Increasing Language Skills of Students from Low-Income Backgrounds : Practical Strategies for Professionals

Increasing Language Skills of Students from Low-Income Backgrounds : Practical Strategies for Professionals / Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, PhD.

The second edition contains new information about using Response to Intervention (RtI) to serve low-SES students in general education classroom settings. Updated technology recommendations (e.g., using iPad and YouTube technology) are presented. The section on increasing the literacy skills of low-S...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing Inc., [2013]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Children with social disabilities > Education > United States.
English language > Study and teaching > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Poor > United States.
Children.
Child development.
children (people by age group)
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Children
Child development
Academic achievement
Children with social disabilities > Education
English language > Study and teaching
Poor
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to poverty : variables affecting students' performance
  • Language skills and behavioral characteristics in children of families of low socioeconomic status
  • Considerations in assessment of the language skills of students from low-SES backgrounds
  • Practical strategies for increasing the oral language skills of children from low-SES families
  • Practical strategies for increasing the literacy skills of students from low-SES backgrounds
  • Structuring the school environment for optimal performance of students from low-SES backgrounds
  • Practical strategies for enhancing learning, motivation, and self-esteem in low-SES students
  • Poverty and highly mobile populations : mitigating the impact of high mobility and chaos
  • Considerations in working with families of students from low-SES backgrounds
  • Some words of encouragement.

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