Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education (6th Edition)
by By Heward, William L.
Category: Education , Special Education , General

Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education is a comprehensive, engaging text for professional research, current practice, and trends in special education. This best-selling book effectively conveys the stories of teachers and children in special education. This latest edition captures the spirit of previous editions but with the necessary updates future teachers will need in the dynamic filed of special education.  Emphasizes a developmental perspective. Covers families, early intervention, transition, parent-teacher partnerships, interaction between families and schools, 1997 amendments to IDEA, and more.  For readers with an interest in an introduction to special education, exceptionalities or mainstreaming.