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Increasing language skills of students from low-income backgrounds :

Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste.

Increasing language skills of students from low-income backgrounds : practical strategies for professionals / Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin. - San Diego : Plural Pub., c2008. - xxi, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.303-326) and index.

Introduction to poverty: variables impacting students' performance -- Characteristics of the language skills and behavior of children from low-SES backgrounds -- Considerations in assessment of the language skills of low-SES students -- Practical strategies for increasing the oral language skills of low-SES students -- Practical strategies for increasing the literacy skills of low-SES students -- Structuring the school environment for optimal performance of low-SES students -- Practical strategies for enhancing learning and increasing executive functioning skills -- Poverty and special populations -- Working with families of low-SES students -- Recap and a final word of encouragement.

9781597560894 (pbk.) 1597560898 (pbk.)

2007024339


Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.
English language--Study and teaching--United States.
Academic achievement--United States.
Poor--United States.
Language Development Disorders--therapy.
Child.
Cultural Deprivation.
Poverty.

LC4091 / .R665 2008

372.6 ROS

WL 340.2 / R812i 2007