Table Of Contents:
Preface xi

List of Contributors xiii

Section I Historical and Contemporary Issues in Educating Exceptional Learners 1(58)

James M. Kauffman

1 A History of Special Education 3(12)

Michael M. Gerber

2 Contemporary Issues 15(12)

James M. Kauffman

C. Michael Nelson

Richard L. Simpson

Devery R. Mock

3 Statistics, Data, and Special Educational Decisions: Basic Links to Realities 27(10)

James M. Kauffman

John Wills Lloyd

4 Designing Rigorous Group Studies in Special Education: Common Understandings of Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Evidence Standards 37(10)

Lana Santoro

Russell Gersten

Rebecca A. Newman-Gonchar

5 Special Education Teacher Preparation 47(12)

Margo A. Mastropieri

Thomas E. Scruggs

Sara Mills

Section II Legal Aspects of Special Education 59(62)

Mitchell L. Yell

6 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: The Evolution of Special Education Law 61(16)

Mitchell L. Yell

Antonis Katsiyannis

M. Renee Bradley

7 Free Appropriate Public Education 77(14)

Mitchell L. Yell

Jean B. Crockett

8 Individual Education Programs for Children with Disabilities 91(16)

Barbara D. Bateman

9 Least Restrictive Environment 107(14)

Michael Rozalski

Jason Miller

Angie Stewart

Section III The General Education Context of Special Education 121(52)

Naomi P. Zigmond

10 Responsiveness to Intervention Models for Reducing Reading Difficulties and Identifying Learning Disability 123(11)

Rollanda E. O'Connor

Victoria Sanchez

11 Standards-Based Reform and Students with Disabilities 134(13)

Martha L. Thurlow

Rachel F. Quenemoen

12 Co-Teaching for Students with Disabilities: A Critical Analysis of the Empirical Literature 147(13)

Bryan G. Cook

Kimberly A. McDuffie-Landrum

Linda Oshita

Sara Cothren Cook

13 General and Special Education Are (and Should Be) Different 160(13)

Naomi P. Zigmond

Amanda Kloo

Section IV Special Education Categories 173(146)

Paige C. Pullen

Daniel P. Hallahan

14 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 175(12)

Edward A. Polloway

James R. Patton

Marvalin A. Nelson

15 Learning Disabilities 187(11)

Paige C. Pullen

Holly B. Lane

Kristen E. Ashworth

Shelly P. Lovelace

16 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 198(11)

Karen J. Rooney

17 Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 209(12)

Timothy J. Landrum

18 Communication Disorders 221(12)

Filip T. Loncke

19 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students 233(14)

Jean F. Andrews

Pamela C. Shaw

Gabriel Lomas

20 Blindness and Low Vision 247(15)

George J. Zimmerman

Kim T. Zebehazy

21 Traumatic Brain Injury 262(15)

Renee Lajiness-O'Neill

Laszlo A. Erdodi

22 Current Issues and Trends in the Education of Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders 277(14)

Maureen A. Conroy

Janine P. Stichter

Nicholas Gage

23 Severe and Multiple Disabilities 291(13)

Susan M. Bruce

24 Special Gifts and Talents 304(15)

Carolyn M. Callahan

Section V Assessment of Students with Disabilities 319(30)

Jennifer H. Lindstrom

25 High Stakes Testing and Accommodations 321(13)

Jennifer H. Lindstrom

26 Academic Progress Monitoring 334(15)

Sheri Berkeley

Paul J. Riccomini

Section VI Policy and Leadership in the Administration of Special Education 349(58)

Jean B. Crockett

27 Conceptual Models for Leading and Administrating Special Education 351(12)

Jean B. Crockett

28 Fiscal Policy and Funding for Special Education 363(15)

Thomas Parrish

Jenifer Harr-Robins

29 Using Professional Standards to Inform Leadership in Special Education 378(13)

Mary Lynn Boscardin

30 Factors Influencing Special Education Teacher Quality and Effectiveness 391(16)

Bonnie S. Billingsley

Section VII Instructional Issues for Students with High Incidence Disabilities 407(94)

