Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities

Jim Ysseldyke, Ph.D., is Birkmaier Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, director of the School Psychology Program, and director of the Center for Reading Research at the University of Minnesota. Widely requested as a staff developer and conference speaker, Ysseldyke brings more than 30 years of research and teaching experience to educational professionals around the globe.As the former director of the federally funded National Center on Educational Outcomes, Ysseldyke conducted research and provided technical support that helped to boost the academic performance of students with disabilities and improve school assessment techniques nationally. Today, he continues to work to improve the education of students with disabilities.The author of more than 300 publications on special education and school psychology, Ysseldyke is best known for his textbooks on assessment, effective instruction, issues in special education, and other cutting-edge areas of education and school psychology. With A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher, Ysseldyke seeks to equip educators with practical knowledge and methods that will help them to better engage students in exploring—and meeting—all their potentials.Bob Algozzine is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina and project codirector of the U.S. Department of Education-supported Behavior and Reading Improvement Center. With 25 years of research experience and extensive firsthand knowledge of teaching students classified as seriously emotionally disturbed, Algozzine is a uniquely qualified staff developer, conference speaker, and teacher of behavior management and effective teaching courses. He is active in special education practice as a partner and collaborator with professionals in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in North Carolina and as an editor of several journals focused on special education. Algozzine has written more than 250 manuscripts on special education topics, including many books and textbooks on how to manage emotional and social behavior problems.

• About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every TeacherAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsSelf-Assessment IIntroduction to Teaching Students With Learning Disabilities1.What Are Learning Disabilities?Criticism of the DefinitionCriteria for Identification2.How Common Are Learning Disabilities?Rapid Growth in the CategoryExplanations of the Category’s Growth3.What Causes Learning Disabilities?4.How Are Learning Disabilities Assessed?What Is Unique About Learning Disability Assessments?Trends in the Assessment Process5.What Characteristics Are Associated With Learning Disabilities?CognitiveAcademicPhysicalBehavioralCommunication6.How Do Teachers Teach Students With Learning Disabilities?Improving Basic SkillsImproving Classroom BehaviorImproving Social Relations7.What Should Every Teacher Know About Learning Disabilities and ADHD?Definitions of ADHDPrinciples of Remediation8.What Trends and Issues Influence How We Teach Students With Learning Disabilities?A Changing DefinitionSubtypes of Learning DisabilitiesDefinitions Vary by StateTransition Questions9. Learning Disabilities in Perspective10. What Have We Learned?Key PointsKey VocabularySelf-Assessment IIAnswer Key for Self-AssessmentsOn Your OwnResourcesBooksJournals & ArticlesOrganizationsReferencesIndex