Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability
- ISBN-10
- 1452238464
- ISBN-13
- 9781452238463
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-22
- Publisher
- Corwin Press
- Author
- Catherine Collier
Description
Ensure appropriate placement and services for your school’s diverse students! This timely book shows how to adapt the widely used Response to Intervention (RTI) model to distinguish between learning differences and disabilities in culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Readers will find: A seven-step framework for determining each student’s unique strengths and needs and making appropriate decisions regarding resources, referrals, and integrated services Discussion of cognitive learning styles, language acquisition, acculturation, the role of family and community, and other key considerations A running case study demonstrating the book’s strategies in action
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