Full Description
The volume will be divided into four parts. Part 1 will present an overview on disability that focuses on two major themes, namely, the biopsychosocial approaches to disability and cultural views of disability. Part 2 will examine five major areas of high incidence exceptionalities: cognitive impairment, learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity, autism spectrum disorders, behavioural/emotional disorders and speech and language disorders.
Contents
Diversity and Disability.
Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Disability: Building Connections: How Teachers Matter.
Cognitive Impairment and Intellectual Disability.
Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Worldwide Charm and Challenge of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
International Perspectives on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
Speech and Language Impairments.
Technological Advances in Special Education.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects.
Advances in special education.
Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects.
Copyright page.
Diversity and Disability.
Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Disability: Building Connections: How Teachers Matter.
Cognitive Impairment and Intellectual Disability.
Students with Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Worldwide Charm and Challenge of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
International Perspectives on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
Speech and Language Impairments.
Technological Advances in Special Education.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects.
Advances in special education.
Special Education International Perspectives: Biopsychosocial, Cultural, and Disability Aspects.
Copyright page.
