Full Description
Special education has changed over the years since its inception due to advocacy, litigation, legislation, trends, and research investigations. While it can be somewhat controversial depending on the disability the child might have or professionals involved in the process of instructing and planning his/her future education, it is a field that has values that has had measurable impacts on people's lives. Special Education: Advancing Values focuses on values that are engrained in special education and how we can maintain, sustain, and advance them. It also addresses the most current viewpoints and perspectives on the traditions of special education for students with disabilities alongside new and innovative practices.
Special Education: Advancing Values is a very comprehensive book. The chapters introduce the field of special education and how we can maintain and advance traditions in the education of students with learning disabilities, emotional and/or behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, physical and other health impairments, students who are deaf/hard of hearing, students with visual impairments, and students with extensive support needs. Related topics include students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, general education teachers, school leaders and administrators, and parents.
Special Education: Advancing Values concludes with a summary chapter that addresses why special education is an important educational phenomenon that has fundamental values worthy of sustainability and advancements. This volume is an excellent resource for special education professionals who teach and serve learners with disabilities, and other related professionals involved in the educational process such as administrators, school counsellors, and psychologists.
Contents
Chapter 1. Special Education: Advancing Values; Jeffrey P. Bakken and Christie Nelson
Chapter 2. Special Education of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities: Advancing Values in Specially Designed Instruction; Margaret P. Weiss, Lisa Goran, Michael Faggella-Luby, and David Bateman
Chapter 3. Come Tomorrow: Considering the Future Needs for Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders; Frederick J. Brigham, Christopher Claude, Jason Chow, Colleen Lloyd Eddy, Nicholas Gage, and John William McKenna
Chapter 4. Special Education of Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Advancing Values; Emily Bouck, Larissa Jakubow, and Sarah Reilly
Chapter 5. Special Education of Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Advancing Values; Angi Martin and Julie Cox
Chapter 6. Special Education of Students with Visual Impairments: Advancing Values; Molly Pasley and Stacy M. Kelly
Chapter 7. Special Education of Students with Extensive Support Needs: Advancing Values; Jennifer A. Kurth and Alison L. Zagona
Chapter 8. Special Education of Students with Traumatic Brain Injuries: Advancing Values; Quentin M. Wherfel and Jeffrey P. Bakken
Chapter 9. Special Education for Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: Advancing Values; Lenwood Gibson
Chapter 10. Special Education of Students with Physical and Other Health Impairments: Advancing Values; Eugene F. Asola and Festus E. Obiakor
Chapter 11. Working with Parents of Students with Special Educational Needs: Advancing Values; Kristina Rios and Paul Luelmo
Chapter 12. General Education Teachers and the Special Education Process: Advancing Values; Sarah C. Urbanc and Lucinda Dollman
Chapter 13. School Leaders and Administrators and the Special Education Process: Advancing Values; Floyd D. Beachum and Yalitza Corcino-Davis
Chapter 14. Special Education and the Future: Advancing Values; Festus E. Obiakor, Sunday O. Obi, Gina C. Obiakor, Innocent J. Aluka, Emmanuel Mbagwu, Stephanie Obi, Nkechi Amadife, and Phillip Clay
