Abstract
"Once again, Professor Elva Duran has made an invaluable contribution to the betterment of children's learning with this newly revised text, Teaching English Learners in Inclusive Classrooms. This book draws upon the most current laws and research in the international fields of bilingual and multicultural education, language and literacy, and special needs. The objectives and instructional strategies are clear-teach that which is actually necessary for an individual to become a productive member of society. The following topics are featured: inclusive mindsets, practices, and classrooms for diverse students with disabilities; strategies for promoting social/behavioral/academic success for students with extensive support needs; assessing and evaluating children; transition planning for culturally and linguistically diverse youth with disabilities and families; functional language and other language intervention strategies; teaching adolescent students with autism and other spectrum disorders; culturally and linguistically diverse parents of special needs children; education, history, and approaches to teaching immigrant students in the United States; literacy development; inclusive strategies for elementary science and mathematics; social studies content made comprehensible for English learners with disabilities; the culturally and linguistically different student; and strategies for teaching English learners. This classic text is an invaluable resource for practitioners and academicians"--