Specific Disabilities Books

I read this book for an ASL II class, and it was certainly interesting, if a little dry, like many biographies are. If you are intersted in Deaf culture and White early to mid 1800's history, then you may enjoy this book. Its certainly the story of a "renaissance" man who wanted to see America, and his connections and contributions to a changing and evolving Deaf community at that time period. Certainly look for it as a used book or at the library before buying; its a decent book, but not worth the list price.

This text provides a wealth of information for programming for students with learning disabilities.The first half of the book focuses on characteristics, identification and service delivery. The strength is in the second half, focusing on methodology. His chapter on designing the classroom environment is excellent! Strategies are practical and primarily metacognitive.

This is a required book for one of my graduate classes, and compared to numerous other books for other graduate classes that were inundated with constant in-text citations, I would consider this book easy reading. This book is not only a good read for future special education teachers, but for any teacher who may have special education students. In addition, the strategies discussed are good for all students, not merely "exceptional" students.

This book provides a link between the results of the National Reading Panel study and literacy instruction for students who have more significant intellectual disabilities. The information provides examples of how traditional reading strategies can be adapted to meet the needs of these students.

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I used this as a suplementary tool to study for the special education praxis. It was helpful in that it gave me some definitions and background information.

If you're looking for dates and places, you can put this book back on the e-shelf. If you want to understand how Western society perceives disability and why, from the gut level, you may want this book. But be warned, this is not light reading. Stiker's book would probably be best used in a university philosophy or sociology classroom; maybe it should even be required reading in settings such as those, since disability issues in general are too often ignored by academia. An important thing to know before buying this book is that it is written originally in French, by a French author; it winds its way from the antiquity shared by all Western civilization directly into specific French history. Readers looking for the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act will not find it here. But all Western countries have shared philosophical concerns even though the history itself differs. Also important to know is that much of Stiker's discourse is founded on the very French phenomenon of understanding a people by its language, in this case, French. He does take somewhat long journeys into the meaning of certain French words. (I am a little less offended by the term "handicapped" as the French understand it, for example, and our term "rehabilitation" now takes on a whole different light.) If you can hold these diversions somewhere in your brain long enough for him to explain his point, what he says does eventually make sense. I did not always agree with his conclusions, but there was enough food for thought that I would say, altogether, the book is worth reading.

I bought this book to assist me in understanding the WISC III and how it is interpreted so I could be knowledgeable at my daughter's PET meetings. Very technical and detailed.Wouldn't consider it to be easily read but once you sit down with a WISC exam and the book it becomes much easier to follow. Would suggest to professionals as well as parents.

Marquette's middle son, Trent has severe autism. He is largely nonverbal and his behavior has been described as developmentally delayed. Marquette glosses over his boyhood and jumps right into the services that are sorely needed for autistic people with multiple challenges. I just loved it when she said that Trent "does not have savant abilities," thus eliminating any mental reflex many neurotypicals might have to think of Trent as being like that tired R*** M** character. Savantism affects less than 10% of those with autism, so it does make you wonder why it has ever become a stereotype.

Trent attended special programs in his neighborhood school. His older brother Todd and younger brother Travis were there to help ease the way for him as best they could. Trent appeared to thrive in a school setting and Marquette rehearsed with him what the expectations and changes in routine would be once he graduated. Photographs of her three sons, three brawny, husky men grace the book. One picture that stands out is Trent's high school graduation photo.

I like the way the services are described. Trent had several coaches living with and working with him one on one. He had jobs in the community and he did well as long as the job remained constant, fixed and routine. Any deviation from routine caused Trent to have melt downs.

Marquette's own personal challenges are listed alongside of Trent's: a marriage that ended in 1998; the former husband's impatience with Trent and the embarrassment he expressed whenever Trent had a meltdown or displayed severely autistic behavior in public; Travis and his bout with cancer and the growing concern about how she would provide for Trent throughout his adulthood. Fortunately, she remarried and the second husband took all three big sons under his wing. Trent appeared to be adjusting to the changes in his life; a new stepfather and a new home.

There are a few grammatical issues in this book, such as when Marquette said "I told ~ disappointingly" instead of "disappointedly," and "I excitingly expressed to ~" instead of "I expressed excitedly" or "I exitedly expressed." Small things, but they did jump out at readers.

The book, although about Trent up to a point is really about itemizing one's emotions and developing strategies for lifetime support for individuals with severe and multiple challenges. This particular book makes me think of the Woody Guthrie classic, "Bound For Glory." Letting Go of Jason: A Young Man with Asperger's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder is a wonderful companion book to this one.

This is a great book to utilize for information on specific methods and techniques to use with difficult students.