Table of Contents

Part 1: Foundations

Ch.1:  Special Education and Inclusive Schooling

Ch.2: Response to Intervention: Developing Success for All Learners

Ch.3:  Communicating and Collaborating with Other Professionals and Family

Ch. 4: Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Ch.5: Managing Student Behavior and Promoting Social Acceptance

Part 2: Categorical Differences

Ch.6: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Ch.7: Teaching Students with Communication Disorders

Ch.8: Teaching Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Ch.9: Teaching Students with Autism-Spectrum Disorders/Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Ch.10:  Teaching Students with Developmental Disabilities

Ch.11:  Teaching Student with Impairments, Disabilities, or Traumatic Brain Injury

Part 3:  Teaching Practices

Ch.12:  Facilitating Reading

Ch.13:  Facilitating Writing

Ch.14:  Helping All Students Succeed in Math

Part 4:  Secondary Instruction

Ch.15:  Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for Middle and High School Students

Ch.16: Fostering Strategies for Student Independence

About the Author

Sharon Vaughn holds the H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is currently the Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the Co-Editor of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. She is the recipient of the AERA Special Education SIG distinguished researcher award. She is the author of more than 200 articles and 10 books that address the reading outcomes of students with learning difficulties, learning disabilities and English language learners.  She is currently the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on several Institute for Education Sciences, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and Office of Special Education Programs research grants investigating effective interventions for students with learning disabilities and behavior problems as well as students who are English language learners. She can be contacted at: srvaughn@teachnet.edb.utexas.edu

Jeanne Shay Schumm is Professor of Literacy Education at University of Miami. She is currently Professor-in-Residence at the university’s Henry S. West Laboratory School where she directs the UM STARS Reading Laboratory. She has edited or co-authored 15 books including Promising Practices for Urban Reading Instruction (International Reading Association) and Reading Assessment and Instruction for All Learners (Guilford) as well as numerous research articles and book chapters. Her research interests include differentiated reading instruction and teacher education. She can be contacted at schumm@miami.edu