It offers a clear and concise framework for integrating students with disabilities into the general education classroom that can be generalized to all categories of disability, content areas, and grade levels. It also provides a valuable framework for characteristics and strategies that students could use as the backbone of their teaching portfolios. Collaboration with special education professionals is introduced early and integrated throughout the text. Professional Edge features provide numerous teaching strategies throughout the text. Case in Practice features occur in every chapter.
Marginal notes clarify and enhance readers' understanding of concepts.
Technology Notes and relevant website references are included in each chapter. Multicultural issues addressed in both the text and marginal notes. Applications in Teaching Practice conclude each chapter, providing a vehicle for discussion of situations recognized as typical by students and practicum teachers. The non-academic content areas are ones rarely discussed in texts of this nature, and yet are areas in which teachers are frequently looking for inclusive strategies. From the Research sections have been added to several Professional Edge features, highlighting the practical dimensions of the latest research findings.