Determining Difference from Disability What Culturally Responsive Teachers Should Know

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Synopsis

This essential book offers clear guidelines for determining if the Culturally Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students / English Language Learners (ELL) in your general education classroom are experiencing typical language differences, learning disabilities, or both. By combining helpful case-studies with insightful research, the authors provide a framework for differentiating instruction that uses culturally appropriate interventions to build upon student strengths while creating a foundation for further learning and achievement. You will discover how to:



Connect your own and your students’ cultural assets to classroom content;


Review language acquisition stages and design corresponding instruction;


Collaborate with peers and discuss the realities of reaching out for support and problem solving;


Choose effective and appropriate instructional strategies based on documentation of data through progress monitoring;


Move from a traditional behavioristic perspective to a more culturally responsive perspective;


Identify patterns in formal assessments and informal instruction in order to distinguish between language differences and learning disabilities.


In addition, the book includes a number of activities and graphs that can be implemented immediately in any classroom. Many of these materials can be downloaded for free from the book’s product page: www.routledge.com/9781138577756.

Book details

Author:
Gerry McCain, Megan Farnsworth
ISBN:
9781351266185
Related ISBNs:
9781138577756, 9781351266192, 9781138577749
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
190
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2023-09-26
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
Taylor & Francis 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Disability-Related, Education, Nonfiction