Books by Mary Anne Prater
This valuable resource and reference provides brief, hands-on, research-based methods for facilit... more This valuable resource and reference provides brief, hands-on, research-based methods for facilitating access to the general education curriculum for students with special learning and behavioral needs.
This book is designed to instruct preservice teachers about challenges students with mild/moderate disabilities face in learning classroom curriculum, and to help these teachers learn how to provide accommodations and adaptations that address students’ educational needs. The book is divided into four sections: Addressing Learning Problems, Accessing General Education Curriculum, Assessment, and Content Area Accommodations. Each section beings with a discussion of the topic and explains why students with disabilities experience difficulty learning, followed by several suggestions that address students’ specific learning difficulties.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS FIRST EDITION:
All accommodations and adaptations discussed in this book are research-proven to be effective for students with disabilities.
Many of the suggestions listed in each section are illustrated with examples of how teachers can implement the suggestions in their teaching.
Suggestions for culturally and/or linguistically diverse students are included throughout the book.
An Appendix provides lesson plan examples for each section of the book.
This book is written to provide librarians, teachers, social workers, school psychologists, couns... more This book is written to provide librarians, teachers, social workers, school psychologists, counselors, and other professionals who work with children a comprehensive guide to selecting and using children's books to teach about disabilities. Grades K-12.
Communicating with Parents: A Guide to Effective Practice is an essential guidebook for the K-12 ... more Communicating with Parents: A Guide to Effective Practice is an essential guidebook for the K-12 education professional. This book takes an in-depth look at communicating with families of students in elementary and secondary schools and is founded on the most current research and practice. Divided into five main sections, this guide presents evidence-based content and strategies related to: Developing Caring Relationships in Schools, Communicating with Families for Student Success, Communicating with Families throughout the School Year, Communicating with Families in Meetings, and Addressing Difficult Topics with Families. Additionally, a broad-based school population is covered with pertinent information for working with families of: general education students, students with disabilities, culturally/linguistically diverse students, students from low socioeconomic status, and students with unique gifts and talents. The evidence-based material is enhanced and illustrated with examples, graphics, and professional reproducible materials, and on every page, educators will be given the most research-based content, sound examples, practical applications, and ready-to-use resources. An indispensible guide for all K-12 general education teachers, special educators, related services personnel, and administrators for both pre-service and in-service training.
Classroom Bullying Prevention, Pre-K–4th Grade: Children's Books, Lesson Plans, and Activities pr... more Classroom Bullying Prevention, Pre-K–4th Grade: Children's Books, Lesson Plans, and Activities provides strategies to deter and prevent bullying—a serious and widespread social problem that starts early and causes great harm to not only the victims but also the bullies themselves. The book's content and the included lesson plans are specifically designed to supplement school-wide efforts to reduce and eliminate bullying.
Papers by Mary Anne Prater
Action in Teacher Education, 2000
Abstract Reflection is critical to decision making that confronts educators on a daily basis and ... more Abstract Reflection is critical to decision making that confronts educators on a daily basis and journal writing can be a powerful tool to enhance that reflection process. Therefore, we used journal writing as an instructional strategy with preservice and inservice, general and ...
Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2000
ABSTRACT One of the largest growing populations of students in the United States are those identi... more ABSTRACT One of the largest growing populations of students in the United States are those identified as at-risk for educational failure. The term at-risk implies that the student is in danger of negative future events, such as dropping out of school, abusing drugs, becoming a gang member or committing suicide. A separate course was designed at our university to prepare teachers and related school personnel to work with at-risk students in inclusive settings. We describe the course briefly including course content, in-class instructional approaches, out-of-class student activities, as well as students' reactions to the course. We then report the results of a national survey comparing the course at our university to other courses offered in other education teacher preparation programs across the United States.
Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children, 2002
Asian Pacific Islander Americans are one of the fastest growing segments in the US population. Ma... more Asian Pacific Islander Americans are one of the fastest growing segments in the US population. Many adolescents and young adults of Asian Pacific Islander American heritage, as with peers of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, do not perceive themselves as vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS. They engage in unsafe sexual behaviors that place them at-risk of infection. The
Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children, 2002
... Auteur(s) / Author(s). SILEO Thomas W. (1) ; PRATER Mary Anne (1) ; PATEMAN Beth (1) ; SILEO ... more ... Auteur(s) / Author(s). SILEO Thomas W. (1) ; PRATER Mary Anne (1) ; PATEMAN Beth (1) ; SILEO Nancy M. (2) ; Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s). (1) University of Hawaii at Manoa, ETATS-UNIS (2) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ETATS-UNIS ...
Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 1998
... roles and responsibilities of teacher educators who must connect how university students lear... more ... roles and responsibilities of teacher educators who must connect how university students learn with the particular strategies they use ... Some challenging tasks that confront teacher educators, then, are to facilitate pre-service teachers' integration of new learning by providing ...
