The LD Teacher's IDEA Companion Grades 6-12 is designed to help you translate the impact of IDEA into how you work with the students, their parents, regular educators, and the general curriculum itself. This book provides materials that correspond to the major IEP changes resulting from the reauthorization of IDEA.

Units include:

Working with Regular Educators and Parents

You'll have materials such as:

handouts for in-services

forms for informing staff of needed accommodations

forms for measuring student progress in regular education

tips for communicating with parents

forms for involving parents in the IEP process

Meeting Content Standards

This section provides you with recent content standards, goals, and instructional modifications in nine core academic content areas:

language arts

economics

health

American government

math

geography

United States history

world history

science

Transition and Life Skills

These two sections help explain the transition process and provide activities and strategies so students with disabilities can acquire the necessary skills for daily living.

Handling Behavior and Discipline Issues

This section leads you through the manifestation determination process. Also included are tips for being proactive in handling behavior problems.

IDEA and Assessment

This section addresses how you and the IEP team decide if a student will or will not participate in state- or district-wide assessment.