num_pages: 632
description: For over two decades, professors at more than 350 colleges and universities have relied on this comprehensive, engaging book for professional research, current practice, and trends in special education. Grounded in scholarship, yet written with the human experience in mind, this best-selling book effectively conveys the stories of teachers and children in special education. This latest edition adds a focus on master teachers and integrates professional standards from CEC and PRAXIS to make this the best book to help you train effective special educators and to introduce pre- and inservice general education teachers to exceptional children. This book provides some of the most comprehensive coverage of the characteristics of learners with special needs, as well as some of the latest assistive technologies like hand-held PDAs, the AAMR's new 2002 definition and classification system for mental retardation. For teaching professionals in the field of Special Education.
language: English
title: Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education
titlecomplete: Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education
genres: Education, School, Grad School, Textbooks, College, Psychology, Nonfiction, Teaching
ratings_count: 333
publisher: Pearson College Div