Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners: Instructional Strategies and Assessment Tools for School Psyc

ISBN-13: 9780415621946 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 174 str.

Holly S. Hudspath-Niemi; Mary Lou Conroy

Opis

There is considerable concern surrounding the complex issue of how to meet the learning needs of English-language learners within general and special education programs. "Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners" increases school psychologists knowledge of intervention strategies related to ELLs, through its examination of the challenges associated with evaluating ELLs and by providing a collaborative framework to enhance educational identification and placement in special education. It accomplishes this by incorporating research-based intervention approaches for ELLs and offering a comprehensive guide to the processes and tools that school teams should consider when utilizing a response to intervention model to support the academic and behavioral needs of ELLs. With a strong focus on alternative assessment, collaboration, and parental involvement, this volume in a definitive touchstone in the quest to provide culturally responsive pedagogy and appropriate adapted classroom instruction for English-language learners of various proficiency levels.

Spis treści

Series Editor's Foreword Preface 1. Overview and Introduction 2. English as a Second Language 3. Language and Culture 4. Response-to-Intervention With ELLs 5. Multidisciplinary Evaluation 6. Illustrative Case Examples 7.Concluding Comments 8. Practitioner's Resources