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Course BG2
School Readiness
and School Placement of an Internationally Adopted Child
Instructor Dr. Boris Gindis
Unit
1: What is school readiness?
- The issue of school readiness in contemporary
American education.
- The specificity of readiness issues in international
adoptees.
- The age of adoption and risk factors for
school readiness.
Unit
2: How do we estimate
school readiness?
- Criteria of readiness for a child.
- Benchmarks and checklists for a child.
- Criteria of readiness for a school.
- Benchmarks and checklists for a school.
- School readiness issues or special education
needs?
- Special education placement checklist.
Unit 3:
School placement of international
adoptees
- Current practices in the academic
placement of international adoptees.
- Arguments for age-appropriate placement.
- Arguments against age-appropriate placement.
- Dr. Gindis's recommendations.
- Been there, done that! Parents' experiences
and opinions.
- School placement cases and their discussion.
Unit
4: Action plan for the school
placement of an internationally adopted child
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