The Special Education Handbook: An A-Z Guide

This acclaimed, best selling and comprehensive guide, now in a fully updated fourth edition, is an essential reference book for anyone involved with special education. All entries have been reviewed to reflect current practice and the book is enriched with extra resources, including references to useful Internet sites. Focusing on current educational frameworks in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, the author has gathered into one A to Z volume a wide range of information essential to good practice in mainstream and special schools. A thematic index helps the reader plot a course through topics of interest.

The broad themes and areas covered are:

• basic terms, ideas and values;
• venues relating to special education, and school organisation;
• roles and responsibilities;
• individual differences among learners with disabilities and disorders;
• curriculum and assessment, resources and technology;
• pedagogy and classroom organisation;
• therapy and care.

Presented in a handy quick reference format The Special Education Handbook also provides a coherent account of the complexities of special education, combining a wealth of practical guidance with the latest research findings.

This clear and concise handbook is indispensable for all those involved in special education, including teachers, teaching assistants, parents, administrators and others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Lord Rix

About the author

Preface

Introduction

A to Z entries

Classified list/ Thematic index of A to Z entries

"What a terrific resource: comprehensive and current, this Handbook is a vital acquisition for all involved in special education programs. Dr Farrell writes clearly and with a practical flair … Highly recommended."
- Michael Arthur-Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Special Education Centre, University of Newcastle, Australia

"I find it useful, easy to use and informative, just like a handbook should be, and am happy to recommend it to colleagues and parents alike."
- Special Children, on Third Edition