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The
articles included in Teaching How-to’s are drawn from TEACHING Exceptional
Children (TEC), a publication of The Council for Exceptional Children
(CEC). TEC is published specifically for teachers and administrators of
children with disabilities and children who are gifted and features practical
articles that present methods and materials for classroom use as well as
current issues in special education teaching and learning.
All articles are offered in PDF and require Acrobat Reader software to download and view.
© Council for Exceptional Children. All articles are reprinted with permission.
Navigating the College Transition Maze: A Guide for Students
with Learning Disabilities
Author: Joseph W. Madaus
Several of the most common questions and misconceptions related to transition and LD services when moving from high school to college are presented to provide useful information to students with LD, their parents, and the professionals who assist them in the transition process.
PDF (5p,
96k)
What High School Students with Learning Disabilities
Need to Know About College Foreign Language Requirements.
Author: Joseph W. Madaus
The director of a university center that provides support to students
with disabilities explains what parents, students, counselors, and teachers
need to know about the foreign language requirement. Madaus addresses
possible ways to bypass the foreign language requirement as well as when
it's not appropriate to do so.
PDF (6p, 1.3MB)
Encouraging Active Parent Participation in IEP Team Meetings
Author: Diane Marie Dabkowski
Tools and processes are provided that can help welcome parents into schools
as equal partners in their children's education. Parent reactions to IEPs,
professional team culture, and cultural differences are included.
PDF (6p, 1.1MB)
Laying the Foundation for Self-Advocacy: Fourth Graders
with Learning Disabilities Invite Their Peers into the Resource Room
Author: Cynthia Pearl
This teacher developed a three-part mini-workshop in disability awareness.
Two of the goals were to develop self-awareness and self-advocacy skills
in students with specific learning disabilities and to increase positive
peer perceptions of them.
PDF (6p, 1.2MB)
Using the Internet to Improve Homework Communication
and Completion
Authors: Spencer J. Salend, Devon Duhaney, Deborah J. Anderson, Charleen
Gottschalk
Because the internet offers a direct, effective, and novel method for
communicating, it can serve as an interactive tool for individualizing
homework and supporting the involvement of families in the homework process.
PDF (10p, 2.3MB)
I’ve got a Palm in my pocket!
Authors: Anne M. Bauer and Mary E. Ulrich
This article describes what happened when we put Palm Pilots (Palm IIIxe’s)
in the hands of 28 sixth graders, 6 of whom could be considered to have
special needs. Four of these students were receiving services through
individualized education programs (IEPs) and accommodation plans, and
English was a second language for another. Another student, though not
identified as having a disability, took medication to help manage attention
deficit disorder. In addition, we make recommendations and reflect on
practice.
PDF (6p, 692k)
Helping Students Assess Their Readiness for Postsecondary
Education
Authors: Beatrice C. Babbitt and Carol M. White
This article presents a review of the literature about the transitional
needs of students with disabilities to higher education, discusses the
challenges these students face, and introduces a tool that is being piloted
to address these areas of concern.
PDF (5p, 656k)
Writing Lesson Plans for Promoting Self-Determination
Authors: David W. Test, Diane M. Browder, Meagan Karvonen, Wendy Wood,
Bob Algozzine
This article describes a process that you can use to translate information
in research studies into practical lesson plans. We have drawn examples
from the self-determination literature. Lesson plans and systematic
instruction lesson plans.
PDF (7p, 732k)
NCLD’s
Can School-Based Interventions Enhance the Self-Concept of Students
with Learning Disabilities?