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Special Education : What It Is and Why We Need It

ISBN: 9780205420391 | 0205420397
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 9/22/2004

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SummaryTable of Contents
Just what special education is, who gets it or who should get it, and why it is necessary are matters that relatively few teachers, parents, school administrators, or educators of teachers can explain accurately or with much confidence. In this brief booklet, Hallahan & Kauffman help education students build a foundation of understanding, to fashion a realistic, rational view of the basic assumptions and knowledge on which special education rests.
Misunderstanding of special education is common, even among educator... MORE
Prefacevii
The Puzzle of Special Education
1(11)
Common Misconceptions
1(2)
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Brief History of Special Education in the United States
3(4)
Contemporary and Perpetual Issues
7(1)
Questions in the Puzzle and Nature of the Dilemma
8(2)
Summary
10(1)
Case in Point
10(1)
Reference Notes
11(1)
Measurement of Educational Performance
12(16)
The Problem of Measurement in Education
12(6)
What Is a Statistical Distribution?
18(6)
How Can and Should Special Education Change Performance?
24(2)
Summary
26(1)
Case in Point
26(1)
Reference Notes
26(2)
The Nature of Educational Disabilities
28(19)
Three Important Points About Disabilities and Exceptionalities
30(1)
Mental Retardation
31(2)
Learning Disability
33(1)
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
34(1)
Emotional or Behavioral Disorder
35(1)
Communication Disorder
36(1)
Deafness
37(1)
Vision Impairment and Blindness
38(1)
Physical Disability
39(1)
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
40(1)
Traumatic Brain Injury
40(1)
Deaf-Blindness and Other Severe and Multiple Disabilities
41(1)
Giftedness and Special Talents
42(1)
Why Prevention of Disabilities Is Often Not Practiced
43(2)
Summary
45(1)
Case in Point
45(1)
Reference Notes
46(1)
The Nature of Special Education
47(10)
How Special Education Is---or Can Be---Special
47(6)
Special Education on a Continuum
53(1)
Special Education's Bottom Line
54(1)
Summary
55(1)
Case in Point
55(1)
Reference Notes
56(1)
Frequent Criticisms and Responses to Them
57(18)
Responses to Criticisms
57(7)
Other Questions About Special Education
64(8)
Summary
72(1)
Case in Point
72(1)
Reference Notes
73(2)
References75(6)
Index81


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