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| Title | New Book: Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/03/new_book_specia.html Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services By Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, and Jack Damico. Foreword by Nancy Cloud. Publisher: Caslon Publishing and Consulting Summary: How can educators distinguish between learning disabilities and language difficulties? Historically in the United States, there has been a tendency to refer English language learners (ELLs) inappropriately to special education. This has led to the overidentification of ELLs as having special education needs and a disproportionate representation of ELLs in special education. This handbook advocates the creation of school-based teams that include ESL/bilingual specialists, special education specialists, and other professionals who collectively have the expertise needed to explore factors that influence an ELLs’ response to intervention, including personal and family factors, physical and psychological factors, previous schooling, oral language and literacy development, academic achievement, and cultural differences. The authors provide tools and strategies that teams can use to assess the nature of the ELLs’ learning difficulty, collaborate in service provision, create a continuum of interventions, and measure the ELLs’ response to those interventions. Visit the publisher’s website at http://www.caslonpublishing.com/Special_Education_Considerations_for_English_Language_Learners.htm . |
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