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Initial Considerations | |
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Students with Severe Disabilities: Definitions, Descriptions, Characteristics, and Potential | |
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Defining Severe Disabilities | |
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Intellectual Disability Categories and Syndromes | |
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Characteristics of Persons with Severe Disabilities | |
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Potential for Success by Persons with Severe Disabilities | |
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Philosophy and Best Practices for Educating Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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A Philosophy of Services | |
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Contemporary Best Practices for Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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The Bases of Best Practices | |
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The Meaning of Special Education | |
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Collaboration Among Professionals and Paraeducators | |
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The Meaning of Collaboration | |
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Parents, Families, and Cultural Issues | |
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Promoting Family Involvement | |
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The Meaning of Collaboration | |
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Establishing Partnerships with the Family | |
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Providing Culturally Competent Education and Support | |
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Providing Support to Parents | |
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The Role of Teachers When Collaborating with Parents | |
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Providing Culturally Competent Instruction | |
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Preparing to Teach | |
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Planning Instructional Programs for Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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Planning for Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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Conducting Assessments to Determine Instructional Needs | |
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Approaches to Assessment | |
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General Instructional Procedures | |
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Teaching Students to Acquire New Skills | |
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Elements of Effective Instruction | |
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Good General Teaching Practices | |
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How Behaviors and Skills are Learned | |
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Instructional Tactics for Teaching New Skills to Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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Teaching Skills for Generalization and Maintenance | |
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The Importance of Generalization and Maintenance | |
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Strategies That Have Been Used to Achieve Skill Generalization | |
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Applying Generalization Strategies | |
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Teaching Skill Maintenance | |
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Writing Instructional Programs to Include Generalization Instruction and to Promote Maintenace | |
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Evaluating Student Progress | |
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The Importance of Evaluating Student Progress | |
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Alternate Assessment Requirements for Students with Severe Disabilities | |
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Portfolio Assessment Procedures | |
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Continuous Direct Assessment | |
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Creating Inclusive Educational Environments | |