What Teachers Need to Know about Children At-Risk - Softcover

Frieman, Barry B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072390700 ISBN 13: 9780072390704

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2000

Synopsis

What do I do if I have an at-risk child in my classroom? As classrooms become more and more inclusive (including children with special needs in mainstream classrooms), today’s teachers need to have a strong background in the at-risk area. This text supplies practical solutions for how to address the needs of at-risk children effectively in the classroom. And it provides in-depth coverage of conditions that put children at risk. Each at-risk condition (e.g., homelessness, and recent immigrants) is examined by how it affects children at various developmental stages and how it affects the families. Hands-on suggestions in each chapter show how the classroom teacher can accommodate children living in these at-risk conditions. The text’s short length and inexpensive price make it an ideal supplement for a variety of Education courses. What Teachers Need to Know about Children At Risk is a book that students will want to bring with them into their own classrooms as a reference tool when they begin teaching. The text’s comprehensive coverage also allows it to be used as a main text for a course specifically on at-risk children.

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From the Publisher:

"WHAT DO I DO IF...?" The text thoroughly answers the question 'What do I do if I have an at-risk child in my classroom?' The text satisfies the need for teachers to have a strong background in the at-risk area as classrooms become more and more inclusive (including children with special needs in mainstream classrooms).
DESCRIPTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS: Each at-risk condition (e.g., homelessness, recent immigrants) is examined by how it affects children at various developmental stages and how it affects the families. Hands-on suggestions in each chapter show how the classroom teacher can accommodate children living in these at-risk conditions.
BRIEF, INEXPENSIVE ADD-ON! The text can be used as a main text for a course on children at-risk or as a brief supplementary text for a variety of Education courses including Introduction to Education, General Methods, Educational Psychology, Multicultural Education, Child Development, Introduction to Early Childhood Education, Field Experience, Special Education and Inclusion.
COMPING GUIDELINE: A short, inexpensive supplement for General or Elementary Methods courses, for Multicultural Education, for Student Field Experience, or for Special Education itself. Frieman helps with children at-risk (homelessness, recent immigrants), while Irvine, Culturally-Responsive Lesson Plans (2001) helps with multicultural classrooms.
BOOK'S POSITION: Practical solutions for how to address the needs of at-risk children effectively in the classroom; in-depth coverage of conditions that put children at risk.

About the Author:

Barry B Frieman is currently Professor in the College of Education at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He teaches both undergraduates and graduates courses in child development, parenting, and families studies. Frieman received his Ed.D. degree from the Institute for Child Study of the University of Maryland. He also has an M.S.W. degree and is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland where he works with children and parents. His learned articles have appeared in many professional journals including: Social Work, Educational Leadership, Childhood Education, Young Children, Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, and Professional School Counseling. His research articles have focused on children and divorce, homeless children, hospitalized children, and other children at-risk.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0072390700
• ISBN 13: 9780072390704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210