Strategies for Teaching Learners with Special Needs

by Edward A. Polloway, James R. Patton, Loretta Serna

A classic in the field, the tenth edition of Strategies for Teaching Learners with Special Needs offers the most comprehensive look at how to teach students with mild/high incidence disabilities. Balancing elementary and secondary teaching strategies, the text introduces critical areas of concern for special educators, includes a new chapter on curriculum development and launches into strategies for teaching students specific content areas. This edition includes separate chapters on science and social studies, updated chapters on reading and written language, and an expanded focus on transitions and functional academics. Throughout each chapter, culturally responsive practices are highlighted, technology rich solutions are explored, and formal assessment instruments are summarized so readers learn how to help students with special needs succeed in inclusive educational environments.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Dr. Edward Polloway, EdD, is Rosel H. Schewel Distinguished Professor of Education at Lynchburg College (Lynchburg, Virginia). He is also editor of the Lynchburg College Journal of Special Education.

Reviews

[teacupsandunicorns · Rating 2 out of 5]

I agree with what some other reviewers said; I used this for a college class to earn my special education certification and endorsement. This book has good, solid info.

However, it often meanders with miscellaneous, unhelpful information. I feel like I have to wade through I lot of extra, unneeded info to get to the good stuff.


For reference, the last text book I read for my other special ed class was dense, but every single word mattered, every sentence was full of information; there was no filler. It was overwhelming that each sentence was important and nothing wasted (although a lot was repeated, but it was at least solid info).

With this text, I feel like the author tried to make it more “readable” or needed to hit a word count, or something. Still solid info and I learned a lot, but a little extra fluff I had to work through this one also. This feels overwhelming in the sense it needs a lot of words to deliver a bit of knowledge. Again, good info, but this could have been written or presented a little differently.

[E.A.G. E.A.G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent book. Very informative and while it lacks some interest and can seem dull for what seems like pages at a time which can make it difficult once you get through the those it did get better. It would just have a slump or valleys if you will of dull and then peeks or hills of great information.
I would however recommend.

[Laura Heatley]

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[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

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