This essential text and practitioner guide is unique in its emphasis on fostering academic learning as well as life skills. In-depth chapters cover reading, mathematics, science, and social studies, as well as health care needs, communication and social skills, daily living, and job skills. The expert authors present research-based best practices for assessing each students needs and crafting individualized education plans that build a strong foundation for life in the community. User-friendly features include engaging vignettes, sample lesson plans, and reproducible checklists and forms. The text is a contemporary follow-up to Diane M. Browders widely adopted Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities. This book will be invaluable to students in special education; special educators, school psychologists, reading specialists, classroom teachers, and administrators. It will also serve as a text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Methods for Students with Severe Disabilities.
Part I: Educational Foundations. Browder, Spooner, Meier, Introduction. Browder, Spooner, Wakeman, Alternate Assessment. Browder, Spooner, Jimenez, Standards-based Individualized Education Plans and Progress Monitoring. Spooner, Browder, Mims, Evidence-based Practices. Part II: Adapting General Education Content. Browder, Spooner, Ahlgrim-Delzell, Literacy. Browder, Spooner, Meyer, Comprehension Across the Curriculum. Browder, Spooner, Trela, Mathematics. Spooner, Browder, Jimenez, Science. Browder, Spooner, Zakas, Social Studies. Part III: Life Skills and Quality of Life. Spooner, Browder, Mims, Sensory Physical and Health Care Needs. Browder, Spooner, Mims, Communication Skills. Spooner, Browder, Knight, Social Skills and Positive Behavior Support. Spooner, Browder, Baker, Personal and Daily Living Skills. Browder, Spooner, Richter, Community and Job Skills. Spooner, Browder, Uphold, Transition to Adult Living.