Reaching Students with Diverse Disabilities

Mary Z. McGrath taught for 31 years with the Bloomington, Minnesota Public Schools primarily in the area of special education. She writes and presents workshops to educators, parents, and the general public.Beverley H. Johns is the author of seven published books, an active in a number of state and national organizations, and was the 2000 recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award of the International Council for Exceptional Children.

• Chapter 1 Strategically Blending the BasicsChapter 2 Language Activities to Bridge the Categorical GapChapter 3 Inclusive Math: Activities for Adding EverybodyChapter 4 Bringing Students Together on Basic InformationChapter 5 Affecting the Affect: Socially, Emotionally, BehaviorallyChapter 6 Being a Specialist at School and in the CommunityChapter 7 Coping with the Paperwork and Time CrunchChapter 8 Going with the Flow: From IEP to Implementation

The authors have presented a wide spectrum of examples showing how to integrate instruction with diverse student needs with an easy access to instructional activities for use in lesson and activity planning. I found this book extremely engaging, relevant, and stimulating toward creating new options to teach educationally diverse students in single settings. Based upon "real life" school situations, this book provides fresh ideas applicable to practice while drawing readers' attention to emerging needs of students with special needs.