Publisher's Synopsis
Teachers, administrators, and policy-makers across the country need materials that address today's problems and initiatives. In recent years there has been renewed emphasis on the importance of gaining literacy and numeracy skills. Provincial assessment results, as well as assessment results at local levels, indicate a need to refocus our attention on how to best teach students who are not achieving at acceptable levels. Educators are faced with the formidable task of implementing practices that will result in more satisfactory learning outcomes for all students regardless of their individual characteristics, personalities, abilities, circumstances or backgrounds. Differentiated instruction helps teachers provide provincial curricula by accommodating students with a wide range of abilities, interests, and learning styles. Learning strategies are instructional strategies that have been developed to assist students with learning difficulties. Learning strategies include: teaching study skills, editing assignments, reading strategies, and thinking strategies. This volume covers the state of the art studies and real world solicitations on the design, delivery, and use of evidence-based interventions with students, including those with disabilities and those who struggle with mastering today's rigorous reading, literacy, and mathematics standards. It can also promote the continuous use of student data to differentiate instruction-an essential practice for meeting each student's individual needs and raising the academic performance of a school. This volume is intended to assist current and future teachers with information regarding effective practices for working with students that are demonstrating emotional and behavioral disorders in the classroom. We hope that the information presented in this volume will assist teachers and researchers feel more confident in working with these students and help teachers be more effective in their practices. This will result in more students with emotional and behavioral disorders receiving the help they need.