John Wills Lloyd

31 Reading 409(13)

Paige C. Pullen

Deanna B. Cash

32 Writing and Students with Disabilities 422(12)

Steve Graham

Karen R. Harris

33 The Development of Arithmetic and Word-Problem Skill Among Students with Mathematics Disability 434(11)

Lynn S. Fuchs

Sarah R. Powell

Pamela M. Seethaler

Paul T. Cirino

Jack M. Fletcher

Douglas Fuchs

Carol L. Hamlett

34 Science and Social Studies 445(11)

Thomas E. Scruggs

Margo A. Mastropieri

Lisa Marshak

35 Physical Education 456(14)

Luke E. Kelly

Martin E. Block

36 Career and Technical Education 470(14)

Maureen A. Schloss

Philip L. Gunter

37 Technology and Academic Instruction: Considerations for Students with High Incidence Cognitive Disabilities 484(17)

Cheryl A. Wissick

J. Emmet Gardner

Section VIII Instructional Issues for Students with Low Incidence Cognitive Disabilities 501(68)

Adelle Renzaglia

38 Educating Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities: Historical Overview and Future Projections 503(13)

Fred Spooner

Fredda Brown

39 Systematic Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities 516(16)

Erik Drasgow

Mark Wolery

James Halle

Zahra Hajiaghamohseni

40 Instructional Contexts 532(12)

John McDonnell

41 Access to General Education Curriculum for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities 544(13)

Michael L. Wehmeyer

42 Preparing Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities for Life Skills 557(12)

Stacy K. Dymond

Section IX Transition to Adulthood and High Incidence Disabilities 569(40)

David Scanlon

43 Transition to Postsecondary Education 571(13)

Joseph W. Madaus

Manju Banerjee

Deborah Merchant

44 Career Choice Patterns and Behaviors of Work-Bound Youth with High Incidence Disabilities 584(10)

Jay W. Rojewski

Noel Gregg

45 Transition to Daily Living for Persons with High Incidence Disabilities 594(15)

David Scanlon

James R. Patton

Marshall Raskind

Section X Transition of Students with Low Incidence Disabilities 609(28)

M. Sherril Moon

46 Preparing Students with Low Incidence Disabilities to Work in the Community 611(13)

Katherine J. Inge

M. Sherril Moon

47 Preparing Students with Low Incidence Disabilities for Community Living Opportunities 624(13)

Jane M. Everson

Meghan H. Trowbridge

Section XI Parent and Family Issues in Special Education 637(48)

George H. S. Singer

48 Evolution of the Parent Movement: Past, Present, and Future 639(15)

H. Rutherford Turnbull III

Karrie A. Shogren

Ann P. Turnbull

49 Resilience in Families of Children with Disabilities: Risk and Protective Factors 654(14)

George H. S. Singer

Christine Maul

Mian Wang

Brandy L. Ethridge

50 Promoting Family Outcomes in Early Intervention 668(17)

Donald B. Bailey, Jr.

Melissa Raspa

Betsy P. Humphreys

Ann M. Sam

Section XII Early Identification and Intervention in Exceptionality 685(58)

Maureen A. Conroy

51 Advances in Theory, Assessment, and Intervention with Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities 687(16)

Carl J. Dunst

52 Early Intervention and Prevention of Disability: Preschoolers 703(13)

Kathleen J. Marshall

William H. Brown

Maureen A. Conroy

Herman Knopf

53 Frameworks for Guiding Program Focus and Practices in Early Intervention 716(15)

Patricia A. Snyder

Tara W. McLaughlin

Maria K. Denney

54 Early Identification and Intervention in Gifted Education: Developing Talent in Diverse Learners 731(12)

Catherine M. Brighton

Jane M. Jarvis

Section XIII Cultural and International Issues in Special Education 743(46)

Dimitris Anastasiou

55 Ethnicity and Exceptionality 745(14)

Dimitris Anastasiou

Ralph Gardner, III

Domna Michail

56 Gender and Exceptionality 759(14)

Martha J. Coutinho

Donald P. Oswald

57 International Differences in Provision for Exceptional Learners 773(16)

Dimitris Anastasiou

Clayton Keller
Index 789