Kirjahaku

Students' cultural and linguistic differences are often mistaken for learning and/or behavioural disabilities. On the other hand, these cultural and linguistic differences may actually mask a student's disability. Despite significant advances in the understanding of effective teaching practices for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, including limited English proficient (LEP) and English language learners (ELL), the transfer of research to practice remains elusive. In Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability, Catherine Collier introduces the PRISIM process (the Pyramid of Resiliency, Instruction, Strategies Intervention, and Monitoring) for use within an RTI framework. PRISIM's seven steps ensure that diverse students with special needs are not disproportionately identified for special services and that all students with special needs have those needs met in the most appropriate manner. This book contains: - A 7-step process for separating difference from disability within an RTI framework - Resource materials for implementing the process - Reproducible forms - Recommended reading materials - Case studies - Self-study assessment worksheet - Glossary.

The 2004 reauthorization of IDEA spells out schools' responsibility to provide instructional intervention and Response to Intervention (RTI) as the first line of problem solving when addressing students' learning and behaviour differences. This research-based resource provides more than 200 instructional interventions for teaching the growing population of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds within an RTI framework. Organized by the tiers of RTI, these specific interventions help classroom teachers address students' cognitive, behaviour, literacy, and communication issues at each level. This book features: - A reader-friendly format that allows busy teachers to easily find the interventions they need - Straightforward, concrete directions for using each intervention - Examples from practice and a glossary to aid implementation RTI for Diverse Learners offers step-by-step guidance for distinguishing between language development and special education needs in diverse students and providing appropriate instruction.