Count Me In! K–5: Including Learners With Special Needs in Mathematics Classrooms

Count Me In is a resource for K-5 math teachers who are under pressure to meet standards and are overwhelmed by the different learning needs that they are faced with in their classrooms. Although there are quite a few resources to help teachers address literacy needs, there are few that address mathematics. In addition, the diagnostic labels that students with special needs receive often do not help teachers prepare for their daily classroom lessons. Teachers need instead to think about the behaviors students present every day and develop strategies so that their students with special needs can learn mathematics. Each chapter in the book will address a typical learning characteristic (attention problems, developing cognitive abilities) and will integrate both brief and extended examples from teachers’ classroom practice, called voices from the field.