Including students with severe disabilities / [edited by] Craigh H. Kennedy, Eva M. Horn.

Includes bibliographical reference and index

Preface -- 1 Students with Severe Disabilities -- 2 Collaborative Teams -- Access to the General Education Curiculum -- 4 Systematic Instruction -- 5 Families -- 6 Social Relationships -- 7 Communication -- 8 Postive Behavior Supports -- 9 Sensory and Motor Needs -- 10 Directing Paraprofessional Work -- 11 Preschool -- 12 Elementary School -- 13 Middle School -- 14 Highschool -- 15 Transition to Adulthood -- author Index -- Subject Index.

Written by a diverse group of educators, this textbook provides both cutting-edge descriptions of critical issues relating to curriculum and instruction of students with severe disabilities, and hands-on practical examples of inclusive education at various grade levels.

This book presents information that is a generation ahead of previous textbooks written about teaching people with severe disabilities. Its organization and content allows the book to be used as a methods text and general resource on research-based best practices.

Its focus is on how to effectively include students with severe disabilities into general education classrooms and beyond. Topics discussed include:

Collaboration
Family-centered practices
Access to the general education curriculum
Working with paraprofessionals
Cultivating social relationships
Systematic instruction
Positive behavior supports, communication
Sensory/motor skills.
Examples of how to infuse these areas of effective teaching into real world contexts are provided in chapters written by experts on preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school, and transition services.