attend, relate, problem-solve and develop and express creative ideas.
Meeting Learning Challenges: Working With Children Labeled With Mental Retardation
by Stanley I. Greenspan MD
Early Childhood Today |
May ,2000
Each child who is labeled "mentally retarded" has his or her own unique profile of strengths and weaknesses. Greenspan discusses how child care workers should handle children with special needs.
Meeting Learning Challenges: Working With the Child Who Has Cerebral Palsy
by Stanley I. Greenspan MD
Early Childhood Today |
May ,2002
A preschool teacher is concerned about a boy in her class who has cerebral palsy. Her main concerns are his social limitations and his sad, lost looks. Dr. Greenspan offers suggestions and makes concrete suggestions.
Girls & ADHD: Are You Missing the Signs
by Caralee Adams
Instructor Magazine |
Girls with ADHD are harder to spot than boys. Here are the signs to look for, as well the differences in girls versus boys with ADHD.
Saving James
by Karen Ruzzo
Instructor Magazine |
Advocates the Reading Recovery program and talks about teachers learning from the Reading Recovery model. Also discusses reading and verbal prompts that affect fluency.
How Hard Can This Be?
by Richard Lavoie
Instructor Magazine |
Describes the F.A.T. workshop, a professional workshop that helps teachers see from the perspective of learning disabled students by deliberately inducing frustration.
