Beachum, Floyd D.,

Improving educational outcomes of vulnerable children / Floyd D. Beachum, Festus E. Obiakor. - xv, 287 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding vulnerable populations: from perceptions to realities / Floyd D. Beachum, Festus E. Obiakor, and Gina l. Gullo -- Impacts of social class and poverty on vulnerable children / Raji Swaminathan -- Students with special needs: visibility in today's classrooms / Tachelle Banks -- Perpetuating vulnerability through the school racial discipline gap / Gina L. Gullo -- Disrupting the myth of black male inferiority / Ramon B. Goings and Larry J. Walker -- Psychological approaches to working with vulnerable children / Christopher T.H. Lliang and Louis A. Rivera -- Reducing chronic absenteeism and promoting school success / Joshua Childs and Ain Grooms -- Parental perspectives of educational vulnerability in students with autism / David E. Dematthews and Becca Gregory -- Serving parents to save at-risk Hmong children / Tong T. Xiong and Mateba Harris -- Providing vulnerable students with well-prepared teachers: the impact of on-site mentoring / Phyllis F. Reggio, Roberto C. Trigosso, and Carlos McCray -- "At risk" children and teacher preparation / Chance W. Lewis, Dante Bryant, Amber C. Bryant, Nakeshia N. Williams, and Derrick Robinson -- Using technology to work with vulnerable children / Sunday O. Obi.

9781597569828 (alk. paper) 1597569828 (alk. paper)

2017030953


Poor children--Education--United States.
Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.
Learning disabled children--Education--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.

LC4065 / .B33 2018

379.26 BEA O