Special Education What It Is and Why We Need It

Name: Special Education What It Is and Why We Need It
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ISBN: 9780205420391

ISBN-10: 0205420397

ISBN-13: 9780205420391

Edition: 2005

Authors: James M. Kauffman, Daniel P. Hallahan

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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English

DANIEL P. HALLAHAN is Professor of Education at the University of Virginia.



Preface



The Puzzle of Special Education


Common Misconceptions


Brief History of Special Education in the United States


Contemporary and Perpetual Issues


Questions in the Puzzle and Nature of the Dilemma


Summary



Case in Point


Reference Notes



Measurement of Educational Performance


The Problem of Measurement in Education


What Is a Statistical Distribution?


How Can and Should Special Education Change Performance?


Summary



Case in Point


Reference Notes



The Nature of Educational Disabilities


Three Important Points About Disabilities and Exceptionalities


Mental Retardation


Learning Disability


Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder


Emotional or Behavioral Disorder


Communication Disorder


Deafness


Vision Impairment and Blindness


Physical Disability


Autistic Spectrum Disorder


Traumatic Brain Injury


Deaf-Blindness and Other Severe and Multiple Disabilities


Giftedness and Special Talents


Why Prevention of Disabilities Is Often Not Practiced


Summary



Case in Point


Reference Notes



The Nature of Special Education


How Special Education Is-or Can Be-Special


Special Education on a Continuum


Special Education's Bottom Line


Summary



Case in Point


Reference Notes



Frequent Criticisms and Responses to Them


Responses to Criticisms


Other Questions About Special Education


Summary



Case in Point


Reference Notes


References


Index