PB Spec Ed/Cont Soc W/CD 2e

This engaging text and media package, designed for students of special and general education, provides a rare glimpse into the lives of persons with exceptionalities, their families, and their teachers. Focusing on human exceptionalities across the life span, it employs a traditional organization beginning with four foundations chapters covering such important topics as the historical and legal contexts of special education, service delivery models, cultural and linguistic diversity, and a full chapter on parents and families. Ten categorical chapters, each of which share a common organizational format, follow these chapters. The Second Edition includes a new full chapter on ADHD, Persons with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, reflecting growing prevalence of this disability. Each categorical chapter also features sections on transition, cultural diversity, technology, instructional strategies, and family considerations. The Making Inclusion Work feature, prepared by in-service teachers, offers strategies for effective inclusion and appears in most of the categorical chapters. The FREE CD-Rom includes video cases that focus on the teaching of children with exceptionalities, paying special attention to inclusion and working with families. A margin notation in the text, Video Case Connections, directs you to specific videos that are keyed to relevant areas of text coverage.

Review :
"[This text] is comprehensive, easy to read, and understandable to novices just entering the teacher education program, and has features that make it a valuable resource for instructors and students alike. I think the greatest strength of the book is its seamless flow between and within chapters. The reader knows up front what will be forthcoming in each chapter, and that predictability makes for better comprehension by students." "I found it very well organized, balanced, and open to an array of professional perspectives (e.g. continuum rather than full inclusion). It was clearly written and user-friendly." "Overall, I think the textbook is very well done. The greatest strength is the readability of the text. The author has taken some very complex diagnostic information and made it understandable and user friendly. The use of personal case studies is also a good feature. Another strength is that this book is user friendly to all teachers, not just those in special education." "The "etiology" theme throughout the text gives an overall focused discussion of disabilities. The in-depth discussion of cultural issues, autism, and TBI are excellent." "The emphasis on [ADHD] history, definition, etiology, assessment, characteristics, and interventions provides just the right overview for special education and other related majors."