Remedial and Special Education, 2002
Remedial and Special Education, 2002
Remedial and Special Education, 2003
... This social-cognitive model empha-sized the reactive effects of cognitive factors (eg, aware-... more ... This social-cognitive model empha-sized the reactive effects of cognitive factors (eg, aware-ness) and behavioral factors (eg, observable actions ... TABLE 1. Summary of Video Self-Modeling Studies in School-Based Settings ... cachenbach Teacher Report Form (Achenbach, 1991 ...
Remedial and Special Education, 1998
... Children enter school knowing and speaking pidgin English. ... Asian and Pacific Islander cul... more ... Children enter school knowing and speaking pidgin English. ... Asian and Pacific Islander culturessuch as Cambodian, Laotian, and Hawaiiantouching a child's head may ... Some Asian American students, such as those of Japanese and Korean descent, are more concerned ...
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2003
... Difficulty arises when Kay comes to visit Jennifer and must figure out how to tell Kay she di... more ... Difficulty arises when Kay comes to visit Jennifer and must figure out how to tell Kay she didn't really "write" the letters. ... Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic, 1993 [5-8]. Handles by Jan Mark, Atheneum, 1985 [6-9]. *+Happy Birthday Jason by C. Jean Cutbill & Diane ...
Intervention in School and Clinic, 2000
Children's books that include portrayals of characters with disabilities can be a particular... more Children's books that include portrayals of characters with disabilities can be a particularly effective means of teaching students about disabilities. In addition, classroom discussion of such books can be integrated with a unit on history, music, or other content area. In the present article, 46 frequently recommended children's books that portray characters with disabilities are described, along with ideas for specific classroom use.
Behavior Modification, 1999
Puppet script training was used to teach the social skills of greeting, responding to conversatio... more Puppet script training was used to teach the social skills of greeting, responding to conversations, and initiating conversations to a preschool child with visual impairments. Susie and four peers without disabilities were taught social skills utilizing puppets enacting sociodramatic scripts within group training sessions. Training sessions were immediately followed by free-play activities among peers without disabilities to assess skill generalization. A single-case study using a multiple-baseline design demonstrated that the intervention increased performance of social skills during recess with peers. Results demonstrated that Susie learned the target behaviors and generalized their use to free-play activities with her peers.
Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2000
ABSTRACT One of the largest growing populations of students in the United States are those identi... more ABSTRACT One of the largest growing populations of students in the United States are those identified as at-risk for educational failure. The term at-risk implies that the student is in danger of negative future events, such as dropping out of school, abusing drugs, becoming a gang member or committing suicide. A separate course was designed at our university to prepare teachers and related school personnel to work with at-risk students in inclusive settings. We describe the course briefly including course content, in-class instructional approaches, out-of-class student activities, as well as students' reactions to the course. We then report the results of a national survey comparing the course at our university to other courses offered in other education teacher preparation programs across the United States.
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Books by Mary Anne Prater
This book is designed to instruct preservice teachers about challenges students with mild/moderate disabilities face in learning classroom curriculum, and to help these teachers learn how to provide accommodations and adaptations that address students’ educational needs. The book is divided into four sections: Addressing Learning Problems, Accessing General Education Curriculum, Assessment, and Content Area Accommodations. Each section beings with a discussion of the topic and explains why students with disabilities experience difficulty learning, followed by several suggestions that address students’ specific learning difficulties.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS FIRST EDITION:
All accommodations and adaptations discussed in this book are research-proven to be effective for students with disabilities.
Many of the suggestions listed in each section are illustrated with examples of how teachers can implement the suggestions in their teaching.
Suggestions for culturally and/or linguistically diverse students are included throughout the book.
An Appendix provides lesson plan examples for each section of the book.
Papers by Mary Anne Prater
This book is designed to instruct preservice teachers about challenges students with mild/moderate disabilities face in learning classroom curriculum, and to help these teachers learn how to provide accommodations and adaptations that address students’ educational needs. The book is divided into four sections: Addressing Learning Problems, Accessing General Education Curriculum, Assessment, and Content Area Accommodations. Each section beings with a discussion of the topic and explains why students with disabilities experience difficulty learning, followed by several suggestions that address students’ specific learning difficulties.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS FIRST EDITION:
All accommodations and adaptations discussed in this book are research-proven to be effective for students with disabilities.
Many of the suggestions listed in each section are illustrated with examples of how teachers can implement the suggestions in their teaching.
Suggestions for culturally and/or linguistically diverse students are included throughout the book.
An Appendix provides lesson plan examples for each section of the book.
Based on the Dyches and Prater (2000) guidelines, characterizations and plots in 34 eligible children's books published during 1999-2003 were evaluated; 36 characterizations are discussed in detail in terms of each guideline. Results showed that, compared to a previous study (Dyches, Prater, & Cramer, 2001), characters with developmental disabilities made more deliberate choices, were educated in more inclusive settings, were more accepted in their communities, and served in more helping roles; and more commonly the disability was only one of many character traits. Also a wide age spectrum was portrayed, and several characterizations represented people from minority races or cultures. Over half of the characters with DD had autism spectrum disorders, and almost half of those characters had Asperger syndrome.