What Teachers Need to Know about Students with Disabilities
- ISBN-10
- 0864318693
- ISBN-13
- 9780864318695
- Category
- Children with disabilities
- Pages
- 146
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aust Council for Ed Research
- Authors
- Peter S. Westwood, Peter Westwood
Description
Provides an overview of the disabilities that teachers may encounter in their classrooms. Explains how disabilities impact on students' learning and development. Covers intellectual disability, autism, Asperger syndrome, other pervasive develomental disorders, physical and health impairments, vision and hearing impairments, language and learning disorders, and emotional and behavioural disorders.
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