Creating successful learning environments for African American learners with exceptionalities

Creating successful learning environments for African American learners with exceptionalities / edited by Festus E. Obiakor and Bridgie Alexis Ford.

In this groundbreaking book, more than 25 leading scholars and practitioners provide concrete solutions for maximizing African American students' achievement.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Obiakor, Festus E. (Editor), Ford, Bridgie Alexis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, [2002]
Subjects:
African Americans > Education.
Special education > United States.
Discrimination in education > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
African Americans > Education
Discrimination in education
Educational equalization
Special education
Behinderung
Chancengleichheit
Hochbegabung
Schüler
United States
Schwärze
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • School accountability and reform : implications for African Americans with exceptionalities / Festus E. Obiakor and Bridgie Alexis Ford
  • Legal foundations of special education for African American learners / Elizabeth A. Dooley and Katherine L. Dooley
  • Functionalizing assessment for African American learners in general and special education programs / Cheryl A. Utley
  • Categorization : impact on African American learners with exceptionalities / Angela Stephens McIntosh
  • Instructional strategies for African American learners with cognitive disabilities / Helen Bessant Byrd
  • Working with African American students with specific learning disabilities / Patrick A. Grant and Pauline B. Grant
  • Interventions for African American learners with behavioral problems / Cathy Kea, Gwendolyn Cartledge, and Lisa J. Bowman
  • Maximizing the learning potential of African American learners with gifts and talents / Vera I. Daniels
  • Communication skills of African American learners with disabilities / Martha Scott Lue, Cheryl Evans Green, and Shelia Yvette Smalley
  • Developing self-empowerment in African American learners with special problems / Festus E. Obiakor
  • Service delivery for African American young children with special needs / Regina Enwefa and Stephen Enwefa
  • African American families : equal partners in general and special education / Loretta C. Prater
  • African American community resources : essential educational enhancers for African American children and youth / Bridgie Alexis Ford
  • Transitioning African American high school students with disabilities / Bertina H. Combes and Beth A. Durodoye
  • Teacher preparation for African American exceptional learners : a cultural-historical approach / Stanley C. Trent
  • Culturally responsive leadership for African Americans with exceptionalities / Darrell L. Williams, Christlyn Frederick-Stanley, and Adell Fair
  • Summary comments : race, class, gender, and exceptionality of African American learners/ Edgar G. Epps.

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