Creating successful learning environments for African American learners with exceptionalities. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Festus E. Obiakor and Bridgie Alexis Ford.
• Other Names: Obiakor, Festus E; Ford, Bridgie Alexis
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 371.9/089/96073; African Americans -- Education; Special education -- United States; Discrimination in education -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States; African Americans -- Education; Discrimination in education; Educational equalization; Special education; Behinderung; Chancengleichheit; Hochbegabung; Schüler; United States; Schwarze; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483360690; 1483360695
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.