Critical literacy : empowering students with cognitive disabilities

Summary: "A guide for literacy instructors who work with students with cognitive disabilities. The focus of this guide is to provide instructors with strategies and themes to help students develop a critical "voice" along with more traditional reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The guide combines a strong emphasis on meaning with encouragement for instructors to provide structured and sequenced skill development at an appropriate pace based on a firm belief that all students can learn. The guide also includes a selection of student work based on the activities described in the themes and strategies" -- from Abstract.