Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities
A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
- Bob Algozzine - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
- Jim Ysseldyke - University of Minnesota, USA
Teaching Students With Sensory Disabilities discusses the defining characteristics and specific needs of students who are deaf, blind, or deaf-and-blind. Offering numerous practical classroom management tips and surprisingly easy instruction adjustments, this valuable resource shows teachers how they can teach in a highly effective manner that will foster the independence of students with visual and hearing impairments in the general education classroom.
Including a pre-test, post-test, and key vocabulary terms, this highly informative guide discusses everything educators need to know about students with sensory disabilities, including:
o Cognitive characteristics and issues
o Academic characteristics and issues
o Physical characteristics and issues
o Behavioural characteristics and issues
o Communication characteristics and issues