Learners with Mild Disabilities A Characteristics Approach

Name: Learners with Mild Disabilities A Characteristics Approach
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ISBN: 9780205519149

ISBN-10: 0205519148

ISBN-13: 9780205519149

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Eileen B. Raymond

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The reader is encouraged to apply these conceptual frameworks though analysis of the numerous vignettes and extended case studies throughout the text, stories drawn from the experiences of real children and teachers. The separate categorical approaches around which other texts are organized tend to reinforce the notion of discrete disabilities, which current experience and philosophical discussions in the field of special education increasingly do not support and which do not prepare new special educators for the complex nature of services for students with mild disabilities.nbsp;Learners with Mild Disabilities focuses on four high-prevalence disabilities; mild mental retardation, learning…

Book details

List price: $124.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320



Boxes


Preface



Setting the Stage



Perspectives on Disability


Meet Clarence


Studying High-Prevalence Disabilities


Mild DoesNotMean ldquo;Not Seriousrdquo;


The Power of Language


Labeling, Classifying, and Identification


To Classify or Not to Classify


Thoughts on Labeling


Prevention of Disabilities


Overview of the Principles of the Idea


Amendments to P.L.nbsp;94-142


Focus on Culture and Diversity


Resources on the Web


Summary


Ed Murphy: A Case Study



Historical Perspectives and Contexts


Meet Victor


The Historical Context of Disability


Early History


The Middle Ages and the Renaissance


The Enlightenment


Disabilities in the United States: 1800-1900


Residential Services


Public Special Education


Disabilities in the United States: The Early Twentieth Century


Eugenics in Europe and the United States


The Testing Movement in Europe and the United States


Serving Children Identified as Having Disabilities


Special Education as a Profession


Disabilities in the United States from 1950 to the Present


General Education Initiative and Inclusion


Legislative and Governmental Initiatives


History of Rights Won in United States Courts


Trends in History


Focus on Culture and Diversity


Resources on the Web


Summary


Patty: a Case Study



Issues in Assessment and Identification


Meet Jeffrey


IDEA 1997 and 2004: Assessment and Evaluation Requirements


Purposes of Assessment of Students with Special Educational N