Teaching Students With Severe Disabilities [Hardcover]

David L. Westling (Author), Lise Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1995 | ISBN-10: 0024265810 | ISBN-13: 978-0024265814

For the junior/senior level Methods for Severe Disabilities course. This is a straightforward, practical text for future teachers of students with severe disabilities...one whose high level of respect for persons with disabilities and their families sets the stage for students to adopt, and maintain, the same high standards. Comprehensive coverage addresses all of the issues pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities, including both methodology and curricular areas, presenting topics in the chronological order in which a teacher would approach them: Prior considerations, planning and assessment, general instructional procedures, and, finally, procedures specific to teaching learners with certain disabling conditions.

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This is a straightforward, practical text for future teachers of students with severe disabilities...one whose high level of respect for persons with disabilities and their families sets the stage for students to adopt, and maintain, the same high standards. Comprehensive coverage addresses all of the issues pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities, including both methodology and curricular areas, presenting topics in the chronological order in which a teacher would approach them: Prior considerations, planning and assessment, general instructional procedures, and, finally, procedures specific to teaching learners with certain disabling conditions.

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In the authors' own words, "the lives of people with severe disabilities, as well as those of their parents and families, can be complex and difficult for others to understand. Similarly, teachers and other service providers for these persons often face challenges, many of which cannot be fully appreciate by their friends or even some of their co-workers. Helping to make life better for other people doesn’t necessarily make one's own life worse, but it also doesn’t make it simpler or easier. We don’t; expect this book to achieve this outcome either, but if it moves readers in a positive direction and helps them expend their energy more effectively, we will have been successful."

Drawing on their own personal experience, the authors of Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities present information in a way that makes the most complex findings of research understandable and usable in the real educational world. This book offers comprehensive coverage of all of the issues that are pertinent to teaching students with severe disabilities.  The authors clearly and completely address both methodology and curriculum, presenting topics in the order in which a teacher would approach them: prior considerations, planning and assessment, general instructional procedures, and, finally, procedures targeted to learners with specific disabling conditions. In addition, they pay thoughtful attention to assessment, the role of paraprofessionals, and multicultural concerns.

 

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 671 pages
• Publisher: Merrill Pub Co (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0024265810
• ISBN-13: 978-0024265814
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,613,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to the Subject...., August 12, 2003

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Metta Bear "one who appreciates value.." (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

As books intended to be textbooks go, this book by Westling and Fox covers the material without subjecting the reader to terminology which it does not explain.

It is broken up into well organized chapters, and reads well (meaning even a working professional can cover a chapter at a time without the book making them tired). It is not written in technical venacular, but in common sense terms most people interested in the subject can understand.

Unlike other books written in the field of special education it does not presume experience working with the children in question nor insult your intelligence if you are.

Most students should read this book before attempting any real fieldwork in the area of students with severe disabilities ( instead of as a textbook for a final class before student teaching as was my situation). It will give you a clearer view of the types of students you will be working with, and some of the ways to deal with them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introduction to Severe Disabilities 101, August 20, 2003

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Metta Bear "one who appreciates value.." (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities is almost the best introduction a student can have to this field of education.

Drs Westling and Fox outline in each chapter another area you will encounter in educating students with severe disabilities.

Unlike some textbooks this book is not overly weighted with jargon,or written to a level that requires expert knowledge of the field to decipher it.Yet it can stand by itself as an introduction to your student population.

Until you actually student teach, such as I have, this will be your best source for understanding your students and their needs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book review, July 28, 2008

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Denise Graner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

Timely delivery, as described. Book is packed with a ton of information, very useful in my graduate class. Not the easiest read but very accurate.