A Collaborative Approach, Fourth Edition

Now in its fourth edition, this highly respected, bestselling textbook gives undergraduate and graduate students up-to-the-minute research and strategies for educating children with severe and multiple disabilities. This popular core text — for 15 years, a staple of teacher training programs in special education and related fields — thoroughly prepares preservice professionals with comprehensive coverage of the topics they’ll need to know about. This expanded edition gives readers

• a new chapter outlining an integrated, collaborative approach to planning, instruction, and alternate assessment
  
  
• contributions from well-known experts representing a wider variety of disciplines, including special education, occupational therapy, nursing, and psychiatry
  
  
• extensive updates, including new vignettes, figures such as sample graphic overlays for alternate communication devices and illustrations of proper handling and positioning, sample forms such as IEP pages, and references
  
  
• a FREE online study companion, featuring learning objectives, sample syllabi, student activities, key terms, hundreds of study questions, and annotated links to web sites that supplement each chapter
  

With the practical, research-based guidance in this textbook, future educators will learn how to educate students with severe and multiple disabilities in the setting where they will best be served.

1. Designing Collaborative Educational Services
   Chigee Jan Cloninger
   
   
2. Working with Families
   Deborah Chen and Cathy Miles
   
   
3. Developing Curriculum and Instruction
   Kathleen Gee
   
   
4. Alternative Assessments
   Harold Kleinert and Jacqui Farmer Kearns
   
   
5. Developing Adaptations to Promote Participation in Inclusive Environments
   Alice Udvari-Solner, Julie Causton-Theoharis, and Jennifer York-Barr
   
   
6. Sensorimotor Development: Implications for the Educational Team
   Paula Forney and Kathryn Wolf Heller
   
   
7. Physical Management in the Classroom: Handling and Positioning
   Margery Szczepanski
   
   
8. Children With Special Health Care Needs
   Madhavan Thuppal and Dick Sobsey
   
   
9. Integrating Health Care and Educational Programs
   Kathryn Wolf Heller
   
   
10. Children With Sensory Impairments
    Rosanne K. Silberman, Susan M. Bruce, and Catherine Nelson
    
    
11. Communication Skills
    June E. Downing
    
    
12. Mealtime Skills
    Dianne Koontz Lowman
    
    
13. Self-Care Skills
    Dianne Koontz Lowman