The seventh edition of Introduction to Special Education; Making a Difference, reflects a vision of what all schools should provide to students with special needs: schooling that is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of individuals with special needs and their families. When educators use proven and best practices, the end-result will be an accountable and responsive education system where every student succeeds.
Contents
Chapter 1 - disabilities and special education: making a difference
- Disablity and social justice
- Disablities and students
- Making a difference through special education
- Emerging trends: differentiating for all
- Summary
Chapter 2 - individualized special education programs: planning and delivering services
- Access to the general education curriculum
- Settings, services, and personnel
- The iep process
- Tools for individualized programs
- Evaluating progress and revising programs
- Summary
Chapter 3 - cultural and linguistic diversity
- Where we’ve been … on the horizon
- Cultural and linguistic diversity defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching diverse students with disabilities
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 4 - Speech or language impairments
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Speech or language impairments defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with speech or language impairments
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 5 - Learning disabilities
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Learning disabilities defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with learing disabilities
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 6 - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with adhd
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Emotional or behavior disorders defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with emotional and behavioral disorders
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- summary
Chapter 8 - intellectual disabilities or mental retardation
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Intellectual disabilities or mental retardation defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with intellectual disabilities
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 9 - physical or health disabilities
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Physical and health disabilities defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with physical and health disabilities
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 10 - deaf and hard of hearing
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Deafness and hard of hearing defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with hearing loss
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 11 - low vision and blindness
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Low vision and blindness defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with visual loss
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 12 - autism spectrum disorders
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Autism spectrum disorders (asd) defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with asd
- Transition collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 13 - very low incidence disabilities: multiple-severe disabilities, deaf-blindness, and traumatic brain injury
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon
- Characteristics of multiple-severe disabilities
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- characteristics of deaf-blindness prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Characteristics of TBI
- Prevalence
- Causes ad prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching students with low incidence disabilities
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Chapter 14 - giftedness and talents
- Where we’ve been … what’s on the horizon?
- Giftedness and talents defined
- Characteristics
- Prevalence
- Causes and prevention
- Assessment
- Early intervention
- Teaching gifted and talented students
- Transition
- Collaboration
- Partnerships with families and communities
- Summary
Book Details
- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (February 2, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0205600565
- ISBN-13: 978-0205600564
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
- List Price: $140.00