Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.303-326) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781597560894 (pbk.) 1597560898 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007024339 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.<br/>English language--Study and teaching--United States.<br/>Academic achievement--United States.<br/>Poor--United States.<br/>Language Development Disorders--therapy.<br/>Child.<br/>Cultural Deprivation.<br/>Poverty.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC4091  / .R665 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.6 ROS 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WL 340.2  / R812i 2007