Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs, 5th Edition eBook

Assessment of Children and Youth with Special Needs focuses on current assessment issues and procedures that every special educator needs to know. The authors’ integrated approach emphasizes in-class assessment approaches as well as more formal measures and instruments. Throughout they provide numerous practical examples of how the techniques and procedures can be used in the classroom. Included are practical, ready-to-used materials integrated within instruction delivery methods; relevant case studies; and examinations of current assessment topics in every chapter. The 5th Edition features an expanded discussion of classroom assessment and the assessment cycle; an expanded discussion of Response to Intervention (RTI); new sections on how to use assessment effectively with students with behavior problems and how to collaborate effectively with speech and language specialists; updated descriptions of formal, standardized texts and measures; and interactive features embedded into examples and mini-cases throughout.