Teaching Everyone

An Introduction to Inclusive Education

Whitney H. Rapp, Ph.D., Katrina L. Arndt, Ph.D.

Aligned with CEC Initial Content Standards, Teaching Everyone is a core text that fully prepares teachers to see past disability labels and work with all children's individual needs and strengths. Includes teaching strategies for all major academic content areas.

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The new generation of teachers needs a new kind of special education textbook—one that focuses on children, not labels. That's why Whitney Rapp & Katrina Arndt developed Teaching Everyone, the first text that fully prepares teachers to see past disability labels and work with all students' individual needs and strengths.

Accessible and forward-thinking, this inclusive special education text will get K–12 teachers ready to work effectively within today's schools and meet the learning needs of a wide range of students. Educators will:

• Align their teaching with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Initial Content Standards. Each chapter clearly explains how the content helps students meet specific standards.
• Discover a truly progressive, inclusive approach to education. Breaking free of a categorical approach to disability, this text reveals how to stop relying on labels to access supports for students—and work with each child as an individual instead.
• Get comprehensive information in one volume. A thorough primer on inclusive special education, this textbook covers all the critical topics teachers need to know about (see below), for a fraction of the cost of similar textbooks.
• Learn effective teaching strategies for major academic content areas. Educators will get clear, research-backed strategies for teaching reading, writing, science, math, and social studies—including guidance on keeping students engaged and assessing their progress.
• Get a deep and personal understanding of student and teacher perspectives. With the case studies and narratives from teachers and people with disabilities, educators will have keen first-hand insights that will inform their teaching for years to come.

A foundational text for tomorrow's teachers—and a valuable reference for inservice teachers who want to sharpen and update their skills—this important volume will help usher in an era of truly inclusive classrooms where all children learn and thrive.

With cutting-edge information on

• differentiated instruction
• universal design for learning
• instructional strategies for academic content areas
• assessment and evaluation
• social and communication skills
• response to intervention
• early intervention policy and practices
• classroom management, positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS)
• functional behavior assessment
• IEPs
• home-school collaboration
• teacher collaboration
• transition to adulthood
• special education legislation
• child and adolescent development

Reviews

: California Bookwatch, Education Shelf - August 29, 2012

"A hands-on guide packed with practical applications and should be in any education collection."

: Book News, Inc. - June 1, 2012

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Mara Sapon-Shevin, Professor of Inclusive Education, Syracuse University - February 3, 2012

"Leaving behind limited categorical labels and concepts, this book does an amazing job of putting disability in its place: as only one of the many ways that students differ. I can't wait to use this book in my courses."

Patrick Schwarz, Professor, Diversity in Learning & Teaching Department National-Louis University, Chicago - February 3, 2012

"The introduction book to special education I have always dreamed about! Informational, progressive, and forward-thinking."

Mary Jo Noonan, Department of Special Education, University of Hawai'i - February 3, 2012

"Contributes a fresh, compelling, and comprehensive perspective on the rationales for inclusion..."

Carolyn Hughes, Vanderbilt University - February 3, 2012

"Provides the evidence-based strategies teachers need to learn to build a community that includes all learners."

Cheryl Jorgensen, author of The Inclusion Facilitator's Guide - February 3, 2012

"A must-read for every general and special education teacher..."

Paula Kluth, author of the 'You're Going to Love This Kid!' book - February 3, 2012

"Finally we have a textbook for pre-service teachers that will introduce them to inclusive education..."

Cathy Houston-Wilson, Professor, Associate Chair - February 3, 2012

"A comprehensive user-friendly text..."

Rachel Janney, Independent Consultant and Scholar - February 3, 2012

"Packed with rich content..."

Jacki Anderson, California State University East Bay - February 3, 2012

"How refreshing! An introductory text to special education that addresses the process of education..."

Michael Peterson, Director, Whole Schooling Consortium - February 3, 2012

"An important book.... This book is a tool to help special educators truly collaborate in teaching everyone."

Authors: Whitney H. Rapp Ph.D., Katrina L. Arndt Ph.D.

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