Academic skills problems : direct assessment and intervention

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    • Shapiro, Edward S. (Edward Steven)

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Academic skills problems : direct assessment and intervention

Edward S. Shapiro

(The Guilford school practitioner series)

Guilford Press, c2004

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-360) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Now in a thoroughly revised and updated third edition, this bestselling text provides a comprehensive framework for the direct assessment of academic skills. Presented is a readily applicable, four-step approach for working with students experiencing a range of difficulties with reading, spelling, written language, or maths. School-based practitioners are guided sequentially through assessment of the instructional environment, assessment of instructional placement, instructional modification, and progress monitoring. Extensively rewritten to reflect current findings and best practices, the third edition includes information on useful Internet resources, updated sample forms and charts, and all-new case illustrations. Available separately is a newly revised companion workbook, containing helpful practice exercises and reproducible forms.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Choosing Targets for Academic Assessment and Remediation. Step 1: Assessing the Academic Environment. Step 2: Assessing Instructional Placement. Step 3: Instructional Modification I: General Strategies. Step 3: Instructional Modification II: Specific Skills Areas. Step 4: Progress Monitoring. Case Illustrations. References. Index.

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