Teaching Students with Mental Retardation: Providing Access to the General Curriculum Book

Every day, teachers and education professionals struggle with a crucial classroom goal: ensuring that students with mental retardation or other support needs have access to the general curriculum. They'll find the guidance, research, and practical strategies they need in this advanced, reader-friendly textbook, which will prepare preservice educators for the classroom and sharpen the skills of professionals in the field. Readers will get guidance on developing a person-centered approach to IEPs, including decisions about placement, appropriate accommodations and modifications, and alternate assessment a detailed review of four instruction types - teacher-mediated, peer-mediated, technology-mediated, and activity-anchored - and suggestions on matching instruction to individual learner needs and goals age-specific curriculum modifications and supports, including verbal devices like analogies and role-playing; visual devices like films and charts; self-evaluation; assistive technology; and positive behavioral support an in-depth discussion on using "empowerment evaluation" to measure the efficacy of programs and promote student progress and self-determination steps that support full participation in the community outside the classroom, including aspects like social relationships, job preparation, household management, and sexuality Blending research-based theory with step-by-step processes and planning forms, this practical text is the key to building curricula that include students with mental retardation and meet their individual needs.Read More