Using Juvenile Literature with Portrayals of Disabilities in Your Classroom.

Prater, Mary Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ601368

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Using Juvenile Literature with Portrayals of Disabilities in Your Classroom.

Prater, Mary Anne

Intervention in School and Clinic, v35 n3 p167-76 Jan 2000

This article provides teachers with a list of books and ideas for teaching about disabilities. Forty-six books are identified, 17 received either the Newbery or the Newbery Honor Award. The list of books includes a brief summary of the plot, the main disability discussed, and other curricular applications. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childrens Literature, Coping, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Acceptance, Reading Material Selection, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies

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Language: English

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