Full Description
Authored by luminaries in the special education field, EDUCATING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN introduces readers to each of the thirteen disability categories, and discusses the needs of children who are gifted and talented. The fourteenth edition continues to focus on the strengths of previous editions, while also providing new material about such important hot topics as genetics, neurology, inclusion, assistive technology, and information processing. The book provides key, research-based teaching methods and strategies for children with various exceptionalities, and also offers analysis of ecological factors that influence the exceptional child in and out of the classroom. This edition also features a new chapter on children with ADD/ADHD, new diagnosis information from the DSM-5, coverage of CEC and Common Core State Standards, the most current teaching techniques for each category, and current coverage of the Response to Intervention Model.
Contents
Part I: INTRODUCTION, HISTORY, AND SOCIAL FORCES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
1. Children with Exceptionalities and Their Families.
2. Children with Exceptionalities and Social Institutions: Government, Schools, and the Courts.
Part II: HIGH-INCIDENCE EXCEPTIONALITIES.
3. Early Intervention Supports and Services.
4. Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).
5. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
6. Children with Learning Disabilities.
7. Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorders.
8. Children with Emotional and Behavior Disorders.
9. Children with Communication, Language, and Speech Disorders.
10. Children Who Have Special Gifts and Talents.
Part III: LOW-INCIDENCE EXCEPTIONALITIES.
11. Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
12. Children with Visual Impairments.
13. Children with Physical Disabilities, Health Impairments, and Multiple or Severe Disabilities.
