Introduction To Special Education Teaching In The Age Of Opportunity

Human Stories Validated Practices Classroom Applications With its continued emphasis on the voices of people with disabilities and their unique perspectives, the Fifth Edition ofIntroduction to Special Education: Teaching in an Age of Opportunityprovides students with the most applied introduction to Special Education available. Using a problem-solving approach, this highly regarded text presents current special education dilemmas and challenges students to think about their solutions."Introduction to Special Educationis well organized, easy to follow, and accurate. . . . Advance organizers and good organization of subtitles make the topic easier for students to grasp the material. . .the text offers a fresh approach to special education topics." Peggy Reader Moore, University of North Carolina at Charlotte"I findIntroduction to Special Educationto be well detailed and well organized." Nancy T. Capulo, Hudson Valley Community College"The greatest strengths ofIntroduction to Special Educationare: the reading level and organizational format that make it easy for students to use, the teaching suggestions at the end of each chapter, [and] the organization that represents the areas identified in the law." Terry Jentsch, University of IdahoIntegrate IDEA 2004 into your course! This IDEA 2004 Update Editionreflects the IDEA 2004 legislation in two ways: An "IDEA 2004" iconappears in the margins adjacent to relevant discussions throughout the book that have been revised to reflect IDEA '04. "Guide to IDEA 2004"has been included as an appendix. It provides side-by-side comparison of IDEA '04 versus the previous '97 legislation for each of the statutes and a little friendly "background" where it will help the reader better understand the practical implications of the law.Smith, Deborah Deutsch is the author of 'Introduction To Special Education Teaching In The Age Of Opportunity', published 2005 under ISBN 9780205470334 and ISBN 0205470335.