This comprehensive "ready reference" for teachers is a guide to disabilities and health disorders and provides an overview of current laws in a single volume.
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"This is a book that ought to be included in every teacher’s opening packet each school year. It's an uncomplicated, easy-to-read guide to the exceptional child’s needs and rights in the regular classroom that is at once comprehensive and accessible."
(Joseph Staub, Resource Specialist Teacher )About the Author
Lee Brattland Nielsen has taught for more than 25 years at the elementary, secondary, and university levels. While teaching at California Lutheran University, she taught “Mainstreaming the Exceptional Student” to teachers and students who were working toward their teaching credentials.
She founded and worked for 2 years as the program director of WTHS, Dade County's educational broadcasting station in Miami, Florida. During this period, she coordinated all the educational programming. During her teaching experience, she has worked with many children with many types of exceptionalities. As a resource specialist teacher, she taught students with learning disabilities in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She believes in a positive approach to learning, with emphasis on building self-esteem in all students.
Nielsen received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Minnesota. She took postgraduate studies at the University of Florida; California State University, Northridge; University of California, Berkeley; and California Lutheran University. Her California teaching credentials include a Lifetime Standard Credential, a Special Education Learning Handicapped Credential, and a Special Education Resource Specialist Credential. She also has held teaching credentials in Arizona and Florida.
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A desktop reference for specific disabilities and how they affect classroom setup,
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This review is from: Brief Reference of Student Disabilities: ...With Strategies for the Classroom (Paperback)
Lee Brattland Nielsen's BRIEF REFERENCE OF STUDENT DISABILITIES WITH STRATEGIES FOR THE CLASSROOM appears in a 2nd updated edition to provide educators with a desktop reference for specific disabilities and how they affect classroom setup, education choices, and classroom inclusiveness. Included here are ADHD and bipolar disorder, along with legal explanations, health information, web site references, and educational strategies. A key pick for education libraries.
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The book contains alot of useful and interesting information about many common ailments afflciting people today and how they affect learning and behavior.
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Brief Reference of Student Disabilites, United States, North Glebe Road, Department of Education, International Dyslexia Association, Know About the Law, Disabilities Education Improvement Act, National Institute of Mental Health, Center Drive, American Medical Association, National Down Syndrome Society, Autism Society of America, New York, Bernard Rimland, American Psychiatric Association, Hemophilia Health Services, Wayne Avenue, Tourette Syndrome Association, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Autism Research Institute, National Office, Student Success Team, Understanding the Parents of Exceptional Children, University of Michigan Health System, National Head Injury Foundation Browse Sample Pages:
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Brief Reference of Student Disabilites, United States, North Glebe Road, Department of Education, International Dyslexia Association, Know About the Law, Disabilities Education Improvement Act, National Institute of Mental Health, Center Drive, American Medical Association, National Down Syndrome Society, Autism Society of America, New York, Bernard Rimland, American Psychiatric Association, Hemophilia Health Services, Wayne Avenue, Tourette Syndrome Association, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Autism Research Institute, National Office, Student Success Team, Understanding the Parents of Exceptional Children, University of Michigan Health System, National Head Injury Foundation Browse Sample Pages:
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