Special Education category: 3739 books
by Beth Harry, Janette Klingner
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The second edition of this powerful book examines the disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education. The authors present compelling, research-based stories representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Communication technology provides new opportunities for individuals with special needs, facilitating assistive communication, increasing mobility, offering a different model of engagement, and allowing new forms of exploration. However, many people learn about these new technologies haphazardly through...
The Many Faces of Special Educators
Their Unique Talents in Working with Students with Special Needs and in Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Those who enter the special education profession should be recognized as positive contributors to society. This book celebrates the many talents of special educators and how those talents are utilized throughout all facets of life. It provides an excellent view of the positive dispositions of special...
Special Educational Provision in the Context of Inclusion
Policy and Practice in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This text traces the development of special educational provision and goes on to concentrate on some of the key issues relevant to professionals currently working in the field. It looks at the recent drive towards inclusion and the implication this has for schools. In the present market-oriented context...
We're In This Together
Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by...
Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities
Beyond Special Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he...
Inclusive Physical Activities
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Increasing numbers of children and adolescents internationally are being diagnosed with secondary health problems (e.g., overweightobesity, diabetes, asthma, anxiety, etc.) due in part, or at least related to, a lack of physical activity. Children and adolescents with various forms of special needs (for...
by Joyce Keohane, Sue Argiro, Wendy Ashcroft
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Success Strategies for Teaching Kids with Autism – Wendy Ashcroft, PhD, Sue Argiro, Joyce Keohane
The perfect handbook for any teacher looking for proven solutions for helping children with autism succeed
Although an abundance of research exists on working with students with autism,...
Educating Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities
A Collaborative Approach, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A cornerstone of special education training for 30 years, this is the definitive textbook for preparing educators, counselors, and other related services professionals to teach children with severe and multiple disabilities in inclusive settings. Now in a revised, thoroughly updated, and streamlined...
Educating Deaf Students
From Research to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2001
Over the past decade there has been a significant increase in interest from educators and the general public about deafness, special education, and the development of children with special needs. The education of deaf children in the United States has been seen as a remarkable success story around...
by Barbara Curry, David Curry
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Being Special: A Mother and Son’s Journey with Speech Disorders and Learning Disabilities is an uplifting memoir of a family’s very personal experience with a special-needs child. This book details the authors’ emotional journey with learning disabilities and apraxia, a speech disorder, from...
by Ann Greenberg, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Is your child struggling academically? Do you want to help him or her succeed in regular, not special, education? Are you confused about where to start and what to do? If you answered "yes" to these questions, then How To Keep Your Child Out Of Special Education is for you. Dr. Greenberg...
Promoting and Delivering School-to-School Support for Special Educational Needs
A practical guide for SENCOs
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Recent changes to education policy have brought about a new emphasis on promoting school-to-school support and school-led improvement, in order to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEN, achieve their optimum potential. SENCOs, often in the role of Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE),...
Inclusion in the Early Childhood Classroom
What Makes a Difference?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“Inclusion in the Early Childhood Classroom avoids a deficit paradigm and uses narrative case studies to show how early childhood contexts can be designed so that diversity is an expected, naturally occurring element.” —Susan M. Benner, Director of Graduate School of Education,...