A Survival Guide for New Special Educators

What every special education teacher needs to know to survive and thrive A Survival Guide for New Special Educators provides relevant, practical information for new special education teachers across a broad range of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educator effectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resource addresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resource teachers, and inclusion specialists. Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies for working with a variety of special needs students Covers everything from preparing for the new school year to behavior management, customizing curriculum, creating effective IEPs, and more Billingsley and Brownell are noted experts in special educator training and support This highly practical book is filled with checklists, forms, and tools that special educators can use every day to help ensure that all special needs students get the rich, rewarding education they deserve.

What every special education teacher needs to know to surviveand thriveA Survival Guide for NewSpecial Educators provides relevant, practicalinformation for new special education teachers across a broad rangeof topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educatoreffectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resourceaddresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resourceteachers, and inclusion specialists.* Offers research-based, classroom-tested strategies for workingwith a variety of special needs students* Covers everything from preparing for the new school year tobehavior management, customizing curriculum, creating effectiveIEPs, and more* Billingsley and Brownell are noted experts in special educatortraining and supportThis highly practical book is filled with checklists, forms, andtools that special educators can use every day to help ensure thatall special needs students get the rich, rewarding education theydeserve.