Poverty Is NOT a Learning Disability: Equalizing Opportunities for Low SES Students
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- Synopsis
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Children of low socioeconomic status often enter school with poor skills, leading them to be misidentified as learning disabled.
Educators in Grades K-12 can allocate resources for special education services more effectively and meet the needs of low SES students by preventing students from being placed in the wrong program and by providing readiness supports.Offering an in-depth look at schools that have realized effective results in remarkable time frames, the authors challenge educators and parents to consider how low expectations can affect student achievement--and emphasize optimism as a necessary tenet of schools' day-to-day teaching/learning programs and school-community relationships. This resource provides: Training resources for teaching low SES students Assessment tools for identifying learning needs Strategies for building relationships of trust and collaboration throughout the school community Data charts that illustrate the increase in student achievement from schoolwide initiatives A bibliography and glossary of pertinent research and terminologyWith these strategies and tools, schools can meet the developmental and environmental needs of their most vulnerable students and watch student achievement and confidence soar!
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 161 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781632200938
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781629145631
- Publisher:
- Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 09/18/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Dennis R. Dunklee, Sandy Grogan Dresser, Tish Howard
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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