Exceptional children : an introduction to special education
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Exceptional children : an introduction to special education
Merrill, 2003
7th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
For courses in Introduction to Special Education, Exceptionalities or Mainstreaming.
For over two decades, professors at more than 350 colleges and universities have relied on this comprehensive, engaging text for professional research, current practice, and trends in special education. Grounded in scholarship, yet written with the human experience in mind, this best-selling book effectively conveys the stories of teachers and children in special education. This latest edition adds a focus on master teachers and integrates professional standards from CEC and PRAXIS (TM) to make this the best text to help you train effective special educators and to introduce pre- and inservice general education teachers to exceptional children.
Table of Contents
Preface
A Personal View of Special Education.
I. FOUNDATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING SPECIAL EDUCATION.
1. Defining Special Education.
2. Planning Special Education Services.
3. Special Education in a Culturally Diverse Society.
4. Parents and Families.
II. EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS.
5. Early Childhood Special Education.
6. Mental Retardation.
7. Learning Disabilities.
8. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
9. Communication Disorders.
10. Hearing Loss.
11. Blindness and Low Vision.
12. Physical Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Special Health Care Needs.
13. Autism and Severe Disabilities.
14. Giftedness.
15. Transitions to Adulthood.
Postscript: Developing Your Own Personal View of Special Education.
Glossary.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
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