Grounded in the belief that all students can learn to read and write print, this book is a thorough yet practical guide for teaching students with significant disabilities. It explains how to provide comprehensive literacy instruction addressing these students' needs, whether they are emergent readers and writers or students acquiring conventional literacy skills. General and special educators, speech-language pathologists, and other professionals will find concise research synopses and theoretical frameworks, practical lesson formats, guidance on incorporating assessment and using assistive technology, and more.
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Grounded in the belief that all students can learn to read and write print, this book is a thorough yet practical guide for teaching students with significant disabilities. It explains how to provide comprehensive literacy instruction addressing these students' needs.
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  • About the Downloads
  • About the Authors
  • Foreword — David E. Yoder
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Section I Core Understandings
  • Chapter 1 All Children Can Learn to Read and Write: A Theoretical Rationale
  • Chapter 2 Establishing the Environment for Successful Literacy Learning
  • Section II Building a Foundation
  • Chapter 3 Alphabet Knowledge and Phonological Awareness
  • Chapter 4 Emergent Reading
  • Chapter 5 Emergent Writing
  • Section III Learning to Read and Write
  • Chapter 6 Comprehensive Literacy Instruction: A Research-Based Framework
  • Chapter 7 Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Instruction
  • Chapter 8 Self-Directed Reading: Supporting Motivation and Fluency
  • Chapter 9 Writing
  • Chapter 10 Decoding, Word Identification, and Spelling
  • Section IV Implementation
  • Chapter 11 Using Assistive Technology Effectively to Support Literacy
  • Chapter 12 Organizing and Delivering Effective Instruction
  • References
  • Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781598576573
Publisert
2019-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Brookes Publishing Co
Vekt
463 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
175 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
E, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

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Biografisk notat

David A. Koppenhaver, Ph.D., is Professor in the Reading Education and Special Education Department at Appalachian State University. His research focuses on literacy in individuals with significant disabilities, including those with complex communication needs. He and David Yoder cofounded the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990.

Karen A. Erickson, Ph.D., is Yoder Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former teacher of children with significant disabilities, Dr. Erickson's current research addresses literacy and communication assessment and intervention for students with a range of disabilities, including significant disabilities. Dr. Erickson is codeveloper of the Tar Heel Reader online library of accessible books for beginning readers as well as several other assistive, learning, and communication technologies.