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Teaching Navajo Bilingual Special Education Students: Challenges and Strategies

Native American students are often placed in special education programs because their English is poor, they are unprepared for an unfamiliar environment, and traditional classrooms do not accommodate their strengths and needs. The lack of Native American special education teachers at reservation schools compounds these difficulties.

• Author/Creator: Lewis, Jamie B., deMarrais, Kathleen Bennett, Prater, Greg
• Date Published: 03-00
• Notes: Connect to the catalog at the library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. English In: Coming Together: Preparing for Rural Special Education in the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings of the American Council on Rural Special Education (18th, Charleston, SC, March 25-28, 1998); see RC 021 434. Document (RIE) 143 Reports--Research; 150 Speeches/Meeting Papers EDRS: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Bilingual Education
• Subject: Educational Needs
• Subject: Educational Strategies

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