What is special about special education
Subtitle: examining the role of evidence based practices
By: Bryan G. Cook and Barbara R. Schirmer, editors.
Contributors: Cook, Bryan G.; Schirmer, Barbara R.
Publisher: PRO-ED, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Special education; Children with disabilities -- Education
Other titles: Journal of special education (Austin, Tex.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"This text has been adapted from material that previously appeared in The Journal of Special Education."
Table of contents: title: What is special about special education for different groups of children with disabilities?; title: Special education for students with learning disabilities: what makes it so special? / Sharon Vaughn and Sylvia Linan-Thompson; title: What is special about special education for students with emotional or behavioral disorders? / Timothy J. Landrum, Melody Tankersley, and James M. Kauffman; title: What is special about special education for students with severe disabilities? / Diane M. Browder and Karena Cooper-Duffy; title: What is special about special education for English language learners? / Janette K. Klingner and Margarita Bianco; title: What is special about special education for students who are deaf? / Barbara R. Schirmer; title: A unified theory of practice in early intervention/early childhood special education / Samuel L. Odom and Mark Wolery; title: What is special about other important aspects of special education?; title: Transition-focused education : foundation for the future / Paula D. Kohler and Sharon Field; title: Curriculum-based measurement : development and extensions; title: Stanley L. Deno; title: What is special about special education? research on the preparation of special education teachers / Paul T. Sindelar, Anne G. Bishop, and Mary T. Brownell; title: Where should students with disabilities receive special education services?; title: Is one place better than another? / Naomi Zigmond; title: Recommendations for making special education more special; title: Critical dimensions of experimental studies and research syntheses that help define effective practices / John Wills Lloyd, Paige C. Pullen, Melody Tankersley, and Patricia A. Lloyd; title: Relationship between the quality of the research design and the quality of the evidence for improvement of special education practice / Russell Gersten; title: Bridging the research-to-practice gap : maintaining the consistent implementation of research-based practices / Jeanne Wanzek and Sharon Vaughn; title: What is special about special education?; title: An overview and analysis of the role of evidence-based practices in special education / Bryan G. Cook and Barbara R. Schirmer.