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The only comprehensive reference devoted to special education
The highly acclaimed Encyclopedia of Special Education addresses issues of importance ranging from theory to practice and is a critical reference for researchers as well as those working in the special education field. This completely updated and comprehensive A-Z reference includes about 200 new entries, with increased attention given to those topics that have grown in importance since the publication of the third edition, such as technology, service delivery policies, international issues, neuropsychology, and RTI. The latest editions of assessment instruments frequently administered in special education settings are discussed.

Only encyclopedia or comprehensive reference devoted to special education
Edited and written by leading researchers and scholars in the field
New edition includes over 200 more entries than previous edition, with increased attention given to those topics that have grown in importance since the publication of the third edition—such as technology, service delivery policies, international issues, neuropsychology, and Response to Intervention, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis
Entries will be updated to cover the latest editions of the assessment instruments frequently administered in special education settings
Includes an international list of authors and descriptions of special education in 35 countries
Includes technology and legal updates to reflect a rapidly changing environment

Comprehensive and thoroughly up to date, this is the essential, A-Z compilation of authoritative information on the education of those with special needs.

Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology, Professor of Neuroscience, and a Distinguished Research Scholar at Texas A&M University. He is the author or editor of more than three hundred books and articles, including the Handbook of School Psychology. He has also developed a number of psychological assessment instruments, including the RIAS (published by PAR) and the BASC (published by Pearson Clinical Assessments).

Kimberly J. Vannest, PhD, is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, a Regents Fellow, and Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Scholar and a Yates fellow at Texas A&M University. She has written or developed more than 80 scholarly products on intervention, progress monitoring, and single case design including peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapter publications, software, free statistical calculators, and manuals. She has received the numerous awards for her research, teaching, and service.

Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Ed.D., ABPdN, is Professor of School Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and has been a school psychologist in the public schools and neuropsychiatric inpatient settings for the past twenty-nine years. She has coedited and authored more than fifteen books and reference works.

Editorial Staff, xxi

Contributors, xxiii

Preface to the Fourth Edition, xlv

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Encyclopedia of Special Education, Volume 2 A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals

Encyclopedia of Special Education, Volume 2 A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals

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