Thoroughly revised to incorporate the latest trends in the field, this long awaited revision meets the needs of inservice and preservice teachers in three major ways: by describing the implications of physical, health, or multiple disabilities; by illustrating ways to facilitate student participation in major life activities across home school and community environments; and by emphasizing school curriculum, physical access to it, adaptations, and instructional strategies to prepare students with these disabilities for appropriate and meaningful participation in major life activities. The information is presented in clear, jargon-free language that is appropriate for regular educators and administrators as well as special educators. Includes five new chapters on curriculum adaptations. Areas include: Literacy and Language arts, Writing, Science and Social Science, Mathematics, and Physical Education; Two new chapters and one heavily revised chapter on assistive technology; Focus on the Net sections in each chapter; and an examination of adaptations for eating, dressing, toileting, and other daily life skills that promote maximum degrees of physical independence for individuals. Covers laws, issues, and best practices in the education of students with physical, health, and multiple disabilities. Appropriate for methods courses in Physical, Health or Multiple Disabilities.

Teaching Individuals with Physical, Health, or Multiple Disabilities (4th Edition)

Education & Teaching

Bigge, June L.

Best, Sherwood J.

Heller, Kathryn Wolff

Schools & Teaching

Pearson College Div

Comprehensive and unique, this text provides special educators and others education professionals with the knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities. It is the only text published that specifically addresses the educational and psychosocial needs of students with physical or health impairments who do not necessarily have cognitive disabilities and explains the psychosocial impact of disability including those disabilities that are degenerative and terminal in nature.It teaches key knowledge and strategies for creating meaningful educational experiences for students with physical, health, or multiple disabilities and illustrates how assessment and curriculum accommodations and modifications support students with physical or multiple disabilities to reach their highest potential.
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NEW! Features a completely redesigned model for planning and designing courses of study for students with disabilities that is aligned with core academic curriculum - found in the chapter on curricular options (Ch. 5) and modeled throughout the text.<ul><li>Familiarizes readers with the theory on which text coverage is based and gives them a structure on which to “hang” current and future knowledge.</li></ul>
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NEW! Includes the most updated information on federal legislation - Summarizes the key aspects of NCLB and IDEA (Ch. 1)<ul><li>Describes mandated assessment and appropriate accommodations and modifications.</li></ul>
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NEW! Redesigned transition content (Ch. 12) - emphasizes self-determination as a guiding factor developing student outcomes.</li>
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NEW! Photos and illustrations throughout the text - Created specifically for this text, with enhanced chapter opening photos.<ul><li>Enhance the narrative throughout and the uniqueness of the text overall. </li></ul>
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NEW! For faculty an Instructor’s Manual is now available - to help structure their course and make the content more meaningful to their students.</li>
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Teaching Individuals With Physical or Multiple Disabilities

This clearly written and well-organized book provides a balance of etiology, prevalence, medical diagnosis, health care concerns, and practical ideas needed by teachers who serve students with special needs. Whether the students disability is a degenerative disease, muscular dystrophy, AIDS, or a hearing impairment, the authors present all the facts and information that teachers (or potential teachers) need to plan and administer an appropriate education. The book addresses a wide variety of conditions, and provides an overview of physical disabilities, multiple disabilities, health impairments, and medical management needs.

Understanding Physical, Sensory and Health Impairments: Characteristics and Educational Implications

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alberto, Paul A.

Forney, Paula E.

Schwartzman, Morton N.

Exercise & Fitness

Wadsworth Publishing

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