For Middle School and High School General Education and Special Education Teachers

Modifying Curriculum for the Special Needs Student in the Regular Classroom, 2nd Edition

by Lynne Chalmers

Practical methods for teaching children or adolescents with special needs in the general education classroom or in the resource room

This book will help the regular classroom teacher or the special education teacher to:

• Create effective study guides for use by special needs students. 
• Modify instructional materials to assist the special needs learner. 
• Help the student find alternative methods for gaining lecture information (note taking). 
• Teach the special needs student effective test taking strategies and modify existing tests, where necessary, to better help the student. 
• Develop realistic expectations for the special needs learner in the general education classroom. 
• Use alternative student grouping practices to enhance achievement by all students. 
• Interact more effectively with the special needs student in the classroom. 
• Use clear and practical procedures for dealing with the problems encountered by the general and special education teacher in dealing with special needs students. 

The author of Modifying Curriculum for the Special Needs Student in the Regular Classroom, has prepared a checklist for the teacher to use to document the modifications made for a student's educational program. CLICK HERE to down load a pdf file for the two page documentation of modifications. The pdf file can by printed out on two pages to help teachers provide a record of documentations made.

Table of contents:

1. Why Make Modifications? 
2. What Kinds of Modifications? 
3. Learning Environment.
4. Daily Assignments and Activities. 
5. Adapting Tests. 
6. Behavior Management.
7. Problems Often Encountered by Classroom Teachers. 
8. Books and Articles of Related Interests.