Child Development Reference

Presents experiences and suggestions from different disciplines about what can be done to ensure that all children gain access to the support they need for optimal physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development.

Examines the needs of students with low-incidence and high-incidence disabilities. The text first lays a foundation in special education/inclusion and then helps the student apply that information in specific classroom situations.

The authors provide tools to determine, organize, and plan with children's strengths and demonstrate the use of documentation as an authentic assessment of children's skills and goals.

Presents proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and concrete examples.

Covering a range of disabilities- including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems- this guide offers parents specific ways of helping special needs children reach their full intellectual and emotional potential.