For introductory course in Special Education.
This brief, core, or supplementary text discusses the basic categorical information about the most prevalant disabilities teachers will encounter in the classroom and the disabilities recognized by IDEA. The new edition addresses the latest laws in special education such as the reauthorization of IDEA and NCLB. It also includes two new chapters: working with families and autism spectrum disorders, more features for diversity, collaboration, strategies, and technology, a new photo program, case studies opening every chapter, and a new two-color design. Fundamentals of Special Education: What Every Teacher Needs to Know fullfills the promises of its title, offering its readers a clear and concise survery of the field, examining all of the fundamental principles of special education, as well as the practices that have evolved from those principles.
years, this has meant that most exceptional students have received special education and related services in schools with their ... impairments are placed in these settings in 37 states (U.S. Department of Education, 2000, 2001, 2002).
Throughout the text, cutting edge research on reading instruction for students with learning disabilities and English Learners is translated to practice, making it accessible to even the most novice teachers.
Fundamentals of Special Education
... Current trends and legal issues in special education. Newbury Park, CA: Corwin. Cook, L., & Friend, M. (1995). Co-teaching: Guidelines for creating effective practices. Focus on Exceptional Children, 28(3), 1–15.
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Nonverbal test scores as one component of an identification system: Integrating ability, achievement, and teacher rating. In J. L. VanTassel-Baska (Ed.), Alternative assessments with gifted and talented students (pp. 41–66).
Neuropsychological Fundamentals in Learning Disabilities
For What Child is about equal educational opportunity and social justice – the civil rights issue of the century. For any child, education today is the key to securing one’s own place in the world.
Neuropsychological Fundamentals in Learning Disabilities