With its cutting-edge web-based support and interactive learning opportunities, college faculty will find this new fourth edition an exciting new approach to teaching the introductory course in special education. In addition to providing students with a wide array of enrichment resources, interactive self-assessments, activities, and case studies, each chapter is also available online in both a multimedia and an interactive version with embedded icons that allow students to access relevant resources.

Designed for both traditional certification programs and alternative programs, such as on-the-job training, this new edition carries the most current information on inclusive classrooms, transition, diversity, collaboration, and much more. It’s also responsive to federal mandates such as No Child Left Behind and the new 2004 IDEA reauthorization. Both the book and the web-based supports have been designed to fit the staff development needs of school districts, and the web-based supports can be linked to Blackboard or WebCT.

Special Features

• Detailed chapter outlines
• Summaries of key learning points
• Glossary of important terms
• Research citations for sources not covered in the text
• Audio recordings plus a text version with visuals
• Activities that apply key learnings
• Essay questions and example answers
• Self-assessment multiple choice quizzes
• Case studies

Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Special Education
1. The Emergence of Special Education
2. Cultural, Linguistic, and Instructional Diversity
3. Early Intervention and Secondary Transitions: The Family and Community Partnerships

Part 2: Mild to Moderate Disabilities (High-Incidence)
4. Specific Learning Disabilities
5. Emotional and Behavior Disorders
6. Speech/Language Impairments and Communication Disorders
7. Physical and Health Disabilities
8. Gifted and Talented
9. Mild/Moderate Instructional Perspectives

Part 3: Moderate to Severe Disabilities (Low-Incidence)
10. Cognitive Disabilities (Mental Retardation) and Developmental Disabilities
11. Autism Spectrum Disorders
12. Deafness and Hard of Hearing
13. Visual Impairments
14. Moderate/Severe Instructional Perspectives

Part 4: The Vision of Special Education
15. Technology and Instruction
16. Looking Forward—Future Perspectives

Instructors Manual
2006/paperback/ISBN 978-0-89108-317-7
$82.00

Edward L. Meyen and Thomas M. Skrtic
University of Kansas

Intended for the introductory course at the graduate level, this text is really two books in one. Part One covers characteristics, while Part Two looks at alternative perspectives that challenge the existing system and the concerns of inclusion.

A totally separate chapter is devoted to children with severe disabilities. This is the only book that presents sociological, anthropological, and organizational perspectives.

Special Features

• Includes current practices, assessment, and interventions
• New ideas to help readers understand the concerns of the inclusion model
• Separate chapter devoted to severe and multiple disabilities
• Two books in one...traditional approaches and alternative perspectives

Instructors Manual
830 pages
1995/hardback/ISBN 978-0-89108-231-6
$64.00