Synopses & Reviews
Thirty-five teaching practitioners in higher education collaborated to provide this resource about the accommodation process for students with disabilities in the college classroom. It provides the educator with concrete teaching strategies for addressing the individual needs of students and a model illustrating the components necessary for student success. Additionally, to provide pertinent information about disabilities to others in higher education, the subchapters are grouped into eight areas that disabilities can impact in the learning process: attention, concentration, and memory difficulties; chronic health problems; hearing impairments and deafness; integrative processing difficulties; mobility impairments or motor control difficulties; social behavior disorders or difficulties with consistent performance; speech and language difficulties; and visual impairments or blindness. Since the accommodation process is reinforced by federal law, the book also contains highlights of the law and how it relates directly to faculty responsibility. As a result of this, expectations of faculty are increased and teaching practices involving accommodation efforts result in more access to education by more students.
Synopsis
A resource of specific teaching strategies that have proven effective in accommodating the learning needs of college students with disabilities.
Synopsis
A resource of specific teaching strategies that have proven effective in accommodating the learning needs of college students with disabilities.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-157) and index.
About the Author
JENNIE PRESTON-SABIN is Associate Professor in the Developmental Studies Program at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
Preface
Making an Accommodation
Legal Issues Concerning All Faculty in Higher Education
Integrating Reasonable Accommodations as a Part of Good Teaching
Teaching Students with Attention, Concentration, or Memory Difficulties
Teaching Students with Chronic Health Problems
Teaching Students with Hearing Impairments or Deafness
Teaching Students with Integrative Processing Difficulties
Teaching Students with Mobility Impairments or Motor Control Difficulties
Teaching Students with Social Behavior Disorders or Difficulties with Consistent Performance
Teaching Students with Speech and Language Difficulties
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments or Blindness
Forming a Coalition to Promote Student Growth and Success
Appendix A: Key Federal Legislation
Appendix B: Accommodation Decision Making Process
Appendix C: Rights and Responsibilities
Editor's Recommended Reading and Resource List
Contributors' Recommended Resource List
Index