Exceptional Students: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century

The first Introduction to Special Education text written specifically for BOTH future general and special educators. This groundbreaking text provides balanced coverage of the foundations of exceptionalities that future teachers need to know to understand their students and responsibilities, and the practical information they need to effectively teach all students.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS AND PROCESSES OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONChapter 1: An Overview of Special EducationChapter 2: The Special Education Process: From Initial Identification to the Delivery of ServicesChapter 3: School, Family, and Community CollaborationPART TWO: IDEA 04 HIGH PREVALENCE EXCEPTIONALITIES: FOUNDATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONChapter 4: Students with Learning DisabilitiesChapter 5: Students with Mental Retardation/Intellectual DisabilitiesChapter 6: Individuals with Emotional or Behavioral DisordersChapter 7: Students with Communication DisordersPART THREE: IDEA 04 LOW INCIDENCE EXCEPTIONALITIES: FOUNDATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONChapter 8: Students who are Deaf and Hard of HearingChapter 9: Students with Blindness or Low VisionChapter 10: Students with Physical or Health ImpairmentsChapter 11: Students with Autism Spectrum DisordersChapter 12: Students with Severe DisabilitiesPART FOUR: OTHER EXCEPTIONALITIES: FOUNDATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONChapter 13: Students who are At-Risk: Early Identification and InterventionChapter 14: Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders Chapter 15: Students who are Gifted or Talented

About the Author :
Ronald L. Taylor, Ed.D. was a professor of Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University. He received his bachelors and masters degrees in Psychology at Austin College and Trinity University. He received his doctorate in Special Education from the University of Houston. Prior to coming to Florida Atlantic University, Dr. Taylor was a school psychologist and consulting teacher for a Title III grant that focused on working with culturally diverse students. He also served on the faculty in Special Education at Boston University. Dr. Taylor published extensively, including 9 books (21 counting various editions) and over 20 chapters and 90 articles. He received over 2 million dollars in grant funding. He was active in several professional organizations, having made over 60 presentations, and was editor of Diagnostique, the journal for the assessment division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Lydia R. Smiley, Ph.D. is a professor of Exceptional Student Education at Florida Atlantic University. She received her doctorate in Special Education from Georgia State University. Dr. Smiley co-authored Language delays and disorders: From research to practice (1998) and has also written several articles and chapters on a variety of topics. She taught both undergraduate and graduate classes and was the recipient of several teaching awards and the CLD Professional of the Year award. Her current interests are in methods of teaching students with mild/moderate disabilities and language disorders. Stephen B. Richards, Ed.D is Associate Professor of Education at West Liberty University in West Virginia. He currently teaches in the undergraduate special education certificate program at West Liberty University, a regional comprehensive university in West Virginias northern panhandle. He received his doctorate in Special Education from Florida Atlantic University. He has coauthored three textbooks, Intellectual/Cognitive Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions (2015), Collaboration Among Professionals, Students, Families and Communities (2016), and Single Subject Research and Design: Applications in Educational Settings (in press, 3rd ed.), in addition to journal articles on a variety of topics. His current interests are in assessing the preparation of pre-service teacher education candidates for their first year in teaching.