Handbook of Research-Based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability

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The Handbook of Research-Based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability provides an integrated, transdisciplinary overview of research-based practices for teaching students with intellectual disability. This comprehensive volume emphasizes education across life stages, from early intervention in schools through the transition to adulthood, and highlights major educational and support needs of children and youth with intellectual disability. The implications of history, recent research, and existing information are positioned to systematically advance new practices and explore promising possibilities in the field. Driven by the collaboration of accomplished, nationally recognized professionals of varied approaches and philosophies, the book emphasizes practices that have been shown to be effective through multiple methodologies, so as to help readers select interventions based on the evidence of their effectiveness. Cover Title Copyright Contents PART I Understanding Intellectual Disability 1 Historical Understandings of Intellectual Disability and the Emergence of Special Education 2 Reframing Educational Supports for Students with Intellectual Disability through Strengths-Based Approaches 3 Supports and Support Needs in Strengths-Based Models of Intellectual Disability 4 Implications of Strengths-Based Models of Disability for the Education of Students with Intellectual Disability PART II Eligibility, Assessment, and Educational Planning 5 Measuring Intellectual Functioning and Adaptive Behavior in Determining Intellectual Disability 6 Measuring Support Needs and Supports Planning 7 Alternate Assessment 8 Individualized Education Programs to Promote Access to the General Education Curriculum for Students with Intellectual Disability 9 Planning for Other Educational Needs and Community-Based Instruction 10 Transition Planning 11 Person-Centered and Student-Directed Planning PART III Schoolwide and Classroomwide Academic and Behavioral Supports 12 Multitiered Systems of Supports 13 Positive Behavior Supports for Students with Intellectual Disability 14 The Role of Technology in Implementing Universal Design for Learning 15 Supporting the Social Lives of Students with Intellectual Disability 16 Self-Determination and Goal Attainment 17 Educating Students in Inclusive Classrooms 18 Research-Based Practices for Fostering Trusting Partnerships with Families in Educating Students with Intellectual Disability 19 Teaching Reading and Literacy Skills to Students with Intellectual Disability 20 Teaching Mathematics and Science to Students with Intellectual Disability PART IV Education Across the Lifespan 21 Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education 22 High-Quality Educational Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability in Elementary School 23 High-Quality Educational Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability in Middle and Junior High School 24 High-Quality Educational Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability in High School 25 Transition to Employment 26 Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability About the Editors About the Contributors Index