This book provides readers with a wealth of knowledge in instructional methods for culturally and linguistically diverse learners, designed to help differentiate between learning differences and learning disabilities and appropriately meet associated needs. It is written for any educator directly or indirectly involved in the K-12 education of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional learners. This book may also serve as a valuable resource to professional development staff, school administrators, school psychologists, and other related service providers.

Methods for Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners

Education & Teaching

Patton, James

Hoover, John

Klingner, Janette

Baca, Leonard

Schools & Teaching

Pearson

This book features vivid case studies that bring to life real children, school personnel, and family members from the bestselling book Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? Once again addressing the disproportionate placement of minority students in special education programs, this new book includes the voices and perspectives of all stakeholders to show the tremendous complexity of the issues and the dilemmas faced by professionals, family members, and children. Challenging questions and scenarios are offered at the end of each case study to provide thoughtful follow-up activities and topics for further study. This collection of cases can be used―on its own or as a companion to the main volume―in elementary and special education courses and professional development workshops. Review of Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? "This book provides a thorough and detailed description of the multiple factors that combine to provide inequitable educational opportunities for minority students living in poverty…the authors do not shy away from discussion of racism on the individual and institutional levels...they engage in this discussion in a refreshingly detailed and nuanced way..." ―TC Record

Case Studies of Minority Student Placement in Special Education

Politics & Social Sciences

Cramer, Elizabeth

Harry, Beth

Social Sciences

Teachers' College Press

The second edition of this powerful book examines the disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education. The authors present compelling, research-based stories representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall in the liminal shadow of perceived disability. They examine the children’s experiences, their families’ interactions with school personnel, the teachers’ and schools’ estimation of the children and their families, and the school climate that influences decisions about referrals to special education. Based on the authors’ 4 years of ethnographic research in a large, culturally diverse school district, the book concludes with recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal. The expanded second edition retains all of the vividly described cases of the original research and brings additional insight to the issue of disproportionality by: <ul>
<li> Reframing the policy context to address key developments in the placement process, with a particular focus on Response to Intervention.</li> <li> Including a new appendix that describes and reflects on the challenges, strengths, and dilemmas of the research methodology of the study.</li> <li> Updating the figures and literature on disproportionality.</li>
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Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools

Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools

Bringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in detail the school climates and social processes that place many children of color at risk of being assigned inappropriate disability labels. Now in its third edition, this powerful ethnographic study examines the placement of Black and Hispanic students in the subjectively determined, high-incidence disability categories of special education. The authors present compelling narratives representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall under the liminal shadow of perceived disability. This edition updates the literature on disproportionality, highlighting the deeply embedded and systemic nature of this decades-old pattern in which reforms represent mere shifts across disability categories, while disproportionality remains. Applying lenses of cultural-historical and critical disability theories, this edition expands on the authors' previous theoretical insights with updated recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal. Book Features: <ul> <li>A unique examination of the school-based contributors to disproportionality based on research conducted in a large, culturally diverse school district.</li> <li>Holistic views of the referral and placement process detailing students' trajectories across 4 years from initial instruction to referral, evaluation, and placement in special education.</li> <li>An update on the patterns and literature related to disproportionality.</li> <li>Analysis of the cultural-historical nature of disproportionality and the socially constructed nature of the high-incidence disability categories.</li> <li>Recommendations for changing the conceptualization of children's learning difficulties, moving away from the presumption of children's intrinsic deficits toward evaluations based on human variation.</li> </ul>

Sociology

Bringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in detail the school climates and social processes that place many children of color at risk of being assigned inappropriate disability labels. Now in its third edition, this powerful ethnographic study examines the placement of Black and Hispanic students in the subjectively determined, high-incidence disability categories of special education. The authors present compelling narratives representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall under the liminal shadow of perceived disability. This edition updates the literature on disproportionality, highlighting the deeply embedded and systemic nature of this decades-old pattern in which reforms represent mere shifts across disability categories, while disproportionality remains. Applying lenses of cultural-historical and critical disability theories, this edition expands on the authors' previous theoretical insights with updated recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal. Book Features: <ul> <li>A unique examination of the school-based contributors to disproportionality based on research conducted in a large, culturally diverse school district.</li> <li>Holistic views of the referral and placement process detailing students' trajectories across 4 years from initial instruction to referral, evaluation, and placement in special education.</li> <li>An update on the patterns and literature related to disproportionality.</li> <li>Analysis of the cultural-historical nature of disproportionality and the socially constructed nature of the high-incidence disability categories.</li> <li>Recommendations for changing the conceptualization of children's learning difficulties, moving away from the presumption of children's intrinsic deficits toward evaluations based on human variation.</li> </ul>

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Methods for Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners

Case Studies of Minority Student Placement in Special Education

Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools

Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools

Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools