Teaching About Disabilities Through Children's Literature - Softcover

Prater, Mary Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591585414 ISBN 13: 9781591585411

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2008

Synopsis

Teaching About Disabilities Through Children's Literature Provides - teachers, social workers, school psychologists and other professionals who work with children - guidance to selecting and using children's books to teach about disabilities. This book helps: select appropriate children's literature that includes characters with disabilities; and, use children's books to teach awareness and knowledge. Full description

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Review:

"Librarians and teachers who work with students at the elementary and middle school levels will appreciate the resources here and will use this as a reference when considering items for purchase, or when planning for instruction. Preservice teachers would also benefit from reading through this title. Recommended." - Library Media Connection

Synopsis:

This book is written to provide teachers, social workers, school psychologists and other professionals who work with children, a comprehensive guide to selecting and using children's books to teach about disabilities. With the support of this book, readers will be able to: select appropriate children's literature that includes characters with disabilities; use children's books to teach awareness, knowledge, understanding and acceptance of individuals with disabilities; follow unit and lesson plans for recommended books that include characters with disabilities; implement standard lesson plans and discussion guides for self-selected books that include characters with disabilities; and, recognize what books are available and recommended in this genre.The book will include reproducible lesson and unit plans and extensive annotated bibliographies of over 100 books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1591585414
• ISBN 13: 9781591585411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148