Special Education (5^th Ed.) Contemporary Perspectives for School Professionals

Special Education: Contemporary Perspectives for School Professionals, Fifth Edition, provides a multi-dimensional view of the field of special education. The most current information and research available provides structure and predictability for novices to the field of special education in today?s educational world. Because special education is made up of real children and real professionals, the author helps to put a ?face? on the field to enliven and authenticate the information. Each chapter features stories of individuals with disabilities from the parents of children with disabilities and from professionals who work in the field. Readers of this truly exceptional text will come away with the best understanding of the expectations for educators and students, and learn how critical concepts translate into educational practices.

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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Understanding Special Education

2. The Personnel and Procedures of Special Education

3. Multicultural Perspectives

4. Collaboration in Special Education

5. Students with Specific Learning Disabilities

6. Students with Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder

7. Students with Emotional and Behavior Disorders

8. Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

9. Students with Speech and Language Disorders

10. Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder

11. Students with Deafness and Hearing Loss

12. Students with Visual Impairments

13. Students with Orthopedic Impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Health Impairments

14. Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

15. Students Who Are Gifted and Talented

Marilyn Friend, Ph.D., has spent her career as a general education teacher, special education teacher, researcher, professor, administrator, teacher educator, and staff developer. She is Professor Emerita of Education in the Department of Specialized Education Services at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and she is Past President of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

• Learn about the full spectrum of special education—from the history of the field, to what types of students they’ll teach, to collaborating, assessing, and instructing—with the most current, first-rate information available.

  • All chapters include a brief snippet of history, key characteristics of the students and prevalence data, an outline of the assessment process, service delivery options and research-based instructional practices, parent perspectives, and issues related to the disability area.  

• Gain perspective from reading about the real children, real families, and real professionals living special education. To put a “face” on the field, each chapter includes authentic stories from children with disabilities, individuals who have disabilities, and from professionals who work in the field.

  • UPDATED: Each chapter begins with vignettes of  students with disabilities or gifts/talents at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Fourteen vignettes are updated to introduce new students, new dimensions of student characteristics, or changes in recommended practices. The students are referenced within the chapters, and readers complete end-of-chapter activities to apply what they have learned to each student’s case.

• Benefit from a “just-right” blend of accurate, up-to-date, research-based information presented in a reader-friendly manner. While the textbook has a strong evidence base, material is presented in a way that is neither too simple, nor too complex, and is easily understood by teacher candidates. The language used and the chapter pattern facilitates quick understanding.

  • UPDATED: Streamline their studies. Based on user feedback, coverage in chapters for low incidence di