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Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
- Bob Algozzine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
- Jim Ysseldyke - University of Minnesota, USA
May 2006 | 136 pages | Corwin
Students with mental retardation often struggle tremendously to complete the same tasks that many of their peers do without any difficulty - but with special assistance their struggles to learn can be highly successful. In Teaching Students With Mental Retardation, special and mainstream teachers will find highly effective strategies for enhancing the academic and social skills of students with mental retardation in their classrooms.
Offering a pre-test, post-test, and key vocabulary terms, this exceptional resource also discusses:
o Common causes of mental retardation such as genetic conditions, problems during pregnancy and birth, and health problems
o Diagnosing mental retardation
o Cognitive, academic, physical, behavioural, and communication characteristics of mental retardation
o Methods for improving the functional academic, social, self-care, and work skills of students with mental retardation
o Instructional approaches for students with severe disabilities
o Influential trends and issues such as prevention of mental retardation and transitioning from school to work
About A Practical Approach to Special Education for Every Teacher
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Self-Assessment I
Introduction to Teaching Students With Mental Retardation
1.What is Mental Retardation?
2.What Causes Mental Retardation?
3.How is Mental Retardation Diagnosed?
4.What Characteristics Are Associated With Mental Retardation?
5.How Should Teachers Teach Students With Mental Retardation?
6.What Should Every Teacher Know About Teaching Students With Severe Disabilities?
7.What Trends and Issues Influence How We Teach Students With Mental Retardation?
8.Mental Retardation in Perspective
9. What Have We Learned?
Resources
References
Index