"A Quick Guide to Special Needs" is an easy go-to guide for busy teachers, SENCOs [Special Educational Needs Coordinator], practitioners and anyone else who is interested in pragmatic solutions to the challenges of teaching children and young people with additional needs. Detailing over 60 conditions which cause people to have additional…

Inclusion programs have expanded in schools across the country as educational leaders strive to meet the needs of a more diverse group of students. In response to Special Education legislation, schools and districts implemented programs and strategies for students with disabilities in the general education setting as increasing numbers of students…

The new generation of teachers needs a new kind of special education textbook--one that focuses on children, not labels. That's why Whitney Rapp & Katrina Arndt developed "Teaching Everyone", the first text that fully prepares teachers to see past disability labels and work with all students' individual needs and strengths. Accessible and…

To serve those students for whom inclusion in regular classrooms is appropriate, collaboration is needed between the science and special education teacher. Science teachers, using a four-step plan, allows themto become contributors to the way in which inclusion will be implemented in their classrooms before decisions are made and become part of…

This book discusses better methods of teaching children with special needs to acquire and use mathematical skills, the prevention of learning difficulties, and the improvement of mathematics teaching for all pupils. What is good teaching for children with special educational needs is good teaching for all children. Chapters are: (1) "Policy and…

The author's definition for individuals with special needs in career-oriented educational programs recognizes the effects of disability, disadvantage and/or dysfunctional school placement and the need for individually prescribed, unique, and more powerful teaching techniques; individualized supplemental or supportive services; and additional…

Two major problems exist in working with handicapped minority-group children: the handicap itself and the integration of language and culture into the curriculum. Classroom activities to help meet the special needs of the handicapped Mexican-American child are recommended. (PP)

The Handicapped Experience Project trains preservice secondary classroom teachers to appreciate differences in students' abilities and adjust teaching to individual needs. The project, at La Salle College (Pennsylvania), offers coursework and a practicum, designed jointly by special education and secondary education faculty. (PP)

The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to provide teachers of the gifted with a reference for adopting IT pedagogical standards, strategies, and tools, specifically Web sites, into the gifted education curriculum; and (2) to show gifted educators the need for research-based standards regarding the integration of websites into the gifted…

In Texas, inservice and preservice education has been mandated for teacher certification. This education covers least restrictive environment, characteristics of handicapped students, informal assessment, and individualized educational programs. The training provided has taken many forms--statewide conferences, school district inservice, retreats,…

A project was undertaken to formulate a fast-track model for developing curriculum that recognizes the needs of special target groups in industrial arts programs in Florida middle schools. During the project, two groups of key teachers and supervisors from four districts within the state of Florida met in short brainstorming sessions to develop,…